The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2024

Here are a few ways we can do this: Improve instructional materials. She is a 2023-24 Teach Plus Colorado Policy Fellow. Related: Teaching social studies in a polarized world It’s time we listened to our students and strengthened our curriculums to teach a balanced history that honors all cultures and narratives.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2022

School districts continue to prioritize expanding summer learning and enrichment offerings, adding specialist staff such as mental health personnel and reading specialists, and investing in high-quality instructional materials and curriculum, according to a survey administered by AASA, The School Superintendents Association.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Key points: AI has tremendous potential in education–here’s how to harness its power 4 lessons learned about AI in 2023 Everything you need to know about AI in education For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page It seems as if we hear about AI in education every day, if not every hour.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2023

In April 2023, the Georgia Early Literacy Act (HB538) required the state to, among other requirements, establish a uniform standard for measuring literacy, approve high-quality literacy instructional materials for teaching students in K-3, and provide for the approval and use of universal reading screeners for K-3 students.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

It’s what Sumner County Superintendent Scott Langford calls “high-quality” instructional material, with lessons that move students beyond simply counting objects like penguins. One reason for redundancy in kindergarten math may be that classrooms lack cohesive materials that progress students through skills in an orderly way.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in AI-driven technology, curriculum, and professional learning solutions for K-12 education, was selected by the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) as an approved tutoring provider for the state’s 2023/2024 High-Dosage Tutoring (HDT) Program. Bilingual and multilingual tutors.

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 1, 2021

All Texans can sign up to receive free access to ST Math for K-5 through December 2023 at www.stmath.com/texas. offerings, these instructional materials are optional and aligned to Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)—the state standards for what grade-level knowledge and skills students should possess. initiative.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Tools Tailored to Teachers Makes Planning Easier ClearMath Elementary offers a built-in comprehensive suite of instructional materials for teachers, so they can focus on teaching and student success, not planning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2023

PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — Savvas Learning Company , a K-12 next-generation learning solutions leader, is proud to announce that its Savvas Essentials: Foundational Reading © 2023 supplemental literacy program has received the highest rating of “All-Green” from EdReports.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2022

As part of the Read to Succeed Act, all superintendents in the state must select at least one universal reading screener to administer to all students in Grades K–3 by January 1, 2023. Superintendents can choose from the approved list of screeners, all of which underwent a rigorous review by the KDE. About Curriculum Associates.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2023, University of Virginia researchers promoted a study of Colorado charter schools that had adopted E.D. It cost about $400 per student in instructional materials and teacher training. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge curriculum. It wasn’t a huge boost to reading achievement, but it was significant and long-lasting.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

In 2023, Savvas acquired Whooo’s Reading and its cutting-edge AI-driven technology, which Savvas is thoughtfully integrating into its digital ecosystem of innovative learning solutions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Instructional material for student reading is often very didactic. Students are finally getting the kind of explicit instruction in reading that they need and deserve, but they also need lots of opportunity—and motivation!—to to practice this foundational academic skill along the way.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2023

“I just LOVE the new platform for instructional materials. In addition to the Syllabus, Pacing Guide, and Standards Map located in the header of the home page for my course, lesson materials are easily accessed right at your fingertips and a click away, without looking for links within the lesson plan.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

To receive approval, assessments must be based on current, published scientific research in reading, be age and grade-level appropriate, valid, and reliable, identify specific skill difficulties in word analysis, fluency, and comprehension, and assist the teacher in making individualized instructional decisions based on the assessment results.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2022

January 27, 2022— The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Assessment as an approved universal literacy and dyslexia screener for the 2022–2023 school year. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., To learn more about i-Ready , visit CurriculumAssociates.com/i-Ready. About Curriculum Associates.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 6, 2024

Enhance the reader experience by providing instructional materials about your publication’s topic. Make Content Interactive and Engaging Use multimedia like videos, images, and games to make your digital publication more engaging, instead of sticking to text and static PDFs.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The company acknowledged that the science of reading has evolved and that’s why it revised its phonemic awareness program in 2022 to incorporate letters and introduced a new program in 2023 to pair it with phonics. The company says it is working with outside researchers to keep improving the instructional materials it sells to schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

But district leaders, administrators and teachers have incredible demands placed on them, which were exacerbated by the pandemic and while there are high-quality materials available, they’re not compiled.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2021

With this approval, schools across the state can start using the award-winning Diagnostic in the 2022–2023 school year to screen students’ reading skills and receive actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver impactful student instruction. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., About Curriculum Associates.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

(July 13, 2022) — West Ada School District in Meridian, Idaho has adopted Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Classroom Mathematics as the primary math curriculum support material for Grades K–5 for the next seven years. To learn more about i-Ready Classroom Mathematics , visit i-ReadyClassroomMathematics.com/LearnMore. .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2022

Personalized student support: Kiddom provides personalized support for student learning journeys, allowing teachers to differentiate learning for students and prioritize equity in classroom instruction and assessment.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2022

To help students succeed in grade-level reading lessons, a new report for Grades 3–5 provides teachers with deep insight into instructional needs and connects them to high-quality instructional materials and teaching strategies. New Tools for Scaffolding Comprehension have also been added. More about i-Ready.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2023

Nominations for the annual eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards are open through September 1, 2023, and this year, we’re giving you a look at some of the entries that came in by our early-bird deadline. Education professionals across K-12 departments are eligible for nomination, including IT, curriculum, instruction, and administration.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2023

Starting in the 2023–2024 school year, districts across the state can now use i-Ready ’s online Diagnostic and offline literacy assessment tasks to screen for risk factors of dyslexia and help provide data-driven instructional support to students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Read about the three 2023 winners here. In June 2023, she successfully obtained board approval for a second year of district-wide physical and mental health services for Kent School District. Listed here in alphabetical order by school/district name are 10 of the awards program finalists. Read about 10 more finalists here !)

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2023

McKinsey & Company (2023). “It’s They were following what I call the Mississippi playbook of high-quality instructional materials aligned to the science of reading with professional development and teacher coaches. Source: “ COVID-19 learning delay and recovery: Where do US states stand?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2023

“These results are big,” said Susanna Loeb, a Stanford professor of education who was a member of the research team and heads the National Student Support Accelerator, a Stanford research organization that studies tutoring and released this study in February 2023.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

I recognize that some school policies do not allow for this kind of dialogue, especially in 2023 as more districts are subject to state scrutiny of their school libraries. HB 900 , or the READER Act, passed in Texas in 2023. All decisions concerning instructional materials should be based on sound educational criteria.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

2013) define UDL as “a set of principles and techniques for use in the classroom along with the design of accessible instructional materials.” As Gargiulo and Metcalf (2023, p. 11) emphasize, these UDL principles should be “built into instructional design rather than added on later as an afterthought.”

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