The Principal of Change

JANUARY 5, 2021

I wanted to provide some for this year as well, even though this quote provides a pretty good summary of 2020: “So far, 2020 is like looking both ways before you cross the street then getting hit by an airplane.”. You can read all of the quotes below or check out the past lists here: 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020.

Learning 94

Learning Personalized Learning Education 94

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

But as her youngest child’s school district sought to return to in-person learning in 2021, Butterworth felt something of a call to service. My two older kids, who were in private school, had been back since the fall [of 2020], and the public schools weren't going to be opening back up until mid-March [of 2021].

Elementary 167

Elementary Groups Classroom Learning 167

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Her daughter, whose name is being withheld to protect her privacy, learned from the living room couch or dining room table, and there was no chance for altercations with her peers in the hallway or on the bus. But in October, less than two months after returning to in-person learning in Sacramento, California, she was suspended again.

Personalized Learning 136

Personalized Learning Learning Data Report 136

Neo LMS

JULY 15, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in University Business , on April 13, 2021. Despite the growing demand for edtech and online learning, face-to-face lectures and on-campus activities remained the core part of how students accessed their education. In fact, change is long overdue. Artificial Intelligence.

Trends 434

Trends Digital Learning Competency Based Learning Learning 434

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2020

“I find the grief about the lost semester of school to virtual learning (the social interactions and experiences I can’t replicate at home) comes in waves and at unexpected times,” Parker said in her email. million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. That doesn’t mean she isn’t terrified sometimes. “My

Survey 142

Survey Elementary Personalized Learning Report 142

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Heartbeat aims to support adolescents’ understanding and reflection around how they learn, including the impact of their well-being, such as sleep and physical activity, and certain facets of SEL, such as motivation and social support. There is a ton of research, but very few tools that enable [personalized learning] to come to life.

EdTech 309

EdTech Learning Tools Personalized Learning 309

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” About Cambium Learning Group. BOSTON ( Sept.

Differentiated Instruction 95

Differentiated Instruction Report Learning Company 95

Edsurge

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Over the course of 2020, there has been plenty of discussion about what will and won’t return to “normal” once we’ve fought COVID-19 into submission. One of the challenges we will see carry over into 2021 is how universities find the resources necessary to drive continued digital transformation and meet the needs of students.

Education 190

Education Outcomes Strategy Meeting 190

Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

The 2020-2021 school year has definitely been one full of changes and a time when we’ve had to become more flexible in our instruction to adapt to changing learning environments and conditions. We don’t have to be the experts; we just need to know enough to get our students started exploring and creating with AI.

Learning 542

Learning Course Training Examples 542

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning.

Digital Divide 144

Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Surgeon General issued an advisory warning of a youth mental health crisis in December 2021, following a declaration earlier that fall of a “national emergency in child and adolescent mental health” by a coalition of pediatric groups. The report card grades states on eight policies identified by the campaign as solutions to the crisis.

Analysis 129

Analysis Policies Report Survey 129

eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When schools abruptly shifted to online learning in March of 2020, a flurry of announcements about free digital learning resources followed. Gradually, schools returned to hybrid learning and, now, most districts are back to full in-person learning. for the entire 2021-2022 school year.”

Digital Learning 145

Digital Learning Classroom Learning EdTech 145

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Community colleges have 14 percent fewer students in the fall of 2021 than they had two years ago, according to a preliminary enrollment report from the National Student Clearinghouse’s Research Center. percent in the 2021-22 academic year after plunging 3.4 percent in September 2021 compared to a year earlier.

Report 128

Report Data Analysis Accessibility 128

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. enVision ® Mathematics Common Core © 2021 Grades 6-8. enVision ® A|G|A Common Core © 2018.

Common Core 53

Common Core Instructional Materials Company Adaptive Learning 53

Edthena

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Communication from school to home about safety protocols has been constant since March 2020 due to changing health conditions and safety protocols. Read more on EdSource: How can teachers support students as we return to in-person learning. They need frequent and multiple forms of communication. Find it here ! .

Resources 98

Resources Schoology Social Media Exercises 98

Waterford

JUNE 11, 2020

This year, as schools moved to online learning and teachers scrambled to adjust their curriculum, many teachers, students, and parents gained new appreciation for the value of self-care. Personalized Learning. Over the past few years, personalized learning has been on the rise. Classifying K-12 Blended Learning.

Trends 304

Trends Gamification Digital Citizenship Blended Learning 304

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Lampkin blames the year and a half his sons were away from school buildings from March 2020 until the fall of 2021. The district began offering in-person learning in March 2021, but three quarters of students remained home. They couldn’t get through it,” said Lampkin. They weren’t engaged at all. years of school.

Analysis 97

Analysis Learning Data Report 97

eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOSTON (October 1, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, has released its “Educator Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in Fall 2021,” a research brief exploring educators’ expectations for the 2021-2022 academic year. About Cambium Learning Group.

Report 98

Report Differentiated Instruction Survey Education 98

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

In August 2020, Amanda Nemergut was looking for alternatives to in-person public school for her three daughters. As parents fearful of coronavirus’s spread and frustrated with their schools’ forays into remote learning seek other options, they are increasingly turning to virtual for-profit charter schools like the one Nemergut chose.

E-rate 129

E-rate Pearson Company Report 129

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Member programs in the national Virtual Learning Leadership Alliance reported increased hiring of online teachers since 2020. In a 2021 survey, fifteen percent of teachers said flexibility to work from home would “make a major difference in reducing the likelihood they leave the profession.”.

Edmentum 122

Edmentum Survey Report Study 122

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2022

Following the 2020-2021 school year, educators can look back with pride–and exhaustion–on all we have learned. We have learned to teach in brand new modalities like remote and hybrid learning, foster more student independence, and adapt instruction to a huge variety of learning needs.

Strategy 145

Strategy Learning Survey Personalized Learning 145

eSchool News

MAY 10, 2021

The cancellation of summative assessments in the spring of 2020, coupled with the variability of the spring 2021 testing season, significantly impacted the K–12 assessment landscape, making formative and frequent checks for understanding an educators’ main line of sight into what students know and don’t know.

Assessment 98

Assessment Outcomes Personalized Learning Learning 98

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Last March, Zoom, the ubiquitous online conferencing platform, became a staple of daily life for many students and educators as learning shifted online. Millions downloaded it—and first learned of it—back in early 2020, when lockdowns forced billions of students online, and at least 100,000 schools onto Zoom.

Online Learning 218

Online Learning Gamification Blackboard Company 218

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. A Tech Exchange employee works in the nonprofit’s warehouse in May 2021. OAKLAND, Calif. Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

Digital Divide 111

Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 111

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

26, parents from Brooklyn Arts & Science Elementary School (or P.S. 705) flocked to the school for an open house ahead of the fall 2021 semester. contracted Covid-19 between the start of the pandemic and early August 2021.). At P.S. 705, more students returned to in-person learning (55 percent) than the city average (40 percent).

Data 82

Data Elementary Meeting Report 82

Neo LMS

MARCH 16, 2021

A version of this post was originally published on February 22, 2021, in eSchool News. The global pandemic has changed the education experience as we continue to live in an extraordinary age of mass school closures and distance learning. billion – from 2019 to 2020.

LMS 237

LMS Education Online Learning Flipped Classroom 237

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Following the 2020-2021 school year, educators can look back with pride–and exhaustion–on all we have learned. We have learned to teach in brand new modalities like remote and hybrid learning, foster more student independence, and adapt instruction to a huge variety of learning needs.

Survey 123

Survey Learning Strategy Personalized Learning 123

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

“Doing it on a computer screen just is not the same thing,” said Neumann, who is eager to get back to using “old-school materials” — paper, pencils and rulers — when her district returns to in-person learning this fall. Like many districts across the country, Howard County switched to virtual instruction in the spring of 2020.

Strategy 145

Strategy Elementary Groups Personalized Learning 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As students return to the classroom this fall — many for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic that upended their access to quality, in-person learning — we have an opportunity to enact standards to ensure that teachers’ instruction methods are effective and backed by science.

Policies 145

Policies Assessment Outcomes Instructional Materials 145

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Total enrollment: 3,600 students 1 In-person enrollment: 86 percent after reopening for a four-day week in March 2 Total cases, 2020-2021 school year: 5 cases in the fall (identified by the state in two elementary school outbreaks) 3 17 cases in the spring (15 rapid test positives, 2 PCR test positives); none identified by the state as outbreaks 4.

Elementary 80

Elementary Data Accessibility Tablets 80

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2021

The summer slide, summer brain drain, summer learning loss–whatever you call it, it’s of even more concern to parents and educators with COVID thrown in the mix. It’s fair to say students have more than earned their impending summer breaks.

Resources 131

Resources STEM eBook Exercises 131

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2022

In May of 2020, the Las Vegas native accepted an offer to become superintendent of the Elko County School District, which serves roughly 10,000 students in northeastern Nevada. As hard as those first months were, the gradual return to in-person learning in fall 2020 was harder. 14, 2021, in Elko, Nevada.

Meeting 145

Meeting Advocacy Report STEM 145

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 16, 2021

As students return to school for the 2021-22 year, educators are thinking about how to teach children who have missed months of instruction because of the pandemic. Or should they start fourth graders off at the usual beginning, learning place values through millions and billions, as if third grade hadn’t been disrupted?

Education 122

Education Software Data Company 122

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2023

The second grader attends SpaRRk Academy, a virtual learning program for elementary students created in 2021 by the Rio Rancho School District in New Mexico. Related: Remote learning has been a disaster for many students. It wasn’t just a mother’s intuition. Daniels watched her son take the test from their dining room table.

Elementary 98

Elementary Online Learning Report Personalized Learning 98

eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2021

As schools across the nation open their classrooms for a return to full in-person learning, educators, parents, and stakeholders are wondering what the fall will bring. Concerns about COVID surges and a return to remote or hybrid learning aren’t far from educators’ minds.

Learning 115

Learning Policies Personalized Learning Strategy 115

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

In JCPS, an urban Kentucky school district that provides a high-quality education for 96,000 students, RIT Score Growth was analyzed from winter to spring during the 2021-22 school year. JCPS launched its partnership with FEV Tutor in December 2020 to connect students with tutoring help when they need it.

Assessment 98

Assessment Twitter Personalized Learning Study 98

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The cancellation of summative assessments in the spring of 2020, coupled with the variability of the spring 2021 testing season, has significantly impacted the K–12 assessment landscape.

Assessment 79

Assessment Survey Outcomes Personalized Learning 79