By Dennis Pierce, Author at eSchool News

The 4 simple misconceptions that can derail early math education

August 24, 2017 by By Dennis Pierce

From an early age, children try to make sense of their world by applying context and meaning to certain ideas. But many children also form misconceptions about number…

District Management

The must-have for a SIS? It’s not what you think!

August 28, 2017August 23, 2017 by Jacque Deckard

Earning buy-in from stakeholders is one of the most important factors when moving to a new SIS.

STEM & STEAM

Believe the hype! How video games are changing education

August 23, 2017 by Tamara Sneyd

To draw a parallel between video gaming and education may cause the more traditional educators to balk at the thought, but recent developments in the field of video…

Innovative Teaching

What education inspiration looks like on a global basis

January 25, 2023August 23, 2017 by Charles Sosnik

The Imagine Cup competition, and competitions like it, are so inspiring. This year’s competition, though large and very well done, is only a small representation of the vast…

District Management

15 of the best apps to engage students outside the classroom

August 23, 2017August 22, 2017 by Dave Saltmarsh

Learning shouldn’t stop when students leave for summer vacation. Rather, this extended break from the classroom is the perfect time to introduce kids to a variety of mobile…

District Management

3 reasons why tomorrow’s workforce needs 3D printing education today

August 22, 2017 by John Kawola

Though to a lesser scale and profile than Apple, there is a similar technology immersion taking place today with 3D printing education. Companies are all working to bring…

District Management

VR is great, but here’s why hands-on learning can’t disappear

August 21, 2017 by Ladislas de Toldi

With the help of technological tools and toys, children can now engage with worlds that they could have only experienced before in their dreams. However, we must find…

eClassroom News

Technology teacher: These are “My Tech Essentials”

August 14, 2017August 11, 2017 by Timothy Fung

By using tech tools, teachers actively create, customize and enhance educational approaches to meet the new and growing challenges of the 21st century. The tech tools offer a…

District Management

Nowhere is tech more important than in curriculum-here’s why

August 9, 2017 by Eric Westendorf

To date, the general model for curriculum has been the physical textbook. If a school district adopts a textbook, that became the base for curriculum. In recent years,…

District Management

These educators know how to make PBL work for teachers

August 8, 2017 by Art Fessler, Teri Fleming, and Jordan Menning

For PBL to reach its full potential educators must learn to step back and be facilitators in the classroom, a change that requires thoughtful and ongoing professional development.…

District Management

This is how you build the library of the future

August 7, 2017 by Karen Connors

The 4 C’s (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity) will drive our pioneering approach to developing the libraries of the future.

District Management

Media specialist: 3 ways to break down barriers between students and reading

August 4, 2017 by Sheryl Parker

It’s safe to say that both the environment and expectations for library media specialists have certainly changed, but what’s remained true is our mission to break down the…

District Management

How a focus on teachers helps a charter district serve the most challenging students

August 3, 2017 by Stephen Noonoo

At George Gervin Academy in San Antonio, Texas, the conversation has never been about competing with the city’s best schools by selecting the students most likely to succeed—in…

District Management

10 ways Google is making Classroom and Forms easier for teachers this school year

August 1, 2017 by Sarah Wu

Today Google is excited to announce 10 updates to Google Classroom and Google Forms designed to make teachers’ lives easier this school year.

STEM & STEAM

Is this the new class every student should take?

August 1, 2017 by Dimitris Bertsimas

Whether a recent graduate plans to study 18th Century English literature in college or jump right into the workforce in any number of jobs, I have a one-word…

District Management

Differentiation, individualization and personalization: What they mean, and where they’re headed

August 1, 2017 by Amanda Stedke

Throughout the education sector, we hear a lot about “differentiation,” “individualization” and “personalization.” But what do these terms really mean, and how are they different?

District Management

Think apps are over? Think again: 3 reasons apps foster effective learning

July 31, 2017 by Marie Mérouze

As technology continues to evolve, it’s not surprising that apps are starting to be incorporated into daily classroom activities. With more than 80,000 apps considered ‘educational’ in Apple’s…

District Management

To turn around schools, first turn around the principals

July 31, 2017 by Mark Comanducci

I oversee a portfolio of nine turnaround schools, all of which had an overall rating of F when ACCEL Schools first took them over two years ago. This…

District Management

Fascinating library project has students award peace prize

July 28, 2017 by Andy Plemmons

The Barrow Peace Prize is a cross-curricular project that allows 2nd-grade students to consider the character traits of peace and extend their voices to a global audience. Named…

STEM & STEAM

4 Fresh Approaches to Coding in The Classroom

May 11, 2019July 26, 2017 by Tanner Higgin

One of the bright spots at this year’s International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference has been how many developers are not just iterating on the tried-and-true…

District Management

District chief: Why school success stops and ends with teachers

July 25, 2017 by Krish S. Mohip

After much discussion, deliberation, and thoughtful review of reams of data, the team agreed that investing in the growth of YSCD’s teachers had to be the central pillar…

District Management

An overlooked key to success? Teaching teachers how to teach reading

July 25, 2017 by Cindy Young

The ability to read, and read well, is a skill that follows students for the rest of their lives and yet it’s shocking how many children lack the…

District Management

This is the best classroom tool teachers are not using

July 24, 2017 by Bryan Upshaw

Is there anything a teacher hates more than to look out across his or her classroom and see a group of tired, uninterested, and unmotivated students? Teachers are…

District Management

4 ways teachers can supersize Hattie effects

July 24, 2017 by Hilary Scharton

In 2015, researcher John Hattie updated his seminal research Visible Learning. Hailed as “teaching’s Holy Grail,”1 Hattie synthesized 15 years of research on more than 800 meta-analysis about…

District Management

ELL Specialist: These are “My Tech Essentials”

July 21, 2017 by Toshiko Maurizio

As the administrator for multilingual programs at Beaverton Public Schools in Beaverton, OR, I oversee 5,000 English language learners (ELLs) speaking more than 95 different languages. We are…

District Management

This simple change can help students become better thinkers

July 21, 2017 by Alan November

In most classrooms, the teacher supplies the questions that students must answer. Rothstein’s example shows how powerful learning can be when educators have students come up with their…

STEM & STEAM

Why writing doesn’t just prove learning, it improves all learning-including STEM

July 20, 2017 by Eileen Murphy Buckley

Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to facilitate learning. We talk about writing as a product for assessment, a subject where…

District Management

Can a simple classroom redesign inspire student achievement?

July 20, 2017 by Dr. Julie Marshall

Imagine a 5th grade classroom in the middle of a lesson. What do you see: charts, letters, and drawings on the wall? A teacher writing notes on a…

21st Century Skills

4 ways to update critical thinking skills for a massively digital world

July 19, 2017 by Jennifer Conroy

Faced with a flood of information, we are challenged to evaluate and make sense of what we see and read, especially in the digital world. Parents, students, educators,…

District Management

3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

July 17, 2017 by Susan K.S. Grigsby, Ed.S.

It’s the 21st century, and school librarians are no longer just “the keepers of the books.” Librarians and media specialists are highly trained, highly versatile staff members, whose…

STEM & STEAM

Why coding needs a stronger emphasis in every school

July 17, 2017 by Cindy Wallace

If you have been to an educational technology conference in the last 5 years, you have seen more and more emphasis placed ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

In my classroom, students are the teachers—here’s why it works

July 13, 2017 by Dianne Pappafotopoulos

We have all heard the words, “don’t give up!” It is a constant reminder to keep going, to persevere in tough situations and when things aren’t working well,…

STEM & STEAM

How to make the upcoming eclipse an incredible STEM lesson

July 13, 2017 by David Vernier

There are many ways that teachers across the country can incorporate various hands-on, technology-enabled lessons before and during the viewing experience to help students make the most of…

District Management

Nope! Why adaptive software is not the same as personalized learning

July 17, 2017July 12, 2017 by Hilary Scharton

We all know that changes in public education move slowly, but there’s one specific educational dilemma we’ve been mired in for decades, with varying levels of rhetoric and…

District Management

Why this IT function is a K-12 edtech savior

July 5, 2017 by Mike Puglia

K-12 IT teams have many challenges unique to their environments, including typically locally-funded public schools, and very rarely do IT budgets increase. Despite this, changes in educational approaches,…

Curriculum

Teachers: 6 social assignments for online learning

June 30, 2017 by Scott Ragin

Online learning students, like any other students, like to spend time procrastinating before they get to completing assignments given in class. Many teachers struggle to come up with…

Virtual Field Trips

From virtual field trips to AR, here’s how projectors are the secret ingredient for success

December 14, 2022June 28, 2017 by Jason Meyer

The days of projectors only being used in classrooms to show movies or what is on the teacher’s computer screen are long gone. With the advent of interactive…

The 4 simple misconceptions that can derail early math education

Believe the hype! How video games are changing education

What education inspiration looks like on a global basis

15 of the best apps to engage students outside the classroom

3 reasons why tomorrow’s workforce needs 3D printing education today

VR is great, but here’s why hands-on learning can’t disappear

These educators know how to make PBL work for teachers

This is how you build the library of the future

Media specialist: 3 ways to break down barriers between students and reading

How a focus on teachers helps a charter district serve the most challenging students

10 ways Google is making Classroom and Forms easier for teachers this school year

Is this the new class every student should take?

Differentiation, individualization and personalization: What they mean, and where they’re headed

Think apps are over? Think again: 3 reasons apps foster effective learning

To turn around schools, first turn around the principals

Fascinating library project has students award peace prize

4 Fresh Approaches to Coding in The Classroom

District chief: Why school success stops and ends with teachers

An overlooked key to success? Teaching teachers how to teach reading

4 ways teachers can supersize Hattie effects

ELL Specialist: These are “My Tech Essentials”

This simple change can help students become better thinkers

Why writing doesn’t just prove learning, it improves all learning-including STEM

Can a simple classroom redesign inspire student achievement?

4 ways to update critical thinking skills for a massively digital world

3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

Why coding needs a stronger emphasis in every school

How to make the upcoming eclipse an incredible STEM lesson

Teachers: 6 social assignments for online learning

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

Lerner Publishing Group Launches Dr. Gholdy Muhammad’s Genius and Joy Curriculum

School Specialty LLC Announces Acquisition of Nasco Education U.S.

100 Learning Spaces Transformed, $5 Million Invested: School Specialty and College Football Playoff Foundation Celebrate Impact Across Schools Nationwide

ACT and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Enhance Student Success in Mathematics

Big Ideas Start Young: Games for Change Opens 2026 Student Challenge to Game Creators and Innovators Ages 10–25

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