Education Blog

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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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By Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager Media around the world has exploded with outrage over racism and the threat to Black lives in the United States (in particular but not exclusively), ...
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After a brief break, we are pleased to resume our monthly support for DonorsChoose, a site that curates projects in need of funding that are submitted by public school teachers ...
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Name/Location of School: Josiah Quincy Elementary School, Boston, MA DonorsChoose.org project name: Diverse Books for Little Readers Teacher’s Name: Ms. Switzer Grade Level: PreK - 2 Subject (if applicable): Cultural Diversity Project ...
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Compiled by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager With the year almost halfway through, it seems likely that 2020 will leave a lasting imprint on our collective memory. We are ...
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by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager In a world where perspectives of scarcity infiltrate nearly every area of our lives, the DEI space is one that has a stronger tendency towards ...
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Walter Henderson, Senior Supervising Editor, ELT This blog highlights the importance of academic writing for English Language Learners (ELLs) in Asia and offers a few solutions for those who are ...
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by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager In the first article in this series, I outlined what diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to Westchester Education Services. In the next few articles, I'll ...
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by Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, Literacy & Humanities Between January and March 2019, 150,600 fourth-graders from 8,300 schools and 143,100 eighth-graders from 6,950 schools participated in the National Assessment ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer In the first weeks of the crisis, attention focused on building online classrooms and getting students access. Challenges in those areas ...
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Post Authored by A Trusted Freelance Professional Discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion range across multiple topics. One area that sometimes isn’t discussed, or when it is, has not been ...
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Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager This is the first in a series of articles outlining some of the elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion in general, and specifically in the educational ...
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Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager We are only four months into the year, but it’s clear that 2020 will be profoundly transformative. The coronavirus pandemic has had far-reaching impacts ...
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by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor, ELT Due to the global pandemic, UNESCO estimates that more than 90% of the world’s children can no longer attend regular classes. Many ...
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by Tyler M. Carey, Chief Revenue Officer, Westchester Publishing Services We are all learning to adapt to a new, temporary normal during the COVID-19 Pandemic.  In publishing, specific issues arise ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer The staff at employee-owned Westchester Education Services appreciates your partnership, and I wanted to take a moment to update you to ...
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This month, the In the Community project chosen by Tim Cross, Business Development Manager, honors Black History month and shares the true stories of individuals who navigated around seemingly insurmountable ...
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by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor of ELT What is CLIL? As outlined in this article from the British Council, CLIL [klɪl] is a tongue-twisting acronym that stands for Content ...
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Tim Yetzina is the Senior Supervising Editor for STEM at Westchester Education Services. Read on to learn more about how Tim's wealth of knowledge and experience are beneficial to our ...
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by Nilofer Ali, Resources Manager Westchester Education Services is proud to announce our partnership with Dayton Young Black Professionals (DYBP), a group whose mission is to empower a network that ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, President and Chief Content Officer In late January, Westchester Education Services attended the BETT London conference. The event, which started as a British Ed Tech show ...
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Last year, the Westchester Education Services team began an initiative where each month, one team member selects a project from the DonorsChoose website to fund. The funding requests are submitted ...
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Compiled by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager For Westchester K-12's final post of the decade, I asked the team members to reflect on events that were significant and meaningful to ...
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by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager Walter Henderson, Jr, Senior Supervising Editor for ELT, was recently elected to serve a two-year term on the ETIN (Education Technology Industry Network) ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director In many districts, comprehensive core programs are the curriculum cornerstone for educators because they provide the foundation students require to learn important concepts. However, ...
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Nilofer Ali is the Resources Manager for Westchester K-12 Publishing Services. Her role encompasses recruiting, onboarding, and management of our freelance talent across all departments, as well as leading our ...
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Each month, a member of the Westchester K-12 team selects a project to support on the DonorsChoose.org website. These projects are curated by the non-profit organization from submissions received from ...
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by Tyler M. Carey, Chief Revenue Officer Last week, Westchester’s K-12 division brought our managers into our Dayton, Ohio office for a day of meetings and strategy sessions.  Our K-12 ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director This quote shows up on LinkedIn pretty frequently, due to how true it is: “Boss: What if we invest in training people on the ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director My colleague Tyler M. Carey shared this article, which dives into the perennial digital vs. print debate. The article makes a compelling case as ...
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by Walter Henderson, Jr., Senior Supervising Editor, ELT When ELT teachers answer this question, we expect their responses to match our own internal checklist: ‘integrated skills?’, ‘authentic audio?’, ‘communicative activities?’, ...
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by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager In the summer months, the pace typically slows down, allowing an opportunity to relax and enjoy the longer, warmer days summertime offers up ...
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Every month, one member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make a positive difference by contributing to a classroom project on DonorsChoose.org that is in need of ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director While the assessment debate has long pitted summative year-end tests against formative in-course ones, some states are looking to a hybrid approach to gauge student performance. As ...
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by David Bailis, STEM Content Director The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are different from the science content standards of old because they are not simply based on knowing random ...
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The Westchester K-12 DonorsChoose initiative has had a very positive impact on our team. Each person who has participated has experienced a high level of gratitude in having the opportunity ...
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For several months now, Westchester K-12 has participated in an initiative to provide funding to a worthy project selected from the many requests submitted by public school teachers to the ...
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Each month, a member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make a positive impact on students by contributing to a classroom project that needs funding on DonorsChoose.org. For ...
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Thank you for thinking of us. We appreciate the outreach of so many of our clients, business partners, and friends today who inquired about the safety of our K-12 team ...
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Providing children with access to books in underserved communities by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager Book deserts are a growing problem in the United States. Book deserts are communities ...
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by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager We’re halfway through our 50th year in business, and Westchester Publishing Services has continued to be very productive in several areas! Here are ...
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Each month, a member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make an impact in a local community by contributing to a classroom project on DonorsChoose.org that is ...
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by Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director Mastery of math has always been a cornerstone of K-12 education. This skill has become crucial as technology takes on an increasingly prominent role ...
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Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor of ELA & Humanities recently led a project Westchester K-12 worked on for Pioneer Valley Books, who had selected our company to provide editorial services ...
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Each month, a member of the Westchester K-12 team has the opportunity to make an impact in a local community by contributing to a classroom project on DonorsChoose.org that is ...
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Compiled by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing and Conference Manager In what has become an enjoyable tradition here at Westchester, I’ve asked my colleagues to tell about a book that they’re looking ...
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Marie Brown founded Brown Publishing Network in 1983, a company that provided publishers with some of the most highly respected K-12 product development services in the market. After nearly 30 years ...
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by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing & Conference Manager Westchester is proud to be celebrating 50 years of providing publishers with quality pre-press services. The ways that content can be delivered and ...
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Westchester K-12 is extremely pleased to announce the addition of Walter Henderson Jr. to our already top-flight editorial content development team. Joining Anne Riccio, Supervising Editor for ELA & Humanities, ...
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Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, ELA & Humanities, oversees the development of Literacy and Social Studies programs. She has a strong background in both subject areas, having worked directly in ...
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Chris Herrfurth, Production Manager at Westchester K-12 talks about his career, from his start at an advertising firm which sparked an interest in production work to his transition into the ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services What does the future hold for K-12 education? That question was a central theme of this year’s SXSW EDU conference, ...
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While attending the 2019 SXSW EDU Conference, Kevin J. Gray, Westchester K-12's Managing Director completed a brief survey and received a gift card in return. That doesn't seem very significant, ...
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We asked Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director for Westchester K-12 to share some insights with us about his career, from his experience as a middle-school math and science teacher to ...
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Educational materials have evolved from basic textbooks to content that needs to be available in multiple formats, including online and mobile platforms. How do you ensure that your development resources ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations - by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services Anne Riccio (Sr. Supervising Editor, ELA and Humanities) and I recently attended the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations –by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do ...
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by Nicole Tomassi, Marketing and Conference Manager  The 4th Annual Publishers Weekly Star Watch event took place in New York City on September 12, 2018. Co-hosted by Publishers Weekly and Frankfurt Buchmesse – producers of the ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do ...
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by Anne Riccio, Senior Supervising Editor, ELA & Humanities I recently attended the ILA conference, which took place in Austin, TX. While attendance has been decreasing over the past few ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director *** The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services In early June, I attended the SIIA Annual Conference & CODiE awards, held each year in San Francisco. Unlike a ...
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by Kevin J. Gray, Managing Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services We launched the K-12 division just over a year ago, debuting at the AAP Content in Context forum. Westchester K-12 ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily ...
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by Dave Bailis, STEM Content Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services A couple of days spent in Washington, D.C., enjoying the beautiful, sunny spring weather, the NCTM (National Council of Teachers ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director *** The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not necessarily ...
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Thoughts on education, publishing, and other intellectual titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director ***The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do not ...
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by Mark DaGrossa, Director of Creative Services In this edition of Cover to Cover, I’m going to take you through the steps we consider when we are designing a textbook ...
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Thoughts on publishing, education, and other titillations – by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director *** The following comments, views, and opinions are solely those of Marie Brown, and do ...
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by Marie Brown, Consulting Editorial Project Director Marie Who, you’re probably thinking.  So, allow me to introduce myself.  My full name is Marie Brown, and beginning this month I’ll be ...
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Conference Observations and Highlights – By David Bailis, STEM Content Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services Kevin Gray and I recently attended the SIIA conference in Washington, D.C. It was my first time ...
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Observations from the 2017 National Council of Teachers of English Conference – By Tim Cross, Business Development Manager Tyler Carey and I enjoyed attending the NCTE conference in St. Louis, MO last week ...
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Conference Observations and Highlights – by Kevin J. Gray, Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services I’ve recently returned from the EdNET 2017 Conference, held in Scottsdale, Arizona. The weather outside was hot, but ...
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Insights from the Association of American Publishers Content in Context Conference – by Kevin J. Gray, Director, Westchester K-12 Publishing Services   I’ve recently returned from another successful AAP Content in Context ...
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