eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience and trust from students who initially might feel vulnerable and out of place.

English 310

English Languages Language Testing 310

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I She wanted me to know that although she could not yet speak English, she felt confident as a learner in her first language. A system in which many of their teachers, myself included, speak only English. I want my teacher to know I’m Smart in Swahili.”

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English Language Languages Teachers 201

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. This helps to shift the focus away from the teacher-student relationship and towards the quality of the student’s work, promoting a more objective and fair grading process.

Fairness 546

Fairness Assignments Feedback Languages 546

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up. Raña is not against the idea of using natural language processing on student assessments.

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Fairness Testing Grades Essay 197

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? You pick your subject area, let’s say it’s language, and you have a set of standards, like the Common Core standards.

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Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

With demonstrated effectiveness with special populations, CogAT is uniquely positioned to meet the ADE’s requirements, supporting all learners including students with a disability or students acquiring the English language.

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Grades Fairness Disabilities Education 246

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2017

It started with an underwhelming science fair—the type we’re all familiar with: students standing next to handmade posters, listlessly describing their projects, usually alone. She took on the role despite her lack of engineering experience, but it turned out that her English Language Arts background came in handy.

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Art Language Languages STEM 161

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

You must have enough teachers, the right technology, and lessons that infuse STEM into all classes including history and English/language arts, just to name a few. But what about when you’re teaching English or social studies? Here are some ways to set your STEM-focused school up for success. Forge community partnerships.

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STEM Interdisciplinary Schools Fairness 315

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2015

…It is essential to ensure that tests are fair, are of high quality, take up the minimum necessary time, and reflect the expectation that students will be prepared for success in college and careers,” according to an Oct. Fair–and supportive of fairness–in equity in educational opportunity. Worth taking.

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Fairness Disabilities Testing English 236

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Seventh-grade students in Jeanne Halderson’s social studies and English language arts class and Liz Ramsay’s science and mathematics class are the first to field-test the green screens in the schoolwork. It gives kids more freedom and more choices,” she said. “It It becomes more meaningful and the kids own it more.”.

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Middle School Middle School Technology Social Studies 275

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

About three-quarters of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and more than half of students are learning English. The year before the pandemic, 22% of students in the district met or exceeded Illinois’ English language arts standards, while 16% cleared that bar in math.

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Math Schools English Reading 280

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2016

In the past two academic years, Idaho Digital Learning Academy (IDLA), an online state school created by the Idaho Legislature, has taken proactive steps to fix a key problem: losing English Language Learner (ELL) students before high school graduation, and losing them from highly technical and content-driven courses like biology.

Hybrid Courses 81

Hybrid Courses Language Languages English 81

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

The new programs also have increased training for leading special student populations, including students with disabilities, English language learners and early childhood students. that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately

Teaching 186

Teaching Exams Learning Disabilities 186

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2022

At the time, I could not speak English, so it was easy for me to be overlooked by my peers and teachers. For this reason, it is important to review and ensure that hiring practices are fair, reasonable and equitable. It was such a challenge to not be able to communicate and relate to anyone.

Education 213

Education Fairness Schools Languages 213

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2021

Of course it is all well and good seeing coding as a pastime worth pursuing, but there are lots of different programming languages out there, and not all are ideal for newcomers. What makes SQL different from other programming languages is that it serves a specific purpose, rather than being effectively capable of creating almost anything.

Teaching 162

Teaching Languages Language Schools 162

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Since he now had the opportunity to manage his own time, Ratnam had the chance to drive his children to school and after-school activities, working with their school’s PTA, volunteering for the science fair and helping with homework every evening. Natural language processing really helped in the development of my content enrichment engine.

Languages 167

Languages Language Assignments Reading 167

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

The platform also offers translation capabilities into 130+ languages that help districts connect and engage with parents from diverse backgrounds, countries, and ethnicities. For example, our last school comprised a mix of English and Spanish speaking families, as well as some from Yemen.

Communication 182

Communication Schools Fairness Languages 182

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

The English language arts department debuted its curriculum in the 2015-16 school year, and the math, science and social studies departments will introduce curricula during each consecutive school year. The Pennsylvania Legislature is joining the U.S.

Textbooks 169

Textbooks Fairness Social Studies Math 169

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Teachers want fair funding for all schools. We want all children to attend a public school where there is a nurse, the arts, band, orchestra, novels, field trips, technology and daily classes in the “untested subjects” (such as science and social studies). It’s time to return the education field to the educators. What do teachers want?

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Teachers Schools Disabilities Fairness 215

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

At a city-sponsored early childhood education fair where we met, mental health resources, classes, and after-school programs were on display for enrollment. Homonyms and synonyms are not taught immediately, as they are relatively advanced language concepts. 4-year-old Angelica (not her real name) asked, with a twinge of anxiety. “No

Grades 163

Grades Fairness Languages Language 163

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Play promotes the development of language. One year, I had a new student from Sweden who didn’t speak English. He was afraid to speak for three months, but opportunities to build with blocks and other forms of play became an unspoken, universal language between him and his classmates. Can I help you rebuild it?”.

Testing 218

Testing Fairness Languages Language 218

Faculty Focus

MAY 9, 2024

Additionally, non-native English speakers and students with language and learning disabilities often turn to these tools to support their thinking, communication, and learning. Note that these tools are notoriously unreliable, inaccurate, and biased against non-native English speakers and students with disabilities; Liang et al.,

Academic Integrity 137

Academic Integrity Writing Syllabus Exams 137

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Soon after, I fell in love with education by volunteering to teach English as a Second Language outside my classes. Due to my background in engineering, I was selected for a physics teaching credential program instead of my first choice of English. Specifically, I asked, “Can cell phones cause cancer?”

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Science Math Students English 165

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

This is Microsoft’s first large-scale deployment of this technology to a higher-ed institution, says Xuedong Huang, a technical fellow who oversees Microsoft’s work in speech, natural language and machine translation. The company says its transcription technology is also useful at a broader level. I think if the error rates were even lower.,

Accessibility 137

Accessibility Lecturing Exams Attention 137

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Fourth graders put finishing touches on pamphlets and presentations about how individuals can make a difference in cleaning up our local watershed to share at their River Fair. We always start with the content defined by our state standards in science, social studies, and English language arts.

Fairness 147

Fairness Students Knowledge Science 147

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

I think every child needs to have some kind of reading intervention,” says Ballone, a former seventh-grade English teacher. “It This philosophy does not provide equity and fairness. We have shared the responsibility across many disciplines, not just the English department. It might mean acceleration or it might mean remediation.

English 161

English Achievement Reading Grades 161

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

As these tools become more integrated into the classroom, teachers will want to ensure that all students, including those with disabilities or language barriers, are being supported. Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T Literacy and Curriculum, Certified Academic Language Therapist C.A.L.T

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

These educators have impacted roughly 13,982 English language learners (ELLs). . mindSpark Learning, a Denver-based national nonprofit founded as Share Fair Nation in 2007 and rebranded in 2017, is the catalyst and intermediary between education and industry. About mindSpark Learning.

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Participation Learning Fairness Problem-Based Learning 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Which ones are getting more than their fair share of district funds but producing below-average outcomes? Discrepancies in school spending may also be explained by other factors, such as the number of students who are English Language Learners or have special needs.

Science 146

Science Fairness English Attention 146

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

This scene is the result of a national, coordinated program to provide safe, structured play to students and, in effect, instill in them foundational social-emotional skills such as conflict resolution, fairness, leadership and communication. For Chappell, the answer might just be yes.

Coaching 159

Coaching Fairness Elementary School Elementary School 159

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

Around 6 o’clock on a fall morning in 2018, Jordan sat down at her desk, donned her headset, and logged in to her account with VIPKid , a Beijing-based company that connects native English-speaking teachers like her with children in China for live, online video lessons. Then the marathon began. billion industry by 2022.

Teaching 167

Teaching English Instructors Culture 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

CASA Academy co-CEO Jenna Leahy (28), another TFA alum and “30 Under 30” honoree, heads up the Arizona-based charter school where more than 70 percent of students are English language learners. The list includes Ryan Hoch (29), a one-time TFA math teacher who in 2013 co-founded the college readiness platform Overgrad.

Education 150

Education Learning Fairness Blended Learning 150

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The changes come several months after EdSurge reported that many Americans who teach online English-language lessons to children in China have witnessed parents physically reprimand their children on screen during class—sometimes to a degree that experts say goes beyond discipline and crosses into child abuse.

English 104

English Students Languages Language 104

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

By investing $7 million in technology and implementing the bilingual “Footsteps to Brilliance” program, the district aims to provide equal educational opportunities for its diverse student population, including one-third English learners. The computer-generated transcript is below: Kevin Hogan OK. Is actually bilingual.

Technology 156

Technology Schools English Mobile Devices 156

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

If they communicate with you in your language, you may be excluding the rest of the class. It is often best to speak in the language of the other students, and leave the translator to do the translating. Avoid figures of speech, alliterations, puns, jokes, and any points that depend on understanding the language that you are speaking.

Teaching 106

Teaching Lecturing Languages Language 106

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Once I was in my placement school, the families of my Black, Latino, and white Middle Eastern students, a majority of whom spoke a language other than English at home , deferred to me in a way that felt undeserved, almost as if I was perceived to be a savior that could parachute in and fix all their child’s problems.

Teaching 166

Teaching Culture Failure Fairness 166

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2024

If they communicate with you in your language, you may be excluding the rest of the class. It is often best to speak in the language of the other students, and leave the translator to do the translating. Avoid figures of speech, alliterations, puns, jokes, and any points that depend on understanding the language that you are speaking.

Teaching 104

Teaching Lecturing Languages Language 104