eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

In my second year, in an effort to get technology into the hands of the students, foster authentic inquiry, and break the “test-prep” mentality which has come to dominate many a school landscape, I launched Inquiry Fair. Tools to Support Inquiry-Driven Learning. Students decide what they want to learn and/or do.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Twig Science is my pixie dust,” said Julie, a 4th grade teacher. “It Twig comprises a team of teachers, filmmakers, writers, researchers, designers, academics, and students, all working together to create exciting and effective student learning experiences. It keeps the students excited about learning something new.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Random assignment is intended to ensure the treatment and comparison groups are the same along both measurable characteristics such as test scores as well as unmeasured characteristics such as motivation to learn. This could mean that the groups of students have similar scores on a state test or a pretest relevant to the study.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Nevertheless, in the year following its founding, Lexia won a major grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to fund product research, design, and development. It was out on the fringes,” said Lexia President, Nick Gaehde who joined the company as its head in 2005.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The National Assessment of Educational Progress scores for both math and reading fell sharply in 2022 and 2023, erasing 40% of the test score gains made since the 1990s. As these students now arrive on campus, academic challenges like poor grades or overwhelming assignments lead to feelings of stress and inadequacy.

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