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Blessings in a Backpack Names Lisa Hanneman as Chief Development Officer

March 13, 2025March 3, 2025 by ESchool News Staff
CHICAGO – Blessings in a Backpack, a nonprofit organization that provides hunger-free weekends for kids across the United States, has announced ... Read more
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Counslr Launches in New Mexico and Illinois; Expands Footprint in New York to Increase Access to Mental Health Support

February 13, 2025 by ESchool News Staff
NEW YORK, NY – Counslr, a leading B2B mental health and wellness platform, announced today that it has expanded its ... Read more
Live @ FETC 2025

Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

January 10, 2025 by Kevin Hogan
Who: Brittney Tarr is a PreK-6 STEM Specialist at Thomas Metcalf Laboratory School and a doctoral student at Illinois State ... Read more
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Lauren Brazel of Tinley Park High School is Named the Grand Prize Winner of the Heroes of the Classroom Program Presented by Kleenex®

October 28, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
TINLEY PARK, Ill.— Lauren Brazel of Tinley Park High School near Chicago is the 2024 Grand Prize winner of the ... Read more
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Fort Worth Independent School District Selects Metrasens as Weapons Detection Solution for Graduations and Extracurricular Events

June 25, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
NAPERVILLE, Illinois, (PRNewswire-PRWeb) – Metrasens, a recognized leader in advanced detection systems for security and safety applications, today announced its ... Read more
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CIESC Member Schools Gain Access to Metrasens Ultra Weapons Detection Systems Through New Partnership

April 24, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
NAPERVILLE, Illinois (PRNewswire-PRWeb) —  Metrasens, a leading provider of advanced detection systems for security and safety applications, is pleased to announce ... Read more
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U.S. Senate and White House Honor ‘National Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Week’ with Bipartisan Resolution, Presidential Letter

March 8, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
CHICAGO – This week, the U.S. Senate introduced a bipartisan resolution designating March 4-8, 2024 as ‘‘National Social and Emotional ... Read more
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Barberton High School Entrusts Metrasens Advanced Detection Technology to Strengthen Security Measures

February 16, 2024 by ESchool News Staff
NAPERVILLE, Illinois and BARBERTON, Ohio (PRNewswire-PRWeb) —  Metrasens, a leading provider of advanced detection systems for security and safety applications, is ... Read more
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Indian Prairie Community Unit School District 204 Uses Rise Vision for Digital Signage Across District

November 21, 2023 by ESchool News Staff
Rise Vision, the #1 digital signage software, is excited to announce the release of its newest case study featuring Indian ... Read more
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Movers and Shakers—New Edtech District Leaders Take Position

August 18, 2023August 18, 2023 by Kevin Hogan
Phil Hintz, Director of Student Information for Barrington School District
News out of D219 Board of Education in Illinois, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD (CFBISD) and Round Rock ISD in Texas, Seekonk Public Schools in Massachusetts, and more.
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CodeHS Launches Comprehensive, Easy-to-Use Computer Science Curriculum for Elementary

August 11, 2023 by ESchool News Staff
Chicago, Illinois – The significance of computer science education in schools is growing exponentially as it empowers children with the ... Read more
STEM & STEAM Trends

3 reasons creativity is essential for the future of education

July 24, 2023 by Pedro Vega Jr., Chief Creative Officer, YR Media
In the era of generative AI and digital media making, STEM needs to add arts education and evolve into STEAM--for all students' benefits.
I like to say I was raised by a combination of nonprofits and the arts. At 15 years old, I moved into Mercy Home for Boys and Girls,…
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The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces Recipients of its 2022-2023 Leadership Awards

October 26, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) announces the winners of its 2022-2023 Leadership Awards. The ... Read more
Student Well-Being

Chicago students can take up to 5 mental health days

December 7, 2022September 15, 2022 by Norah Hendrickson, Chalkbeat Chicago
With mental health issues increasing for youth due to the pandemic and rising violence in the city, students welcome the chance to take a break
With working 25 hours a week at her minimum wage job at an ice cream shop, juggling a stressful workload with AP and honors classes, and dealing with…
Newsline

Cicero School District 99 Adopts Lexia LETRS Professional Learning Programs

June 29, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
BOSTON (June 29, 2022) – Cicero School District 99 in Illinois has adopted Lexia LETRS® (Language Essentials for Teachers of ... Read more
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Catapult Learning Selected By Illinois State Board Of Education To Deliver High-Impact Tutoring For Recognized Nonpublic K-12 Schools

April 21, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
April 21, 2022, CHICAGO – Catapult Learning, a provider of intervention programs for students and professional development solutions for teachers ... Read more
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Parallel Learning Expands Executive Team With New Esteemed Digital Health and Education Talent to Further Scale and Accelerate Growth

February 4, 2022 by ESchool News Staff
NEW YORK, NY (FEBRUARY 4, 2022) – Parallel Learning (Parallel), the digital health platform that provides a new way to ... Read more
Newsline

Flinn Scientific’s New PAVO Platform Provides Comprehensive Instructional Solution to District-Level Science Programs

December 21, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Batavia, Illinois, December 21, 2021 — To support school district science programs in delivering comprehensive content and customizable labs across ... Read more
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The Illinois Learning Technology Purchase Program Selects ParentSquare as a Vendor Partner for School-Home Communications

December 16, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Santa Barbara, CA — Dec. 15, 2021— ParentSquare, the award-winning unified school-home communications platform for K-12 education, has been named ... Read more
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CASEL mourns the loss of Dr. Roger P. Weissberg, Board Vice Chair and Chief Knowledge Officer

September 10, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
CHICAGO – It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Roger P. Weissberg, the Collaborative for Academic, ... Read more
Newsline

USF and BloomBoard Announce New Partnership to Address Pandemic Recovery while Offering Teachers Graduate-level Credit via Micro-Credentials

August 4, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
JOILET, Ill. (August 4, 2021)- Today, the University of St. Francis and BloomBoard announced a partnership to help Illinois schools ... Read more
Newsline

The Council of State Science Supervisors and Flinn Scientific Collaborate to Support Safe Practices in Science Classrooms

June 24, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
Batavia, Illinois, June 23, 2021 — The Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS) and Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of ... Read more
Newsline

Flinn Scientific Updates Science2Go to Further Engage High School Students in Science Exploration

June 14, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
New videos, labs, assessments, and more to support biology, chemistry, environmental science, and physics teaching and learning Batavia, Illinois, June ... Read more
Newsline

CASEL Board Member Dr. Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl Starts as NoVo Endowed Chair of SEL at UIC

February 16, 2021 by ESchool News Staff
CASEL Board of Directors Member Dr. Kimberly A. Schonert-Reichl has begun her tenure as the next NoVo Foundation Endowed Chair ... Read more
District Management

Time to get real with equity

August 5, 2020August 4, 2020 by Kevin Hogan
Time to get real with equity
For Todd Dugan, superintendent of Bunker Hill CUSD #8, a small, remote district in southern Illinois, issues surrounding back-to-school COVID-19 style are not abstract but all too real.…
School Makerspaces

How I created my school’s makerspace

December 7, 2022February 12, 2020 by Todd Burleson
This sign, which says make, is made out of things you would find in a makerspace, like wires and plugs and art supplies.
As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students…
District Management

How we turned around our reading program

May 6, 2019April 2, 2019 by Mellissa Douglas
the words Turnaround Tuesdays
Rockford Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in Illinois. More than 28,800 students attend the 44 schools in the district.
District Management

How we turned around our reading program

May 6, 2019March 5, 2019 by Mellissa Douglas
the words Turnaround Tuesdays
Rockford Public Schools is one of the largest school districts in Illinois, with more than 28,800 students and 44 schools.
School Library Innovations

The New Librarian: How I created a makerspace

January 25, 2023March 20, 2018 by Todd Burleson
library
As an elementary educator for most of my career, I’ve had the privilege of working with a variety of learners—from inner-city students in North Carolina to university-level students…
Teaching Trends

Study finds successes, challenges in shift to intensive principal preparation

July 19, 2016July 19, 2016 by Laura Ascione
A report released from the Illinois Education Research Council (IERC) at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in partnership with the University ... Read more
Teaching Trends

YouTube co-founder and alum donates $1M to Illinois Math and Science Academy

November 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
YouTube co-founder Steve Chen has made a $1 million gift to his alma mater, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, to help build a $1.9 million…

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