Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Not surprisingly, more students are using generative AI to assist them in writing. In an undergraduate business communication course that I oversee, the percentage of students who declared their use of generative AI for a writing assessment (i.e. business proposal) increased steadily over four semesters from 35% in 2023 to 61% in 2025.

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A Place Called Kindergarten

JULY 24, 2025

A YEAR OF KINDERGARTEN WRITING FROM DRAWING TO CONFIDENT WRITERS Teaching writing in kindergarten can feel like chasing a moving target. Some students come in writing full sentences. Kids love writing about their favorite foods, animals, or things in their backpack. Others are still learning how to hold a pencil.

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k12 Digest

JULY 24, 2025

Creating fun and accessible chemistry stories has been a labor of love for Colleen as a retired University of Arizona chemistry professor and author of a series of kids’ chemistry comic books. In 2023, the PBS short documentary, “Comic Book Chemistry,” was awarded an Emmy.

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Education Cognitive Development Languages Language 130

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Nationwide, high-quality CS education programs and equitable access lag behind demand. At the heart of the plan was a bold goal: provide every student with access to computer science education. Making Computer Science Relevant and Relatable A key takeaway for these educators was the power of language.

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Science Teachers Critical Thinking STEM 139

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Block out time for reading and writing 3. It also comes with monthly activities and printables focused on fine motor skills like writing and coloring. Block out time for reading and writing Reading and writing are core components of any strong homeschool curriculum. Table of Contents 1. Start with core concepts 2.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. It makes learning more accessible by setting the stage and giving students the context they need to engage with confidence. A synonym for is.

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Languages Language Participation Writing 52

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I imagined a space where parents could access tools, attend workshops and learn how to advocate for their children in schools that often silenced or sidelined them. PASS Network was going to be a bridge — connecting families to the language, policies and strategies they needed to push for change from within. Writing handbooks.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Morphology is the study of morphemes —the smallest units of meaning in language. Even if a student has never seen the word, they can reason: autobiographer is a person who writes the story of their own life. Word building, sentence writing, vocabulary mapping, and word detective tasks build fluency. Language builds on itself.

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Teaching Languages Language Writing 52

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. I wanted to change thatnot just by asking better questions, but by building an open-access platform that would amplify student voices and inform actionable change.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Gamification allows broad content areas (like English-Language Arts) with few measures of performance (alphanumeric symbols) to be broken up into more granular–and achievable–concepts and skills. Even sticking a push-pin into the map of every traveling destination you’ve ever visited is a form of ‘gamification.’

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Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 102

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

Interdisciplinary 145

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

Most of that work has been driven by a focus on access — working to ensure that students with disabilities aren’t left behind academically. While these efforts have succeeded in improving access, they still position disabled students as lacking in some way. However … it was rarely taken up in concrete examples.

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Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 18, 2025

They make us laugh, offer familiar language we can all borrow (“It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”), and give us instant access to emotions and situations our students may not yet have words for.

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Schools Lecturing Activities Reading 52

Teach Your Kids

JULY 7, 2025

Meet the tutors ➡️ Rowan (Latin and Ancient Greek) A specialist in Latin and Ancient Greek, Rowan loves guiding gifted learners into the fascinating world of classical languages and ideas. His approach makes even the most complex material engaging and accessible for curious minds.

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Feedback Languages Language Culture 90

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. Keep Supplies Accessible Also, take time to gather essentials– notebooks, pencils, a whiteboard, art supplies, etc. On nice days, take your space outside!

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Teachers Math Social Studies Languages 52

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether its writing a research paper with academic integrity or designing a technology solution that addresses a global issue, Elmwood girls learn how to think deeply and act responsibly. Elmwood encourages students to create and lead clubs that reflect their passionswhether thats robotics, creative writing, or cultural heritage.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 212

Teach Hub

JULY 18, 2025

When you think of rote learning, chances are you picture students writing their spelling words five times each or chanting times tables together. Before they are able to analyze a poem, they must know figurative language basics like metaphor and simile. This is where rote learning comes into play.

Learning 52

Learning Math Social Studies Languages 52

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? The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. The time put Ruiz in 11th place. Im here to help!

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

k12

JULY 7, 2025

Whether you’re looking for a quick math refresher, an engaging science video, or a writing prompt that’ll make your kid say, “That was fun!”—K12 You want something easy to access and that works with your existing curriculum (because who has time to reinvent the wheel?). K12 Learning Hub has got your back. to “I’ve got this!”

Learning 52

Learning Math Game-Based Learning Learning Styles 52

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS.

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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 185

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

I'm sure that at some level her motivations were educational, but I think the main point was that we were living in a country in where the media was in a language we didn't understand, and she wanted us to be at least minimally entertained. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years.

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Reading High School High School Critical Thinking 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

These simple questions are an easy way to get students talking and thinking without the pressure of a writing prompt. Write a journal on mathematical equations or try your hand at writing poems for publication? Be able to speak your ancestral language fluently or paint like your great-great-grandparents?

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High School High School Questions Schools 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 1, 2025

The smartphone made documenting through photos an accessible and valuable tool for educators as well. This is concerning because caretaker speech is foundational to language development in young children and is associated with early vocabulary development. When we know this, we can trust ourselves and our children.

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History Languages Language Writing 92

eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

We are a diverse urban learning community, where our families speak 23 different languages. To give students anytime, anywhere access to literature and text at their level and cycle them through a learning process, we use ThinkCERCA. Let me explain: Wildwood IB World Magnet School is a top performing K-8 public magnet school.

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Technology Fairness Schools Ethics 407

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco, started hunting for a language-immersion child care program when her son was 8 months old. “I I thought I was really early,” Leibson says, noting that her son wasn’t going to attend until he turned 2.

Schools 105

Schools Disabilities Evaluation Essay 105

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In our newest book, Shift Writing into the Classroom with UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I guide teachers in creating the time and space to support all parts of the writing process in the classroom. If there is only one pathway provided, students may question their ability to complete a writing task successfully.

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Assignments Writing Feedback Motivation 458

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It takes only seconds to plug a writing prompt into a generative AI tool and receive a completed assignment. Instead of forbidding generative AI tools, it’s critical that teachers show students how and when it’s appropriate to use AI in student writing.

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Writing Essay Plagiarism Assignments 324

eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2022

There has been a steady decline in language learning in schools. According to the Pew Research Center , only one in five K-12 students in the United States now learns another language, and just 10 states and the District of Columbia make world language learning a requirement for graduating from high school.

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Languages Language Learning Students 265

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. The numbers show just how much students and educators have needed access to a culturally responsive language learning solution.

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English Languages Language Social Studies 231

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Its about language, too.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Texthelp , a global leader in literacy and accessibility technology, today announced that its literary support tool, Read&Write , is now used by 35 million people worldwide. Originally, Read&Write was developed to help users with low literacy and conditions such as dyslexia. WOBURN, Mass.,

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Writing Reading Disabilities Accessibility 256

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

No wonder: This language model algorithm is smart enough to produce logical and grammatically correct texts for any prompt. No wonder: This language model algorithm is smart enough to produce logical and grammatically correct texts for any prompt. The issue here is not only about the academic integrity violation.

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Writing Skills Plagiarism Teaching 246

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

As the writing facilitator for my district, I model writing instruction for other teachers all the time. It gives them an opportunity to see effective instruction in practice, of course, but modeling writing itself is an important component of how we teach our students to communicate effectively.

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Writing Teaching English Languages 204

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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Essay Writing Ethics Plagiarism 187

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented. So, if a teacher wants to present information, UDL encourages them to present that information in multiple formats, allowing students to engage with information in a way that feels accessible.

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Blended Learning Learning Universal Design Disabilities 545