District IT can be secure and still be accessible
Cyberattacks against educational institutions have skyrocketed--and keeping student and educator information safe and protected is a top priority.
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How to keep your district’s IT safe, yet accessible
Cyberattacks against educational institutions have skyrocketed--and keeping student and educator information safe and protected is a top priority.
Phenix City Teacher Wins Marbury Technology Innovation Award
Phenix City, AL— Last week Central High School teacher, Tim Loreman was recognized as an exemplary educator in technology. He ... Read more
Is your district’s IT safe and accessible?
Cyberattacks against educational institutions have skyrocketed--and keeping student and educator information safe and protected is a top priority.
Do we do our best work for machines?
The revolution in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) has been a long time coming. Since the mid-1980s, scholarly journals have been predicting the widespread adoption of…
How to talk to your students about trauma and school violence
It is an unacceptable reality that educators, parents, and caregivers must talk to children about gun violence in schools, repeatedly, in the wake of school shootings.
Good News Network and Rise Vision Partner to Help Schools Foster Positive Learning Environments
(May 26, 2022) –– Wichita, KS – With childhood depression and anxiety rising during the pandemic and disturbing news stories ... Read more
Digital Health Platform Parallel Learning Announces $20M in Series A Funding to Further Expand and Serve Students with Learning and Thinking Differences
NEW YORK, NY (MAY 26, 2022 ) – Parallel Learning (Parallel)—the digital health platform that provides a new way to ... Read more
Weaving SEL into curriculum doesn’t have to be hard
As an educator and curriculum content creator, I’m always seeking to develop lessons that offer students opportunities to express complex ... Read more
Can we measure personalized learning’s impact?
Personalized learning offers myriad possibilities for teachers and students. And in the wake of the pandemic, as educators try to manage learning gaps, personalized learning is more critical…
Making indoor air quality a top priority
As schools move toward making masks optional for students and teachers, concerns are turning to the best ways to mitigate COVID-19 infections--and indoor air quality is a major…
How do we measure personalized learning’s impact?
Personalized learning is more critical than ever--it can help students recover lost learning and boost social-emotional growth. What's more, personalized learning helps educators in dire need of learning…
Why video creation encourages classroom innovation
Some of the best educational content develops with creative thinking and a willingness to try new things--and if teachers and students have the right tools, they're on the…
5 tips to bring engineering into the classroom
STEAM education is critically important in the classroom, and engineering education is a key part of STEAM learning. And on World Engineering Day, the need for students to…
Why active learning environments are key to student engagement
Technology's pivotal role in education can't be denied, and it will remain a constant in classrooms. Many schools are turning to active learning environments to effectively use technology…
The best ways to monitor 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…
What edtech should schools keep in today’s new normal?
The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly thrown education for a loop. Even as classes resumed this past fall, many districts implemented widespread student and teacher quarantines and shifted to…
3 ways chatbots can support mental health in schools
The U.S. Surgeon General has issued an advisory warning about a mental health crisis for children.
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…