Gaggle Announces a New Service: Gaggle Therapy
Gaggle is launching a new service: Gaggle Therapy. Gaggle Therapy matches students who need mental health support with counselors licensed ... Read more
Month: September 2020
Vote for the 2020 3M Young Scientist Challenge Improving Lives Award Winner
3M and Discovery Education today welcome students, teachers, and communities nationwide to help identify the winner of the 2020 3M ... Read more
Tackling unfinished learning in mathematics
The 2019–20 school year was unlike any other, and there is uncertainty about what teaching and learning will look like this fall. School closures this spring caused students…
How to use tech tools to help students respect diversity
A troubling incident occurred a few years ago in my Literature and Writing Foundations class at the local high school. One of my tenth-grade students suddenly stood up,…
More Catholic schools are closing permanently
In more than four decades of coaching girls’ basketball at Lebanon Catholic High School in southeastern Pennsylvania, Patti Hower had ... Read more
Looking for the little wins
Everyone has a crazy COVID story. For Brigantine, NJ Superintendent Glenn Robbins, it goes something like this—lead a school district through a global pandemic having hardly met the…
Prioritizing school funding in the midst of multiple crises
Faced with fast-changing instructional models, varying infection rates, decreasing revenue sources, and a variety of natural disasters, how can education finance officials meet the short-term needs of their…
4 ways to get the most out of early childhood funding during distance learning
COVID-19 is leading to months of learning loss for students across the state of California. So state leaders are providing schools $5.3 billion in funding to try to…
Helping students with autism navigate a socially distanced classroom
While many educators and students are returning to the familiar classrooms left abruptly in March, teaching this upcoming year will be anything but business as usual. In a…
4 keys to teaching the science of reading in a virtual setting
More and more educators are being trained in the science of reading. Backed by a body of research amassed over five decades from disciplines including linguistics, cognitive psychology,…
One-fifth of Americans support school reopenings
USA Today reports that as students across the country return to school amid the coronavirus pandemic, only one in five ... Read more
HuddleCamHD Announces Zoom-Certified PTZ Webcam
HuddleCamHD, a well-known manufacturer of affordable USB-based video conferencing cameras and audio solutions, announces two new electronic PTZ webcams: The ... Read more
iTutor’s Virtual School Allows School Districts to Transform the K-12 Online Experience
With most K-12 students, parents, teachers and administrators engaged in another semester or full academic year of pandemic-induced remote learning, ... Read more
Learning.com Includes Essential Skills for Remote Learning in EasyTech
To prepare students for success in a remote learning environment, Learning.com is adding remote learning lessons to its EasyTech content library. Based ... Read more
ST Math and FCPS Partner to Bring Meaningful Math Learning to Va Students
MIND Research Institute (MIND) has announced a partnership with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) to bring ST Math®, MIND’s patented ... Read more
How can you protect your students online during hybrid and remote learning?
Students are on their devices and in front of screens more than ever now, as COVID-19 has mandated fully- or ... Read more
Forming a COVID-19 special education steering committee
The 2020-21 school year has already seen unprecedented expectations placed on school district administrators and educators nationwide – a trend which will likely continue until the pandemic is…
How 1:1 provides digital equity during COVID-19
Digital equity, as defined by ISTE, involves “making sure students have equal access to technology like devices, software, and the internet, and that they have trained educators to…
First-of-its-kind, all-electric mobile preschool
A first-of-its kind vehicle will be hitting the streets this autumn in Colorado as an all-new, all-electric, ‘Magic Bus’ Mobile ... Read more
With Print Supplies Disrupted, More Schools Adopt Digital Books
With a record number of students going back to school online, educators are urgently turning to digital books in place ... Read more
Savvas Learning Company Launches Culturally Responsive Learning Initiative
Savvas Learning Company, a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, is proud to announce the launch of its Culturally ... Read more
10 at-home learning tips teachers can share with caregivers
When it comes to teaching, 2010 Teacher Of The Year Sarah Brown Wessling knows a thing or two--or 10. Wessling is sharing some of that knowledge to help…
3 things schools need in a data management system
K-12 school districts are already dealing with the exponential growth of the data they handle. They now face the added complexity of school closures and a rapid shift…
Teachers face an uncertain fall
As schools reopen, U.S. educators are worried about what the future holds. In fact, one in five educators (20%) still ... Read more
Teacher & Principal School Report Findings
Scholastic, with YouGov, surveyed public school Pre-K–12 educators in winter 2020 to gather their thoughts on equity in education, literacy ... Read more
LearnWell Names Ardena White as VP of District Mental Health Partnerships
Today, LearnWell, a leading mental health services company in K-12 education, announced that Ardena White has been named Vice President ... Read more
CoderZ Named 2020 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Coding App or Tool
CoderZ, an online learning environment where students learn robotics and STEM by coding virtual robots, has been named a 2020 ... Read more
Scholastic Provides Educators Award-Winning Digital Solutions For Virtual Learning
As school districts nationwide begin the 2020–21 academic year, whether in person, remotely, or following a hybrid model, access to ... Read more
Virginia Discovery Education Science Experience Wins Approval
Following a comprehensive evaluation, Virginia’s State Board of Education has approved Virginia Discovery Education Science Experience for statewide use as a ... Read more
Book Uses Neuroscience to Reduce Conflict
With COVID-19 changing the way we work and live, combining those spaces in unprecedented ways, and happening concurrently with massive ... Read more
Chino Carpenter Builds Hundreds of Free Desks
Chino-based software engineer and carpenter, Chai Hansanuwat, started building free desks for students in need after he was recently laid ... Read more
Gale Helps Charleston County School District Integrate Social Emotional Learning
With mental health issues and racial injustices on the rise, Gale, a Cengage company, is helping the Charleston County School ... Read more
3 steps to help students’ learning after the pandemic
We were all immersed in the moment, navigating our way through a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. Now we must turn our attention to how we return children to school and…
Lessons in network resilience
Today’s classroom isn’t what it used to be. The e-learning market is growing rapidly, with some estimating a 14 percent year-over-year increase between 2019-2025, reaching as high as…
Hard work is helping these schools thrive during COVID-19
Eileen Belastock has been waiting for this moment, just not under these circumstances. As Director of Academic Technology for Mount Greylock Regional School District, which serves 1,250 students…
Study shows major learning loss for grades K-2
Students will likely experience 2 to 4 months of learning loss as a result of COVID-19 disruptions, especially in grades K-2, according to a new report. The findings…
What e-learning trends will 2020 bring to the table?
The internet has radically changed the way people obtain information, and part of this digital revolution is the way we teach and learn. The current COVID-19 pandemic, however,…
Using digital tools for engaging remote STEM instruction
Providing science and math content online can be relatively straightforward, but engaging students in true distance learning requires more than just transmittal of information. Secondary students in particular…
How IT can take distance learning to the next level
Last spring, school districts rushed to transition to distance learning as quickly as possible to protect the health and safety of students, teachers and staff. Now, schools are…
4 ways to keep your school resilient during distance learning 2.0
The first phase of distance learning shocked education systems across the nation as schools were forced to migrate students and staff to distance learning in a week’s time,…
