eSchool News

MAY 19, 2021

Boston — May 18, 2021 — VHS Learning, a nonprofit empowering schools with the industry’s best online learning programs, is celebrating its 25 th year helping schools expand curriculum and provide engaging learning experiences for students. The nonprofit serves middle and high school students in 66 countries.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

In this guest post, Cori Schwarzrock shares her experience using blended learning models in her AP psychology course. Over the past few years, I have been involved in the implementation of blended learning in my district. I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The survey, administered from March 26 to April 1—a few weeks into the pandemic, when many parts of the country were under shelter-in-place orders and nearly all students had been sent home from school—captured the experiences and struggles of 13,000 high school students who had been registered to take the ACT exam in April or June.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2021

The most recent – and most notable – comes from what some may consider an unlikely source: a series of partnerships between Utah schools and ASU Prep Digital, an accredited online K-12 school based in neighboring Arizona. Two years later, the program was amended to include funding for homeschool and private school students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2025

Key points: CTE positions students to develop critical postsecondary skills Connecting learning to career exploration Real-life work experiences: The unseen curriculum for high school success For more news on CTE, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub What do today’s students need to know before they jump into the workforce?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

.” For about the past year, school districts as well as individual teachers have been implementing the CompTIA Spark curriculum in middle grade classrooms and providing feedback that allowed for a testing and development period prior to the full-scale launch. Filling this critical gap is the mission of CompTIA Spark.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2022

Boston — Schools across the U.S. and in eight countries have started or renewed partnerships with VHS Learning this year to provide teacher-led, high school online courses in a variety of disciplines. About VHS Learning. Some have been partnering with the nonprofit organization for over 20 years.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2020

For more than seven years, I worked in a fully online public school that served general education and special education students in kindergarten through high school. During my teaching time, I specialized in special education needs. This is something that has been lacking to date.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2024

In a 2023 poll conducted by National School Choice Week, nearly half of all parents surveyed across the United States shared they were actively seeking a new school for the 2023-24 school year. As educators, we are partners in preparing students for a successful and fulfilling life beyond high school.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

Teachers know that establishing and maintaining a learning community will help students feel more comfortable engaging with one another and taking risks. In high school, I was the lead in the musicals Little Shop of Horrors and Bye, Bye Birdie. I was on the varsity soccer, track, and cross-country teams in high school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Idaho Virtual Academy participated in Cognia’s rigorous Accreditation Engagement Review process, which is based on research-based performance standards. The evaluation seeks to prove evidence of growth in learning, a healthy culture for learning, engaging and high-quality instructional environments, and effective leadership for learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

At the beginning of the pandemic, an estimated 15 million public school students in the US lacked the connectivity needed for online learning. As nearly every school adopted some form of online learning, students without computers and connectivity suffered. There are complex reasons for this. Our own Lt.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

At the beginning of the pandemic, an estimated 15 million public school students in the US lacked the connectivity needed for online learning. As nearly every school adopted some form of online learning, students without computers and connectivity suffered. There are complex reasons for this. Our own Lt.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2024

Here are three ways school administrators can use remaining ESSER III funds to add or enhance a digital learning program in their school or district. By the 2021-22 academic year, half of the district’s high school seniors had participated in blended learning classes, boasting an impressive 93 percent pass rate.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2021

In fact, VHS Learning’s school retention rate has been over 90% for the last ten years, indicating strong satisfaction in the program. According to our latest participant surveys, the vast majority of administrators (98%), site coordinators (91%) and teachers (85%) reported satisfaction with their VHS Learning experience.”.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

It also gauges how survey participants feel about free public higher education, online learning, classroom teachers, and more. high schools? The new poll from OZY and SurveyMonkey tracks how technology is impacting post-secondary education and the workforce in the U.S. Creating apprenticeship programs (57 percent).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

There is a dearth of evidence to help teachers make informed choices on how to allocate time to asynchronous vs. synchronous online learning. By looking at research into online learning and human development, we can begin to grapple with the advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Let’s start with the basics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 13, 2025

Virtual high schools have become increasingly popular as technology has advanced and educational needs have evolved. Here is an overview of key data and trends associated with them: Enrollment and Growth Enrollment Numbers : Virtual high schools have seen significant growth in enrollment.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Hatcher’s commitment to providing equitable opportunities for all students, including those with diverse needs, led him to offer services that cater to both traditional and online learning environments, recognizing that some students require different support structures for academic success.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Beginning coders, schools new to the competition, and students in grades five through eight competed at the CoderZ League Junior level using Blockly. The RoboGriffins team formed through the Philadelphia Robotics Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting robotics programs in the city’s public high schools. About CoderZ.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

How innovative districts are exposing more students to coding and closing the participation gap. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Wizrobotics, an online live learning platform for teaching and inspiring K-12 students to explore STEM fields, announced the launch of Wizprodigy. During the Wizprodigy competition, students will learn the required code through the Wizrobotics online learning platform. Find out more at [link].

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2016

School leaders are expected to help their teachers use current technology to enhance learning, but at the same time, they must keep on top of future technologies that might soon impact teaching and learning. zSpace, Inc.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Cumberland County had 85 percent to 90 percent teacher participation in using S.P.I.R.E. Under Mr. Hatcher’s guidance, Akron Public Schools partnered with Edmentum to integrate cutting-edge learning technologies, harnessing their full potential to enhance learning outcomes. reading intervention program.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

What opportunities exist for study abroad, research, or experiential learning? Classroom learning is essential, but hands-on experiences can be just as valuable. If youre interested in studying abroad, find out how easy it is to participate–some schools have well-established programs, while others make credit transfer difficult.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

Schools can easily increase their course offerings by giving students access to the VHS Learning catalog, which consists of more than 250 unique teacher-led online courses, including 24 AP® offerings, innovative STEM programs, and a wide variety of unique electives.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

One source for insights on how to proceed is the cross-pollination that takes place when educators working in separate spheres learn from one another. These insights explain why the 50-minute-plus lecture format is more common in high school and college and why, in earlier grades, teachers often break up activities within a classroom period.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S. The move to online learning also made people wonder: Are there practices we can continue when the pandemic abates? Anastasia Betts, VP of Curriculum Planning & Design, Age of Learning. education system.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2020

Along the way, we focused on five areas that we felt were necessary to serve our community of young people: Mitigate the Digital and Connectivity Divide Access to computers and a dependable internet connection is critical to delivering any form of online learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2023

One of my roles is to meet with teams of teachers to develop them as teacher-leaders in their buildings, as they learn to transform classroom practices with the intentional use of digital tools. Building administrators, often pulled to fill this role and cover classrooms themselves, now push back on requests for teachers to be covered for PD.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. in just over 10 months, she became a wife, mother and a high school graduate. A student of mine in an accelerated program for new arrivals to the U.S., Access to computers and Wi-Fi at home was woefully inadequate.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

This helps our teachers strengthen their practices and participate in ongoing, reflective coaching at their own pace. Vrain Valley School District Career-connected learning will become more important than ever. This highlights the increasing need for high schools to incorporate career-connected learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2019

As online learning has grown in both higher education and K-12 schools, it has traditionally taken different pathways. In K-12 education, despite the presence of fully virtual schools, most students experience online learning as a component of their brick-and-mortar schooling.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Since then, online learning continues to shatter the boundaries of traditional, monolithic approaches to K-12 teaching and learning. A recent survey from Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation found that less than half of Gen Z students enrolled in middle and high school felt motivated to go to school.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

MDR reports a “surge,” with 1:1 schools most likely to be high schools (41 percent), then middle schools (37 percent) and finally elementary (22 percent). For this report—as the pandemic abruptly accelerated reliance on online learning—the Institute peppered a national representative sample of just under 600 U.S.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2023

Now that emergency health measures have been lifted, Smith, who is currently a junior, does participate on campus in the life of the historically Black university. Jasper Smith “I think it is very possible to replicate that in an online platform,” Smith says. Six additional HBCUs are currently participating as well.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Eduverse.com is a revolutionary online learning environment providing a safe and secure ‘metaverse’ for K-12 schools. Leo , Tutor.com’s soon-to-come new academic support platform, is purpose-built from the ground up by learning experts, teachers, and web developers in collaboration with K-12 and higher-ed leaders.

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