Education Blog
EdWeek Market Brief Summit Key Takeaways
by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer Westchester Education Services sponsored the EdWeek Market Brief Summit last week, which featured sessions about topics that are top of mind for education content providers. We also participated in two sessions, one a conversation with publisher Maurice Bakley about trends we are tracking in the industry,…
Meet Carol Wilson
Carol Wilson recently joined Westchester Education Services as Director of Client Solutions. She draws upon extensive experience developing education products and working alongside teaching professionals. This experience enables her to help guide our clients in created solutions that help students succeed. How did you get your start in curriculum products and solutions? Carol: After…
Westchester Summer 2020 Highlights
by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager Westchester and the publishing industry overall have continued to change how we work on publication projects this year. Being able to successfully pivot and adapt to a different norm is a central theme running through our highlights from the summer of 2020. Read on to learn some of the…
Introducing Carol Wilson
Westchester Education Services is very pleased to welcome Carol Wilson as the Director of Client Solutions. Carol has been a pioneer in educational technology for more than 22 years. She has worked closely with classroom teachers, principals and district administrators, motivated to achieve best practices with technology infusion into teaching and learning with high energy….
Social-Emotional Learning: Making it Work
by Meg Overman, Senior Editor A recent nationwide focus on social-emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom hit a roadblock with pandemic-related shutdowns—because many students aren’t in the classroom. On the surface, SEL seems almost to rely on in-person learning. Parsing emotions requires nuanced observation, which can be difficult to achieve in the virtual world. But, as…
Ethical and Business Cases for DEI in Ed Pub and Ed Tech
by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager I recently took a four-week class with Dr. Sylvia Chan-Malik of Rutgers University titled, “Race and Islam in America,” in which she started off explaining epistemology: how we know what we know. I alluded to this in my last piece, and I’d like to springboard off that concept to discuss…
#DaytonShines
By Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer One year ago tomorrow, a gunman killed nine innocent people in Dayton’s Oregon District. These actions hit home—our Dayton office overlooks the street where the tragedy played out. Between the shock of the violence itself and the chaos as the national media and politicians camped out…
In the Community – William H. Loesche School, Philadelphia, PA
Each month, one employee of Westchester Education Services gets to select a project they are interested in funding on the DonorsChoose platform. This month’s selection chosen by Business Manager, Melissa Linksy, has a special, full-circle quality about it. Read on to learn more: Name/Location of School: William H. Loesche School in Philadelphia, PA DonorsChoose.org project…
Westchester Wrap-up: Spring 2020
by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager The staff at Westchester’s locations around the world are continuing to work remotely for their health and safety as well as that of their families. During this time, they have also been providing additional guidance for our customers as phases at other points in the publication project lifecycle…