eSchool News

JULY 21, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Students across Indiana’s Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) will add new, high-quality learning resources to their digital book bags this Fall thanks to a new partnership with worldwide edtech leader Discovery Education. Discovery Education Science Techbooks.

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2023

In this new multi-year collaboration, educators in every GFW school will integrate Discovery Education’s suite of innovative digital resources into instruction to create dynamic learning experiences that will awaken students’ natural curiosity about science and the natural world. Pivot Interactives.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In one back room at Skyline High School, you can learn all you need to know about St. For that biomedical project, students had to create a probe and learn to maneuver it sight unseen from behind a curtain on the box’s opening to procure a sample from the intestine/bike tire. “We Photo: Courtesy of Jeffrey Sylvester. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

But when she returned to teach at Union in 2012, the white student population had shrunk to a little more than half of total enrollment. But on a recent winter day, only two of Woodfin’s students identified as white and more than a third were still learning English. She decided to talk with her principal at the time, Lisa Witcher.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 1, 2021

Instead of just looking at test scores and saying there’s an equity issue, leaders need to dig down into each group of students and determine why they’re not meeting their learning goals. Make learning collective. Invite a diverse group to analyze the problems. It will take time for staff to recognize and change their faulty practices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Do you need safe, fun ways for students to connect and learn while keeping their distance in the classroom? Visit coolcatteacher.com/tournament to learn more and start voting! Mitch served on the Board of the Ed-Tech Industry Network (ETIN) of the SIIA from 2012-2019, was cochair from 2015-2016, and was the chair in 2019.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

On an ordinary June morning, kids descend on the campus of Auburn University to try science experiments at the college of education’s annual STEM camp. It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

Related: Pathways to jobs of the future opening via summer STEM programs. North Star is part of the Uncommon Schools network, which has elementary, middle and high schools in Newark. You learn to be resourceful and that will be really valuable.”. Like a good STEM student, Mann started by doing his own research project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2016

Second, you create a culture of learning. While Mike is an elementary science teacher, I learned many techniques that apply to my middle and high school classrooms. Show Notes: How letting his students share their learning in more meaningful ways other than passing the test on Friday made magic!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 11, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. More than 150 teachers have graduated from the program since it started in 2012. “I Futter, president emerita of AMNH. “We

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. To start somewhere, they decided to search for digital content to help with improving student learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2017

In the case of Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) , when the district began a huge leap to personalized learning, its leaders consciously began designing a communications strategy to bring together students, teachers and families. Katherine Cox, Instructional Coach at Mays Chapel Elementary. According to the S.T.A.T.

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ExcelinEd

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Learn how your state can expand access to high-quality computer science education to unlock lifelong opportunities for students at ExcelinEd.org/ITCS and Advocacy/Code.org. Learn why Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org, believes every student must have access to computer science education. — TechGirls (@TechGirls) December 13, 2019.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. Daniel Hodge Back in 2012, ambitious district officials in Fulton County revealed a 5-year plan. It should have been communicated better. “Now

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2024

Since 2017, 93 percent of students taking it have passed, and 83 percent have achieved all the course’s learning goals, including the ability to use arithmetic, geometry, algebra and trigonometry to solve welding problems, school data show. We actually learned equations I’m going to use, like setting ladder rungs,” he said.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2019

I accepted the position of Chief Executive Officer of East Texas Advanced Academy (ETAA) in partnership with a school district in East Texas where I served as principal at a middle and elementary school simultaneously. We create structure to drive to deeper learning, faster. We dedicate meaningful time for professional learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2018

Small-group math work at Prairie Oak Elementary in Berwyn North School District 98 where, two years ago, just 14 percent of third-graders were able to do grade-level math. Related: Eight ways to introduce kids to STEM at an early age. Photo: Sarah Gonser for The Hechinger Report. BERWYN, Ill. —

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 20, 2015

When the world talks about STEM education for the most part they talk around elementary teachers rather than to elementary school teachers. A 2012 report on student motivation toward STEM career, out of The University of Nevada, (How to Motivate US Students to Pursue STEM Careers by Md. Robinson) disagrees.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Now more than ever, it is important that students engage in STEAM learning in order to be ready for what is around the corner. STEAM – adding Arts to STEM – provides a full 360-degree approach to 21 st -century learning. How do educators prepare students for jobs that don’t even exist yet? Meet Your Speakers. Sponsored by:

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 21, 2018

Learn this powerful method of mentoring. This is also great — once a week we have a designated learning plan that we put in for the next week, and we can kind of map out where the week’s going, and what she’s assigned to. How do I help the induction teacher learn from that and kind of make that process visible?”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Around 2009, Lee learned about the Junior Theater Festival (JTF) in Atlanta, where students from across the country gather for three days to compete, take workshops and nerd out over musical theater. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Photo: Eveline Chao for The Hechinger Report. But to the parents, it’s worth it.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2019

Elementary think alouds. At the elementary stage, these quotes represent talking points from our 4th and 5th graders. On the other had, a smaller number of elementary students see Wikipedia as a starting point to discover additional content. Note the binary approach. So and she told me it’s not really a good site.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2012

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 21st, is worldwide 2012 Social Learning Summit , a one-day virtual conference being held as a partnership of Classroom 2.0 in teaching and learning, and the URL for attending is [link]. and the Discovery Educator Network. The Summit is from 9:00am - 3:00pm US Eastern Time.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. Calen Evans, a STEM coordinator in the Washoe County School District and president of an advocacy group called Empower Nevada Teachers, is bracing himself for that change yet again. Credit: Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

By pairing leading educators and learning experts with JibJab’s world-class team of artists and storytellers, StoryBots has captured the attention of today’s media-savvy students with fun, compelling content designed to support the development, practice and mastery of foundational skills. ” Launched by JibJab Bros.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2016

The Bedtime Math app , launched in 2012, spurs family math talk by sending parents daily word problems prefaced by a paragraph of story – about everything from subway-riding dogs to galactic travel – illustrated with a photo or video. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Seamless integration with teachers’ education platforms helped to immerse students in their learning material. Teachers have also expressed positive feedback using the technology, underscoring how it led to more collaborative learning experiences for students.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 26, 2012

As we wrap up our second year of Collaboration Coaching , we celebrate the success we''ve had with collaboration, learning with colleagues, and creating 21st century, student-centered classrooms. There was a noticeable difference in becoming a learning culture by the end of their first year together as a staff.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres. Get Your Free! 3D Artifacts!

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MindShift

JULY 30, 2015

It’s not uncommon to find professional educators who look down on homeschooling as a way of circumventing learning standards, seeing it as a path chosen mostly by families wanting to include religion in their children’s education. percent of the student population to 3.4 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Education.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

Next Tuesday, March 29th, 2002, is our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," which will be held online (and for free). The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres. We currently have over 2,500 registrations! Get Your Free!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. The use of this technology is equally trending in the education, museum, and professional learning spheres. Get Your Free! 3D Artifacts!

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Students at the Native American Community Academy take part in land-based lessons, some in the school’s greenhouse, to learn about local ecologies, cultures and practices. At a nearby farm in Albuquerque, students can also learn about agriculture and related industries. You had to learn that experience yourself.” “I

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? It found that schools using some form of personalized learning were, on average, performing better ( there were some wrinkles we’ll talk about later on).

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Being able to quickly share is essential to progress, learning, and celebrating student success. This happens most often while students are learning because not only will students show their work to the whole class on the board, but they’ll also need to demonstrate their process. Shift #3: Students as Teachers.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Buffalo educators hoped Eve’s new program would give more children — particularly children of color — a chance at enrichment and advanced learning. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

But it wasn’t indoor recess — play is one of the ways students learn every day in O’Brien’s science and social studies class at Shidler Elementary School. But during free play, she only asks them to connect something they learned that day to their chosen play activity. Credit: Ariel Gilreath/The Hechinger Report.

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