eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Teachers (and administrators) appreciate breaks as much as students do. Time away from the classroom allows teachers to clear their minds, celebrate the holidays, relax with family and friends, and maybe catch up on grading or lesson planning in comfy clothing, slippers, and with a ready cup of tea or coffee at hand.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2021

Three years ago, we implemented an SEL curriculum that’s not only helped students overcome some of life’s natural barriers, but has also given both our teachers and students the mental framework they need in order to achieve high performance both in and out of the classroom.

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Curriculum Beliefs Culture Achievement 323

eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

Boosting student achievement Preventing teacher burnout Closing equity/access gaps Supporting student mental health Δ To help students truly thrive, schools must go beyond emotional support and daily well-being; they need a more comprehensive approach that fosters a clear sense of purpose, direction, and meaning in both school and life.

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Students Counselling Beliefs Achievement 158

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a teacher has to support students in achieving standards-aligned goals. Promotes a growth mindset and a belief in the potential for improvement. Fosters effective communication and dialogue between teachers and students. Builds confidence and self-efficacy in learners.

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Feedback Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Beliefs 423

eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2017

His analysis of 50,000 educational studies involving more than 80 million students gave us vital information about the relative effectiveness of different teaching practices on student achievement. Why Teachers Should Turn to Visible Learning. How can we ask teachers to spend even more time outside contract hours? hours working.

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Technology Teachers Beliefs Learning 228

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, weve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but as tools for reflection and growth. A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence. Instead of focusing on what students cant do, we emphasize what they can achieve.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

There was no fanfarejust a vision, a small classroom, and a deep belief in what girls could achieve when given the right environment to grow. Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. Every student has their own MacBook or iPad.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

i] Beliefs are called mindsets when they filter how we make sense of the world and ourselves. Students’ academic mindsets directly impact their behavior and achievement in your classroom. [ii] When students feel accepted, they form a belief about belonging, leading to their choices to engage and persist.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Stereotypes aside, good teachers do not fall prey to student labels. Long before Carol Dweck’s work defined the benefit of nurturing a growth mindset, good teachers remained committed to finding ways to squeeze every ounce of potential out of the most resistant student, especially the one who bought into a self-defeating label.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

At Newington Public Schools (NPS) in Connecticut, the belief in all students is at the heart of every decision we make. Believing in every student, and enacting initiatives that demonstrate that belief. The home-grown system is used by teachers and administrators to inform instructional decisions. The secret to our success?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Across the nation, the pandemic has taken a toll on our children’s mental and physical health, behavioral development, social and emotional well-being, academic achievement, and plans for their future. Building Teacher Capacity. Both have been exacerbated by the pandemic, and unfortunately, teacher turnover has a cost.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2019

Teachers, school counselors, and school leaders impact student social-emotional learning (SEL) to the degree that they transform each student’s mindset by empowering the self of the student. Student SEL is the process of deep change—changing beliefs, assumptions, and paradigms of reality.

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Beliefs Motivation Achievement Teachers 275

eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Key points: Students who feel supported feel empowered to learn and achieve 3 critical areas necessary to boost student motivation Expanded learning can improve student well-being For more on student achievement, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Every student should get to feel brilliant at school. But too often, they dont.

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Failure Math Achievement Beliefs 296

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2018

Make sure all teachers are becoming their students’ reading cheerleaders throughout the day. Emphasize that they each have their own beliefs and opinions that they can bring back and share in their classrooms. Instill that attitude is just as important as ability to achieve success. Be a reading cheerleader.

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Reading Beliefs Culture Motivation 274

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Often, these low expectations are fostered by previous educational experiences that teachers, school counselors, and parents had during their own K-12 education.

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Special Education Education Students Beliefs 318

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2019

The foundational belief that intelligence is malleable and that each child’s “true potential is unknown and unknowable.” I’ll overhear students chatting about their neurons, their potential and the goals they’re setting to achieve great heights. Dweck, 2006). We began this work by starting with the adults. Lessons learned.

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Beliefs Ethics Achievement Culture 278

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

i] Beliefs are called mindsets when they filter how we make sense of the world and ourselves. Students’ academic mindsets directly impact their behavior and achievement in your classroom. [ii] When students feel accepted, they form a belief about belonging, leading to their choices to engage and persist.

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Beliefs Motivation Instructors Students 98

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The educational landscape calls for teachers to be well-versed in the role of culture in learning to address the needs of students from diverse backgrounds. CRT helps bridge the gap between teachers and students, thereby leveraging cultural backgrounds as assets in the learning process. Despite its advantages, CRT faces challenges.

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Culture Education History Learning Styles 302

eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

. — MIND Education , an organization dedicated to ensuring that all students are mathematically equipped to solve the world’s most challenging problems, today released the results of its annual ST Math Teacher Survey, conducted by MIND Research Institute, its social impact organization specializing in education and neuroscience research.

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Math Education Beliefs Motivation 264

eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2018

But as they select their curriculum and develop their lessons, most teachers are not accounting for how culture will impact a student’s ability to participate and learn, says Almitra Berry-Jones, Ed.D., First, Berry-Jones discussed culture—the values and beliefs students bring to the classroom.

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Culture Beliefs Language Languages 251

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Moving from the classroom into the role of a teacher leader and a coach was a transition, to say the least. The use of voice in collaboration, coaching, facilitation and leadership is something I focus on in my consulting work and is a piece of what each leader and teacher does daily. The Use of Voice. Collective Efficacy.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This program helps students turn frustration into achievement by teaching them how to manage tasks effectively and approach learning with a problem-solving mindset. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 144

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How can teachers pull feedback into the classroom to ensure it is timely and actionable? It gives students a sense of direction, helping them understand what they are striving to achieve and how their current performance is positioned in relation to those objectives. What is the secret to effective feedback?

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Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Education is an indispensable profession in our world today, as teachers play a pivotal role in equipping students for the challenges of the future, enabling them to be successful at every stage in life. Enhancing Teacher Practice Through Professional Development One resource every teacher needs is high-quality professional development.

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STEM Teachers Students Critical Thinking 176

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While your students, who have grown up in the Information Age and think they already know everything, any classroom teacher knows that our students need help more than they think. Our students’ belief that everything they need to know is online can, without the right skillset, leave them prey to misinformation.

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Reading Learning Beliefs Learning Styles 309

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Despite this growing belief, 97 percent of surveyed teachers say they lack the necessary resources to integrate emerging technology like AI and concepts like entrepreneurship into their curriculum. public middle and high school teachers. The survey also revealed a range of teacher concerns about AI in education.

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STEM Ethics Beliefs Plagiarism 214

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

FEV Tutor has observed heightened demand for its solutions due to ongoing learning achievement and equity gaps. Under Anirudh and Ryan’s leadership, FEV Tutor has a demonstrated track record of success in closing achievement gaps and delivering quality outcomes for students.

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Beliefs Achievement Online Learning Learning Outcomes 287

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2019

It’s a small, tight-knit community full of passionate leaders, dedicated teachers, and inspired learners. I believe ECS’s teachers are one of our greatest assets. These are the questions that matter to our administration because they matter to teachers and the learners who we want to prepare for lifelong success.

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Beliefs Testing Math English 278

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

Bismarck Public Schools (BPS), here’s what some had to say to their teachers about what they need : “Give me more time to explore my interest.”. “I As it turns out, these students’ insights also match what we would like in our own development as teachers. Start by involving teachers in the design. Why not ask them directly?

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Teachers Feedback Participation Beliefs 146

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2019

As principal of a middle school, I meet weekly with teachers and school counselors to discuss team and department progress of our students. This can feel overwhelming and make the most positive teacher feel less enthusiastic. Against this seemingly insurmountable backdrop, we’ve come up with a way to revitalize teachers: MicroPD!

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Failure Beliefs Fairness Middle School 229

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Students want teachers who are emotionally present, empathetic to their experiences and who invest in their well-being and success. Teachers crave those same things — empathy, support and investment — from families, school and district leaders and the public. In my experience, there's an empathy gap for teachers.

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Teachers Students Beliefs Grades 212

Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2020

Each fall, teachers return to classrooms to students with varying levels of preparation for the new grade in which they find themselves. It is rooted in a testing paradigm that reflects the now defunct concept that students fall along a Bell Curve—that some will always be behind—rather than a belief that all students can reach proficiency.

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Achievement Students Beliefs Grades 203

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

As far as the school system was concerned, this was the group destined for low-level achievement. This experience inspired Dr. Boaler to work with her school to shift to a mixed achievement approach for students. The teachers are sharing that message, but the teaching is the same. There are no limits.”

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Math Curriculum Beliefs Achievement 217

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

We began providing accommodations through differentiated instruction and teachers figured out what to change or modify to accommodate “disabled” learners. The UDL framework starts with the belief that every student is different and that’s the norm. With UDL, teachers proactively design the curriculum to eliminate barriers.

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Disabilities Universal Design Essay Beliefs 280

Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

The teachers and counselors in my school have been working harder than ever it seems, but despite our best efforts, the effects of the past two years are palpable. Priority 3: Accelerate academic achievement. Priority 2: Build school communities and support students’ social, emotional and mental health.

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Counselling Teachers Schools Middle School 201

eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes. This alarming trend jeopardizes students’ academic achievement, graduation prospects, and life outcomes.

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High School High School Counselling Communication 297

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Culture is the collective beliefs and commitments that enable individuals, who might otherwise only be loosely connected, to rally around an effort. The best way to obtain teacher buy-in is by incorporating teacher voice from the onset. Yet, too many schools accept pockets of excellence. Conduct a school culture audit.

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Culture Beliefs Schools History 189