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Board of Education President Joyce S. Wilkerson Receives The Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award

December 12, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

PHILADELPHIA – Board of Education President Joyce S. Wilkerson received the Benjamin Elijah Mays Lifetime Achievement Award today for her ... Read more

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3 common misconceptions that thwart school improvement

October 19, 2018 by Thomas Arnett

Misconceptions are dangerous things. They shackle our visions of what’s possible and doom us to consequences we do not expect. For example, a student who believes her genes…

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Do you know about the 3 circles that can Change School?

November 7, 2017 by By Dr. Rod Berger

Will Richardson is very well known in the education world, partly because he has been active for a very long time, partly because of his well-known Tedx Talks…

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How to create a dyslexia-friendly environment in your school

September 4, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 80 percent of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia. In order to create a learning environment that feels safe, comfortable…

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10 of the best and worst school systems

August 3, 2017 by Meris Stansbury

Because of the variances in funding for public school systems, the personal-finance website WalletHub recently conducted an in-depth analysis of 2017's States with the Best & Worst School…

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Can a simple classroom redesign inspire student achievement?

July 20, 2017 by Dr. Julie Marshall

Imagine a 5th grade classroom in the middle of a lesson. What do you see: charts, letters, and drawings on the wall? A teacher writing notes on a…

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Principal: Real school transformation starts with a magical triangle

May 18, 2017 by Tim Webb, Ed. D.

Every child deserves the opportunity to lead, learn, grow, and succeed. It’s only through a 360-degree approach to learning that we can provide these necessary opportunities to all…

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In a shaky political climate, here’s why students are more important than ever

May 18, 2017 by Charles Sosnik

Politics is a funny beast. Being a journalist, I watch the gyrations and positioning with interest. When I was coming up in the business, I used to cover…

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Here’s how you tie spending to student outcomes—with big success

May 5, 2017 by T.J. Vinci

When I first came on board as the CFO in Pueblo, Colorado, I asked my finance manager to compile a complete financial report of all of our budgets.…

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5 things schools can learn from the food truck phenomenon

February 24, 2017 by Michael Niehoff

In my own town, we have several special events based on food trucks, as well as several new bars or pubs that allow food trucks to serve as…

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The traditional classroom works so why change it?

February 23, 2017 by Peter West

The traditional classroom works, so why change it? This is something anyone involved in leading educational change hears at some ... Read more

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19 new districts join League of Innovative Schools

May 7, 2019October 4, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo

A cohort of 19 new school districts have been accepted into the League of Innovative Schools, a national coalition of ... Read more

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These high schools are putting students to work — literally

August 11, 2016 by Charles Lussier, The Advocate

Two La. high schools are taking college and career readiness to its logical conclusion with new jobs and training academies.

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What schools can learn from the unschooling movement

July 7, 2016 by Michael Niehoff

Unschooling is reaching way beyond the homeschool crowd. Traditional schools take note.

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Can growth mindset theory reshape the classroom?

May 10, 2016 by Chris Frank and Dave Paunesku

Growth mindset holds that every learner has the potential to excel. How could it impact education? Great teachers have long ... Read more

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Is competency-based learning the next big thing in school reform?

December 2, 2015 by By Ty Tagami, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A new proposal out of Georgia is betting competency-based learning is here to stay, and supporters hope schools will implement it soon.

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5 ways Maya Angelou influenced education

May 28, 2014 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor for eCampus News

When I heard about Maya Angelou’s passing today (May 28th), I was currently getting a bad cavity filled, an extremely dispassionate process framing an emotional response I wasn’t…

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National education reform conference starts this week

October 15, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE) will host the National Summit on Education Reform on Oct. 17 and 18 in Boston, Mass.,…

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Silicon Valley magnate? There’s a STEM school for that

October 8, 2013October 8, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

Too often educators have heard stories of brilliant students like Mark Zuckerberg dropping out of school to get a head start in the technology industry, eager to become…

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Five education trends for the new school year

August 26, 2013August 23, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

education-trendsTrends in education are always appearing, such as iPads and online testing (and remember virtual reality classrooms?), but with recent developments in national standards and a new federal…

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Tucson-area districts increasingly move to convert schools to charters

July 22, 2013 by Laura Ascione

Arizona has seen an unprecedented surge in school districts wanting to convert some of their schools to charters, raising concerns over whether districts are unfairly using the law…

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Another challenge for the competency-based classroom: Explaining it

July 3, 2013 by Laura Ascione

School may be out for the kiddos, but Iowa educators were studying hard this past week, The Gazette reports. The lesson? Competency-based education. The idea is simple: Unchain…

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Arne Duncan urged to intervene in Philadelphia school funding crisis

July 2, 2013 by Laura Ascione

The Philadelphia public school funding crisis is real, reports The Washington Post. Thousands of people are being laid off, counselors, nurses, teachers, assistant principals, sports programs, arts classes…

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Today’s schools lack creative teaching and learning, study says

July 2, 2013July 2, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

A new survey reveals that creative teaching and innovative learning are stifled by an over-reliance on testing and assessment, forcing teachers to stay inside a restrictive curriculum that…

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Famous rapper and British chef create “Dream School”

June 7, 2013 by From eSchool News staff and wire reports

The Sundance Channel announced recently the greenlight of a new non-fiction television series, produced by rapper 50 Cent, called “Dream School,” which centers around troubled teens who are…

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Teacher evaluation in PreK: Using student data is risky

May 29, 2013May 28, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

According to a new report, many states will soon measure student learning in the “untested grades,” meaning teacher evaluation will use data from students in prekindergarten through third…

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Innovative schools share ideas to improve learning

May 24, 2013May 23, 2013 by From wire reports

Failing 9th grade for the second year in row, A.J. Swan had accepted that he wasn't going to graduate from his Vermont high school. He'd barely made it…

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Here’s how to scale school innovation

May 23, 2013May 21, 2013 by Meris Stansbury

In a new TED talk, Adam Frankel, executive director of Digital Promise, discusses how technology can help bring personalized learning and school innovation to scale.

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Why video cameras and teacher evaluation do not mix

May 13, 2013May 13, 2013 by ESchool News Staff

Bill Gates’ latest big idea is the creation of a new $5 billion teacher evaluation system that includes the placement of video cameras in every classroom in America,…

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How to train students’ brains for the Common Core

July 29, 2013May 7, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) ask students to perform with higher levels of cognition and application, and brain training and specific teaching methods can help students succeed…

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Report: Here’s how to fix school funding

May 10, 2013April 24, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Until the current school funding model is redesigned to one that is based on students instead of on institutions, even the most potentially revolutionary educational models will fail,…

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Education, STEM receive boost in federal budget proposal

May 10, 2013April 12, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) would see a 4.6 percent boost in discretionary funding, to $71.2 billion, under President Obama’s proposed 2014 budget, which focuses on STEM…

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Could your school lead in world rankings?

May 10, 2013April 5, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

A new test from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) will let individual schools see how their achievement ranks compared to schools in other countries around…

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Like kids, Virginia schools will get letter grades

February 26, 2013 by Laura Ascione

Students will not be the only ones who may dread showing their grades to parents. Starting in 2014, each Virginia public school will get a very public letter…

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Does school reform perpetuate inequity?

February 25, 2013 by Laura Ascione

Many critics of modern school reform say that while reform efforts are intended to close achievement gaps and provide equitable educational experiences for all students, they are having…

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A 15-year-old student’s ed reform plan: Self-directed learning

February 13, 2013 by Laura Ascione

Arooj Ahmad is a high-achieving 15-year-old high school sophomore at Libertyville High School in suburban Chicago who has taken a focused interest in reforming the U.S. education system,…

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Study shows significant midyear turnover among D.C. students

February 13, 2013 by Laura Ascione

Thousands of students move in and out of the District’s traditional and charter schools during the middle of the academic year, according to a new report, a significant…

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White House allies produce preschool-for-all plan

February 8, 2013 by From wire reports

Days before President Barack Obama outlines his agenda for the coming year, a think tank with close ties to the White House is outlining a plan that would…

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The tangled webs of private influence on public school reform

November 6, 2012 by Laura Ascione

Last February, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit organization called In the Public Interest, submitted a Freedom of Information Act request for private eMails and other files from Indiana school…

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Turnaround school takes history class to the streets

October 9, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Students led their teachers out of school, onto a city bus, and to a housing complex they call “Skittles,” as they got a start rewriting a local history…

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