Innovative ideas for school libraries
Everything a school library should be--and how to get your school library there
School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. It’s in school libraries where students often discover and hone their love of coding and programming, create amazing projects via makerspaces, and where they develop important 21st-century skills.
Scholarships and teacher prizes for solving community issues
Working in teams of two to four with the support and guidance of a teacher/mentor, students are asked to identify a community issue and create an action plan…
Apply to win $3,000 to promote your library
Libraries seeking to share their stories and raise public awareness are encouraged to apply for the 2014 Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant. The library that develops…
Science, brains, & learning languages
We’ve known for several decades that there is a critical period for learning language: children are more likely to reach native (or native-like) fluency in language(s) that they…
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eSchool News September 2013
• Web filters can block learning • Six ed-tech tips for district CIOs • Common Core losing support? • Research indicates flipped learning is more than a fad…
September: Four education grants you don’t want to miss
School funding difficulties show no sign of abating, and school budgets are stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund important projects…
$1K grants for arts education
Applications may be made for a grant up to $1,000 to support a new or evolving program that integrates the arts into educational programming.The purpose is to aid…
Up to $10K to help women, girls access educational opportunities
Community Action Grants provide funds to individuals, AAUW branches, and AAUW state organizations as well as local community-based nonprofit organizations for innovative programs or non-degree research projects that…
$3K for math research
This grant provides financial support for action research conducted as a collaborative by university faculty, preservice teacher(s), and classroom teacher(s) seeking to improve their understanding of mathematics in…
L.A. sheriff: Pay for preschool, not prisons
The man who runs the nation’s largest jail system came to Washington on Monday to promote what he considers a potent tool in crime-fighting: universal pre-school, The Washington…
Digital reading subscriptions for elementary students
Calling all teachers! Looking for a project to add a little "Magic" to your classroom? Have your class enter Mrs. P’s 5th Annual “Be-A-Famous-Writer” Contest. Mrs P invites…
How One District Successfully Met the Needs of 163 Homebound Students—While Saving Money in the Process
K12 for Schools and Districts partnered with a Florida district to provide online education to 163 homebound students. The solution delivered a level of personalization not possible before,…
INFOGRAPHIC: Our top stories this week!
The editors at eSchool News understand it's not always possible to read every article we publish-you're a busy educator! That's why we've created our "Top News" infographic, which…
Node: Keeping Pace with Active Learning
A two-month study at Northview High School confirms that the Node chair transforms the traditional classroom into a more interactive, dynamic teaching and learning environment. Read how Node…
New Learning Progressions Built for the Common Core
Core Progress™ Learning Progressions for Reading and Math provide a road map for educators to keep students on track to mastery of the CCSS and college and career…
Graduating a Globally Competitive Workforce
This white paper explains why an effective language learning program is critical to give students a competitive edge when they graduate. In addition, it highlights practical strategies for…
Weekend Roundup: Top 5 posts this week
This has been a great year for eSchool News. Please enjoy our top 5 articles for this week: Five follow-worthy ... Read more
Prezi Poll
Prezi.com is free cloud-based presentation software described as having “the biggest impact on business presentation tools since Microsoft’s PowerPoint.” Prezi ... Read more
Head Start cuts services for more than 57,000 children
Head Start, the federal pre-K education service for low-income families, has eliminated services for more than 57,000 children in the coming school year as a result of the…
HD camcorders help St. John’s University expand its athletics coverage
High-definition portable camcorders from Canon that deliver professional-quality images—yet are so simple to operate that even students can use them—are helping St. John’s University capture and deliver sporting…
Induced labor linked to higher autism risk
Artificially stimulating labor is associated with a slightly higher risk of autism, but researchers caution that the link may be complicated, TIME reports.
How ‘Listening’ Is a Key to Common Core Success—and How to Teach This Important Skill
In the 21st century workforce, employees will be expected to reflect on what they have heard, ask for clarity if they don’t understand, summarize what they have been…
Before reading or watching videos, students should experiment first
Mind/Shift reports that a new study from the Stanford Graduate School of Education flips upside down the notion that students learn best by first independently reading texts or…
Up to $3K for energy and STEM projects
Commercial nuclear power is experiencing a resurgence of interest as an environmentally sound, safe and economically competitive means to meet the world's growing demand for energy. As part…
Up to $50K in Google grants to inspire science, tech lovers
This grant aims to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers.
$5K scholarship and $750 in gift cards for STEM girls
Show your connection to Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) and you could win a $5,000 scholarship and other prizes. Just pledge your support for STEM by putting…
Are texting and tweeting making our students bad writers?
Common Sense Media reports that The Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project surveyed middle and high school teachers about the impact of digital tools on student…
Moving schooling forward: Next-Gen Grants possess promise
I’ve written a few times (here and here, for example) about the great work that the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) is doing to help schools push the…
Starting high school later may help sleepy teens
Quinn Cooney of Mill Creek, Wash., is excited about starting high school in September, but she's not looking forward to waking up at 5:30 a.m. to arrive on…
Children of immigrants start life better off than U.S.-born children
Children of Latino immigrants begin life with a substantial advantage over the children of U.S.-born Hispanics, faring better across areas such as education, health and economics, says a…
Study finds spatial skill is early sign of creativity
A gift for spatial reasoning — the kind that may inspire an imaginative child to dismantle a clock or the family refrigerator — may be a greater predictor…
FREE Common Core, digital resources
The Federal Registry for Educational Excellence (FREE) makes it easier to find digital teaching and learning resources created and maintained by the federal government and public and private…
Mobile Technology Use in K-12 Schools
Mobile technology is on the rise. Worldwide, tablet sales grew about 70 percent from 2012 to 2013 and are projected to surpass the sale of laptops and desktops…
Missing the fit: Low-income students and college success
Recently, the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution issued a report addressing the problematic under-matching of low-income students to the most selective colleges in America, says Karen Gross,…
America’s most challenging high schools
According to the Washington Post, America's Most Challenging High Schools ranks schools through an index formula that's a simple ratio.
Grants of $5K or more for grades 6-12
Wanted: Classroom Innovators! Toshiba America Foundation accepts applications from teachers who are passionate about making science and mathematics more engaging for their students. 6-12 Grant requests for $5,000…
eSchool News July/August 2013
