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Make the most of virtual field trips to boost learning
Virtual field trips have opened up the world to classes that can't travel, and eSchool News offers tips on how to maximize their impact.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 19, 2016 -
Virtual counselors aim to help low-income high-schoolers get into college
The nationwide student-to-counselor ratio is double what the American School Counselor Association recommends, and a number of organizations have stepped in to fill the gap virtually.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 19, 2016 -
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Curriculum
Educators are exploring a variety of strategies to improve students’ learning experiences while continuing to navigate ongoing political disputes.
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Study finds little hope for diversifying the teacher ranks
A report from the Brookings Institution and the National Council on Teacher Quality shows the lack of diversity among the nation’s teachers is a systemic, cyclical problem.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 19, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Professional learning communities bring benefits for teachers, students
When Florida's Gamble Rogers Middle School developed a PLC, teachers got the benefit of collaboration and student achievement went up.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2016 -
LAUSD adds more magnets to compete with charters
The Los Angeles Unified School District opened 16 new magnet schools this year, hoping to repeat academic success achieved by others and keep families in the district.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2016 -
New York provides model for nation in universal pre-K
Since 2013-14, the city has added thousands of new seats for preschool and hired 2,000 teachers in a push to make high-quality pre-K an option for every 4-year-old attending public schools.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2016 -
Google Classroom unveils new tools for upcoming school year
New to the Google Classroom tool belt is a communication app to keep parents informed, an annotation tool, new VR “expeditions" and more.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2016 -
Colorado not bogarting weed tax funds from schools
The state’s sale of recreational marijuana sends up to $40 million per year to the Building Excellent Schools Today program, and grants are starting to flow to schools.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2016 -
Growing number of students using summer school to advance faster
Students nationwide have shelled out big bucks for summer school classes that allow them to 'preview' a course they’ll take in the coming school year or get credit now and skip the course later.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 18, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Measuring the impact: Schools struggle from multiple angles with incarceration
Schools face the challenge of educating children with incarcerated parents and reintegrating students after they have entered the juvenile justice system themselves.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Los Angeles schools plan credit recovery changes
After posting the highest graduation rate ever in the nation’s second-largest school district, thanks in part to questionably rigorous credit recovery options, the district is taking a second look.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Texas schools shift to earlier start time after new law
Going beyond requiring a 180-day school year, a new Texas law mandates 75,600 minutes of instruction per academic year, and some schools have responded with earlier starts.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Gamified computer science courses help expand access
Schools that don’t have trained computer science teachers can start with CodeCombat’s game-based platform, which teaches students to code as they progress through a game.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Schools using robots for collaboration, deeper learning
An Oklahoma elementary school won $50,000 for its collaboration with East Central University ed tech instructors, while English teachers are finding unlikely uses for the machines.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Educators could take page from machine learning handbook
While early programmers gave machines specific instructions, today’s engineers teach computers algorithms that help them make sense of new inputs on their own.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 17, 2016 -
Solution for Utah's extreme teacher shortage has other states wary
The Utah State Board of Education unanimously approved a measure that allows schools to hire teachers with no prior training or experience to fill empty spots.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Football stadiums a boon for some high schools
A handful of school districts nationwide have pro-style stadiums that seat more than 10,000 fans and generate advertising revenue, community pride and serve as a communal resource.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Is writing instruction too dependent on 'paint-by-numbers' approach?
Washington Post columnist Jay Mathews expresses dismay at an Education Trust review of middle school assignments, but sees reason to hope for better writing instruction in certain schools.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Ohio auditor suggests performance-based funding for virtual schools
The state’s largest online charter school, ECOT, currently is paid based on enrollment like other charters, but Auditor Dave Yost wants to change that.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
Flipped classrooms can reshape student learning metrics
Flipped classrooms can set the stage for personalized learning, assessments based on competency mastery and a shift toward standards-based grading.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 16, 2016 -
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Five fun ways to introduce electronics into your classroom
Teaching abstract electronics concepts to students can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be.
Aug. 16, 2016 -
Schools try range of strategies to achieve equity
Districts nationwide are turning to community organizations to support the nonacademic needs of students, offering school choice, incorporating blended learning and addressing bias.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Opt-out activists also oppose test-based evals, privatization
A study out of Teachers College at Columbia University examines the demographics of the opt-out movement and the motivations of its activism.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Study highlights limitations of Ohio's virtual school
Research from NYU professor June Ahn, published by the Fordham Institute, argues Ohio's statewide virtual school cannot serve as an alternative to traditional schooling.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016 -
Texas high school finances STEM wing via Office Depot partnership
The office supply store chain helped design and fund the 28,000-square-foot addition with 12 classrooms, two engineering labs, five computer labs and an incubator space.
By Tara García Mathewson • Aug. 15, 2016
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