eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ Magnetic Reading Foundations to its list of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for foundational skills in English language arts. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2021

We weren’t surprised,” said Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia, and one of the authors of the study , which encompassed 458 children. It’s not about intellect or capacity, it’s just about access. The state spent about $4,500 per enrolled child in 2019. Subscribe today!

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Technology has seeped its way into classrooms, streamlined academic standards, and transformed the pedagogical landscape to a large extent. Today, students are blessed with interactive platforms, personalized education, online learning, and educational software that have been designed to enhance the learning experience.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2024

Charlotte, NC — Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District (AJUSD) today announced a new collaboration with global edtech leader Discovery Education supporting innovative teaching and learning in the district. All AJUSD educators also enjoy access to the Discovery Educator Network.

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Doug Levin

JULY 7, 2016

Note: The original version of this piece was published on July 7, 2016 by New America as part of an EdCentral series on the next social contract for education: https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/edcentral/next-social-contract-public-education-needs-new-terms-service/.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Understanding the Online Learning Environment Embracing the online learning landscape is the first step toward your academic success. Online education in computer science offers flexibility and accessibility, but it also demands self-discipline and effective time management.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 20, 2021) —Mississippi’s Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) today launched a new multiyear partnership with Discovery Education that helps educators connect current classroom instruction to students’ possible future career paths. said Superintendent Chad Shealy.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2018

In his latest EdSurge column , Michael Horn laid out how Google Maps offers an aspirational metaphor for what the future of educational tools could look like. Yet there are several initiatives, some of which I’ve had the privilege of working on, that aim to support the educational data ecosystem necessary for learner navigation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice. in linguistics from Stanford University, was a faculty member of the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Education from 1974 to 2004. Fillmore is the third recipient of the Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2019

At a time of major change at educational software and assessments provider Renaissance Learning executives decided to add one more item to their to-do list. Founded in 2013 and formerly known as Front Row Education, Freckle currently claims more than 700,000 teachers and 10 million students have used the platform across 75,000 schools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

taxpayers trying to make sense of the federal tax code, many educators feel that education research is inaccessible and not written in a way they can understand. The resulting chasm creates a problem for educators, who may not be using or incorporating research-backed teaching practices into their instruction. Ahead of the D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

We get what we educate for. That’s why it’s time to educate for the future we want: healthy, just and sustainable for ourselves and for generations to come. Teachers and students can learn by doing place-based projects together, all the while meeting and exceeding required academic standards in authentic and meaningful ways.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Who are the people spearheading maker education? Maker Education Initiative. According to the report, many maker educators believe “making can help students develop real-world skills” such as creativity, problem-solving acumen, critical thinking and perseverance, along with “dispositions associated with positive work and life outcomes.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

The platinum award-winning project features the partnership between Classworks and Gwinnett County to deliver a successful online summer learning program, powered by 1EdTech’s Competency and Academic Standards Exchange® (CASE®) framework.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2017

Students need access to tools that work. But today, the decisions educators make regarding the tools they use with students are based on hypothesis rather than solid evidence. Five factors currently drive this demand for improving the quality and scalability of education technology: Higher academic standards nationwide.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2018

Grading and assessments are a hot potato in the field of education, as states and the federal government try to at once apply common standards, but also limit the amount of time students spend sitting assessments. Read more: What is the role of rubrics in performance-based education? Assessments.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

By combining a social media-style interface with academically rigorous content, TeachTap makes learning more fun, efficient and accessible than ever before. The app offers a personalized feed of entertaining and educational videos, images, questions, and memes, ensuring that students remain engaged while mastering the material.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Since the 1990s, education stories emanating from Massachusetts have largely been positive, but that started to change over the last decade. The decline has accelerated, and results from the 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) have pushed the state into the “learn-from-our-mistakes” category. Related: U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

I’m a big believer in online web-based curricula that can be accessed from any browser, any digital device, any location. EL Education K–5 Language Arts. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. EL Education Language Arts (Grades K-5). Who is Kiddom?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

An asset-based approach emphasizes acceleration and enrichment, with a focus on designing rich, high-quality instructional experiences that provide accessible entry points for all students. Here are five key take-aways they’ve learned so far on their quest: Designing with education equity in mind. But for Santa Fe, inclusion was key.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

To help accomplish their vision – that every students get not just to but through college – Brooklyn Lab leverages Cortex, a digital learning platform where student data and work can be accessed by students, teachers, parents, and administrators alike.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

Review the teacher resources on the educator dashboard. Access the assignment provided by the teacher. Once that is completed, access other challenges via online apps (usually third party, outside of the eSpark app), new videos, or something else. 4 Great Education Applications. Begin the first quest.

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PlagiarismCheck

MAY 8, 2023

Access to billions of scientific research has never been easier, academic journals and the latest discoveries available online and can be analyzed right from mobile phones. Meanwhile, new technology, especially AI and Chat GPT, changed the writing process and turned education from head to toe.

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PlagiarismCheck

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The rise of the internet and the availability of easily accessible content have contributed to the increasing prevalence of plagiarism. Plagiarism checkers compare a submitted text with a vast online and archived content database,academic publications and students’ submissions. Institutions also benefit from promoting authentic work.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Empower is hardly the only education company that has had to adapt its wares to support shifting trends in data interoperability. As standards come and go, edtech developers are tasked with supporting new technical integrations demanded by school and district customers. It took a lot of effort for us to create our own SIF agent.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Open Up Resources offers two of the highest-reviewed curriculum for middle-school math and K-5 English, according to EdReports, which evaluates textbooks for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. She’s enthusiastic about accessing Open Up Resources’ materials on the Kiddom platform. “By

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2019

In a previous EdSurge piece , I described how economics and technology trends tend to drive educational innovation by providing models that reformers build into their visions, sometimes unconsciously. It has also impacted the role that teachers play in the mind of educational policy makers and reformers—for good and ill.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 20, 2021

One included academic standards for my state. The other was filled with the English language development (ELD) standards. My job was to ensure that my students, all of whom were categorized as English learners (ELs), met these grade-level and proficiency standards by the end of the year.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2016

For over a decade, plenty of time and dollars have been poured into encouraging the use of open educational resources (OER). Department of Education spearheaded the #GoOpen movement, a collection of efforts to spur educators, publishers and technologists to make OER more available and easily accessible.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2019

In parallel with this changing nature of librarians, the library itself took on an increased role in the community, offering spaces where the unemployed receive job training, the needy access social services and families gather for daily programming. librarians) are the ones who decide where they want to go and live with those choices.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2017

Education is changing, things are in flux, and there is uncertainty. In this ever-dynamic landscape, “common” standards for education seemingly get a bad rap, but they’re useful, particularly for the development and distribution of open education resources (OER). The Value of Common Standards in OER.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2017

As the new school year begins, elementary school teachers are now able to access a new, free online artificial intelligence (AI) tool designed to strengthen their math instruction and help students learn at higher levels. Next page: Educators react to the new AI resource).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Kids are helped along by access to take-home devices and individualized learning plans that allow them to progress through class material at their own speed. The model also helped students and educators weather the pandemic’s ups and downs more easily than other districts in the country.

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eSpark

APRIL 14, 2022

Student engagement—participating in lively class discussions, investing time and energy into their academic work, and applying what they learn in school to the world outside the classroom—increases when educators value social-emotional well-being, according to 81% of teachers. What does student engagement look like?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

One recent whitepaper linked the practice to preparing kids for the long road of schooling ahead , in which progress is measured through standardized testing starting in third grade. Across the country, kindergarteners are pressured to meet academic standards that both teachers and experts say many kids are developmentally not ready for.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Historically, wealthier students have had greater access to enriching out-of-school experiences, compounding their privilege.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Most classrooms have access to at least one computer or mobile device, and 77% of school districts have high speed broadband. In my work as an education researcher and product manager, I’ve observed dozens of schools and interviewed hundreds of teachers. Most educational apps and games are meant to be used independently by students.

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