eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

As this industrial-age school model persists, many students feel bored and disengaged with their learning. The past few years have been characterized by fresh and innovative solutions for learning, as well as transformative, technology-forward approaches to education. has remained largely unchanged for generations.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

We asked educators to share their views about teaching and learning in 2025 (find industry predictions for 2025 here ). Here’s what they had to say: In 2025 and beyond, providing high-quality professional learning will be essential in retaining teachers, as well as helping to ensure they feel fulfilled in their work.

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Education Learning Future Ready Assessment 109

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. Recently, I worked on a more complex project in which my students hosted two family learning nights for a local elementary school.

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Education Industry Secondary Training 212

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. More than 7,100 Texas high school students earned associate degrees in the 2018-19 academic year, and many of those credentials included industry certifications.

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Industry Secondary Examples Training 212

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2020

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs. Building Skill Sets That Help Students.

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Robotics Industry Secondary EdTech 150

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2020

In the 2018-2019 school year alone, Fairfax County students earned 18,000 industry credentials, says Beth Downey, the district’s CTE coordinator. The district enrolls more than 187,000 students in its elementary and secondary schools as well as alternative programs. Building Skill Sets That Help Students.

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Robotics Industry Secondary EdTech 150

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 17, 2019

contributed by Anita Lamoureux In Gresham-Barlow School District in Oregon, we recently launched a pilot program that leverages partnerships with local industry to enhance our Career and Technical Education (CTE) offerings and shape career pathways that start in elementary and extend through high school and post-secondary.

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Secondary Classroom Industry Elementary 110

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

One of the most common concerns in education, especially at the secondary level, is the need to connect students to careers. Taking the idea one step further, some new programs are connecting students directly to employers, industry professionals and career mentors. However, most will not. I survey my students regularly.

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Industry Secondary Robotics Survey 159

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2021

billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding into our education system. Perea Elementary in Memphis , for example redesigned how parents, teachers, and children support each other in virtual, in-person, and hybrid settings. Why local communities?

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Education Libraries System Elementary 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. So, I was motivated to take the industry and peer knowledge and then bring it into my classroom. And I get to bring that industry information to my students and help them make those real-world connections.

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Classroom Education STEM Guidelines 215

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Department of Education hopes that the blockchain technology transforming the finance and logistics industries could play a role in making education records more portable and transparent. Creating a mechanism to store on-the-job learning so workers can use it to qualify for college credit.

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Education Secondary Industry Mobility 143

eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Hines Elementary in Waco, Texas Heres what eSNs panel of educator experts had to say about DEI in action in their schools, the challenges they still face, and what they think will advance DEI initiatives in the years to come. I work with industry partners to work with those students during their class period on real world projects. [Im

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Chromebook EdTech Robotics Elementary 111

Edsurge

MARCH 23, 2020

Secondary teacher positions are harder to fill than elementary ones; as are science and math openings. believes we’re in for a steeper recession than most are anticipating, which will disproportionately impact industries with retail and service workers. Although there are millions of Americans qualified to fill the 3.7

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Education Training Policies Secondary 207

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2021

As Congress narrows the scope of President Biden’s social spending bill, the Build Back Better Act, it is vital to maintain its proposed investments in college retention and completion grants, as well as community college and industry partnership grants. billion for partnerships between community colleges and industry.

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Trends Industry Secondary Elementary 143

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2022

It showed the industry, Batra says, that consumers have become agreeable to purchasing edtech. Atin Batra: Let me start by saying that the current public market meltdown has affected all industries, including education. As he sees it, the valuation declines aren’t an ill-omen for the sector. Just in the U.S.,

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EdTech MOOC Company Industry 182

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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STEM Course Secondary Elementary 98

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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Outcomes Secondary Learning Handbook 99

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Yet to hear the state’s commissioner of elementary and secondary education tell it, there’s still a lot of work to be done. Kids got a preschool intervention, and it seemed like it went well initially—in elementary school those kids started to move up. But then the gains wore off as they went further along in elementary school.

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Education Data Elementary Conference 168

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

Before joining JFF, Lexi spent nearly a decade in public service at the federal level, including working on Capitol Hill for six years, and serving as a policy advisor to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Listen to the conversation below, or read highlights below.

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Education Policies Coursera MOOC 179

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

While most of us can appreciate the wordplay, comparing edtech to fintech, or other “hot” industries, is a dangerous game — one that can severely damage the mission of education. In response, the ad-tech industry has staged a(nother) tantrum, claiming that Apple is 'destroying the Internet's economic model.'"

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

While most of us can appreciate the wordplay, comparing edtech to fintech, or other “hot” industries, is a dangerous game — one that can severely damage the mission of education. In response, the ad-tech industry has staged a(nother) tantrum, claiming that Apple is 'destroying the Internet's economic model.'"

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EdTech Industry Survey Laptops 150

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

He had previously served as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Education during which time he engaged with educators, administrators, parents and students, as well as business and industry leaders, higher education officials and others to guide the department’s work on issues that were important to the future of Pennsylvania.

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Secondary Advocacy Future Ready Elementary 101

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2023

Previously, Oran held multiple management roles at Festo Didactic’s parent company Festo Group, a worldwide supplier of automation technology, equipment, and solutions for industrial and technical education. Before Festo, he served as an operations leader for various companies.

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Robotics STEM Industry Future Ready 106

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Voc-tech students graduate with industry-recognized credentials and the ability to pursue college if they choose. The second key is partnering with the local business and industry community. They can also donate equipment and serve on advisory boards to ensure that schools’ technical education classes meet industry standards.

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Dropout Industry Secondary Elementary 109

Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2022

What major industry still operates like that? The Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) was approved in three packages in 2020 and 2021. The answer, unfortunately, is too many schools.

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Guidelines Outcomes Secondary Data 153

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

At 17 years old, Christine Johns sat in a university classroom surrounded by men and women who were devastated as Pittsburgh's steel industry collapsed around them. To have access to high paying careers in the future requires some type of post-secondary education. Christine Johns: Our economy has changed significantly. Kids love it.

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Industry Case Study Technology STEM 149

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. That’s why the development of AI-powered tools that can accommodate all learners must be a priority for policymakers, districts and the education technology industry.

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Secondary Industry Policies Accessibility 142

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Here’s a look at some of the latest research, thoughts, and strategies, directly from classroom experts and industry veterans: In districts across the country, educators are continuing to support students with post-pandemic learning recovery. Here are 4 simple steps to help educators begin implementing the science of reading.

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Policies Elementary Secondary Trends 117

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Recently, the Big Blur was the topic of numerous conversations during a national conference hosted by Jobs for the Future (JFF) in New Orleans, where it was a subject of a panel discussion between industry leaders and two JFF officials: Joel Vargas, the organization’s vice president of programs, and Kyle Hartung, associate vice president.

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Education Secondary Training Report 138

eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2024

This is what Canada’s Barnaby School District did across its 41 elementary schools and 8 secondary schools, uncovering more than 2,000 additional endpoints than previously thought. First, begin with a comprehensive inventory of all devices connected to the network. In effect, this represents 2,000 potential network entry points.

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Software Data Secondary Resources 126

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 17, 2020

Students of color are less likely to be given access to accelerated opportunities in secondary schools, and more likely to be placed in remediation when they head to college. When I was principal of a diverse, dual-language elementary school, we confronted a persistent gap in outcomes for African American students.

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Outcomes Comparison Elementary Secondary 134

eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

Microsoft’s Global Threat Activity Map by Industry shows that, as of June 16, education institutions had been victims of 5.9 In the spring of 2021, the National Security Agency released a cybersecurity advisory that, while focused on the Defense Industrial Base, is applicable to many organizations.

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Industry Secondary System Report 106

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Providing industry-focused solutions that connect information and technology, its unique product set includes training management, continuing education (CE), compliance training, workforce scheduling, safety management, and more.

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Course Training Industry Digital Citizenship 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

In addition to online telescope access, this new solution provides elementary through college-level teachers integrated curriculum-based lesson plans that can be used with students and ongoing professional development to help educators easily use the technology. said Paolucci. About Slooh.

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Classroom Elementary Secondary Company 105

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 29, 2018

million students participated in secondary-level CTE nationwide in 2016-17, and more than 61,000 of them were in Massachusetts. College faculty, alumni and industry partners are often practitioners and experts in the fields that technical college students are pursuing. Data show that about 2.79

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Secondary Industry Company Data 89

eSchool News

JULY 14, 2022

It is funded through $50,000 in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funds and an additional $30,000 included as part of a U.S. Vector Solutions is the leading provider of impactful technology solutions dedicated to driving safer, smarter, better decision-making in the world’s most critical industries.

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Software Libraries Training Industry 95

Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2024

That means that while the edtech industry took off during the pandemic, it’s now coming down. At the end of September, federal relief dollars for K-12 schools are scheduled to sunset , though the U.S. Education Department is greenlighting extension requests.

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EdTech Tools Software Microsoft 184