eSchool News

MAY 9, 2025

Key points: Students need more than digital access; they need guidance 5 AI tools for classroom creativity A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction For more news on navigating AI, visit eSNs Digital Learning hub Finding accurate information has long been a cornerstone skill of librarianship and classroom research instruction.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2025

At the forefront is Immersive Translation, a first-of-its-kind innovation that provides equitable access for ESL/ELL families by translating the entire Bloomz app—including menus, buttons, and dialogues—into more than 250 languages. 2-way translated SMS and 2-way virtual calling with assigned phone numbers drive true engagement.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support. For instance, we conduct empathy interviews where we talk with students and staff to find out more about their experiences.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

Throughout my career as a behavior therapist, classroom teacher, and Head of School, Ive worked closely with students on the spectrum and their families. This might mean clearly outlining what is expected in an assignment, breaking down large tasks into smaller steps, or organizing test questions in a logical, grouped format.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a case study, we saw students collaborating with multinational companies and startups, with access to authentic design challenges and meaningful engagement with real-world professionals. These aren’t just assignments. Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. That made all the difference.” It’s contagious.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

ReadWorks : Reading skills are among the most vulnerable to decline during the summer, especially for students who do not have regular access to books or structured reading activities. Teachers and parents can assign grade-level texts, paired with vocabulary lessons and comprehension questions.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

This AI era is not solely about technological advancement–it’s about ensuring that innovation serves the needs of teachers and learners. If AI is not purpose-built for education, it can amplify instructional inconsistency, widen learning gaps, and erode teacher trust. The result?

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

While Gemini is providing our employees with access to generative AI, Gemini for teens will provide our high school students with the focused support of AI in a safer environment with appropriate safeguards, said superintendent Dr. Jose L. Teachers can use Gemini to create personalized lesson plans in a much shorter amount of time.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

In the 10 years since I chose a book called Make it Stick for a book study in the summer of 2015, I’ve been encouraging teachers to add more retrieval practice to their teaching. But it’s not retrieval if they have access to the information they’re trying to retrieve. “It doesn’t have that fun feeling.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a case study, we saw students collaborating with multinational companies and startups, with access to authentic design challenges and meaningful engagement with real-world professionals. These aren’t just assignments. Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. That made all the difference.” It’s contagious.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 30, 2025

This reality is compounded by a nationwide shortage of certified special education teachers. Without access to consistent, individualized instruction aligned to their IEPs, students with disabilities risk falling further behind academically, emotionally, and developmentally. According to a briefing from the U.S.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

For example, mobile flashcards and microlearning videos- short, focused lessons accessible via smartphones- allow students to review and reinforce knowledge in brief intervals, boosting retention and engagement [2]. Students in remote areas can access the same quality of instruction as those in educational hubs.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

This frequently results in greater funding for local schools, yielding better resources, highly qualified teachers, robust programming and unsurprisingly, higher school ratings. These disparities don’t reflect differences in ability, they reflect differences in access. Black and Latinx. Working-class.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

It was OK to use AI in this scenario, the mom said, but they shouldn’t use it for writing school assignments. I think a lot of the teachers and parents don’t know, either.” A red use would be inappropriate or unethical, such as asking ChatGPT to write an essay based on an assigned prompt. Typically, though, it does the opposite.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? What if the key to unlocking motivation isn’t something intrinsic to students, but something found in their relationships with peers, teachers, mentors, and communities? We’ve tried improving curricula.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of English proficiency, can access learning, participate fully and feel included. Now, I understand my teachers better. percent of U.S. public school students more than 5.3 an EB student.

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English Languages Language Assignments 128

Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

Not only is it okay to stop grading every single assignment , but there’s also a smarter way to ensure your students are learning and growing: self-checking student work. The Mindset Shift Teachers Need Most of us were trainedor conditionedto believe that grading equals accountability. What Is Self-Checking Student Work?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

Strategic Approaches to AI Integration One effective strategy is to intentionally redesign classroom activities and assignments to incorporate AI tools. Here is one example from an AI reflective assignment that I tried out in my classes, followed by some other actionable strategies you may want to try out. 2023, March 21). GatesNotes.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently stated in an interview that advances in AI will mean the humans will no longer be needed for most things, and stated that doctors and teachers in particular could be replaced by AI (CNBC, 2025). He said that students have had access to the information we teach prior to AI. Saucier, D.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Does a student click on a link but the logs show they only looked at the directions for a complex assignment for 30 seconds? For example, look at the log in records. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 63

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. Does a student click on a link but the logs show they only looked at the directions for a complex assignment for 30 seconds? For example, look at the log in records. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 62

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The case reveals insights about a question relevant to a marathon course or an academic course: How can the integrity of results be ensured when there is easy access to technology that can be used to cheat? In other words, regardless of students access to AI tools, cheating has been and continues to be endemic.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Assigned seats in a grid pattern aren’t your only option for an engaging classroom setup anymore! With large conference seating, teachers may find it hard to be locked in the middle of the square. They can be easily moved to meet student, teacher, and class needs at a moment’s notice without a lot of energy spent.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

This is something that you should keep in mind when looking for where you want to study, as you can find an electrical and computer engineering online degree that gives you access to excellent information, whilst staying at home and being able to engage from all over the world. This means that the onus falls on you to complete everything.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This data is accessible to both teachers and students through visual dashboards, which serve as powerful motivators and intervention tools. Group discussions, simulations, debates, and problem-solving exercises should reference or utilize outputs from the pre-class assignments. Flipped Classroom 2.0

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

This data is accessible to both teachers and students through visual dashboards, which serve as powerful motivators and intervention tools. Group discussions, simulations, debates, and problem-solving exercises should reference or utilize outputs from the pre-class assignments. Flipped Classroom 2.0

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Teacher Mood

JUNE 11, 2025

In this post, we’re digging into the benefits of using a paper gradebook , especially for new teachers trying to get their systems straight. I’ll share practical ways it helps with common grading and documentation headaches, plus a teacher-tested tip that keeps your paper gradebook in sync with your digital one. Things change.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

It is about protecting student rights, sustaining academic quality, and making legally defensible decisions with fewer resources, fewer teachers, and more pressure than ever before. Many districts rely on these funds to strengthen instructional quality in core classrooms and to support new or out-of-field teachers. Document everything.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. At AEF Schools, these students arent overlookedtheyre understood.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Here are some ways you can support active learning at home: Breakout Rooms (in live sessions): If your child attends live virtual classes, ask their school or teacher whether breakout rooms are part of the setup. Screen Sharing: When working with a tutor or teacher in real time, screen sharing enables step-by-step guidance.

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Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

And it’s increasingly common that we’ve seen school systems literally have to close, send students and teachers home and not even be able to deliver any services whatsoever. But even still, when students and teachers are back in school, it can be weeks, or sometimes even months. And responding to a significant incident.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

As educators and industry leaders, we must ask: What do students and their teachers need to prepare for a future that is still unfolding? Every student deserves access; its a fundamental part of literacy. Every student deserves access; its a fundamental part of literacy. Computer science is essential, not optional.

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Science Education Ethics Students 111

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

For teachers, watching students have those aha moments isnt just special: Its the dream. The teacher should poke holes in plastic caps using a small screwdriver before the activity.) Help students understand how wind, ice, and water wear things down by assigning group or partner investigations using simple foods like graham crackers.

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Elementary School Elementary School Science Schools 75

k12

JULY 18, 2025

Online school students use computer skills to access classes, communicate with teachers, conduct research, review materials, and turn in assignments. Understanding the computer’s layout makes it easier for users to access the programs they need. Desktop navigation. Here are tools to help students do just that.

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Skills Internet Students Assignments 52

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. So my question became, “How do I encourage my students to read in a way that lights a fire for them, so that they don’t see it as just another torturous reading assignment from their dumb teacher?” Those are my people.

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