Imagine Learning Recognizes Top Schools Nationwide for Exemplary Usage of Imagine Learning Digital Programs
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Over 300 Schools Across the Country Identified for Innovation and Dedication by Imagine Learning
These awards recognize the schools and students that have demonstrated exemplary usage of Imagine Learning programs and they are a true testament to the hard work and dedication of students and educators around the country. PROVO, Utah (PRWEB) May 03, 2021 Imagine Learning, a Weld North Education company and leading educational technology developer of supplemental adaptive curriculum for PreK through eighth-grade students, today announced the winners of the 2020–2021 Imagine Nation Awards. The awards are part of the esteemed Imagine Learning motivational program igniting engagement and amplifying confidence for all learners.
By Dian Schaffhauser
04/09/21
Identity and
belonging, the truth about vaping and the potential of nuclear
science are the topics of three free virtual fieldtrips
that have been introduced by Discovery
Education working with various partners. The point of
the curriculum is to provide lessons to help students explore aspects
of the world they might not otherwise have exposure to. Each field
trip comes with educator guides, student activities and other
resources.
The lessons include: Identity, Belonging, and Legacy: How Testimony Makes Us Stronger Than Hate, produced with USC Shoah Foundation, which maintains a library of audio-visual testimonies with people who have experienced genocide.
SC Superintendent recommends districts use federal funds to cover emergency paid leave
VIDEO: SC Superintendent recommends districts use federal funds to cover emergency paid leave By Kaitlin Stansell | January 8, 2021 at 5:39 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 6:12 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Education is âstrongly recommendingâ local school districts use federal dollars from the CARES Actâs Elementary and Secondary Emergency Relief Fund to cover employeesâ emergency paid leave because of COVID-19.
Districts are no longer federally required to provide emergency paid leave to their employee after the Families First Coronavirus Act expired on December 31st. Now, itâs up to local school district leaders to decide how they will cover emergency time off for employees.
State education leaders set to announce plans after federal COVID paid leave expires
VIDEO: State education leaders set to announce plans after federal COVID paid leave expires By Kaitlin Stansell | January 6, 2021 at 9:07 PM EST - Updated January 6 at 11:42 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Federal provisions to help pay employees, including teachers, while they quarantined due to COVID exposure or sickness expired at the end of the year, and educators are anxious to hear how school districts and state leaders will handle these situations moving forward.
“Without access to paid leave, means that teachers are either going to have to draw down their sick leave balance or their personal leave balance or in many cases, especially for our early career teachers…they could be looking at days without pay,” said Patrick Kelly, with the Palmetto State Teachers Association.
Parent Survival Guide: Virtual learning support programs available
VIDEO: Parent Survival Guide: Virtual learning support programs available By Aisha Tyler and Riley Bean | December 29, 2020 at 11:54 AM EST - Updated December 29 at 6:51 PM
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Parents in school districts across the Lowcountry say they need help getting their children ready for virtual education following winter break.
Matt Sweat’s children are in the Berkeley County School system and he says he’s scrambling to accommodate his children as they return to school online.
“We don’t get a lot of notice and these week-long virtual things are dropped on us so we scramble,” Sweat said. Sweat and his wife who is a nurse have both been working throughout the pandemic.