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Making the most of your return to school
Even though schools are back to in-person learning, the pandemic taught us something about how automating processes can save time--and if educators need more of anything, it's time.
How to create engaging active learning environments
Technology plays a pivotal role in classrooms, and as it becomes more sophisticated, educators realize that creating active learning environments can help them effectively and efficiently use technology…
How to assess your school’s indoor air quality
COVID-19 ushered forth a plethora of new safety guidelines and strategies intended to bring students and teachers back to the classroom as safely as possible. Indoor air quality…
Using tracking sites to bring current events to students
There is a lot of conversation about supply chains and logistics in the news these days. As a picture is often worth a thousand words, maps that allow…
Taking stock of your classroom air quality
COVID-19 brought with it new safety guidelines and strategies. And classroom air quality has topped the list of school leaders' concerns.
Top strategies for a smooth return to the classroom
Students left their in-person classrooms in March of 2020 without realizing they'd soon be logging into virtual classrooms for the long haul. After what seemed like an eternity,…
How online SEL can support struggling students
We can’t watch the news these days without seeing a report detailing the adverse mental health of our nation's young people. All data seems to point to a…
3 questions: Making the 2021-22 school year work for students
What’s the best way to get K-12 students across the U.S. to bounce back from the pandemic? MIT’s Justin Reich has an idea: Ask them. Reich, an associate…
Oklahoma Christian University and BloomBoard Announce New Partnership to Support Teacher Development and Salary Advancement with Micro-credentials
EDMOND, Okla. (September 30, 2021)- Today, Oklahoma Christian University (OC) and BloomBoard announced a partnership to help Oklahoma schools and ... Read more
Heroes at Work: Brevard Public Schools maintains cybersecurity awareness during pandemic learning
Here, eSchool News highlights Florida’s Brevard Public Schools–one of its K-12 Hero Awards winners. Keep reading to discover how this district navigated a cybersecurity attack and keeps learning…
Whatever it takes: How one underserved district continues to make it through the pandemic
Listening to Alena Zachery-Ross, Superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan, managing her district through this pandemic almost sounds like a positive story.
5 websites to help students build media literacy skills
Students must understand how to recognize reputable information and how to identify credible, high-quality journalism. Bias is everywhere, and it's necessary for young people today to identify it…
3 changes that will outlast the pandemic
Many have labeled the pandemic’s run as our “lost year”--lost activities, lost vacations, lost connections. More commonly, however, it is a reference to the loss of an academic…
Countdown to eSN Hero Awards nominations!
Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were beginning in March 2020 and continuing up to present day, and never before has their resilience been…
Cheers and questions as some states and big school districts remove virtual learning option for fall
The school districts serving Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and Houston have all said they intend to continue offering a fully virtual option this fall. This week, the…
Making a post-pandemic promise
Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) Superintendent Chad Shealy is irrepressible. Whether you are talking about COVID response, CTE strategies, or curriculum content, Chad not only makes you feel…
eSchool News welcomes Hero Awards nominations through June 30
To acknowledge educators' efforts, and to tell their stories, eSchool News is proud to announce the Hero Awards program.
Using project-based learning to reverse the summer slide
After a tumultuous year, students can use project-based learning resources to keep their brains sharp and avoid learning loss.
8 awesome podcasts for kids, families, and teachers
As podcasts skyrocket in popularity, news buffs and true crime addicts shouldn't have all the fun. There are a growing number of podcasts for kids.
Changing learning for the better after COVID
For Rick Cave, Director of Technology at West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in New Jersey, the biggest challenge to pivoting during the pandemic wasn’t the platforms, but the…
Mackin Announces Global Partnership with Ad Fontes Media
Mackin’s Global Partnership with Ad Fontes Media to Provide 130,000 K-12 Schools with Access to In-Depth News Literacy Curricula and ... Read more
4 lessons the edtech industry should take from the pandemic
In some ways, edtech has risen to the challenge brought on by the pandemic, but the field has also learned some things the hard way. Here are four…
No going back: Why schools need to keep some pandemic techniques
With a pandemic-induced move to virtual comes increased access to online PD events and a greater chance to share best practices.
4 ways our district finds educational opportunities during the pandemic
The pandemic has created plenty of seemingly insurmountable challenges, but it has also presented amazing opportunities for school districts.
GiveCampus Will Support Cryptocurrency Donations to Schools
GiveCampus will become the first and only educational fundraising platform to process cryptocurrency donations Washington, D.C. — GiveCampus, the world’s ... Read more
Professional development should remain a pandemic priority
For Diane Lauer, Assistant Superintendent of Priority Programs and Academic Support at St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, COVID couldn’t stop teacher training. In fact, her work became…
Evoca Leverages its Unique Architecture to Help Create New Type of Educational Resource, “Evoca Learn”
Evoca, a revolutionary next-generation television service, today announced a new initiative, Evoca Learn. In addition to its lineup of 60+ ... Read more
How using data during COVID becomes more important than ever
For Matt Reynolds, Assessment and Data Officer for the 64,000+ students that attend Douglas County School District in Colorado, running the usual assessment numbers was obviously useless last…
How to make edtech entrepreneurship more inclusive
In this MarketScale EdTech Today podcast from host Kevin Hogan, remote learning expert Sal Kahn and Anne Wintroub, director of Social Innovation for the AT&T Foundation, discuss a…
Be prepared: It’s a cliché for a reason
According to Tony Spence, for a district to be ready for everything, it has to constantly be preparing for something. And maybe be a little bit lucky. In…
Leading in this time of crisis
Henry (Hank) Thiele, Superintendent for Community High School District 99 in Thorndale (IL) can’t stop looking forward. Despite the current, daily chaos of re-opening and lockdowns, hybrid and…
6 teaching resources for the Presidential Inauguration
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris will be sworn into office on Jan. 20, 2021. The Presidential Inauguration will be a departure from years past…
Keeping COVID innovations even after the pandemic passes
Hoover City Schools in suburban Birmingham, AL, was already one-to-one when the pandemic struck in March. And while its transition to remote learning in the spring was relatively…
How automation keeps bullying in check—both in-person and remote
Even a pandemic won’t stop bad student behavior--and in many cases, it inflames bullying. In this conversation with eSchool News, Laura Lockhart, director of student services of Keller…
High School Students Dive into Media Production
For the last few decades, U.S. school curriculum has centered on college preparation, but in recent years, parents, teachers and ... Read more
CCS Presentation Systems Launches First Ever Esports Demonstration Center
CCS Presentation Systems, one of the largest audio-video systems integration companies in the US, just announced the creation of a ... Read more
iTutor’s Virtual School Allows School Districts to Transform the K-12 Online Experience
With most K-12 students, parents, teachers and administrators engaged in another semester or full academic year of pandemic-induced remote learning, ... Read more
Staying Connected During COVID-19 [Teacher Spotlight]: Karina Tran
What motivated you to become a Special Education teacher? When I was younger I didn’t know I wanted to even be a teacher, nonetheless a Special Ed teacher.…
Pinna launches “Time for Kids Explains”, a timely, informative weekly news podcast for kids
Pinna, the only on-demand audio entertainment service developed and curated exclusively for kids 3-12, today announced the availability of the ... Read more