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Lingokids Partners with Moonbug Entertainment to Bring Beloved Blippi Characters to the Leading Early Learning App

January 16, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

LOS ANGELES (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lingokids, the #1 early learning app trusted by over 100 million families worldwide, has teamed ... Read more

Edtech Trends

3 simple ways to use interactive whiteboards in preschool classrooms

December 16, 2024 by Jenny Perez, Emerson Elementary School

Using interactive whiteboards can make teaching easier and help improve classroom management in early learning classrooms.

To all the new preschool teachers, I hope this article brings you joy, motivation, and encouragement as you work to create warm and inspiring environments for your students…

Education Policy & Funding

It’s time to pay student teachers

April 25, 2024 by Katie Viernum, Chalkbeat

Paraprofessionals like student teachers are poised to fill essential teaching roles. Let’s remove barriers to their advancement.

I fell in love with teaching while working as an assistant educator at a preschool 16 years ago. I had not studied education, so I enrolled in an…

Newsline

Whitney Brothers® Live Edge Collection EarnsInterior Design Magazine 2023 Best of Year Honoree Award

January 5, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

Keene, NH – Acclaimed Early Learning furniture brand Whitney Brothers® today announced its new Live Edge Collection of furniture for ... Read more

Curriculum & Assessment

Spaced repetition is the secret to overcoming learning loss

December 5, 2022October 28, 2022 by Andrew Cohen, founder and CEO, Brainscape

Spaced repetition can guarantee that your knowledge is constantly building rather than having your brain lose new information almost immediately

Just as “turnt,” “on fleek,” and “adulting” have become trending words in pop culture, so too has “spaced repetition" become a buzzword in education. Some educators are obsessed…

Edtech Trends

How age-appropriate tech inspires preschoolers (and their teachers)

December 7, 2022June 24, 2022 by Carmelo Piazza, Executive Director/Educational Director, Brooklyn Preschool of Science

Robots and 3D printing connect kids to playful, inquiry-based learning while also acting as a therapeutic outlet

At Brooklyn Preschool of Science, I’ve been using robots to make computational learning fun in my 4-year-old rooms for years.

District Management

How 7 educators are accelerating summer learning

June 22, 2022June 17, 2022 by Carmelo Piazza, Dr. Julie Wilkerson, Dr. William W. Gideon, Jr., Holly Mitchell, Michael McManus, Charles V. Khoury, Ed.D., & Maria Pitre-Martin, Ph.D.

Summer learning doesn't have to be a drag--here's how educators are creating engaging and educational programs for their students

The pandemic has augmented concerns about learning loss, leading many schools and districts to examine their summer learning programs and help students strengthen progress in various academic areas.

Student Well-Being

SEL shines on Sesame Street

December 7, 2022April 19, 2022 by Laura Ascione

social and emotional learning will help pandemic early learners

A new partnership between Sesame Workshop and Discovery Education leverages social and emotional development and learning for a whole-child approach that will target early learners in grades PreK-2.

Coding and Robotics

Using robots to help preschoolers love STEAM

December 7, 2022August 18, 2021 by Carmelo Piazza, Executive Director/Educational Director, Brooklyn Preschool of Science, & Karen Piazza, Educational Director, Brooklyn Preschool of Science

It starts with robotics and a spirit of inquiry, and also involves turning a robot into a bird—discover how science and art merge together in engaging ways

The reason why we saturate the school with so many animals is that you can't get somebody to love, say, geckos if they're 11 or 12 if they…

Newsline

CASEL Releases Updated Guide for High-Quality Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs

June 4, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

48 Programs Receive Highest Designation CHICAGO, IL – Today, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) published an ... Read more

Newsline

Osmo for Schools Supplies Cincinnati School District with Learning Systems for Pre-K to Grade 12 Specialized Learning Units

May 24, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Palo Alto–Osmo for Schools announces that it has supplied the Cincinnati School District with various Osmo for Schools learning systems ... Read more

Newsline

School District Uses Digital Signage to Stay Connected

February 17, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Keeping connected amidst the global pandemic has become critically important for schools. Central Lyon School District in Rock Rapids, Iowa ... Read more

Teaching Trends

‘Forest schools’ grow in popularity during distance learning

January 25, 2023October 22, 2020 by ESchool Media Contributors

Stomping through puddles, scrambling over fallen logs and digging in the dirt with sticks may not sound like traditional educational ... Read more

Teaching Trends

First-of-its-kind, all-electric mobile preschool

September 24, 2020 by Vcarlson

A first-of-its kind vehicle will be hitting the streets this autumn in Colorado as an all-new, all-electric, ‘Magic Bus’ Mobile ... Read more

Net neutrality repeal widens opportunity gap for students

July 2, 2018January 19, 2018 by By Amy L. Mcginn, The Baltimore Sun

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District Management

DoE compiles new report on using tech with young learners

October 24, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

When it comes to using technology with the youngest learners, educators have tried for years to strike a balance between ... Read more

Ancillary

Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

September 6, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Education.com, an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a ... Read more

District Management

California dems propose free preschool

January 9, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

A top California lawmaker unveiled a $1 billion proposal on Tuesday to fund free public preschool for all children in the most populous U.S. state, the latest challenge…

Curriculum

How lasting are the benefits of preschool?

January 9, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports

As President Obama advocates for a dramatic expansion of publicly funded preschool, there is growing debate about whether preschool pays off academically for kids, says Michael Alison Chandler…

Curriculum

This board game aims to teach preschoolers how to code

September 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

These days, the effort to get more of us writing computer programs has become part of an "everybody should learn to code" ethos that folks like President Obama…

IT Management

An iPad for the preschool set

November 5, 2013February 17, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

The Fisher-Price iXL Learning System isn’t even on sale yet, and already it’s being hailed as an iPad for pre-schoolers, reports the New York Times.

Lingokids Partners with Moonbug Entertainment to Bring Beloved Blippi Characters to the Leading Early Learning App

3 simple ways to use interactive whiteboards in preschool classrooms

It’s time to pay student teachers

Whitney Brothers® Live Edge Collection EarnsInterior Design Magazine 2023 Best of Year Honoree Award

Spaced repetition is the secret to overcoming learning loss

How age-appropriate tech inspires preschoolers (and their teachers)

How 7 educators are accelerating summer learning

Using robots to help preschoolers love STEAM

Osmo for Schools Supplies Cincinnati School District with Learning Systems for Pre-K to Grade 12 Specialized Learning Units

‘Forest schools’ grow in popularity during distance learning

First-of-its-kind, all-electric mobile preschool

DoE compiles new report on using tech with young learners

Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

California dems propose free preschool

How lasting are the benefits of preschool?

This board game aims to teach preschoolers how to code

An iPad for the preschool set

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Fighting chronic absenteeism with data-driven insights–and a little fun, too

Frontline Education Announces Chris Collins as New Chief Customer Officer

NoRedInk and the National Writing Project Partner to Inspire the Next Generation of Writers in the Age of Gen AI

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

Florida Virtual School Partners with University of Florida and Concord Consortium to Launch ‘Artificial Intelligence in Math’ Online Certification for Middle, High School Students

Product Enhancements from Discovery Education Foster Improved Engagement and Personalization

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