Education Blog
Looking back on 2020
Compiled by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager This year has been a mix of challenges and opportunities, but because of our culture of flexibility, our team successfully pivoted to the work-from-home model without interruption to our clients. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, this year brought a promising change to the industry, as publishers…
Read MoreIn the Community – Doctors Inlet Elementary School, Middleburg, FL
Westchester Education Services is pleased to continue with our ongoing commitment to support the efforts of public school teachers and their students through the DonorsChoose platform. This month, Rosemary Dannin, Project Manager tells us about the project she chose to provide her support to. School Name and Location: Doctors Inlet Elementary School, Middleburg, FL DonorsChoose…
Read MoreEdWeek 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,…
Read MoreWestchester 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…
Read MoreIntroducing 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.…
Read MoreSocial-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…
Read MoreEthical 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…
Read More#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…
Read MoreIn 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…
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