eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Wisconsin is creating a new literacy office and hiring reading coaches. Indiana is requiring new teacher training. But a national policy group says many states still have significant work to do to ensure strong reading instruction. We cannot continue to accept the reading outcomes that we’ve been seeing,” she said.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

I’ve trained many teachers who use choice boards and ask, “What’s the difference between a choice board and a playlist?” Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced. The focus is on the teacher covering content and moving students through lessons on a strict timeline.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

If we wish to see continued success, we will need to use everything the science of reading has taught us and provide students with a healthy diet of explicit literacy instruction that includes foundational skills like decoding, in addition to building content knowledge and higher-order comprehension strategies.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Since 2013, according to an analysis , policymakers in 37 states have passed laws or implemented new policies related to reading instruction and stakeholders from scholars and journalists to teachers and parent coalitions have weighed in.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 6th most-read story focuses on the science of reading for older students. And those who didn’t?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

NEW YORK — North Carolina Virtual Academy (NCVA) and 3P Learning announced new results from an online summer learning camp focused on improving reading proficiency among third grade students. The camp also yielded noteworthy results on the DIBELS 8th Edition Reading Assessment.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 10, 2022

Teachers are navigating substitute teacher shortages, COVID protocols, and record numbers of absent students in addition to the normal demands of this job. We need to retain high-quality teachers who enjoy this work and feel energized and fulfilled by it.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

In short, according to the National Center on Improving Literacy , the science of reading is “research, over time, from multiple fields of study using methods that confirm and disconfirm theories on how children best learn to read.” Here are 4 simple steps to help educators begin implementing the science of reading.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. No curriculum, however, is the science of reading, and I believe schools and districts are beginning to understand this.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Many students are still reading below the level appropriate for their grade– roughly one-third of fourth graders in the United States read at or below what’s considered the basic level. And unfortunately, even before the pandemic, reading achievement has been low over the past several decades.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2025

Not to mention the blood, sweat, and tears of hundreds of thousands of teachers. And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student performance in reading. There are institutions of higher education in which teachers are not learning instructional practices aligned with the research.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Although all members of the team worked hard to maintain continuity of learning during the pandemic, COVID has left our students’ reading and math skills in a state of emergency. Today, our challenge is to empower, encourage, equip, and support our teachers and students as they recover the learning lost during the pandemic.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2025

For years, graphic novels were dismissed as light reading or just comics. The big misunderstanding The idea that graphic novels are somehow less valuable than prose books is a misconception rooted in outdated ideas about what counts as serious reading. One of the most overlooked answers? Graphic novels.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2024

Securing new hires and maintaining educator retention remain challenging, and teacher stress seems to have ballooned in the wake of the pandemic as teachers juggle learning loss, student mental health, behavioral issues, equity, and more. Why is teacher burnout so high? Why has teaching become so stressful?

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

. – Digital Promise and Edthena are partnering to help train and support teachers on Science of Reading-based instruction by incorporating Digital Promise’s Learner Variability Project resources into the Edthena offerings.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Districts have reported a shortage of special education teachers since the late 1990s. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures , 37 states identified special education as a teacher shortage area during the 2023-2024 school year. This can be used for students with either higher- or lower-level reading needs.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Reading fluency the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression remains a critical yet often overlooked component of literacy development. students are not reading at proficient levels. By fourth grade, students transition from learning to read to reading to learn.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ello , developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading app, announced a new partnership with Civic Suds to promote reading by donating hundreds of children’s books while families are at laundromats this summer. This is not acceptable,” said Allister Chang, Founder of Civic Suds.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on first-year teaching supports. You have a toolbox of strategies from your pre-teacher service work.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This understanding has deepened through my collaboration with Kathy Renfrew, whose journey from a self-proclaimed science-phobic classroom teacher to renowned STEM educator and leader illustrates the transformation that happens when educators break down traditional subject-area barriers and create truly interdisciplinary units.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Lincolnshire, IL – National momentum around the science of reading continues to increase and with it the demand for professional learning for the entire school community. Almost three-quarters of those say that they need access to more resources to identify and support students with reading difficulties.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

“Teacher turnover has a significant impact on both student success and the stability of school environments,” said Trina Edwards, CEO of Diversity Recruitment Partners. KOBI provides an adaptive reading environment that supplements structured literacy programs. “KOBI’s U.S. ” . “KOBI’s U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Our rigorous curriculum is taught by Pennsylvania-certified teachers trained to provide virtual instruction in real time and is focused on providing all students the educational resources and out-of-classroom experiences they need to become successful, lifelong learners. There is also a free trial.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Effective SEL instruction isnt possible without this key element For more on avoiding burnout, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub The demands of modern education often leave teachers and students feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. Here are three ways SEL can help prevent burnout for both teachers and students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Key points: Edtech tools can provide an important bridge between teachers and their goals Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? Schools can also use tech and AI tools to enhance the success of teacher teams and professional learning communities (PLCs). Technology is here to help bridge the gap.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As classroom teachers, one of the many challenges we face is student engagement. For our purposes, we are going to say that student engagement is the ability for a teacher to draw the attention or interest of students for the sake of learning. You must believe in your ability as a teacher to create or find engaging lessons.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2025

However, in 2019, nearly half our students scored below proficiency in math and reading as measured by state test scores. We also teamed up with Leading Educators , a nonprofit organization that supports high-quality instruction, to transform professional learning for our teachers.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

To help fill the gap we began using two products, both of which were recommended by a teacher who had used the literacy programs at a previous school. Here are five different ways our students and teachers are benefitting from our online literacy platform: Meet students where they are. Teach to a group or individuals.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

These students can make meaningful gains when provided with targeted reading intervention strategies tailored to their needs. Still, educators can offer early literacy support and help for struggling readers using evidence-based reading instruction. What is a delayed reader?

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2024

Teachers who complete the course will earn a certificate that can be presented to their district for professional development (PD) credit. Teachers will also learn how to input their specific lesson plans into generative AI tools to get ideas for grade-level appropriate exit activities.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson. This is a complex host of issues that will not be solved just by ‘changing a policy,’” the Brooklyn health teacher said. “In

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2024

This seems to be the norm: AI as the mortal enemy of all classroom teachers. So to all the teachers out there: Resistance is futile. This is formally known as a cognitive apprenticeship : one needs to deliberately bring the thinking to the surface, to make it visible, whether it’s in reading, writing, problem solving.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Key points: Building an app for kids came with unique challenges A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI tools for kids, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. She advises teachers to emphasize the importance of struggle and mistakes as part of the learning. Over 50,000 teachers have already joinedcome on in.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 2, 2020

.” I had several elementary teachers request that I work on a similar blog focused on younger learners. Below are ten strategies I hope will help elementary teachers to engage their young learners online. #1 Teachers can virtually replicate the classic word wall in their Bitmoji classrooms. scavhunt4math. #4

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