Implementing an AED program or upgrading your current one is a great way to ensure everyone in your school has access to potentially lifesaving equipment if they need it.
Download our “AEDs in Schools: A Buyer’s Guide” eBook now!…Read More
Podcast Series: Innovations in Education
Explore the full series of eSchool News podcasts hosted by Kevin Hogan—created to keep you on the cutting edge of innovations in education.
The Case For Coming to School: One Simple Approach to Improving Attendance
School is so much more than just a place to be. It’s a place to become. Students who come to school regularly have far better options and opportunities open to them. As a 2020 report by the National Bureau of Economic Research states, students who attend school regularly are more likely to have higher academic achievement, higher future earnings, and better health outcomes.
There are lots of problems out there out of our control, but our school communities are ours to shape. …Read More
Engaging All Parents: A 6 Part Guide to School Communications That Work
Almost 50 million children are enrolled in US public schools. Let’s make sure we’re reaching their families like we should be. To do that, effective communications that reach all families are a necessity.
Get started on the path to reach all families efficiently and effectively throughout your school and district. Download this eBook to learn how to use school communications to: …Read More
How AI Can Simplify Teaching with Technology
Artificial intelligence can carry negative connotations within education, evoking images of machines replacing teachers in the future. The truth, while less fantastic, is that AI can be a very useful tool that’s helping educators be more effective in the classroom today. This interactive ebook explains how Merlyn Mind and Promethean have teamed up to make teaching with technology much simpler using an AI-powered digital assistant.
Key strategies to fund & grow your digital resource collection
Our report, How to Fund and Grow Your Digital Resources Collection, shows you how to use COVID-19 relief funding options to help expand your ebook and audiobook collection – even on a tight budget.
…Read MoreCapstone Interactive eBook Platform Relaunches With Enhanced Accessibility for Children
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – August 17, 2022 – Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for K-5 classrooms, libraries, and home, announces substantial enhancements to its Capstone Interactive eBooks platform. Among the improvements, the eBook platform and reader will be Section 508 compliant and WCAG 2.1 rated, ensuring Capstone Interactive is accessible to children with vision, cognitive, physical, and hearing disabilities.
Another significant update includes its integration within Capstone’s PebbleGo environment, the subscription-based content hub for cross-curricular instruction and research. Educators and students can easily discover and begin reading Capstone Interactive eBooks through a new “eBooks” tab as part of their subscription, reducing the need for keeping track of additional logins and website URLs. Educators can also easily share a direct link to an eBook, allowing students access with a single click.
The platform will also be mobile-responsive, improving student’s experience through intuitive touchscreen navigation and providing at-home and on-the-go access on smartphones, tablets, and computers to support school-to-home programs and independent learning.…Read More
Best Practices for Hiring Substitute Teachers
This eBook will help you develop better strategies for recruiting, hiring, and retaining high-quality substitute teachers without wasting time and energy! At Swing Education, we understand the challenges that district administrators face, needing to fill teacher vacancies and deliver the education that your students and their parents expect. By reading our latest eBook you’ll take away best practices for managing your sub-pool, as well as how to recruit substitute teachers, things you can do to improve sub retention, and proven strategies to increase sub fill-rate.
Use SEL to Support Adolescent Reading Gains
Learn how educators can add Social Emotional Learning (SEL) strategies to literacy instruction in this eBook, Social Emotional Learning Opportunities
OverDrive Education Donates Juvenile & Young Adult Titles to Schools Worldwide
CLEVELAND – September 1, 2021 – To help schools meet growing demand for digital content without increasing budget, OverDrive Education donated over 280 juvenile and young adult titles to more than 50,000 schools around the world. This updated Sora Starter Collection bundle includes high-interest ebook, audiobook and Read-Along titles that are always available to students through September 1, 2023. Sora is the leading student reading app for schools worldwide.
This free collection allows over 50,000 schools and millions of students with the Sora app to encourage community engagement with young readers through book clubs, classroom discussions and more. The Sora Starter titles expand schools’ individual digital collections, removing barriers and providing access to more resources for literacy 24/7 anytime, anywhere. Notable titles include The Great Gatsby, Iggy Peck, Architect, Separate Is Never Equal and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Ebooks, audiobooks and Read-Alongs in this collection come from Sourcebooks, Jump!, Bellwether, Triangle, Lerner, Kaleidoscope, Rosen, Abrams and Duke Classics. More information about the titles can be found here (title availability may vary by region).
“The collections of Simultaneous Use ebooks and audiobooks have been wonderful during the pandemic – the titles are often among our most circulated,” said Denise Hull, Technician, Learning Resources at Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. “I want to offer my sincere gratitude to the Sora team and to the publishers for making this happen. We’re excited for our students to enjoy the new titles added into this refreshed Sora Starter Collection.”…Read More
Using project-based learning to reverse the summer slide
The shift to distance and hybrid learning this past year has caused many families and teachers to worry that their students are falling behind. eSchool News sat down with project-based learning experts Bob Lenz, CEO of the nonprofit PBLWorks, and Laureen Adams, the former curriculum and program manager for PBLWorks, to talk about what parents, caregivers, and teachers can do this summer to help students re-engage with their learning and prepare for the next school year.
PBLWorks created a free eBook for families and teachers called “This Teachable Moment,” which provides an introduction to project-based learning and 21 projects that students can do independently at home this summer, or in the classroom. Here, Lenz and Adams discuss why project-based learning is such a powerful way to keep students engaged.
What are some of the benefits of high-quality project-based learning, and why is it so effective in keeping students engaged in their learning?…Read More