3 reasons why differentiation isn’t difficult
There’s a good chance you arched an eyebrow upon reading the headline of this article. After all, differentiation can be one of the most stressful and time-consuming parts…
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10 SEL activities for K-8 students
Did you know that social and emotional learning (SEL) skills can easily be taught to students in grades K-8 right alongside core academic instruction in classrooms or afterschool…
FastBridge From Illuminate Education Now Reports Lexile Measures, Providing Powerful Insights on Students’ Reading Habits
IRVINE, CALIF. & DURHAM, N.C. (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 09, 2021 — Illuminate Education and MetaMetrics® today announced a new partnership connecting the Lexile® ... Read more
5 strategies to help students build literacy skills
Strong literacy skills help students build a foundation for success in school and beyond. But students' reading skills are stumbling, and in some cases, the declines have been…
New Sora Showcase Turns Any Touchscreen Display into Kiosk for Student Discovery of Digital Books
CLEVELAND – October 29, 2021 – As schools embrace the digital shift and rely more on digital books to support ... Read more
How immersive learning will revolutionize education
Immersive learning experiences are a new type of educational experience that can be used in place of traditional lectures and classrooms. Immersive learning is meant to mimic the…
How digital books connect vulnerable students with reading
The definition of success is a “favorable or desired outcome.” At Title I schools, where students are often at a disadvantage from the start, measuring success can look…
Curriculum Associates Updates i-Ready® with New Lessons and Assessments to Further Support Dual-Language Classrooms and Spanish-Speaking Students
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., September 23, 2021—To further support Spanish-speaking students in dual-language or transitional-bilingual programs, Curriculum Associates recently added new ... Read more
Reading Plus Announces Expanded Partnership With South Carolina’s Beaufort County School District
WINOOSKI, Vt. (September 29, 2021) – Reading Plus, an evidence-based online program that uses personalized instruction to improve students’ reading ... Read more
Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year
BOSTON (Sept. 23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 ... Read more
TutorMe Donates $100,000 in Tutoring Services to Racine Unified School District
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 23, 2021) — TutorMe, the online tutoring solution of the future, announced today that after a nationwide ... Read more
McGraw Hill Announces New Version of its Wonders K-5 English Language Arts Curriculum
NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2021 — McGraw Hill today announced updates to its widely used and trusted Wonders English Language Arts program for grades K-5, ... Read more
Heroes at Work: How San Diego USD made PD a pandemic priority
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…
Heroes at Work: Navajo Prep goes all-in on internet access during pandemic learning
Heroes at Work: An Excerpt from Conversations with the 2021 eSchool Media Hero Awards Grand Prize Winners. Click through for the full interview.
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…
OverDrive Education Donates Juvenile & Young Adult Titles to Schools Worldwide
CLEVELAND – September 1, 2021 – To help schools meet growing demand for digital content without increasing budget, OverDrive Education ... Read more
New research finds widening educational inequity in year of COVID
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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’
Cullman City Primary School in Alabama Awarded Grand Prize Celebrating Schools and Districts Teaching Literacy Based on Science of Reading DALLAS, ... Read more
3 ways to help students de-stress
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…
How positive psychology reduces stress and boosts 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
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
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
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
Structured Literacy helps educators differentiate between reading instruction that is truly informed by the Science of Reading research from those ... Read more