eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

BOSTON – Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada, has made Lexia LETRS ® (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling) professional learning programs available to most elementary schools in the district with a plan to continue expanding the program to additional elementary and early childhood teachers and administrators.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Forty percent of the nation’s school systems need to replace at least half of their HVAC systems, according to a 2020 study by the Government Accountability Office. The ARP provides $122 billion for the Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Even students studying culinary arts need experience using digital point-of-sale systems. There is a renewed focus on CTE amid broader debates about the value of college and the student debt crisis as well as the need for viable post-secondary alternatives. Demand for Post-Secondary Options Drives CTE Investment. It makes sense.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 15, 2022

From a student-designed water irrigation system in Matenge Village, Botswana, to an app by students in Pennsylvania targeting food waste through smarter shopping and eating, these projects represent the creativity and innovation of young people from around the world. Project Name: Be the Dream Farm Irrigation System.

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Digital Promise

MAY 9, 2023

In this second post, the author outlines three questions school and systems leaders should answer before procurement when considering new edtech. This three-part blog series, featuring guest authors from The Learning Accelerator and MA DESE OET , highlights the importance of centering equity in edtech selection.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

As caregivers, educators and school systems continue to navigate how to process and respond to the stresses and traumas young people experience, we need to continue to push the conversation toward proactive, preventative support. Typically, we tend to associate SEL programs with elementary-aged students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Conversations about the science of reading are happening primarily with elementary and early childhood educators. But how are we addressing the ways that the system has failed our secondary students when they first learned to read? Here are 4 simple steps to help educators begin implementing the science of reading.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Boston – VHS Learning has once again received accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS), a worldwide leader in accreditation and school improvement. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 4, 2019

We should be more alarmed that we’re not doing more about this issue in our elementary and secondary classrooms. Not yet, not in most school systems. It’s going to get even worse as new tools for creating and spreading falsehoods proliferate. But we don’t seem to be.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2017

But the quality of public school systems varies widely from state to state and is often a question of funding. Public elementary and secondary education dollars traditionally flow from three sources: the federal, state (state governments contributing nearly half of public-school funding) and local governments. Massachusetts.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 17, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Work-based learning is providing a way for school and district leaders to increase the relevance and value of secondary education, while also offering opportunities for the practice and application of new skills in supportive environments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 3, 2021

She shares the WHO system for evaluating technology, tips for hybrid learning, and timeless principles for considering digital equity and relating to your students and colleagues in professional and respectful ways. 5 practical lessons for elementary classroom inclusion. Teachers are stressing over so many things. Desiree Alexander.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

While new data suggest students are making a “ ‘surprising’ rebound,” findings also show math and reading levels for elementary and middle school students are nowhere near pre-pandemic levels. Worse yet, systemic inequality has actually worsened, with students in the poorest communities falling even further behind their more affluent peers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This may include moving to a digital records management system that is FERPA and CJIS compliant such as what we have done with Scribbles Software. While the focus is often on secondary education, there is a great need to ignite interest and foster creativity when students’ curiosity and independence are at their peak.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The five new licenses signed in 2021 represent more than 7,300 institutions and 2.6 million students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2022

At elementary schools, we’d have to get rid of the 1 teacher/1 class/5 days equation. At secondary schools, we’d have to toss out 5-day-per-week class rotations. One relatively easy option would be for elementary classes to have their normal classes 4 days a week. So let’s imagine. But more creative approaches may be necessary.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina literally washed away the New Orleans public school system. More problematic, these issues also include how to educate students who cannot learn online, such as students with special needs, English language learners and early elementary children. Public education will never be the same.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2022

MDE is investing up to $49 million of its American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III funds in four new services to support student safety and learning statewide.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

In the coming years, the final funding decisions made by current district leaders will serve as a litmus test to determine if they have proactively addressed the internal capacity needed at the system level to support their chosen allocation of funds. Will they prioritize short-term fixes, or will they root their decisions in sustainability?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 11, 2023

Kindergarten Teachers When children take their first significant steps into the educational system, it’s kindergarten teachers who hold their hands. Elementary School Teachers The cornerstone of foundational education, elementary school teachers foster a love for learning and set the stage for a lifetime of intellectual curiosity.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

“Unfortunately many students leave elementary school still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects. ” At the center of the study was a new, easy-to-implement protocol for secondary school teachers to use to help increase reading fluency of their students.

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Insight Education Group

MAY 27, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has left elementary and secondary schools across the country in need of additional resources to operate and support their school communities. billion to the Elementary and Secondary Emergency Education Relief Fund, also known as ESSER ( NCSL, 2021 ).

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Name: Caleb Brown Age: 20 College: Clemson University Area of study: History, secondary education Intends to teach: Social studies Hometown: Rock Hill, South Carolina EdSurge: What is one of your earliest memories of a teacher? I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

To help, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MA DESE) partnered with VHS Learning to create the STEM Advanced Placement Access Expansion Opportunity , which enables up to 1,500 students within the state to take free AP® courses during the 2022-2023 academic year. Boston – Feb.

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The Jose Vilson

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The setup usually lists a set of skills that seem like common sense: how to do your taxes, how to work through the legal system in ordinary situations, how to determine your credit score etc. We also have to work on deconstructing school systems that intentionally create inequitable and unjust schools at the root.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

For nearly three decades, I used purposeful play in my classroom and have seen firsthand the impact it has on both students and teachers,” said Alicia Miller, a retired elementary school teacher from Evans, GA.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The accelerated track in middle and high school drew mostly from elementary schools in affluent neighborhoods, where students tended to perform better on a pre-algebra placement test that they had one chance to take as fifth graders. But the district remains committed to its changes. This practice — and mindset — must change.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding into our education system. Why local communities?

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

This is especially evident in the elementary grades, which on average only teach social studies 30 minutes a week. We need real and systemic change.” We need real and systemic change. If we want an active, informed and engaged republic, then commitment to those goals must begin in elementary school—if not earlier.”

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Waterford

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In an alphabetic system such as English, developing readers must be able to isolate the sounds within speech in order to associate those sounds with the letters that represent them. Phonological Awareness: Activity Ideas for Elementary Students. Massachusett Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Johnson, K.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

There's absolutely no support system in our school right now for us [educators].But Compassion Fatigue While symptoms of burnout were unfortunately all too familiar to educators we talked with, many said they were hearing about compassion fatigue and secondary trauma for the first time.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The longstanding nonprofit revealed its new statewide initiative with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The commitments grow support and momentum for a sustainable K-12 computer science education system in and out of school. Boston – Nov. Courses are approved for initial eligibility by NCAA.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Meanwhile, digital media, heavily reliant on visuals and text, with audio often secondary, is playing an increasing role in education. Audio is often a secondary consideration; particularly once users can read. For example, username/password login forms can be replaced with QR codes; many school-oriented systems have already done so.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Every school in the PCS system earned Cognia’s STEM Certification in June. Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Rachael Peters said, “The initiative to become STEM Certified, system-wide, was the work and achievement of many educators in our system. Phenix City, Ala.

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eSchool News

JULY 9, 2021

education system. million of their Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds (almost half) on software tools that facilitate learning. . Here are three things school districts must consider before falling into the trap of adding more applications or monitoring components to their IT systems.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

Research shows that chronically absent students are at higher risk for adverse outcomes later in life , including diminished health , increased involvement in the criminal justice system , and fewer job opportunities. Chronic absenteeism also impacts post-secondary outcomes such as financial well-being down the road.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Data also shows an increase in chronic absenteeism resulting from anxiety, most notably at the secondary levels. It also helped our district move forward with the systemic work needed for change by looking at the program as a mindset, rather than a curriculum, and embedding it into everyday school life. Next Steps for our District.

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