Laura Ascione, Author at eSchool News

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Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

4 key digital learning developments

April 30, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Fifty-eight percent of high school students in a national survey said they use their own mobile devices for learning in school, and 47 percent of teachers in the…

District Management

Turning Technologies signs Student Privacy Pledge

April 30, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Turning Technologies has joined the growing list of education service providers to sign the Student Privacy Pledge. Introduced by the Future of Privacy Forum and the Software &…

STEM & STEAM

Math gets an ‘Extreme Makeover’

April 30, 2015 by Laura Ascione

$math-makeover$

What are two things you need to build a house? Ty Pennington, known for hosting ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, will show students in grades 4 and up…

Apps

Pearson launches DRA2+ app for iPad

April 29, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Pearson has launched the Developmental Reading Assessment, Second Edition PLUS (DRA2+) iPad App for literacy assessment. Now available on the App Store, the new app guides teachers through…

Blended Learning

Common Sense Education launches gaming platform

April 28, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Common Sense Education has released Digital Compass, an interactive gaming platform to help 6th through 9th graders learn critical skills of digital literacy and citizenship. Based on lessons…

District Management

Public libraries to offer digital early literacy tools

April 28, 2015 by Laura Ascione

In an effort to support public libraries’ life-long learning initiatives, Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, is launching Miss Humblebee’s Academy, a new early literacy product that will…

IT Management

Could sharing iPads boost achievement?

April 27, 2015 by By Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Students who shared iPads significantly outperformed their peers in one-to-one classrooms and in classrooms without iPads, according to data from a Northwestern University researcher. According to the International…

District Management

Opt-out movement accelerates amid Common Core testing

April 27, 2015 by By Christina A. Cassidy, Associated Press

Thousands of students are opting out of new standardized tests aligned to the Common Core standards, defying the latest attempt by states to improve academic performance. This "opt-out"…

District Management

HMH to acquire Scholastic’s ed-tech business

April 24, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Global learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Educational Technology and Services (EdTech) business of Scholastic Corporation for $575 million…

District Management

District to use i-Ready to boost achievement

April 24, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Curriculum Associates has partnered with Montgomery County Schools (MCS) in Troy, N.C. to help the district improve student achievement through the implementation of a new development program funded…

STEM & STEAM

Celebrate Space Day with a virtual field trip from NASA, Discovery Education

April 23, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Discovery Education is partnering with the White House and NASA to present a live virtual field trip offering students across the country a behind-the-scenes look into NASA’s exploration…

District Management

Videos showcase the 5 keys to being a good principal

April 22, 2015 by Laura Ascione

WNET has launched School Leadership in Action: Principal Profiles, a free collection of videos that bring to life the five key practices of exemplary principals. The collection is…

District Management

S.C. streamlines special education processes

April 21, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), states are required to collect and report data on a number of indicators concerning special education. Gathering this data is…

News

WIN Learning, Nepris partner on curriculum, readiness

April 20, 2015 by Laura Ascione

WIN Learning, developers of the WIN Career Readiness System, and Nepris, a cloud-based platform connecting STEAM (science, technology, engineering, performing arts and math) professionals with teachers and their…

Curriculum

Mass. teacher finds success with flipped model

April 17, 2015 by By Michael Hartwell, Sentinel & Enterprise

The flipped instructional model, though not yet mainstream, is still gaining fans in classrooms across the country, some stakeholders say At ... Read more

4 key digital learning developments

Turning Technologies signs Student Privacy Pledge

Math gets an ‘Extreme Makeover’

Pearson launches DRA2+ app for iPad

Common Sense Education launches gaming platform

Public libraries to offer digital early literacy tools

Could sharing iPads boost achievement?

Opt-out movement accelerates amid Common Core testing

HMH to acquire Scholastic’s ed-tech business

District to use i-Ready to boost achievement

Celebrate Space Day with a virtual field trip from NASA, Discovery Education

Videos showcase the 5 keys to being a good principal

WIN Learning, Nepris partner on curriculum, readiness

Mass. teacher finds success with flipped model

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