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How teletherapy enables access to special education services

June 8, 2021June 4, 2021 by Kate Eberle Walker, CEO, PresenceLearning

Amid post-pandemic shifts to private schools, teletherapy can play a key role in ensuring students receive essential services

Whenever families shift from public education into alternative modes of education, there is a particular need to pay attention to services for students with disabilities.

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How to take personalized learning to scale

June 18, 2021May 31, 2021 by Eileen Belastock, CETL

iNACOL defines personalized learning as “tailoring learning for each student’s strength, needs, and interests—including enabling student's voice and choice in what, how, when and where they learn—to provide…

eSchool Media

What AI can and can’t do in education

April 23, 2021 by By Gustaf Öqvist Seimyr, PhD, Co-Founder, Lexplore

Artificial intelligence will never replace teachers, but it can provide an objective basis for curricular choices and conversations with parents

When some people hear the term “artificial intelligence,” they think of robots like the ones in the Steven Spielberg movie AI. In education today, AI is something less…

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…

Classroom Innovations

5 ways to nurture a cybersecurity interest in a healthy way

March 8, 2021February 12, 2021 by Ryan Cloutier, Principal Security Consultant, SecurityStudio

Students may show great aptitude for tech, including computer hacking—here’s how to guide them down the right cybersecurity path

It’s something no teacher or administrator wants to think about, but what if one of your students is showing an interest in computer hacking? Teachers--sometimes more than parents--can…

Teaching Trends

SAM Labs Launches Successful Teacher Accelerator Program

February 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

STEAM education is possible during remote learning, and teacher communities can generate creative ideas to keep learning moving forward

The program includes group workshops with like-minded educators, one-on-one training with our Senior Education Consultants, training on how to implement ... Read more

Newsline

Kids Discover Partners with Rhino Records to Release Free Units Celebrating Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, and Curtis Mayfield for Black History Month

February 1, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Kids Discover, a leading provider of high-interest nonfiction for social studies and science, has partnered with Rhino Records, the catalog ... Read more

Newsline

Tampa Middle School Receives the Superstar Treatment with Ashly Audio-Backed System

November 20, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Sligh Middle Magnet School in Tampa, Florida has an audio system worthy of a superstar performance thanks to professional wrestler ... Read more

Newsline

High School Students Dive into Media Production

October 29, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Today's students crave engaging learning experiences, which is exactly why multimedia learning tools have a rightful place in the classroom.

For the last few decades, U.S. school curriculum has centered on college preparation, but in recent years, parents, teachers and ... Read more

Newsline

Activities to keep kids engaged and learning during the summer

June 30, 2020June 18, 2020 by ESchool News

Family tech nights can help schools narrow the digital divide.

BrainPOP, the online educational solution that makes rigorous learning experiences accessible and engaging for all students, today announced a new product ... Read more

Newsline

New Science Kit Series for Educators

June 30, 2020April 30, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Early elementary school is a perfect time to introduce STEM learning, and building equitable STEM programs is essential, like this girl enjoying science class.

Carolina Biological introduced a new Next Generation Science Standards® (NGSS)-aligned science kit series for educators of elementary students in both ... Read more

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Language supports for offline schools worldwide

April 8, 2020 by ESchool News

Lingoda, Europe’s leading online language school, is supporting offline language learning institutions across the world facing the sudden transition to ... Read more

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Free access to English and Spanish eBook libraries

March 26, 2020March 25, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Benchmark Education is are now offering free access to their extensive collection of eBooks to families and educators. The library ... Read more

School Makerspaces

11 resources for STEM, STEAM, and makerspaces

December 7, 2022February 5, 2020 by Laura Ascione

These students with robotics in the classroom demonstrate the importance of STEM resources.

It's easy enough to decide to focus more on a specific topic or skill, such as STEM, in the classroom, but it's sometimes more difficult to find tools…

Coding and Robotics

Robotics isn’t scary! 4 benefits of working with robots

December 7, 2022October 31, 2019 by Laura Ascione

A campus technology coordinator identifies three major benefits her district's students get from exploring robotics.

Robotics is attracting more student interest, and there's a reason--when students can make real-world connections between what they learn in the classroom and exciting careers, their engagement and…

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What Is Good Leadership in Schools?

June 1, 2021June 25, 2019 by Content provided by Southern Cross University

A recent study found that not one school (of 180 surveyed) was able to improve student achievement records without effective ... Read more

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6 tips to help your students collaborate on awesome podcasts

March 3, 2020May 16, 2019 by By Josh Allen<br><br>Content provided by Soundtrap

A 2019 Edison Research survey reported that 51% of Americans above the age of 12 have listened to a podcast. Interest in podcasts has increased 122% since 2014,…

STEM & STEAM

5 Cool STEM Grants for 2019

May 11, 2019February 1, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Although we're still in the middle of our current school year, it's never too early to get a jump on grants for the 2019-2020 year--especially where STEM funding…

STEM & STEAM

Early coding can greatly benefit students–here’s how one school does it

February 5, 2019January 24, 2019 by Laura Ascione

Coding for students and computer programming are slowly becoming part of the core curriculum in schools and districts across the U.S.--and some educators say the earlier students start…

District Management

#4: 25 education trends for 2018

December 27, 2018December 26, 2018 by Meris Stansbury

Year after year, educators and those invested in education love to speculate about what will take off in the near future.

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Want to get struggling readers enthusiastic about reading? Here’s how

August 13, 2018August 2, 2018 by Julia Ottesen

With 10 million students in grades K-12 struggling to read, taking those struggling readers from disengaged to enthused may seem like a huge feat. However, doing just one…

District Management

Survey: Boys have waning interest in STEM careers

July 23, 2018July 3, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Boys' interest in STEM careers has dropped over the past year, while girls' interest remains the same, according to an annual survey from Junior Achievement and Ernst &…

STEM & STEAM

Is STEM getting ‘IT’ right for female students?

May 6, 2019June 4, 2018 by Richard Gerver

March 8th was memorable for many reasons. Not only was it International Women’s Day, but Meghan Markle made one of her first official public appearances with her future…

STEM & STEAM

How we developed a personalized PBL model for STEM

May 7, 2019April 20, 2018 by Levent Sakar

How can schools and districts prepare students for college and careers in STEM? Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher…

STEM & STEAM

Girls and STEM: A female engineer shares her path

April 26, 2018April 10, 2018 by Sydney Guillory

Many people leave Disney World dreaming of becoming a princess, but when I experienced Disney for the first time as a three-year-old, I left the parks with a…

SEL & Well-Being

4 key ways ESSA can support SEL in schools

December 13, 2018March 23, 2018 by Laura Ascione

Although student achievement in core subjects is commonly used to define success, more educators agree that student success also depends on learning about intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies--commonly known…

District Management

Everyone has a role to play in education today

February 4, 2018 by Ron Reed, executive producer, SXSW EDU

As we enter a new year, education is a topic that continues to resonate well beyond the classroom into the core aspects of daily life, from home and…

District Management

Text, tweet, email, call—what do parents want in school communications?

October 5, 2017October 5, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

When it comes to school communications, parents today want more information from their children’s teachers and schools, but they also want that information to be timely, targeted, and…

Curriculum

17 instructional practices for social and emotional learning

August 1, 2018June 22, 2017 by Laura Ascione

Interest around social and emotional learning continues to expand, due in part to recognition that positive social and emotional skills can help improve students' behavioral and academic outcomes…

District Management

What’s next in ed-tech? These 18 trends

September 14, 2016September 14, 2016 by Keith R. Krueger

I do a lot of speaking about technology trends in education, and none of my talks seem to get larger ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

Report: Gamifying computer science is an easy place to start

August 16, 2016August 16, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

With efforts to expand computer science education growing across the nation, some schools still grapple with a big problem: they don't have the staff or space to accommodate…

District Management

How this state is turning its virtual teachers into online learning experts

July 28, 2016July 28, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/stephenoonoo' target='_blank'>@stephenoonoo</a>

A certification program is creating a new generation of online learning savants. How are they doing it?

Curriculum

3 major ways to boost basic data literacy in K-16

May 20, 2016May 20, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

A new report outlines the need for K-16 students to develop key data literacy skills Focusing on three specific areas ... Read more

Apps

6 STEAM tinkering tools for the holidays

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 by Thomas C. Murray and Samantha A. Edwards

Engage kids of all ages with these STEM and coding learning toys The year that was brought with it ... Read more

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How 2 simple role-play games can transform students into active learners

May 6, 2019November 17, 2015 by By Lucien Vattel and Blaine Vedros

Role-play enhances engagement and subject matter mastery. It's also a lot of fun

District Management

Nation desperate for youth interest in teaching

November 25, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Let’s face it: Being a teacher doesn’t sound all that glamorous to many of today’s students. However, with many teachers facing retirement in the next few years, as…

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