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SEL for Student Wellness in Middle and High School

  • Author: CSA Staff
Adolescence is a time of significant change, both physically and emotionally. SEL can play a crucial role in helping teens navigate these challenges by providing the tools necessary for personal growth and emotional well-being.
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Project Spotlight: Editorial Services – Alt Text Writing

  • Author: Jen Gavigan
CSA completed an Alt Text project for a client that involved writing Alt Text for 1,000 photos that were part of online reading passages for Grades 2–5. These photos accompanied clickable keywords in an online glossary. The project consisted of five batches split between three freelance writers, and the duration was seven weeks.
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Kick Off the School Year With the Help of AI

  • Author: CSA Staff
In this blog, we aim to explore some of the ways AI can assist teachers in preparing for the upcoming school year. By leaning on AI, educators can equip themselves with valuable resources and strategies to enhance teaching in new ways.
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Collaborative Learning

  • Author: Katie Delbridge
Implementing collaborative learning in the classroom is an effective way for both educators and students alike to benefit from increased student engagement and improved classroom management while also fostering teamwork skills, communication skills, increased knowledge retention, and better understanding of the material
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CSA Education Attends SkillsUSA TECHSPO

  • Author: Chris Benson
CSA Education attended the SKillsUSA TECHSPO in Atlanta. TECHSPO is an opportunity for SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference attendees to engage directly with industry and educational partners while learning about new and exciting technology.
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World Languages with CSA Education

  • Author: Gabriela Moya
American schools have seen an increase in students who are not native speakers of English. The relevance of making textbooks, ancillaries, and other resources accessible to these students has been acknowledged equally by policymakers, departments of education, schools, and publishing companies. To support this effort, CSA Education has joined both the human and the technical resources to provide World Languages services.
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Nurturing a Growth Mindset

  • Author: Katie Delbridge
While traditional education models often focus on results, a growth mindset focuses on the process of learning and encourages students to take risks, persist in the face of setbacks, and become lifelong learners.
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Career & Technical Education Needs for Gen Z Students

  • Author: Mary Ann Lidrbauch
Traditionally, the primary post-secondary pathway has been a four-year college degree. However, this is not always the best fit for every student, especially considering the diverse interests and skills within Gen Z.
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ASU+GSV Summit 2023

ASU+GSV Summit 2023 Takeaways

  • Author: Kim Fletcher
CSA attended the ASU+GSV Summit! There was so much to learn in such a short time, but CSA had a great experience attending various sessions, and hearing different perspectives on the hot EdTech topics. Learn more about our highlights and key takeaways in this blog post.
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Best Practices for Client–Vendor Relationship

  • Author: CSA Staff
Clients often ask us for some best practices that they—as edtech or publishing companies—can follow to work successfully with vendors. While we can’t speak for all vendors, we compiled the following list as a starting point that can be adjusted to be more specific to a client’s expectations.
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Scarborough’s Reading Rope

  • Author: Katie Delbridge
We will examine the components of Scarborough’s Reading Rope, explore its practical uses in the classroom, and discuss why it is an essential tool for teachers and educational content developers.
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CSA Attends the NSTA 2023 National Conference

  • Author: CSA Staff
Our Director of Science and SEL, Christine, attended the 2023 NSTA National Conference in Atlanta. This blog post reflects on Christine’s experience, highlights, and key takeaways from NSTA Atlanta 23!
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CSA Goes to SXSW EDU 2023

  • Author: CSA Staff
Pam Garner, Vice President of Strategy, and Lisa Panka, Vice President of Program Development had the opportunity to attend SXSW EDU 2023 in Austin, TX. Now that they have had time to decompress and reflect on all that they learned, we wanted to share some highlights and takeaways with you.
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Reading Month Book Drive for Joseph Kellman Elementary School

  • Author: Kim Fletcher
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Project Spotlight: CTE Work for Electude

  • Author: Chris Benson
CTE has been an area of focus for CSA Education. We believe that building strong CTE content will provide opportunities for all students to pursue a successful career in a field that aligns with their personal strengths and interests.
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CTE Dual-Credit Programs

  • Author: Chris Benson
Dual-credit programs are an increasingly popular form of education in the United States. These programs allow high school students to take college-level courses and earn college credit while in high school, often at a much lower cost than traditional college tuition.
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Project Spotlight: Anderson Ranch Visiting Artists Series Curriculum

  • Author: Katie Delbridge and Michael Aki
Anderson Ranch approached CSA to help them create a curriculum for their LatinX Visiting Artists Series featuring a printmaker and a new media artist.
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Giving Back to our Communities

  • Author: Brian Kozlowski
November is a time for reflection on thankfulness and recognizing the aspects of our lives that we appreciate. This Thanksgiving season, we wanted to reflect on the different ways of giving back that bring joy to the CSA staff.
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Literacy Instruction for English Learners

  • Author: Joanna Merrithey
Literacy instruction for ELs should connect to and build on their home language, encourage participation through scaffolded instruction, and emphasize oral language development.
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Crafting CSA Education’s Core Values

  • Author: Teresa Roberts
CSA is a small company with a unique culture, and we wanted a way to show exactly who we are and what we stand for.
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How Has Copyediting and Proofreading Changed in the Digital Age?

  • Author: Jen Gavigan
In addition to producing grammatically correct content and curriculum, it is important to craft engaging content as well. To be noticed in a highly competitive environment these days, it is essential to grab the reader’s attention with every word.
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Project Spotlights: DEI Revisions

  • Author: CSA Staff
We are committed to creating educational materials that reflect the diverse students who use them. In this post, we highlight recent DEI projects.
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CTE and Middle School – Why Wait?

  • Author: Laura Fidler
It is never too early for students to explore what they may or may not be interested in before they have to start to make some tough decisions in high school. Why wait to do this? Middle school is the perfect time to introduce this concept.
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What Are Phenomena?

  • Author: Christine Ruiz
Beginning science instruction with phenomena provides that sense of wonder and purpose all students need to get excited about science.
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Purchasing in 2022: School Districts Continue to Prioritize Standards Alignment

  • Author: CSA Staff
Throughout the pandemic, the challenge of distance learning required teachers to learn and integrate a whole host of educational technologies into their daily routines, and high-quality materials and the ability to identify them have become more important than ever.
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Creating Effective Educational Multimedia Content

  • Author: Andrea Woudenberg-Harvey
Whether they know it or not, influencers often produce multimedia content that aligns with e-learning theories and strategies. How can educators harness these same theories to make educational multimedia materials engaging and effective?
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Making Science Relevant for All Students

  • Author: CSA Staff
Making authentic connections between content and students’ lives will engage students and make learning more relevant to their lives.
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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs in Schools

  • Author: Lisa Panka
Ask most teachers, and they will tell you that they want their students to be working at that self-actualization level, striving to become the people they want to be. What can teachers, schools, and communities do to help students reach that level?
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What Is Curriculum and What Goes into Making It?

  • Author: CSA Staff
What Is Curriculum and What Goes into Making It?
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Nanolearning: A Little Content Goes a Long Way

  • Author: Kimberly Gier
The idea that shorter lessons might increase retention is not new. Successful nanolearning takes advantage of technology to individualize learning by delivering content that students need or want to know when they need or want it.
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Strategies for Planning Challenges Many Teachers Face

  • Author: Lisa Panka
School administrators and teachers can work together to build a collaborative environment for sharing ideas.
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Setting Learning Goals with Students

  • Author: CSA Staff
Setting achievable learning goals with students can be a great tool to increase motivation.
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Health and Wellness: Eliminate Stress

  • Author: Corrie Thompson
You can cut off ties to the social projection of life and stay present in the moment.
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Health and Wellness: Fighting Off Screen Fatigue

  • Author: Corrie Thompson
With classes, administration meetings, and off-hour social hangouts all being online, you can be tired of the screen.
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Health and Wellness: An Introduction

  • Author: Corrie Thompson
Teaching kids to incorporate health and wellness practices can support them by fulfilling their social-emotional needs, encouraging creative expression, and validating mental health realities.
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Rethinking Grammar Instruction

  • Author: Joanna Merrithey
When students are shown how to analyze grammar and develop an understanding of how grammar works, they can use it express precise meaning in their own writing. When students see how authors use grammar for specific purposes, they can apply grammar in their own writing.
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Equity and Inclusion in Civics Instruction

  • Author: Ron Watson
A rise in awareness in regard to diversity, equity, inclusion, and representation is driving an evolution in social studies instruction, particularly civics instruction.
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Student Engagement Is Often Missing During Online Learning

  • Author: Kim Doele
How we teach virtually is going to look and feel different than classroom teaching, but planning for engaging students remains essential.
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Don’t Forget to Encourage Kids to Play!

  • Author: Joanna Merrithey
Everything can be playful with the right mindset—even cleaning! Play is essential for every child’s development, whether it be social play, independent play, or guided play.
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New Realities in Education

  • Author: Eric Placek
Instead of looking at illustrations of dinosaurs in a textbook, students can use AR technology to get an up-close look at three-dimensional dinosaurs in action.
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Resources For Teaching Tolerance

  • Author: CSA Education
We've put together a list of resources on teaching tolerance. Will you join us on this International Day for Tolerance as we continue to listen and learn?
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Copy Editing

  • Author: CSA Staff
The word itself, copyedit, is ambivalent. As a verb, it’s one word (preferred), but as a noun, it’s two words, copy editor, according to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, so don’t believe everything your spellchecker tells you.
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Every Student Succeeds Act in a Pandemic

  • Author: Lisa Panka
Just as many states were getting their footing, the world was faced with a pandemic. States questioned how they could possibly meet their ESSA and ESEA requirements while trying to find a way to provide the most basic services to students at home.
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Fact-Checking You Can Count On

  • Author: Corrie Thompson
Fact-checking information is instrumental to assuring your audience that the knowledge shared is credible and timely.
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Dogs of CSA Education!

  • Author: CSA Staff
It's National Dog Day! We love our dogs here at CSA Education.
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Representation in Education

  • Author: Lisa Panka
Recent events have shone a spotlight on some dramatic inequalities in our society. What can we as educators and curriculum developers do to be part of the solution?
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COVID-19 and Learning Loss

  • Author: Lisa Panka & Joanna Merrithey
This year's learning loss may be more drastic because of the students' absence from their schools for an extended period of time. How can educators and parents lessen the impact of extended stay-at-home orders on student growth?
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Guided Reading: The Writing Process

  • Author: CSA Staff
“I think it would be amazing to have the kids watch the writing process happen in real life. We teach the writing process, but kids don’t really understand that writers use it too,” said Ann, a guided reading specialist. Let’s do it. Let's develop a series of leveled readers that goes through the entire writing process.
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Guided Reading: What Students and Teachers Want

  • Author: CSA Staff
If we want to make our guided reading programs really shine and meet teachers’ and kids’ needs, we should give them what they want: cool books, reading suggestions, fun facts, and video links!
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UDL as an “Adaptable” Curriculum

  • Author: CSA Staff
Students should not have to adapt to the curriculum; the curriculum should adapt to the student. UDL may be the solution to that problem.
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Five Ways to Incorporate Social-Emotional Learning in the Classroom or at Home

  • Author: Joanna Merrithey
Many educators are advocating prioritizing students’ social and emotional wellness over grades and assignments. What are some activities you can do with children that focus on social-emotional learning?
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NCTM: Adapting to Change in Centennial Year

  • Author: Lisa Panka
With their 2020 conference cancelled, NCTM found a creative way to provide professional development to educators around the world.
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Virtual Adventures for Children (and Parents!) Stuck at Home

  • Author: Teresa Roberts
Sparking your child’s curiosity and encouraging engagement with learning has never been more critical. A wide variety of educational and cultural institutions offer virtual resources that can help.
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