eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the state’s second-largest K-12 school system will now use IXL’s award-winning platform district-wide to boost academic achievement in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. IXL is used by nearly 40 percent of all K-12 students in Kentucky, accounting for more than 283,000 learners.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

In 2010, my state, Mississippi, joined the growing list of states adopting the Common Core State Standards for English language arts and math. I teach sixth-grade reading to four classes of 20 students, most of whom have no internet access at home. Open resources can help design attractive, engaging lessons with a Common Core twist.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

Math should be an exciting space to be in, one that’s connected to experiences outside of the textbook or classroom. But for multilingual students like me whose native language is not English, the math classroom can be a daunting place. Math is joyful! It should be joyful. I’m a first-generation Dominican American.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

IXL skills also match popular textbooks used in the state, helping teachers easily incorporate IXL’s curriculum into daily lessons. IXL’s end-to-end teaching and learning solution supports personalized instruction in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

— IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, announced that the Pennsylvania Evidence Resource Center (ERC) has added IXL Math and IXL English Language Arts (ELA) to its list of evidence-based resources. ” How Pennsylvania educators use IXL’s award-winning platform.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

The state superintendent, who has set a goal of getting a one-to-one computer to student ratio in grades 3-12 in all Mountain State schools by 2020, said he wants pupils to have devices with all their classes on them to use at school and take home. He also wants devices available for younger kids, but not to take them home.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

English teachers can ask students to share an image of an annotated poem. Plus, the students’ scores on a “quick check” are not something I would put into a grade book. If they use a combination of multiple-choice, true/false, and short answer questions, the Google Form will grade itself providing immediate data.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Specifically, district leaders and teachers sought a digital resource aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards, supportive of hands-on learning, and accessible to the district’s English Language Learners. Editable ready-to-use worksheets and assessments are also available in both English and Spanish.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The main drawback is that this model simultaneously holds all students to the same learning objective , preventing them from getting the proper lesson unless the teacher has built thousands of lessons and allowed students to jump back or forward to different grade levels according to their levels.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

With the flexibility that came with pandemic-era school, they’re not used to firm deadlines or strict grading. That kind of assignment feels more purposeful than completing a worksheet or answering questions from a textbook, she says. Often routine textbook readings aren’t graded, she says, so a student likely won’t prioritize it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Schools are no longer reliant on years-old (or decades-old) textbooks written for the average student, whoever that is. How Micro-credentials Support English learners . public schools are English Language Learners (ELLs). According to the National Center for Education Statistics , an average of 9 percent of students in U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

Mandarin Chinese is challenging on many levels for English speakers,” says H. To put it another way, to gain the same proficiency level in Spanish would require 24 weeks, according to the FSI, whose website includes Mandarin on its list of “super-hard languages” for native English speakers, along with Arabic, Cantonese, Japanese and Korean.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

No longer relegated to using textbooks as their core instructional materials, teachers look to their institutions for help selecting, aggregating, and then delivering relevant content to their pupils. Pros and cons of building a district-specific online platform. Hiring help.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2025

Project Tomorrow surveyed approximately 1,500 students in grades 4-12, as well as 56 teachers and librarians from 13 U.S. Dr. Evans observed how the physical posture of a 7th-grade study participant changed when she read a small print and a large print book. elementary, middle and high schools, and the results were striking.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Discovery Education Science Techbooks —which are currently used in classrooms across the United States and Canada—are a comprehensive, research-backed science solution for grades K-12 that combine digital-first teaching and learning resources to deliver impactful, blended instruction in person or at a distance.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Grade 9 Geography was in trouble. Students didn’t like the traditional textbook-and-worksheet-centric course, and their teachers and district staff were concerned that a lack of engagement was translating into lower grades at Canada’s Ottawa Catholic School Board’s (OCSB) high schools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For example, after reading through the Ohio Department of Education standards , I noticed disparities in budget allocations that limit the availability of Arabic textbooks and materials. It wasn't just about them getting a better grade or future job prospects, though that's certainly a big part.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Central Valley School District administrators envisioned such a shift when they decided to begin swapping paper textbooks for iPads in the 2012-13 school year. “I spend less time waiting for students to copy notes and more time helping students work problems,” Sowinski said. image via AP ].

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

But “there’s an even more basic level of literacy that people need to pick up,” notes the former English teacher and administrator. Some districts purchase the product as a wholesale textbook replacement for their ELA classes. “Everyone’s worried about people having to learn how to code,” notes Eileen Murphy.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2021

SplashLearn’s game-based learning platform—available in 150+ countries and already used by more than 40 million children—features thousands of research-informed games aimed at instructing young learners in English language arts and math. We are also going to use this funding to expand our English language arts program. How-To Videos.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Before my second year of teaching, my principal suggested that I pilot a class set of 35 Chromebooks in my ninth- and 11th-grade English classes. Students gained experience with functions like posting comments, accessing online resources, and checking their grades without having to worry about digesting difficult content.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

Lemma Shomali: Our research tells us that as K-12 education moves away from scripted textbooks, teachers must evaluate digital resources from many sources: the open web, content providers, etc. EdSurge: How can integrating content directly into curriculum support teachers? Often, they become overwhelmed by too much content.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

To support schools and districts across the country and around the world, the company has created state-customized editions of its patented, nonfiction blended learning literacy solutions: · KidBizPro®, TeenBizPro®, and EmpowerPro® for English language arts, science and social studies in grades two through 12.

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1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

APRIL 19, 2025

We are almost finished with my daughter’s 10th grade homeschool high school and made a few changes that I thought I would share! Vocabulary 1 (to replace the vocab we didn’t like) ENGLISH Writing : Here’s a funny story for you. My daughter is my final homeschooler, so hard to believe!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Memorizing formulas and equations is about as useful as memorizing poems as way of learning to write in English. A professor from Indiana: “I've taught calculus dozens of times, with diverse textbooks, quite successfully. Teach it as a language used to describe things and as a tool for real life problem solving.” That was geography.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Her desire to incentivize and reward students for their reading diligence was born out of a deep concern for some alarming English Language Arts (ELA) numbers: In 2018, when she became the principal, the lowest-performing 25% of her 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders reached only 46% of their expected yearly growth based on statewide assessments.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

The new Reading Horizons Accelerate platform fully integrates with and supports the digital curriculums for Reading Horizons Discovery (K-3) and Reading Horizons Elevate (Grades 4-12), making implementation simple, sustainable, and successful. Read more.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In September, a teacher in the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District, in Southeast Texas, was fired when district leaders learned that an eighth grade class was reading a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank. She interviewed 14 teachers, mostly in English language arts and history, from around the country.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Held annually on November 8 th , National STEM Day unites communities around the importance of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math to students in grades K-12. from Boeing and Discovery Education offers hands-on learning experiences for students in grades 6-12. Ignite My Future in School – e-Learning Modules.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

You see, as a high school English teacher working more than 50-hour weeks, I just didn’t have the time to invest in new technology. Any “spare” time I had (the time my friends used to advance their careers, take Yoga, connect on Facebook) I spent lesson planning, rereading literature and grading papers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Organized by grade level, subject area, and interest, the resources include exclusive learning opportunities for students like Virtual Field Trips, career explorations, at-home challenges, and self-guided exercises.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

” Montgomery County Public Schools, home to 211 K -12 schools and 160,000 students, initially adopted IXL Math in 2023 to support 36,000 students in grades 6-8. . “We’re excited to expand our partnership and continue supporting the district’s mission to unlock each student’s full potential in mathematics.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

Yet, news literacy is not universally taught, largely because of systemic obstacles: It is not commonly part of curriculum standards, districts tend to focus on standardized testing and STEM, and lessons may be greatly limited or built around a textbook. But these challenges are surmountable. Regardless of state borders, U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

The result is LearnZillion , serving up teacher-developed math and English Language Arts curriculum through an innovative curriculum-as-a-service model. If our amazing sixth-grade teacher decided to move back to Florida, our sixth-grade math program would fall apart. Complete curriculum for 4th grade math. That was rough.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Welch, an 8th-grade teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, is charting his own path—one that doesn’t include a textbook. Going back seven or eight years ago, another colleague and I pitched an idea: Why don’t we move away from the standard use of a textbook? My advice to young teachers is to go for it.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Close to 30 percent of Providence students are English Language Learners, and yet most of them are being taught by teachers who don’t speak their native language. writing submission tool that anonymizes the student work to prevent grading bias; The weekend was inspiring and left us at Highlander Institute excited to do more.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

Once I had first grade student, a little girl, who came to our school in Kindergarten. Textbooks never worked for this student, but with this extra support she moved to a next stage. Students went out to the yard and afterwards, a first-grade teacher came to me and said, “My students are asking me. Students learn differently.

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