Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. million book images from the Internet Archive. .

Social Studies 76

Social Studies Study Teaching History 76

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2021

K-12 students lacked access to a working device, reliable high-speed internet or both. Up to 60 percent of disconnected students cannot pay for internet access or devices. This especially impacts students who are English language learners. When schools closed last March, roughly 16 million U.S. Money is an issue.

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Distance Learning Internet Students Writing 218

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

A different way of thinking for a more effective strategy Christensen’s groundbreaking theory—disruptive innovation—emerged from studying a pattern he noticed across many industries. Its learners receive all of their core academic content—English, history, social studies, and math—through competency-based online courses.

Education 309

Education Internet Interdisciplinary Testing 309

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2020

Duolingo Passes Its English Test Don’t worry, the pandemic hasn’t shuttered Duolingo’s popular gamified language learning app. But it has helped the Pittsburgh-based company promote a second service it has quietly offered since 2016: the Duolingo English Test. The company has seen 1,500 percent year-over-year growth among test takers.

English 206

English Exams Testing Language 206

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL. Common Sense released its newest report, Connection and Control: Case Studies of Media Use Among Lower-Income Minority Youth and Parents.

English 180

English Language Languages Math 180

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Districts distributed devices and internet providers allowed free connections. Students often came into my program from all over the world with limited English language skills in their late teens, which makes them at risk for aging out of earning a traditional high school diploma.

Social Studies 217

Social Studies Learning English Students 217

Edsurge

MARCH 8, 2021

Library closures hit patrons hard—especially those who relied on them as their main internet source and used them to access online educational resources. Libraries Close, Internet Access Ends There have been several studies about how the lack of fast home broadband has hurt kids’ access to online learning during school closures.

Reading 192

Reading Internet Accessibility English 192

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2019

Of our 30,000 students, 34 percent are English learners (EL), and 52 percent are students living in poverty. Prior to rolling out our implementation plan, we engaged researchers from Rutgers University to conduct a study on internet access in our communities living in poverty. We’re located approximately five miles from the U.S.-Mexico

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Internet Elementary School Elementary School English 187

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

One recent study of school spending estimated that up to two-thirds of software licenses are never activated. Teachers should not have ferret out findings from a stack of research studies just to figure out what programs will be a good fit for their students. Here are five questions to ask when assessing the strength of the evidence.

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Study Testing Students Peer Review 216

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Brainfuse offers a comprehensive suite of services, including math, science, reading, writing assistance, and college prep, all available online from anywhere with an internet connection. Skill-Building Tools Practice tests, lessons, and study guides tailored to individual learning needs.

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Essay Schools Internet Feedback 158

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Fluent in Digital Culture — Not Academic Tools It’s understandable that many educators perceive members of Gen Z to be internet-savvy. Those broader social, cultural and political frameworks,” she says, “that’s one area where you don’t get just naturally from participating on the internet.”. There’s a bit of an imposter syndrome.

Teaching 203

Teaching Culture Internet Students 203

EdTech Magazine

MAY 5, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 78

English Languages Language Internet 78

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Our students have a Google Classroom in both English and Chinese). The Discover Maps make it easy for students to make connections across different areas of study, and to explore their own interests. We share resources through platforms such as Google Classroom.

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Essay Teachers English Internet 276

eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Districts are more frequently asking for their own student and teacher product usage data to perform their own studies. Then, look at a correlational study, run a comparison study, and run a randomized experiment. It’s common to run comparison studies, since randomized experiments can often be time consuming and expensive.

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Confidentiality Evaluation Study English 187

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

After three months, Alex finally told me that he did not have internet access at home. Worse, as I began to make more discreet inquiries, I learned that I had many more students with internet access issues. Check out one of our sample WiFi maps, in English and Spanish, here.).

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Internet Accessibility Motivation Achievement 102

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Currently, Roybi has about 500 lessons, stories and songs, promising to introduce children in school or at home to over 70,000 words in English, Spanish and Chinese. Such features in other internet-connected devices that can record children have proven controversial in the past. The company did not disclose their names.

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Language Languages Counselling Education 155

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

how the internet works. Nobody in the “learn to code” movement argues for this, and every educator would agree with Wolfram's analogy that teaching raw coding syntax alone would be like teaching English handwriting without teaching how to write an essay. Should we teaching coding without computational thinking or computer science?

Science 161

Science English Education Language 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. Studies show that the pandemic caused a drop in test scores in reading and math, with the students who were already struggling showing the largest declines. But educators disagree about how they should respond.

Education 213

Education Assignments Testing Study 213

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2024

Imagine a classroom with students deeply engaged in their lessons, eagerly solving math problems and exploring English skills through fun digital games. Students using Prodigy Math or Prodigy English enjoy the storyline and get excited about the learning content. Prodigy conducted two studies that are relevant here.

Game-Based Learning 140

Game-Based Learning English Math Study 140

Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2020

Adding to his troubles, Bigai lacked proficiency in English. His own lessons around that time with an English tutor inspired him to switch his company to language learning. Even if he earns only enough to pay a phone or internet bill, de Angelis says he’s giving the platform a try because teaching is a passion of his.

Languages 161

Languages Language English Learning 161

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

Better internet would help tremendously in our community,” Angel said. Personally, I do not have any type of internet at home. In rural communities, the problem is even worse — only one in three can access the internet at home. However, students may have no internet access when they get home.

Internet 130

Internet Essay Assignments English 130

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

According to an efficacy study conducted by research nonprofit WestEd that evaluated Newsela in two large school districts, using the tool twice a week led to two times the reading gains in achievement scores and three times the gains when used daily. The technology is there,” Sanchez says. There are lots of places to go,” he says.

Reading 157

Reading Internet Social Studies Study 157

Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2021

But with the pandemic, students are taking on jobs in greater numbers or going full-time in jobs they already had, says Avary Carhill-Poza, a researcher at the University of Massachusetts Boston who has been studying these students throughout the pandemic. targeted specifically to English learners. In Alexandria, Va.,

Schools 186

Schools English Distance Learning Language 186

Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Name: Edlyft HQ: San Francisco Founded: 2019 For $250 a month per student, Edlyft provides computer science majors with group tutoring, study groups and guidance from people already proficient in the subject. Users receive access to study groups and a question bank of tens of thousands of questions.

Exams 184

Exams Coaching Science Testing 184

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Not only was I unprepared for the levels of math and study skills required, but as a bleeding-heart, 17-year-old, I wanted to do something to help my community. Soon after, I fell in love with education by volunteering to teach English as a Second Language outside my classes.

Science 171

Science Math Students English 171

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

For social studies educators, a presidential election year is a big deal. I’ve always relished these times because they’re part of what makes social studies special. Social studies teachers must support their students as they encounter: Major attacks on journalism. Evolving forms of media delivery.

Social Studies 167

Social Studies Students Quizzes Evaluation 167

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Chelsey McClelland, a third-year social studies teacher at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis who recently completed the ISTE U course Artificial Intelligence Explorations for Educators. I have also held class discussions about how AI works and how it is trained with information from the internet.

Teachers 207

Teachers Intelligence Essay Social Studies 207

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2020

In a separate study , Lin used models to determine that students’ final grades began to suffer once class sizes reached 45 students—a number he uses as an upper limit. Instead, Lin and his co-authors contend that various environmental factors, such as teacher experience and the subject being taught, should help determine class size.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Attention Learning Hybrid Learning 218

EdTech Magazine

MAY 12, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 60

English Languages Language Internet 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 60

English Languages Language Internet 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 60

English Languages Language Internet 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 7, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 60

English Languages Language Internet 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 60

English Languages Language Internet 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 6, 2020

Some students may not have access to the devices needed to complete e-learning activities, while others may not be able to connect to the internet from home. That’s particularly true for students who are English language learners, or ELLs. MORE ON EDTECH: Read about the digital tools that can boost the success of e-learning.

English 60

English Languages Language Internet 60

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2020

For example, school leaders might decide to use focus on-campus time and capacity on core subjects—such as English language arts, math, science and social studies—and then deliver all non-core subjects via a purely virtual format.

Blended Learning 216

Blended Learning Learning Schools Quizzes 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

The 29-year-old lives in Beijing, where she leads a team at an education company that develops English curriculum for kindergartens and schools across China. With their advanced degrees and English-language skills, they represent a selective set of perspectives. Mini Hu is weeks away from delivering a daughter. Jiao asks. “I

Culture 162

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 162

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my first-ever job, I sat in front of a computer teaching English over the internet to a group of students in South Korea. Millions of students take English lessons online now, and I’d like to think at least some ESL companies are doing good work, though the extent of their impact still remains to be seen.

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Curriculum English Language Languages 148