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Fall River Announces Partnership With Ignite Reading’s Virtual, One-To-One Tutoring Program That’s Doubled Reading Growth For Students Nationwide

November 20, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

FALL RIVER – Fall River Public Schools announced an innovative new partnership with Ignite Reading to deliver virtual, one-to-one literacy ... Read more

Edtech Trends

Technology is key to educating the next generation

September 21, 2023 by Kinsey Fabrizio, Senior Vice President of CES and Membership, Consumer Technology Association

Students' technology access is a critical part of learning, especially as we strive to educate the kids who will define our future.

After Covid-era shutdowns and rocky transitions to virtual education, we’re facing a crisis in education. The past three years erased decades of improvements in math and reading literacy…

Literacy

How an AI tutor more than tripled my school’s literacy rates during the pandemic

December 7, 2022June 3, 2022 by Jaclyn Brown Wright, Principal, Brewbaker Primary School

An AI tutor helped this district with reading scores

In pandemic and post-pandemic era education, teachers, school leaders, and parents have been concerned with getting kids back on grade level and closing the achievement gap.

Teaching Trends

How to apply the 4 pillars of opportunity in literacy instruction

January 25, 2023November 4, 2021 by Dr. Liz Brooke, CCC-SLP, Chief Learning Officer, Lexia Learning & Dr. Suzanne Carreker, CALT-QI, Principal Educational Content Lead, Lexia Learning

Consider this: 95 percent of students have the capacity to learn to read, according to the National Institutes of Health, yet only about 34 percent of fourth and…

Literacy

Applying the 4 pillars of opportunity in literacy instruction

December 7, 2022June 2, 2021 by Dr. Liz Brooke, CCC-SLP, Chief Learning Officer, Lexia Learning & Dr. Suzanne Carreker, CALT-QI, Principal Educational Content Lead, Lexia Learning

Myriad opportunity gaps exist in the modern educational system—along with a pandemic that’s only widened these gaps—and are particularly prevalent among students of different races, ethnicities, and socioeconomic…

Newsline

EdisonLearning and FocalPointK12 Announce Partnership to Provide Comprehensive Learning and Analytics Solution for Grades 6-12

December 1, 2020 by ESchool News Staff

Learning may have moved online for most students, but critical STEM education doesn't have to suffer the learning gaps brought on by the COVID slide--here's why

EdisonLearning and FocalPointK12 today announced a partnership to provide a complete solution for grades 6-12, delivering more than 170 middle and ... Read more

STEM & STEAM

How one middle school is closing the technology achievement gap

May 10, 2019 by Ellen Ullman

There’s a widening technology achievement gap for minorities, despite blacks and Hispanics having more interest in learning computer science. So why is the field so dominated by whites?

Edtech Trends

Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

January 25, 2023August 17, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can…

Ancillary

PresenceLearning’s fall webinars to focus on closing achievement gap for students with special needs

August 16, 2016 by Laura Ascione

PresenceLearning, provider of telemedicine/telehealth services in education and health care, is launching a free, three-part webinar series for special education ... Read more

News

School Specialty unveils intervention program for low-level readers

February 25, 2016February 25, 2016 by Laura Ascione

According to the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress – the Nation’s Report Card – only about 35 percent of U.S. fourth and eighth graders perform at the…

Teaching Trends

Building a Better Future for English Language Learners

December 22, 2015September 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa

How Hartford Public Schools and Middlebury Interactive Languages are partnering to close the ELL achievement gap.

Teaching Trends

5 data-driven ways to prevent the achievement gap

November 26, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Take a look around your classroom, We Are Teachers reports. What do you see? Future scientists? Mathematicians? Writers and lawyers? Artists and singers?

District Management

Opinion: Better ways to deal with achievement gap need to be found

October 13, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports

Frederick M. Hess’s long essay in the latest issue of the quarterly National Affairs pleased those of us who share the American Enterprise Institute scholar’s dislike for politicians’…

District Management

Report shows high school graduates enter college unprepared

January 13, 2011January 12, 2011 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

High school students should be exposed to college-level courses early on, and they should learn in technology-rich classrooms that redesign the learning process to emphasize problem-solving, critical thinking,…

Fall River Announces Partnership With Ignite Reading’s Virtual, One-To-One Tutoring Program That’s Doubled Reading Growth For Students Nationwide

Technology is key to educating the next generation

How an AI tutor more than tripled my school’s literacy rates during the pandemic

How to apply the 4 pillars of opportunity in literacy instruction

Applying the 4 pillars of opportunity in literacy instruction

EdisonLearning and FocalPointK12 Announce Partnership to Provide Comprehensive Learning and Analytics Solution for Grades 6-12

How one middle school is closing the technology achievement gap

Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

PresenceLearning’s fall webinars to focus on closing achievement gap for students with special needs

School Specialty unveils intervention program for low-level readers

Building a Better Future for English Language Learners

5 data-driven ways to prevent the achievement gap

Opinion: Better ways to deal with achievement gap need to be found

Report shows high school graduates enter college unprepared

Schools and Districts Nationwide Partner with TinkRworks to Engage Students in STEAM Project-Based Learning

BusPatrol Recognized Among Fastest-Growing Companies in North America on the 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™

Illustration, Comic & Animation App Clip Studio Paint Named Best for Large Screens by Google Play

Savvas Learning Company Extends Collaboration with Cognizant, Leader in Driving Enterprise Transformation

AI-Enabled Personal Professional Learning Rural District Grant Winner Announced

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