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Oransi Offers 5 Tips for Schools Seeking Better Classroom Ventilation to Help Stop COVID-19 Spread

March 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Experts agree that ventilation in schools is inadequate and many administrators seek clarification regarding best practices to improve classroom air ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

A national esports effort aims to ‘change the trajectory’ for students

February 21, 2021February 19, 2021 by Dennis Pierce, Contributing Writer, eSchool News

As it grows in popularity, many stakeholders and educators realize esports has great potential to help students connect classroom lessons with real-world possibilities

As a student, video gamer and flight instructor Hudson Davis was often bored in school. He found that many classes provided only a surface-level understanding of key topics—and…

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Civil Rights Activist Sylvia Mendez to be Special Guest at ALAS Linking Latina Leaders Event Feb. 19

February 16, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Civil rights activist Sylvia Mendez will join the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) for their February networking event, ... Read more

College and Career Readiness

Bridging the educational divide with tech skilling

December 7, 2022February 11, 2021 by Jacky Wright, Chief Digital Officer, Microsoft US

Digital competencies will be essential for students' future success as workers--here's why tech skilling is critical

Closing the educational divide and the digital skills gap has always been important to technologically-minded educators, but the disruptions of COVID-19 have brought a new urgency. Ensuring all…

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mindSpark Learning Launches ENGAGE Leadership Series to Help U.S. School and District Leaders Better Engage and Retain Staff

February 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Educator retention is one of the biggest internal challenges school leaders face. Districts across the country spend $2.2+ billion on ... Read more

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Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

February 2, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Remote STEM instruction that's both engaging and impactful is possible--with a little determination and creativity

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is ... Read more

Supporting Parents During Emergent Bilingual Remote Learning

April 1, 2021January 29, 2021 by Jeff Festa

Remote learning creates more challenges for the parents of emergent bilingual students. Find out what educators can do to better ... Read more

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A Better Way Forward for Education – ‘Year in Review’ for SEL

January 28, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

SEL in schools is an important step to students' success outside of school.

From the pandemic to school closures to nationwide mobilization for racial justice, our nation’s headlines serve as an urgent call ... Read more

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VHS Learning Receives $1.4 Million Grant from The Manton Foundation

January 26, 2021 by Vcarlson

VHS Learning has received a $1.4 million, three-year grant from The Manton Foundation. The funds will enable the nonprofit to ... Read more

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Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

January 26, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

These tips and recommendations can help students learn to read, read to learn, and learn to love reading--because a love of reading is a great thing to have

To highlight the importance of daily reading during the COVID-19 pandemic, Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is ... Read more

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Lockstep Technology Group Partners with Impero Software to Support Students’ Tech

January 26, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Managed solutions provider Lockstep Technology Group and student safety leader Impero have partnered to offer Impero’s solutions to Lockstep’s partner schools, ... Read more

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LenelS2 Introduces OnGuard Security Management System Version 8.0

January 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

LenelS2 today announced the release of the OnGuard® security management system version 8.0, empowering security teams with enhanced situational awareness ... Read more

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BlueZoo Expands into Occupancy Monitoring for Social Distancing with BlueFox Count

January 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

To better protect businesses, their employees, and their customers from the dangers of overcrowding during the Covid-19 pandemic, BlueZoo is ... Read more

From Pre-Hire to Retire: Why a Total Approach to Human Capital Management Makes Sense for Schools

July 31, 2025January 3, 2021 by Jeff Festa

Keeping employees happy is essential to retaining them and getting their best effort. But achieving this goal while also managing ... Read more

Building an Engaging K-12 HCM Experience in Challenging Times

September 2, 2021December 17, 2020 by Jeff Festa

This past year has been challenging for K-12 districts. The day-to-day uncertainty and pressure felt by school leaders has been ... Read more

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Discovery Education Celebrates Human Rights Day by Offering Educators, Families, and Students No-Cost Digital Resources

December 11, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Discovery Education and leading corporate and community partners are offering engaging, no-cost digital learning resources to students, teachers, and families to ... Read more

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321 Insight Offers Curated Collection of Videos to Support Parents

December 9, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Using video instruction to teach doesn't have to be intimidating--with a few creative strategies, you can create engaging lessons for all students

321 Insight, an organization empowering all school staff to meet the needs of today’s students, has curated a collection of ... Read more

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Epson’s Brightest Laser Projector Ever is Now Available – Smallest 3LCD Projector with 30,000 or More Lumens

November 20, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

As people continue to keep a safe distance from one another, big, bright displays are essential in providing better visibility ... Read more

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Gale Enhances Miss Humblebee’s Academy to Improve User Experience and Better Outcomes

November 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

How our district uses a personalized reading platform to address the needs of each low-level reader

To help schools, parents and caregivers meet the needs of their early learners and further empower their learning journey toward ... Read more

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Aircuity Introduces “Air Quality as a Service” Solution to Accelerate Safer Building Re-openings

November 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Aircuity, the leading provider of measurably better environments, today introduced “Air Quality as a Service” (AQaaS), a new indoor air ... Read more

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CoderZ Contributes to the National Computer Science for All Movement

November 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

The CSforALL movement, to bring computer science to all US students, marked a major growth milestone today. Along with 126 ... Read more

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Digital signage offers teachers the tools they need to succeed

October 23, 2020 by Content Provided By Samsung

New and innovative capabilities put digital signage within reach of K-12 classrooms--and the technology plays a powerful part throughout the day

Many of us can recall scratchy, static-muddled murmurs of elementary and high school administrators making announcements over the public address system, accepting such antiquated technologies as the norm.…

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We Stand Together: Finding a Better Way to End Racial Inequity Starts Today

October 6, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

In the midst of protests across the country driven by the death of unarmed Black Americans George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, ... Read more

District Management

Making access and equity a reality for diverse students

October 16, 2020October 5, 2020 by Robert Low

Learn how two school districts have made equity and future success top priorities for diverse student populations

Large school districts in different parts of the United States have now developed systematic ways to increase diverse students’ access to advanced courses, and the districts are also…

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iTutor’s Virtual School Allows School Districts to Transform the K-12 Online Experience

September 25, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

With most K-12 students, parents, teachers and administrators engaged in another semester or full academic year of pandemic-induced remote learning, ... Read more

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mindSpark Learning Expands Grad-level STEM Certification Program to Educators Nationally

September 3, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

mindSpark Learning, a Denver-based national nonprofit dedicated to empowering educators with industry-oriented professional learning experiences, announced today STEMpath will be ... Read more

College and Career Readiness

How can high schools better prepare students for college and career success?

December 7, 2022August 24, 2020 by Peter Robertson

There are three key actions high schools can take to inspire students and ensure they're prepared for life beyond graduation

Today, many parents in the United States are worried — worried about their children’s physical health if schools open, worried about their mental health in case they don’t,…

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Grade expectations: How to look at grading in a new light

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 by David Coker, Ed.D.

You're doing it all wrong--transform grading so it actually impacts student learning

The teacher finishes giving instructions and sits down for students to begin completing the assignment. While students work, the teacher grades papers and prepares for the next hour,…

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eLumen Introduces Professional Services to Help Institutions of Higher Learning Lead Change and Improve Outcomes

July 23, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Minneapolis, MN―eLumen, the all-in-one platform that helps institutions of higher learning and all individual stakeholders succeed on purpose, today announced ... Read more

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Actively Learn Digital Platform Offers Content Area Products

July 3, 2020 by ESchool News

Actively Learn, Achieve3000’s research-based, standards-aligned curriculum platform, announces the release of new sequenced curricular units: Actively Learn ELA, Actively Learn ... Read more

District Management

How Newport-Mesa Unified School District became closer by being apart

June 11, 2020June 9, 2020 by Kevin Hogan

A district's new AV implementation positioned it to be uniquely situation to handle learning changes when COVID-19 emerged

Jenith Mishne is a relentlessly positive person. Not even a global pandemic can dampen her enthusiasm when talking about her job as Director of Education Technology in the…

COVID-19 Update

10 team-building activities for distance learning

October 26, 2020April 28, 2020 by Jill Badalamenti

These fun team-building activities can help teacher teams, or classes, bond and maintain social relationships while schools are closed

As a teacher, team building is something that comes naturally. We do it to break the ice at the beginning of the year, to build a community in our…

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Encrypt Email and Attachments

March 23, 2020March 20, 2020 by ESchool News

Today, and in the coming days, data privacy will become even more important as the need to collaborate and share ... Read more

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Solution to Support Remote Learning in Schools

March 23, 2020March 18, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

ClassTag today announced the launch of Schoolwide, a solution for parent communication and expanded remote learning capabilities amid the chaos ... Read more

District Management

Free tool to better communicate with parents

March 24, 2020March 17, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

The Smore Template Center is comprised of pre-made newsletters that aim to address the variety of communication needs that you ... Read more

District Management

10 reasons edtech works sometimes, but not all the time

March 6, 2020March 4, 2020 by Laura Ascione

School culture, competing priorities, and teacher agency among the contextual variables selected for further research by the EdTech Genome Project, like these students sitting working on laptops and tablets.

There are a number of factors—10, to be specific—that have a sizeable impact on the success (or failure) of edtech implementations. The EdTech Genome Project, a collaborative effort…

STEM & STEAM

9 ways to create better makerspaces

December 7, 2022February 24, 2020 by Laura Ascione

Children sit at a makerspace table and create things with art and science to demonstrate the importance of makerspaces.

Makerspaces and maker culture have quickly become a favorite of STEAM advocates, and new research shows that makerspaces can be highly effective at helping elementary students develop skills…

School Makerspaces

Transforming your library into a makerspace

December 7, 2022February 18, 2020 by Eileen Belastock, CETL

The concept of a school makerspace is represented by loose wooden tiles.

In a recent edWebinar, hosted by edWeb.net, Michelle Luhtala, library department chair, and Donna Burns, technology integrator, both from New Canaan High School (NCHS) in Connecticut, showcased the…

Four Reasons to Choose Classroom Management in the Cloud — and Four Reasons to Self-Host

August 4, 2022August 13, 2019 by Jeff Festa

As a K-12 leader, you’re looking for ways to get the most out of your ed-tech investment. Classroom management software ... Read more

IT Management

3 districts that battled malware–and won–with endpoint security

August 7, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Endpoint security can mean the difference between an infected network and a clean, reliable network.

It's not exactly a secret that most educational institutions are vulnerable to data breaches and security hacks. All it takes is one attack to freeze school operations and…

Oransi Offers 5 Tips for Schools Seeking Better Classroom Ventilation to Help Stop COVID-19 Spread

A national esports effort aims to ‘change the trajectory’ for students

Civil Rights Activist Sylvia Mendez to be Special Guest at ALAS Linking Latina Leaders Event Feb. 19

Bridging the educational divide with tech skilling

mindSpark Learning Launches ENGAGE Leadership Series to Help U.S. School and District Leaders Better Engage and Retain Staff

Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

VHS Learning Receives $1.4 Million Grant from The Manton Foundation

Renaissance Offers Unlimited, Free Access to More Than 6,500 Digital Books and News Articles

Lockstep Technology Group Partners with Impero Software to Support Students’ Tech

LenelS2 Introduces OnGuard Security Management System Version 8.0

Discovery Education Celebrates Human Rights Day by Offering Educators, Families, and Students No-Cost Digital Resources

321 Insight Offers Curated Collection of Videos to Support Parents

Epson’s Brightest Laser Projector Ever is Now Available – Smallest 3LCD Projector with 30,000 or More Lumens

Gale Enhances Miss Humblebee’s Academy to Improve User Experience and Better Outcomes

Aircuity Introduces “Air Quality as a Service” Solution to Accelerate Safer Building Re-openings

CoderZ Contributes to the National Computer Science for All Movement

Digital signage offers teachers the tools they need to succeed

We Stand Together: Finding a Better Way to End Racial Inequity Starts Today

Making access and equity a reality for diverse students

iTutor’s Virtual School Allows School Districts to Transform the K-12 Online Experience

mindSpark Learning Expands Grad-level STEM Certification Program to Educators Nationally

How can high schools better prepare students for college and career success?

Grade expectations: How to look at grading in a new light

eLumen Introduces Professional Services to Help Institutions of Higher Learning Lead Change and Improve Outcomes

How Newport-Mesa Unified School District became closer by being apart

10 team-building activities for distance learning

Encrypt Email and Attachments

Solution to Support Remote Learning in Schools

10 reasons edtech works sometimes, but not all the time

9 ways to create better makerspaces

Transforming your library into a makerspace

3 districts that battled malware–and won–with endpoint security

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

ClassMate by World Book Recognized with Prestigious ISTE Seal

School Specialty Honors Top Educators with 12th Annual Crystal Apple Awards

Follett Content Accelerates Public Library Strategy

Celebrating Teachers: Nominate Outstanding Educators for Crystal Apple Awards

School Specialty Expands Learning Beyond the Screen with New Outdoor Furniture Line

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