eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

And it’s increasingly common that we’ve seen school systems literally have to close, send students and teachers home and not even be able to deliver any services whatsoever. But even still, when students and teachers are back in school, it can be weeks, or sometimes even months. And responding to a significant incident.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

” The report, informed by federal, state, and local government leaders, researchers, nonprofit organizations, industry representatives, and K-12 students and teachers, builds upon SETDA’s previous research, including the Broadband Imperative series and recent State Edtech Trends reports.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Rave Mobile Safety (Rave), the critical communication and collaboration platform customers count on when it matters most, today announced a new survey report that reveals the top safety concerns that school administrators, teachers and staff have about returning to the classroom, as well as the steps they are taking to create a safe environment.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2024

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. The update is meant to expand access by spelling out specific technical standards government entities must follow. It will mean they have to act fast.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2022

With this new partnership, K-12 educators from the district office to the classroom teacher can seamlessly record and share video messages using ParentSquare and MyVRSpot to engage families with their communications. Plus, parents can view the videos on the spot, without having to download or install any other apps. About ParentSquare.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2021

While it’s geared toward school officials, Defeat the Digital Divide is a valuable education resource and tool for various members of the community — from superintendents, teachers, and community members to local government officials — to gauge their community needs and explore connectivity options.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Kahlfeldt has touched on the census many times in his 15 years as a middle school social studies teacher at Winfield School District 34 (22 years total as an educator). What I liked is how well SIS put together the teacher guide and the student activity worksheet packet. But as the 2020 census approaches, he's digging a little deeper.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2021

. – April 21, 2021 – Kajeet ®, a leading provider of mobile IoT connectivity, software and hardware solutions that deliver safe, reliable and controlled internet connectivity to students, enterprises, state and local governments and IoT solution providers, announced today its global expansion into the U.K. In the U.K.,

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

Creating Smart Schools , powered by the Kajeet Private 5G Platform & Google Cloud, to enhance classroom activities and enable a next-gen immersive learning experience for students and teachers. Many school districts aspire to provide adequate off-campus broadband access to their staff and students.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2022

“Access to mental health services are critical to overall health, safety, and academic success for students across the nation,” said Kim Majerus, Vice President, US Education, State and Local Government at AWS.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Because the nature of their elected office is collaborative, school board directors are in constant communication with various audiences: families, taxpayers, district voters, students, legislators, local government leaders, and their peers in other districts or associations. The form this communication takes may vary by district.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2020

based think tank New America , the three authors—an instructional designer and two former teachers—lay out four possible scenarios for what school will look like in the 2020-21 school year, based on present understanding of the COVID-19 virus and health experts’ advice for school re-openings. Although nearly every U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

From “ teacher caravans ” to virtual office hours, read alouds, and dance breaks, they have provided students with much-needed support to complement their education during a time of unprecedented disruption. Key to making this work possible is maintaining regular touch points throughout the year.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic set this work back substantially; teachers and students went into survival mode and volunteer opportunities dried up as workplaces closed. Sheliya then brokered an agreement between local government officials and Airbnb to publish more data on the effectiveness of these types of programs in the city.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

To me, [DEI] is educating myself and our team, but also educating teachers, staff, and students. What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? This is a community problem that our local government should be investing in. We have teachers using Minecraft to teach during the day.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

To me, [DEI] is educating myself and our team, but also educating teachers, staff, and students. What do they look like in terms of the active participation of teachers and students? This is a community problem that our local government should be investing in. We have teachers using Minecraft to teach during the day.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

“We are excited to launch Euna MTSS, a solution designed to help teachers create and deliver personalized 1:1 support for their students, while helping to eliminate paperwork and free up more time for what matters most — serving kids,” said Derek Johns, Product Director for Euna Special Education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2022

She recalls the early learning program she attended—Westmore Day Nursery—and can tick off the names of the teachers who cared for her: Ms. It's a crisis.” — Blythe Keeler Robinson, 2022 Ascend fellow “We’re in a crisis around teachers,” Robinson says of the early childhood sector. “A The local level is where the rubber meets the road.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Jennifer Wolochow majored in philosophy and religion at Stanford, hoping to become a high school teacher. “I A sociology degree from Harvard led to a number of local government and nonprofit jobs in New York after graduation. That was true for Wong of Square.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Constructivism 1) encourages students to use active techniques (such as experimentation and problem solving) to build their knowledge base and then reflect on and/or talk about how that is changing; and 2) encourages teachers to guide activities that address and/or build on student conceptions. Traditional teaching vs. Constructivism .

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Questions about racial justice and equity also came up, with requests for relevant teacher training and changes to discipline policies that disproportionately affect students of certain races. Because it’s so local, it’s difficult to find information about what these varying groups have power over, and how they work,” she says.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Dorothy Fredrick first heard of Head Start in the 1990s from a teacher whose children she was babysitting. Even with support from Head Start, it wasn’t easy for Fredrick to become a teacher. But her view changed when her son’s teachers invited her into the classroom as a volunteer and encouraged her to apply to be a substitute teacher.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Department of Homeland Security, which — through the National Initiative For Cybersecurity Careers and Studies — hosts cybersecurity-related resources for K–8 students and teachers. In addition to Common Sense Media’s Digital Citizenship curriculum, teachers can look to NICERC for online curricula. by Erin Cunningham.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2020

Contributors can also send their wishes directly to their local government representatives. The interactive platform allows users to share their wishes for the future and the many ways their ideas overlap and diverge with others. About Made By Us . Our national motto, e pluribus unum—out of many, one— is also the ethos of this group.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2018

In addition, federal and many local governments are advocating for policies that would make educational data — similar to what Zuberi saw on the California School Dashboard — more accessible, transparent and helpful to parents. She is hoping to see a change from state and local governments.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

When before a teacher might only have a single workstation in their classroom, now the entire education process is running on networks and online systems. Schools, city and local governments , medical offices and large corporations tend to fit the bill. Fast forward to today and the situation has dramatically changed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Pushing for recognition of CTE month shows your community that you and your local government have an interest in modern education. Local businesses, broadcasters, and citizens can all get involved in promoting a form of education that benefits everyone! Start Celebrating CTE Month Today!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Ransomware actors are absolutely targeting school districts more frequently—though, in a broader context, lately they have been targeting all kinds of local government agencies, where the infrastructure tends to be older, IT teams tend to be smaller and less focused on security, but where the services they provide are essential to their communities.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 7, 2019

At Vertiv, we see a lot of K–12 schools looking for ways to integrate IT into their classrooms and curricula, despite being behind the technology curve due to shrinking federal and state funding and never-ending campaigns for local support. . students have accounts on Code.org , and one million teachers use the resource.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2020

The company has created a feature for administrators and teachers to share lesson plans with families and guides to sources for loans and financial relief. On the other side of the headcount spectrum, nationwide operator Brightwheel has 125 full time employees, says CEO Dave Vasen. WeeCare, based in Marina Del Rey, Calif.,

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2018

Looking at those two girls making out in the doorway again, I thought, why can’t I be as confident as they clearly are,” Tim Manley, a former New York City high school teacher, said in an opening keynote session, to lots of laughs, as he recounted his humbling, trying first-year teaching experience.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

They have been working with local governments and tech companies to design solutions to problems such as homelessness, water conservation and clean energy. Right now, we’re providing education programming for career pathway purposes, and focusing on students, teachers and employers.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 19, 2018

School districts use drones to survey property for new school sites, while video production teachers — like myself — use them to achieve sweeping, cinematic shots , replacing bulky equipment like cranes and dollies. As a middle school video production teacher, I researched and tested my share of drones before choosing the best one.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It That way, we can really focus all of our resources on the classrooms and teachers,” he says. It was a surprise, a crisis emergency mode.”.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 22, 2020

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It That way, we can really focus all of our resources on the classrooms and teachers,” he says. It was a surprise, a crisis emergency mode.”.

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Teach Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Civic engagement (specifically student government activities or volunteering in local government) keeps students current on events happening in the world. Teachers can help promote civic engagement for their students by implementing some of the following activities into their classrooms: STEM Activities .

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2020

We had no time to plan — our local government here announced that schools were closing on Sunday afternoon for Monday,” says John Schutte, IT director for the Canadian school district. “It That way, we can really focus all of our resources on the classrooms and teachers,” he says. It was a surprise, a crisis emergency mode.”.

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