eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

.— The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

In most cases, students had learned conversational English but had never really engaged with the alphabet. This wasnt just an English Learner issue, but it was one that required a separate focus. We have an extremely diverse student body, which means foundational skills and native languages are varied and distinctive.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Most teachers of K-12 English learners say their students have lots of academic potential, but social and emotional obstacles could potentially stall these students’ progress, according to the English Learners Report from McGraw-Hill. Read more: How SEL inspired a transformation in my school.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. The reasons for the importance of writing skills for ESL learners are obvious: Mistakes make them look uneducated. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2022

The Fall 2021 PALS Report found that reading skills in young learners are at a 20-year low. Over the past three years, reports have shown there had been little growth in reading and in some cases, states were backsliding. Here’s how to get started.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Many English Learners (ELs) across the United States have gone months without exposure to the academic English they require for success in school and that they would normally receive in formal education settings. The study focused on 122 sixth-grade students enrolled in six supplemental reading classes at two district middle schools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This support means they can learn and improve as they write, without waiting for me to read through every draft. Nour provided feedback on clarity, while Ammar suggested language enhancements, enriching both students understanding and skills. Emphasize that AI is a supportive tool, not a replacement.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

English language arts (ELA) standards identify a set of foundational skills students must master in their progression to becoming skilled readers. These skills include alphabet recognition, concepts of print, phonological awareness, phonics , high-frequency words, and fluency. Consider a new curriculum.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It’s no secret that strong reading skills are part of the foundation of students’ academic success. Without a solid reading foundation, students are more likely to perform poorly or drop out of school. Reading programs. years of growth in approximately seven months as measured on the Qualitative Reading Inventory.”.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

FORT WORTH, Texas The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) recently named Just Right Readers decodable books for grades K-2 as approved instructional materials for both English and Spanish phonics. Just Right Readers Science of Reading decodable phonics bookscome in multiple levels to meet students current reading experience.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

New supplemental reading program for Grades 3–5 engages students with grade-level content using culturally relevant texts. To help students build confidence while mastering critical reading skills, Curriculum Associates has launched the supplemental Magnetic Reading program for Grades 3–5.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the science of reading for older students. And those who didn’t?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

. — In response to nationwide declines in student reading scores, today DreamBox Learning, Inc. Reading Park meets Foundational Reading Standards for grades K-2 as outlined in national and state English Language Arts (ELA) standards.

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eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

It was an entry point for me to begin thinking about what a rich profession teaching is, along with how students develop their early reading skills, especially when they are learning multiple languages at once. Encourage students to read at home by embracing their home language. Many of them were born in the U.S.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. Prince William County Schools serves more than 20,000 English learners who speak 140 languages.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

They often involved reading (which she couldnt do yet), they felt too much like work, and they didn’t offer speaking practice–critical for kids learning a new language. We deliberately fine-tuned Buddys responses to keep it focused on helping kids with English without veering off into irrelevant conversations.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world. newsletters.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

. — AUGUST 25, 2021– Illuminate Education , a leading K–12 student performance solution, announces that earlyReading, CBMreading and aReading—key components of the FastBridge reading assessment suite—have been approved by the Tennessee Department of Education as K–3 universal screeners.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

The day before my first day of teaching middle school in 2018, I decorated my Brooklyn public school classroom with quotes from famous people reflecting on the importance of reading. I hoped to inspire my students to fall in love with reading. On day two, I asked one, then another, to read aloud to me. And those who didn’t?

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Renaissance , a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released its much anticipated What Kids Are Reading report for 2021. As the largest study of its kind, What Kids Are Reading provides actionable insights and helpful tools to help educators guide their students toward “just-right” reading recommendations.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. The basic idea is that teachers identify 5 “outs” or skills students will master by the time they leave their class. These “outs” become the “ins” for the next grade level.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2020

may have fallen critically behind in the basic skills they need to become good readers and be successful in school. The HearBuilder online, research-based, foundational literacy program provides an excellent way for students to build their early education and literacy skills. Sequencing. Auditory/Listening Memory and Comprehension.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most of my students immigrated to the United States within the last year, and all of them were English learners, thus making it difficult for them to complete the activity. Unfortunately, the sentiment within my supervisor’s response is not unique to the curricula design for English learners.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

The company has launched Gale In Context: Literature, a new resource for literature instruction and learning that helps high schoolers engage and thrive in English language arts (ELA). Read our blog about why English teachers will love Gale In Context: Literature. Download/view screenshots of Gale In Context: Literature.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 2, 2018

When I work with elementary teachers, one of the biggest challenges they face is the wide range of reading skills in their classrooms. A first-grade class may have students who are struggling to decode while other students are reading at a third-grade level. ElemBookClubTemplate.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Learning science company McGraw Hill today announced the release of Reading Mastery Transformations , a long-awaited update to the beloved and effective English language arts solution for grades K–5, used in tens of thousands of classrooms across the country and trusted by educators for 65 years. ” . ”

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

There are a variety of reading and math apps and websites that cater to gamification, and even provide the opportunity for differentiation. Let’s start off with reading apps and websites. The gamification aspect comes in when students receive stars for reading the book, listening to the book, and taking the quiz.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company is excited to announce new and enhanced math and reading solutions that engage and inspire students to learn, while giving educators the evidence-based instructional resources they need to accelerate learning and help all students achieve. “At

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 19, 2016

I’ve had several teachers request concrete examples of the types of stations I design for my high school English class. Now, I can choose from hundreds of texts and assign different texts to students at different reading levels. The lessons built around the texts are dynamic and develop vocabulary, reading, and writing skills.

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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. Research shows that students who are classified as English language learners may be perceived by teachers as less capable than their non-ELL peers.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2024

Like, if someone's talking to me and I'm reading a book, I wouldn't hear them,” says Aylynn, an eighth grader in Pendergast Elementary District in Phoenix, Arizona. Her words describe the transformative power of reading — a skill that, unlike spoken language, humans are not naturally hardwired to master.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

STEM can help with English language development by allowing students to engage with language in a variety of ways. Native English speakers can struggle, too. Be sure to explicitly teach words that have multiple meanings in English, e.g., base , bond , code , engineer , mass , model , range , volume , and odd and even.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

For more news on scaffolds for ELLs, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As schools continue to serve an increasingly diverse student body, many educators face the challenge of meeting the needs of English Language Learners (ELLs) in content-rich classrooms.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

I’ve blogged about grading for mastery of skills instead of the accumulation of points and ditching my traditional grade book in favor of an ongoing assessment document. I identify target skills and assess these critical skills over the course of the grading period. Grade Interviews. They begin with a claim.

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