eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Phenix City Schools is proud to announce the exceptional success of our robotics teams at the recent “Bots at the Fair” tournament. The competition brought together 24 teams from various schools, showcasing their robotics skills and innovation in the VEX Robotics Competition. Phenix City, Ala.—

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas found itself in need of a way to score exponentially more written responses on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, after a new law mandated that at least 25 percent of questions be open-ended — rather than multiple choice — starting in the 2022-23 school year. 20 years ago as a student.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

What does it take to turn around a chronically under-performing school? If you ask educators at Moseley Elementary School, it takes determined school leaders and teachers with the ability to give students a purpose each day–and a strategy called academic teaming. Moseley Elementary School has a history of struggle.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2019

One of the benefits of kids seeing these films in school, versus on their own, is that teachers can help guide and facilitate conversations about these issues. Here are 10 movies for the middle school classroom that support students’ social and emotional learning: 1. Science Fair. Inside Out.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (LCISD) recently updated its security with a new hi-tech addition: Weapons Detection Systems from Athena Security, an Austin company on the cutting edge of safety technology. Athena CTO and co-founder Chris Ciabarra believes this could be a game changer for schools, airports, and hospitals.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even if a student doesn’t select a career in STEM, the soft skills they will learn at a STEM-focused school (critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and more) will serve them well in whatever they choose to do in life. We are a STEM-based charter school network serving more than 3,900 students in grades K-12 at seven different campuses.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

As a school administrator, you’re faced with a range of challenges every day. It’s no wonder, then, that establishing methods to prioritize teacher well-being can help your school retain talent. While all administrators should consider it a priority to arrange fair pay, it’s also important to look at what other resources you can offer.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 26, 2016

When I left credential school 16 years ago, I had very specific ideas about teaching and learning. Some of these preconceived notions were based on my own experience as a student then reinforced in credential school. It’s only fair. . A quiet classroom is an effective classroom. The teacher possesses the information.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Plenty of content was used without permission of the copyright owners–some under legitimate “fair use,” some out of lack of knowledge, and some opportunistically. It is during this time that an increasing number of universities, schools, and districts started asking about best practices for copyright and licensing.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Data privacy considerations and recommendations for GenAI adoption in schools Linnette Attai, Project Director for CoSN’s Student Data Privacy Initiative and President of the compliance consulting firm PlayWell, LLC, shares insights on data privacy risks associated with adopting GenAI tools and offers guidance for responsible implementation.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

At some point, though, our experiences at the same Florida elementary school diverged. While my colleague was asked to lead a grade-level team, I was tapped to head up the school’s Black History Month programming. After school, she oversaw academic enrichment while I supervised detention.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

. — GiveCampus, the world’s leading digital fundraising and volunteer management platform for nonprofit educational institutions, announced today that it will begin facilitating cryptocurrency donations for the nearly 1,000 schools on its platform in 2021. brokerage combined,” said Pat Duffy, Co-Founder at The Giving Block. About GiveCampus.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2024

Here are five strategies that school leaders can implement to accomplish this goal. Celebrate achievements: Reflecting on the successes of the school year is crucial for boosting morale and motivation among students and staff. Highlighting success stories : Use newsletters, social media, and school websites to share success stories.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

Phil Murphy’s call to create an “artificial intelligence moonshot” in New Jersey, the state’s department of education unveiled a set of resources last week aimed at helping educators understand, implement, and manage artificial intelligence in schools, state education officials said.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

Key points: Building relationships is important to the overall health of an organization Leading (again) in uncertainty Elevating principals, teachers, and students through shared purpose For more on school leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We often hear we should run our schools more like a business.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2021

Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, COVID couldn’t stop teacher training. eSN : Before the pandemic struck, would it be fair to say there was a general resistance amongst some teachers, who would be skeptical of various aspects of professional development ? In fact, her work became that much more important. Edited for clarity.].

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

Certell course packages have won a number of awards, including EdTech Digest Awards for Curriculum and Instruction Solution, Tech&Learning Best Tool for Back to School, Tech Edvocate Awards, Bronze Award of Excellence from the National Association of Economics Educators, and Civvys Awards.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2022

A majority of high school and college students chose STEM as their No. 1 preferred career path, according to a survey of 11,495 Gen Z students conducted by the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

Within the past few years, thanks to COVID-19 and distance learning, the amount of technology in schools across the country has increased a hundredfold. What’s your school’s current technology acceptable use policy? Most schools have an acceptable use policy (AUP), a document that outlines those expectations.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

CHICAGO – Education leaders representing 44 school districts and regional offices of education will join a national fellowship focused on social and emotional learning (SEL), hosted by field leader CASEL. million students from preschool to high school. The full roster of the 2023 cohort can be found here.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

According to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the body for the accreditation of degree-granting higher education institutions in the southern states, the Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) evaluative framework consists of an assessment indicator. The post Are Your Assessments Fair and Balanced?

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 24, 2021

As this year winds down, I encourage teachers to take the final weeks of the school year to create closure, collect feedback, and help students look forward. Needless to say, the 2020-2021 school year has been intense. Students have likely seen their fair share of digital exit tickets this year. What was lost? What was gained?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Thursday, August 26, 2021) — To welcome K-12 students and teachers back to school, Discovery Education—the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art K-12 digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place—and leading corporate and community partners proudly introduce four new engaging, no-cost virtual field trips (VFTs).

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2021

While many districts resumed hybrid or full in-person learning during the 2020-2021 school year, many educators and experts are still concerned about learning gaps and learning loss. It’s fair to say students have more than earned their impending summer breaks.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

I spent hours reviewing notes that spanned an entire semester because it was all “fair game.” At first, this may sound like a big undertaking, but it has the potential to ease our students’ anxiety and make the teacher’s last week of school more manageable. My suggestion was to create a personalized final exam.

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eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

This past August, the Center for Internet Security’s Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), which serves state and local governments, reported that it expects an increase of as much as 86 percent in cybersecurity incidents aimed at K-12 school systems over the course of the current school year.

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eSchool News

APRIL 13, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic that has forced schools to shut down physical operations and move to online learning has, understandably, caused a fair amount of anxiety and emotional distress for students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2021

Scott Bailey, Superintendent for Desert Sands Unified School District (CA), didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of his team’s plans. Students from other areas of the desert also take advantage of the quality education provided by our schools. Instead, he used the disruptions as an opportunity to accelerate.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

About half of students say while at school, they learned about a job or career they previously did not know about. Students who have a mentor who supports their development are more likely to be engaged at school (36 percent) than their peers (16 percent). Student engagement also increases with career-related learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

We all thought and hoped we were out of the COVID woods, but the rise of the Delta variant left school districts, parents, and teachers rethinking their back-to-school plans. During the first shutdown, schools learned a lot about how to effectively deploy remote and hybrid learning set-ups.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Students across the country have missed months of school due to COVID-19 and are entering another year that’s shaping up to be anything but normal. Some schools had ongoing interaction with families from day one. Other schools had little or none at all. Other schools had little or none at all. Others did not.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s a novel idea to consider what teachers want in this time of disruption and corporate education reform, which have by most measures failed our public schools. Many school districts used to have a teacher who served as head of professional development at the administration level. students attend public schools.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the source of many discussions in the past few weeks about the “return to school.” The evidence is clear that school districts should plan for remote learning to be here for the long-haul. Related content: 5 ways COVID-19 made me a better teacher.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. Indeed, presidents and sports stars choose exactly this photo op when visiting schools. What Is Fair Use? In the U.S.,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

These experiments are easy to set up and can be done at home or at school. Fuel young minds with elementary science fair project ideas Elementary students love the excitement of hands-on science! These hands-on science experiments for preschoolers are full of excitement! So you know theyll love slime and ice cream experiments.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

on a recent Wednesday, and the school stage hadn’t yet transformed into a reading room. A year ago, school would have been over around this time, and the students at Columbus East Elementary would be walking out the door. School leaders hope that will be enough time to teach students key skills they missed and boost test scores. “We

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2023

This “Know-Show Gap” can prevent teachers and schools from being able to represent the good work they do for the public. Many of us still remember the frustration and anxiety we experienced when we were younger and sat down for our first round of testing.

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