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COVID-19 Update

Heroes at Work: How San Diego USD made PD a pandemic priority

February 1, 2022September 10, 2021 by Kevin Hogan

Here, eSchool News highlights the San Diego Unified School District–one of the three K-12 Hero Awards winners. Keep reading this interview with Julie Garcia, the district's Director of…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Heroes at Work: Navajo Prep goes all-in on internet access during pandemic learning

December 7, 2022September 8, 2021 by Kevin Hogan

Heroes at Work: An Excerpt from Conversations with the 2021 eSchool Media Hero Awards Grand Prize Winners. Click through for the full interview.

COVID-19 Update

Heroes at Work: Brevard Public Schools maintains cybersecurity awareness during pandemic learning

February 1, 2022September 6, 2021 by Kevin Hogan

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…

OverDrive Education Donates Juvenile & Young Adult Titles to Schools Worldwide

September 1, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

CLEVELAND – September 1, 2021 – To help schools meet growing demand for digital content without increasing budget, OverDrive Education ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

New research finds widening educational inequity in year of COVID

December 7, 2022September 1, 2021 by NWEA

Experts call for action to support educators in fostering growth for all students, particularly those who have been traditionally underserved with learning gains and educational inequity.

New research from the nonprofit NWEA highlights a challenging year in education and notes that most students made lower-than-typical learning gains in math and reading.

Tennessee Approves Illuminate Education’s FastBridge Reading Assessments as K–3 Universal Screeners

August 25, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

IRVINE, CALIF. — AUGUST 25, 2021– Illuminate Education, a leading K–12 student performance solution, announces that earlyReading, CBMreading and aReading—key components ... Read more

New i-Ready® Updates Help Teachers Support All Students in Reaching Ambitious Goals

August 18, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., August 17, 2021—Curriculum Associates has updated its award-winning i-Ready program to help educators address unfinished learning and ... Read more

Classworks® Progress Monitoring receives Top ratings from NCII

August 13, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

DULUTH, GA. — AUGUST 12, 2021 — Classworks®, best-in-class online intervention solution, received the highest ratings in validity and reliability ... Read more

After Successful Pilot, Schools Adopt EarlyBird Game-Based Screener to Identify Children at Risk for Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

BOSTON — Aug. 12, 2021 — After participating in a pilot trial of the new EarlyBird game-based early literacy assessment, ... Read more

Reading Eggs Reaches 20 Million Users Milestone

August 12, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NEW YORK, NY – August 10, 2021– Reading Eggs, a Blake eLearning program that creates a unique online world where children learn to read, ... Read more

Mississippi Department of Education Approves Curriculum Associates’ Programs as Evidence-Based Academic Interventions

August 4, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., August 3, 2021—The Mississippi Department of Education’s (MDE) Office of Student Intervention Services recently named a number ... Read more

Oklahoma State Department of Education Names i-Ready® a Reading Sufficiency Act K–3 State Approved Screening Instrument

July 16, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., July 14, 2021—The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OKSDE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready as a Reading ... Read more

National Lexile Study Shows Accelerated Reading Growth Across Ethnic Groups

July 7, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Red Bank, NJ, July 06, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Lexile Study, a respected and recognized independent research analysis ... Read more

EarlyBird Education Introduces Game-Based Screener

June 14, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

It Helps Schools Identify Children at Risk for Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties — Even Before They Learn to Read BOSTON ... Read more

Florida Department of Education Approves Lexia Learning for ELA Intervention Courses

June 9, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Rigorous review process confirms Lexia Core5 Reading and PowerUp Literacy programs are strongly aligned to Florida’s newest standards BOSTON (June 8, ... Read more

Teachers Offer Tips To Make Summer Learning More Inspiring, Creative and Challenging, Using Osmo for Schools’ STEAM Technology

June 3, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Exploring Nature, Creating Stories, Learning Financial Literacy, Are Among Ideas Suggested Palo Alto- From exploring nature to story creation to ... Read more

Using Electronic Signatures for Innovation in K-12 Education

February 17, 2022May 27, 2021 by Jeff Festa

In recent months, many school districts across the US needed to quickly develop back-to-school strategies that enabled remote learning and ... Read more

7 Ways DocuSign Can Help K-12 Schools Do More with Less

February 17, 2022May 27, 2021 by Jeff Festa

The technological landscape is changing for K-12 schools. With higher expectations from parents, students, teachers, staff and partners, and limited ... Read more

Creating a Paperless Future in K-12 Schools

February 17, 2022May 27, 2021 by Jeff Festa

The technological landscape is changing for K-12 schools. With higher expectations from parents, students, teachers, staff and partners, and limited ... Read more

Engaging Emergent Bilinguals with Edtech

July 14, 2021May 25, 2021 by Jeff Festa

[Infographic] Emergent Bilinguals are a diverse group of students who deserve equitable resources to meet their needs. Learn about 8 ... Read more

OverDrive Education Provides Free Resources to Schools Receiving COVID-19 Relief Funds

May 20, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Reading is one of the most critical skills for students to learn--but not all teachers are required to be qualified in reading instruction

Toolkit facilitates district decision making to eliminate barriers to reading and increase equity CLEVELAND – May 14, 2021 – The federal ... Read more

Lexia Learning and Voyager Sopris Learning Recognize Structured Literacy Champions with ‘Dr. Louisa Moats Award’

May 6, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

A new report finds that nearly 200 teacher preparation programs maintain high-quality admission standards while ensuring diversity among aspiring teachers

Cullman City Primary School in Alabama Awarded Grand Prize Celebrating Schools and Districts Teaching Literacy Based on Science of Reading DALLAS, ... Read more

SEL & Well-Being

3 ways to help students de-stress

May 6, 2021 by Shantell Berrett, M.A., Director of Training and Presenting, Reading Horizons

With mental health issues rising among children and teens, educators can support them by modeling stress resilience, maintaining routines, and keeping an eye out for warning signs

Teachers who want to support optimal reading comprehension must equip themselves with a deeper understanding of why stress is so harmful to students' reading, and what they can…

SEL & Well-Being

How positive psychology reduces stress and boosts reading comprehension

May 5, 2021 by Carrie Drake, M.A., Curriculum and Training Specialist, Reading Horizons

Cultivating a happy emotional state through positive psychology not only puts a smile on students’ faces—it actually helps them learn better and boost reading comprehension.

While stress disrupts the brain's learning processes, a positive mood has the opposite effect. Cultivating a positive emotional state helps to reduce the harmful effects of stress and…

8 key netiquette lessons to develop good digital citizens

June 2, 2021April 30, 2021 by Jeff Festa

From listening when another person is speaking to exiting an uncomfortable conversation graciously, none of us are born knowing the ... Read more

Insights from LanSchool’s 2021 Distance Learning in Review

July 20, 2021April 30, 2021 by Jeff Festa

The sudden shift to distance learning in the spring of 2020 brought about distinct challenges and quickly changed the education ... Read more

Understand the Impact of Your EdTech Investments

October 20, 2021April 27, 2021 by Jeff Festa

Districts make significant investments in hardware and software; however, not all investments yield a strong return on student learning. Education ... Read more

Structured Literacy: How to Apply the Science of Reading in the Classroom

June 2, 2021April 26, 2021 by Jeff Festa

Structured Literacy helps educators differentiate between reading instruction that is truly informed by the Science of Reading research from those ... Read more

The Value of Automation for K-12 Back-Office

August 5, 2021April 14, 2021 by Jeff Festa

Learn more about how automation can help improve transparency and streamline operations for K-12 school districts back-office and administrative functions.

Securly Playbook: 5 Strategies for Hybrid Learning Success

October 20, 2021April 8, 2021 by Jeff Festa

Discover five foundational strategies districts should employ when developing their hybrid learning initiatives, complete with concrete steps administrators can take ... Read more

Districts Leverage $300,000 Matching Grant Program to Improve Flexible Learning and Address Social Justice

April 8, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Recipients receive services from BetterLesson to ensure continuity of learning and resilient pedagogy implementation “It’s incredibly heartening to see that ... Read more

Coding and Robotics

The coming coding revolution

December 7, 2022April 7, 2021 by Ness Blackbird, Co-Founder, Blackbird Code

English language literacy and coding literacy share some overlap—and the ability to work with data and computer systems will prove pivotal for success

I think we’re now going through a phase a lot like the beginning of the Renaissance, which is why I think we need to teach all the kids…

Academic Language Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension

April 30, 2021March 30, 2021 by Jeff Festa

To achieve successful reading comprehension across the curriculum, students need instruction in academic language skills. Get strategies for supporting the ... Read more

Debunking myths and supporting older struggling readers

December 7, 2022March 10, 2021 by Laura Axtell, Education Specialist, Reading Horizons

A former special education teacher shares how to identify and support struggling readers in middle and high school--even in a remote learning environment

The reasons that students remain struggling readers in middle and high school are frequently based on myths and misconceptions.

A Year Like No Other

March 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

This school year, teachers have valiantly confronted the challenge and uncertainty brought forth by the COVID-19 pandemic. Teachers are doing ... Read more

Thorndike Press Partners with Beanstack and Mark Cuban to Sponsor ‘Level Up’ National K-12 Summer 2021 Reading Challenge

March 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Leveraging the power of print is key to expanding educational opportunities--especially during at-home learning

Schools Invited to Join the Challenge This Coming June 2021; Winnings Include Cash Prizes, Large Print Book Collections and Virtual Author ... Read more

Curriculum Associates Launches Magnetic Reading to Help Students Build Confidence While Mastering Critical Reading Skills

March 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

A group of children on their bellies reading books

New supplemental reading program for Grades 3–5 engages students with grade-level content using culturally relevant texts To help students build ... Read more

World’s Largest Annual Study of K–12 Reading Habits Finds Digital Reading Doubled from Fall 2019 to Fall 2020

March 2, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Leveraging the power of print is key to expanding educational opportunities--especially during at-home learning

Renaissance, a global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, today released its much anticipated What Kids Are Reading report for 2021. The ... Read more

Lexia Learning’s PowerUp Literacy Program is 2.5x More Effective in Helping English Learners Close Critical Reading Gaps

March 2, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

A child sits reading on her tablet.

Many English Learners (ELs) across the United States have gone months without exposure to the academic English they require for ... Read more

District Management

Understanding ebooks: Which model is right for your district?

October 10, 2022February 18, 2021 by Angela Arnold, General Manager, OverDrive Education

Knowing how pricing models work will help students access ebooks during remote and hybrid learning

It’s been almost one year since the country shut down, and schools are still adapting to the new normal of remote and hybrid learning environments--with a newfound reliance…

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