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Highly Anticipated Presentation Product Now being Shipped by Hall Technologies

August 18, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Hall Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer in the AV industry, announced today that its EMCEE200 Multiview Presentation Switcher is ... Read more

Classroom Innovations

How to engage at-risk students through esports

August 18, 2021 by Dr. Kristy Custer, VP of Educational Innovation, High School Esports League

Involving students in esports gives them a 'why,' which is a powerful motivator in helping involve them in school each day.

It is well documented that extracurricular activities boost academic success. In recent years, schools have tried to broaden the traditional extracurricular definition to appeal to a more diverse,…

Coding and Robotics

Using robots to help preschoolers love STEAM

December 7, 2022August 18, 2021 by Carmelo Piazza, Executive Director/Educational Director, Brooklyn Preschool of Science, & Karen Piazza, Educational Director, Brooklyn Preschool of Science

It starts with robotics and a spirit of inquiry, and also involves turning a robot into a bird—discover how science and art merge together in engaging ways

The reason why we saturate the school with so many animals is that you can't get somebody to love, say, geckos if they're 11 or 12 if they…

Wasted Technology: Why Many Teachers Don’t Use the Programs Their Districts Provide

August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

Virtual Education in a Post-Pandemic World

August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

Virtual Education Vs In-Person Classes

August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

Returning to School When the Pandemic Isn’t Really Over

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

The Emotional Impact Covid Has Had on Our Teachers

November 3, 2021August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

How Bullying in Schools Affects Our Children

August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

How to Combat the “Hey Look! A Squirrel!” Syndrome

August 19, 2021August 17, 2021 by ESchool News

Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”

District Management

8 COVID learning practices this district is keeping

August 17, 2021 by Laura Ascione

Schools are reopening for in-person learning, but many educators will keep some COVID learning practices as they resume face-to-face instruction

As educators across the U.S. enter their classrooms for a new school year--one that is still a bit uncertain given concerns over new COVID variants and how to…

Multiplying the impact of math catch-up

August 17, 2021 by Joy Deep Nath, Co-Founder, SplashLearn

$Helping students overcome math anxiety and recoup learning loss after COVID will be a challenge--but it's not an impossible one$

Elementary school education is accumulative, building on whatever instruction came during the prior grade. One year you’re learning polynomials, the next how to graph them, while social studies…

Alabama Expands Use of LETRS Professional Learning Course Statewide

August 16, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

BOSTON (Aug. 16, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, announced today that all schools throughout Alabama can ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Here’s why out-of-school time learning programs need federal funding

December 7, 2022August 16, 2021 by Richard Tagle, CEO, Andy Roddick Foundation

Texas students need funding for learning recovery opportunities during out-of-school time learning

With the allocation of over $15 billion from the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ARPA/ESSER III) to Texas public education, including almost $3…

3 ways to build better edtech processes for teaching and learning

August 16, 2021 by Maxwell Witt, Co-Founder, Integrate

Burnout in the education system highlights the importance of technology integration to improve edtech processes

The pandemic forced a significant shift from traditional classrooms to virtual and hybrid teaching environments--often before schools and districts were ready. It quickly became apparent that reliable virtual…

Classworks® Progress Monitoring receives Top ratings from NCII

August 13, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

DULUTH, GA. — AUGUST 12, 2021 — Classworks®, best-in-class online intervention solution, received the highest ratings in validity and reliability ... Read more

Alma Announces System Upgrades to its Student Information System

August 13, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Portland, Ore. (August 12, 2021) – Alma Student Information System (SIS) has updated its award-winning SIS platform with several new ... Read more

Classroom Innovations

How to establish international collaboration with esports

August 13, 2021 by Alexander Gibson, Math and AP Computer Science Principles Teacher, William Penn Senior High School, York, Pennsylvania

A Pennsylvania school's esports team got a firsthand experience in international collaboration using a familiar tool--Minecraft

As the high school esports club advisor for the William Penn Cybercats, I have had the opportunity to work with my students on some pretty awesome projects. From…

School’s (locked) out: Defending against the new ransomware threat

August 13, 2021 by Tony D’Angelo, Vice President of North America, Lookout

Preparations for the fall must include strategies to defend against the rising tide of ransomware and other security threats

With schools planning for the 2021-2022 school year, a threat already impacting districts across the country is on many district leaders' minds. Ransomware is proving to be a…

ClassTag Launches ClassTag Goods to Eliminate Needless Teacher Out-of-Pocket Spending

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK, NY, August 12, 2021: ClassTag, the leading parent-teacher engagement platform, today announced the launch of ClassTag Goods, a ... Read more

Gale Helps Manassas City Public Schools Provide Mental Health and Wellness Resources to Students

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. and MANASSAS, Va. – August 12, 2021 – With the kickoff of the 2021-2022 school year, Manassas City ... Read more

After Successful Pilot, Schools Adopt EarlyBird Game-Based Screener to Identify Children at Risk for Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

BOSTON — Aug. 12, 2021 — After participating in a pilot trial of the new EarlyBird game-based early literacy assessment, ... Read more

Reading Eggs Reaches 20 Million Users Milestone

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2021– Reading Eggs, a Blake eLearning program that creates a unique online world where children learn to read, ... Read more

Academic Esports

How to build diversity, equity, and inclusion with scholastic esports

December 7, 2022August 12, 2021 by Randall Deich, NASEF Scholastic Fellow, Computer Science Teacher, and Founder/Chief Networking Officer, Regenerate Tech

Educators realize scholastic esports is about more than competition--it's about building connections and embracing all who want to participate

The inclusion of scholastic esports in academic programs is yielding strong and widespread results in the youth of today. Research demonstrates that strong communities are developing, with deep…

New initiative targets 10,000 underserved students for in-demand cloud computing careers

August 12, 2021 by Laura Ascione

A new collaboration provides free cloud computing courses, to high school students in underserved school districts across the country

The National Education Equity Lab (Ed Equity Lab) has launched a new initiative with Amazon Web Services (AWS) designed to prepare more than 10,000 students in underserved high…

Experience the Power of a Spoken Word Poetry

August 12, 2021August 11, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Good Deed Entertainment announced today that their spoken word, Rotten Tomato certified-fresh hit film SUMMERTIME, directed by Carlos López Estrada ... Read more

Minnesota’s Bloomington Public Schools Set to Open School Year with New Digital Resources Supporting Science Education from Discovery Education

August 11, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, August 11, 2021)— Minnesota’s Bloomington Public Schools (BPS) today announced a new collaboration with  Discovery Education supporting science education in elementary and middle school classrooms ... Read more

NetSupport further enhances classroom.cloud’s online safety provision by including integration with Microsoft Teams

August 11, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NetSupport today announced that its newest solution for classroom management and online safety, classroom.cloud, will now further enhance students’ online ... Read more

UTAH SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS PROVIDE MODEL FOR EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

August 11, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

UTAH and ARIZONA (Aug. 9, 2021) – Education changes lives. Yet for a multitude of reasons, not all students have ... Read more

5 skills for future success–and how to help students develop them

December 7, 2022August 11, 2021 by Matthew Strine, STEM Teacher, Monessen Middle School/High School

Durable skills, soft skills, or 21st-century skills--whatever you call them, these essential abilities will help students build their future success

From the classroom to the district director level, and eventually my own desk in the principal’s office, I have served in many different roles in K-12 education.

District Management

Engaging resources were critical to successful pandemic learning

August 11, 2021 by ESchool Media Contributors

New research reveals that high-quality instructional materials supported partnerships between students, families, and educators, which in turn supported successful pandemic learning

New research released by the Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL)at Columbia University finds that digitally accessible, high-quality instructional materials designed to bring students, families, and educators…

District Management

Why districts need to think creatively–inside the box

August 10, 2021 by Kevin Hogan

A district superintendent details how his leadership team used the pandemic to expand learning opportunities for all students.

Scott Bailey, Superintendent for Desert Sands Unified School District (CA), didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of his team’s plans. Instead, he used the disruptions as…

District Management

How to protect your district from ransomware attacks

August 10, 2021 by Yuen Pin Yeap, CEO and Co-Founder, NeuShield

It’s important to have a plan, because ransomware attacks are not an ‘if,’ but a ‘when’--learn how to be prepared and protect your data.

As with almost every industry, COVID-19 has required educational institutions to embrace digital technology for remote learning and student, teacher, and internal administrative meetings and collaboration.

A ‘Brilliant’ way to learn STEM

August 9, 2021 by Laura Ascione

A website approaches STEM learning by telling students to embrace failure

Brilliant works by helping learners of all ages master content instead of simply memorizing. It also provides instant feedback so that learners can improve their knowledge through problem…

Digital Learning Tools

How one district’s focus on interactive learning is paying off

December 7, 2022August 9, 2021 by Laura Ascione

Today’s tech-savvy students and teachers expect to be able to communicate in collaborative environments, and interactive technologies meet that expectation

Educators know by now that engaging instruction is the best way to ensure students are involved in learning and absorbing new lessons and concepts. These days, the right…

Classroom Innovations

3 tech-based strategies to support diversity in the classroom

August 9, 2021 by Joanna Barney, Gifted and Talented Specialist, Fort Mill School District’s River Trail Elementary School

Digital resources and innovative teaching strategies can go a long way in supporting--and celebrating--diversity in the classroom

As an educator, with over 17 years of experience, I’ve heard the word diversity used in various contexts throughout my career. However, over the last 16 months or…

SEL & Well-Being

Are schools really safe?

August 9, 2021 by Kevin Strauss, Founder and CEO, Uchi

Focusing on students' emotional stress--particularly after the COVID pandemic--will be paramount to establishing safe learning environments this fall

When we think about school safety our first instinct is physical safety. Sadly, it's a real concern with the all-too-regular gun shootings and bullying that occurs. However, there's…

Q Academy Ventures into Online Learning for Kids

August 6, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

British Columbia-based Q Academy, a pioneer in tech-focused education, taps into online learning with the soft-launching of Q Academy Kids ... Read more

COVID-19 Update

5 learning strategies that are here to stay

August 13, 2021August 6, 2021 by Kerri A. Larkin, Senior Education Advisor, Education Partnerships, Lexia Learning

The pandemic threw the educational environment into chaos, but 15 months into it, it’s becoming clear that some of the pivots are here to stay

In 2020, students, teachers, and parents made an extraordinary pivot to distance learning with no preparation at all. From the district perspective, investments have been made in technology…

SEL & Well-Being

3 ways to support students’ mental and behavioral health this fall

August 13, 2021August 6, 2021 by Andrew Post, Chief Innovation Officer and Head of Behavioral Health, Hazel Health

With students returning for full-time, in-person learning this fall, there will be challenges, including supporting students' mental health

Through no real fault of their own, schools and districts around the nation usually struggle to meet students’ mental and behavioral health needs. The demand for services outstrips…

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