Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Other investors in the round include Chinese education firm TAL Education Group, Follett Knowledge Fund and Plum Alley Investments, along with LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner and senior vice president Mike Gamson, Deborah Quazzo (founder and managing partner of GSV Acceleration) and Sam Yagan (founder of OkCupid).

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

The transition to digital has been tough to crack for traditional textbook publishers. One of the largest of those companies will try to continue the transition as a private company, hoping that the extra capital and institutional knowledge will help. The textbook publisher had announced the sale back in February.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

For students to be truly prepared for their futures, they need academic knowledge, technical expertise, and workforce skills that translate directly into the workplace. A strong curriculum integrates industry certifications, technical skills development, and career pathways that align with workforce demands.

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Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

Culturally-responsive curriculum can’t be delivered by an algorithm any more than it can by a static textbook We must—quite literally—throw out the book on how we create and deliver curriculum to teachers and students. Culturally-responsive curriculum can’t be delivered by an algorithm any more than it can by a static textbook.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. In addition to determining where each student is starting in terms of their content knowledge or skills, teachers should collect data during the lesson to gauge what students know.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Following a comprehensive evaluation, the Oklahoma State Textbook Committee has unanimously approved the Elementary and Middle School editions of Discovery Education’s Science Techbook for statewide use as core instructional resources.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

It also reflects the prevalence of low-quality and uninspired textbook series that have dominated the market throughout the latter half of the 20 th century. The perception that good teachers reject textbooks and design their own curriculum has been a persistent belief of educators over the years. References. Heifetz, R.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2020

Even now, as students are learning at home and with fall openings uncertain, school librarians play an important role in helping students develop important critical thinking and digital citizenship skills–skills they’ll need more than ever in an increasingly online world with unvetted sources of information shared far and wide.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2019

Under these more rigorous standards, students are expected to read more complex texts and reach greater depths of knowledge than before. We use these common assessments to identify the skills and standards where students are either struggling or excelling. 60” referred to the same number. This was an eye opening experience for us.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2023

During a session at FETC 2023 , Samuel explored how blockchain can be used in real world to solve problems like knowledge gaps, student motivation, attendance, teacher compensation. If you aren’t there, you can’t learn what you need to learn and build on previous knowledge. Each time a student shows up, they earn points.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

While classrooms focus on theoretical knowledge, they may fail to prepare students for the real-life challenges they will inevitably face. While classrooms focus on theoretical knowledge, they may fail to prepare students for the real-life challenges they will inevitably face. Yet, a vital component of education remains overlooked.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2018

Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher lecture? We want to increase their knowledge, skills, and interest in STEM, and balance student-centered teaching with state and national standards. Or is it by challenging them to actively engage in projects that attempt to solve real-world problems?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2019

Even new teachers struggle because from the moment they graduate from college, their knowledge and skills begin to fall out of date. We have a duty to learn about the latest advances in our fields of study, so we can pass that knowledge on to our students and implement the most effective methods for teaching modern topics and concepts.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment. Offering students different options through which to demonstrate their understanding and their writing skills is another way to discourage them from automatically using AI. “We

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

How Utah educators use IXL’s award-winning platform With thousands of adaptive skills aligned to Utah’s Core State Standards , IXL provides comprehensive coverage of math concepts and applications so that educators know exactly what students should work on to meet key benchmarks.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Blackbullion , London, UK Blackbullion is a financial well-being platform and app equipping students with financial skills. Perlego , London, UK Perlego is an online subscription for more than one million academic textbooks. The platform houses the UK’s largest hub of support funds, scholarships, and grants for students. Oblio, Inc.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

To close knowledge gaps and support every student, IXL equips Missouri educators with its award-winning PK-5 ELA curriculum, which personalizes learning and is grounded in the Science of Reading methodology. It then generates personalized action plans that help students eliminate their trouble spots, and grow their reading and writing skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Argument #1: Students will lose their writing skills if they lean on AI to do it for them. Similarly, widespread use of the calculator didn’t erase the need for mental math; instead, knowledge of how to use the calculator to one’s advantage became just as important as the math itself (Ditch That Textbook, 2023).

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2019

In previous years, I focused solely on topics out of a textbook. We were attracted to how the program focuses on providing an opportunity for every student to gain financial literacy skills, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. 3 elements to a high-quality financial education program.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2018

Teachers at Monrovia value being able to instill students with the skills they need to be successful outside of the classroom, a task that we’ve been able to achieve through an individualized approach to learning—and an acceptance of digital tools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

These companies would have 60 to 70 positions open a month, unfilled, because people were coming out of school with skills that weren’t prepared for these jobs.” When I first started, on July 28, 2014, the superintendent before me had ordered close to a million dollars’ worth of textbooks. So to me, they were just kind of useless.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Collaboration tools facilitate real-time communication and teamwork, essential skills in a digital world. Students not only acquire technical skills in coding and robotics but also develop critical thinking and teamwork abilities. Moreover, technology provides instant access to a wealth of information, cultivating digital literacy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

Students should be learning the contextual background of a subject and working on the skills they need to critically analyze social studies content. They need access to a rich variety of secondary and primary sources beyond the textbook to set them up with the skills necessary to succeed in their own deep dive.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2024

It’s no longer enough to teach technical skills in isolation. Anticipating this demands an education system that evolves to meet future challenges–not just by focusing on coding or data analysis but by cultivating skills that will prove invaluable in navigating new, unforeseen challenges.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 11, 2024

These are the soft skills associated with financial literacy. These responsibilities include imparting knowledge and equipping our students with practical life skills beyond textbooks and exams. Core soft skills ensure that a business and brand are well received. How will they repay the loan?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The district turned to IXL because of its ability to align perfectly to Austin ISD’s textbooks and curriculum, plus IXL’s broad range of skills that individualize instruction and empower every student. IXL is built on over 8,000 interactive skills that are highly targeted and adjust to each student’s level of understanding.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

Instead of relying on textbooks and teacher direction, these students had to think critically about unfolding events, collaborate with peers and adults, and make creative use of digital tools to communicate their ideas. The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Because technology has transformed access to learning tools, students who previously may not have had access to these tools now also have the opportunity to build skills they’ll use in college and the workforce. Battling this so-called “opportunity gap” makes personalized learning and skill development more inclusive and accessible.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This innovative application allows learners to display their knowledge of history, civics, and social studies, while offering educators and parents a new way to improve student engagement, increase lesson retention, and introduce an exciting alternative to textbooks and Zoom lectures. HistoryMaker VR is available for free on Steam.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Rigor & Mathematical Practices—Do the materials have the right mix of conceptual understanding, procedural skills, and applications to address the standards to their full depth? Do they help teachers build productive habits of mind in their students?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

One of the many benefits of using digital textbooks is users can write in them. This not only makes submitting work painless (and less likely to get lost) when submitted to a public forum, students benefit from each other’s knowledge. Learn from others and share your knowledge. Annotate a PDF. Know where files are saved.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Biology for Texas has been specifically written for the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (High School Biology). Our resources are unlike any you’ve seen before, and a departure from the traditional basal textbook paradigm.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. In addition to determining where each student is starting in terms of their content knowledge or skills, teachers should collect data during the lesson to gauge what students know.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Move is the district’s latest in an attempt to boost students’ tech skills. We need to give them the skills and knowledge.”. The district has also bought digital textbooks in science and social studies classes. The initiative caps two years of efforts to connect classrooms to the internet.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

The district highly values IXL Analytics because it provides educators with data that allows them to track student achievement across schools and identify any gaps in knowledge. More than 10,000 rigorous, mastery-based skills deeply engage students, build a strong foundation of knowledge and prepare learners for higher-level thinking.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

To excel in these positions and those that will be created over the next 20 years, students will require skills and knowledge that weren’t covered in yesterday’s curriculum,” said Thom Jackson, President and CEO of EdisonLearning. “Technology has created new job opportunities that weren’t around even a decade ago.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

As the skills expected of today’s graduates change rapidly, school districts have to overhaul their thinking on what it means to be “college and career ready.” Students can take courses otherwise unavailable online, at home and even during the summer, earning valuable credits and skills. New skills for a new economy.

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