k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. References: Caine, R. S., & Suyanto, S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For the last three years, I’ve had my students on this program, along with teaching, tutoring, and intervention, and all—and I mean all—my students have passed the STAAR reading since I’ve used this program.”. Michael Kimberlin, third- grade teacher, Pease Elementary School, Austin, Texas. I am a huge fan.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2022

We’ll also see a greater increase in educators looking for solutions for their students with challenging behaviors and looking for tools like DESSA to help schools design interventions for students in specific social emotional competencies.” Forty-eight states are reporting a shortage of special education teachers this school year.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In partnership with eSchool News, Illuminate Education is spotlighting teachers in a series recognizing educators, the way they have moved instruction online during COVID-19, and how they have prioritized the needs of their students. Woodcrest Elementary School. Fullerton School District. Karina Tran.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

enVision offers an innovative math curriculum that helps educators teach with confidence and inspires students with hands-on, problem-based learning. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide. “One

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

This week’s newsfeeds are stuffed with announcements for finalists and honorees for both educators and vendors on the best and brightest developments for teaching and learning. The winners: Of course, we need to start with the most prestigious!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We’re a minority-majority district with approximately 6,600 English Learners (ELs) and 5,200 students classified for special education. Our mission within the Office of Information and Analysis is to provide solutions that support more effective teaching and learning. Aligning with our public library using a single platform.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Finding patterns and honing in on struggling readers’ skill deficits will quickly point educators to the appropriate intervention. To boost students’ vocabulary, educators can teach roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Cindy Kanuch is the reading interventionist at Calhan Elementary School. About the Presenter.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Initially my teachers were intimidated and unsure of how to teach coding and robotics, but with training and some fun curriculum to follow, we were able to get going through our summer program with our TK, kindergarten, 1st grade, and 2nd grades. They were coding, collaborating, and creating. –Dr.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It’s Time for All Schools to Learn How to Support Neurodivergence At the start of this school year, there were about 7.3 million students in public K-12 schools in the United States who qualified for special education services. One size fits some and benefits less — not all students — in education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

Orton’s work on dyslexia started in the 1920s and led to multisensory teaching techniques due to his (incorrect) hypothesis that dyslexia was vision-based. Feasibility of implementation Cost Special ed: U.S. schools collectively spend over $120 billion a year on special education. 20k+ per year). Stevens, E.A.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Rose picked up a couple of breathing strategies as a student in Breathe for Change, a 200-hour wellness and yoga teacher certification program for educators. Breathe for Change was founded by former Pre-K teacher Ilana Nankin to improve the well-being of educators. Breathe for Change student Kimberley Rose in a yoga session.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2022

There have been plenty of adjustments to the classroom due to continued health precautions, and that has meant differences in what school supplies are needed. It’s the little things, like crayons, says Christine Slayton, a bilingual first grade teacher at Frank Del Olmo Elementary School in Los Angeles.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2022

Below are profiles of six such teachers, each of whom has at least one additional job during the school year. On top of teaching third and fourth graders full time, Robinson also works 10 hours per week as a school custodian, which brings in about $600 extra per month. We all know we’re going to have to do more [than teach].

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

At the same time, and not unrelated, the teaching profession is experiencing a period of upheaval. First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. She was a special education teacher.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Jeanne is a teacher (elementary and part-time professor) and Tanya is a university professor (former special education teacher) who loved using technology as a teaching tool. We synthesized the research and connected it to not only our findings but our own teaching experience. First, a note about who we are.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Educators today are trying harder than ever to diversify their teaching practices, using a variety of tools and materials, incorporating different learning styles, and also allowing students to have a voice in their learning. Barrow Elementary School, we have a project which takes all these things into account.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2021

After the district’s dedicated IT department tested the Osmo for Schools’ products to make sure they are safe and ensure privacy, she and others began testing Osmo out. “We They want to finish their other assignments so that they have an opportunity to play with the Osmo’s during station time.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

note : Choosing hardware or software for an entire school district is a momentous decision, so it only makes sense that districts across the country are choosing to pilot products before signing on the dotted line. Central Falls School District, Rhode Island. Listen and Learn. Becky Oristaglio, Speech and Language Pathologist.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Second, how can one teacher effectively teach a wide array of specialized academic disciplines at higher levels? These two challenges are at the heart of why one-room schoolhouses were replaced by age-graded elementary schools and subject-specialist secondary schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Matthew Hancock, Director of Customer Success & Services, Scribbles Software In 2023, the rapid integration of AI into education, surge in cybersecurity attacks against public schools, and increased focus on data security were notable developments within the education space. Chris Klein, Head of U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

It’s hard to separate the fire and pandemic,” says Tiffanie Lambert, assistant superintendent of teaching and learning at Phoenix-Talent School District. Few had early learning experiences prior to starting school, she adds, and even concepts like which direction to turn the pages in a book are foreign to many of them.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Here’s what they had to say: The demand for online learning will continue to grow in 2022 and possibly lead to the creation of virtual schools, which would introduce new AR and VR learning processes. The start of this school year was a tough one for both students and teachers. –Russ Davis, CEO and Founder, SchoolStatus.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. special education) students, it was only 1.12. Flashlight reading at Golden Grove Elementary School. Edgecomb was concerned.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

. — Dylin Coburn is a junior in high school, but he’s spent a surprising amount of time at a school that’s not his, observing an art class he’s not even taking. Like Dylin, senior Jada Harper hopes to be a teacher too someday, focusing on early childhood special education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Students are told that “everyone is working to move their number” even higher, says Demetria Tumpkin, a second grade teacher at the school. At South Newton Elementary School In Newton, N.C., Potential Trouble with FERPA Some privacy experts say that data walls can violate FERPA because they publicly display certain student data.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the predictions educators and industry experts made for learning in 2022.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

She had heard there might be a special announcement relating to one of her favorite education websites, DonorsChoose.org, and was curious to know more. I thought they were going to do something small, like fund every special education project or something—but funding every project? She was glad she did.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2023

More than a decade after earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology, Davenport is a student once again, pursuing his license to become a high school special education teacher. Josh Davenport: When I was younger and trying to figure out my life, my mom always said, ‘You would be great at teaching.’ I guess she was right.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

To start off our special on the lessons teachers are thankful for, I tell a story of my own. I was in the middle of teaching a class when I saw it. But when I first started teaching there, it was hard. The power of education and exposure. Elaine Mendez: My first year teaching, I spelled a word wrong.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Steadman, who teaches at Mendell Elementary School in this highly-diverse Boston neighborhood, passed along her concerns to a colleague, Madeline Gillespie, a family support coordinator. Gillespie spoke with the girl’s mother and learned they were living in a shelter and had no way to get to school. ROXBURY, Mass.

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Lab to Class

APRIL 21, 2025

School curriculums often focus on teaching students subject specific content such as math, science, and literature, but a newly released research study shows the importance of other soft skills such as emotional control, attentional control, and planning and prioritizing which together are often called Executive Functioning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Anthony Principe worked as a special education teacher in Boston, Mass. for more than 30 years, and throughout that period he watched the educators in his city experiment with different instructional philosophies. For special education students, the challenges can be immense.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

Orton’s work on dyslexia started in the 1920s and led to multisensory teaching techniques due to his (incorrect) hypothesis that dyslexia was vision-based. Feasibility of implementation Cost Special ed: U.S. schools collectively spend over $120 billion a year on special education. 20k+ per year). Stevens, E.A.,

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Middle school teachers achieve this through the Summit Learning Platform and elementary school teachers leverage the Google Suite and Google Classroom. Teacher created playlists with a variety of activities give students the power of choice in determining how they want to practice or learn.

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