k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

That’s where ProEd Global School comes in. Driven by her passion for personalized, inclusive, and globally relevant education, Llana founded ProEd Global School to create an environment where students don’t just learn—they thrive. The school’s recent Cambridge Accreditation has further strengthened its academic offerings.

Exams 137

Exams Counselling Education Schools 137

eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2025

What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Math scores, which are still below pre-pandemic levels , show growing achievement gaps between higher- and lower-performing students. Over time, this also helps students become more adept at evaluating their understanding.

Math 168

Math Metacognitive Skills Motivation Knowledge 168

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Through increased visibility of nuance, documentation of progress, and rewarding of seemingly minor (but critical) behaviors, a specific outcome can be achieved. Here is the goal, here are the criteria being used to establish the terms of quality, now give it a shot and I’ll evaluate how well I think you did.

Gamification 105

Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 105

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

BOSTON – In California, third- to fifth-grade students at 525 schools using Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand, made significantly higher literacy gains compared to their peers in 4,362 schools that did not use the program. points higher than their peers at the non-Core5 schools.

English 130

English Languages Language Art 130

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. I realized that to make lasting change, I needed to reach beyond the walls of one school. But as my classroom evolved, so did my vision.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). I also realized that once I was exposed to the Paul and Elder model for critical thinking in grad school, I was ignorant.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 98

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

These false assumptions are holding back achievement for far too many students. So how can we help students achieve positive orientations to math education? Students also come into school with differing levels of math preparation. School leaders have a big role here, too. Redefine what it means to be good at math.

Math 176

Math Beliefs Culture Ethics 176

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its a familiar story for many parentswatching their child struggle in school, knowing they are capable but somehow unable to thrive in a traditional classroom. They envisioned a school where children who didnt fit the standard mold could still succeed, not just academically but socially and emotionally.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Elevate k12

JUNE 27, 2025

During the 2024-25 school year, we launched a new classroom observation and quality assurance initiative called Classroom Engagement Audits (CEAs). As we gear up for next school year, we’re looking back at our first year of CEAs, celebrating wins, and iterating for the future. Why Classroom Engagement Audits?

Coaching 98

Coaching Feedback Achievement Evaluation 98

k12 Prospects

JUNE 27, 2025

The procurement process in K-12 schools often involves formalized bidding and the submission of Requests for Proposals (RFPs). For vendors, understanding how RFPs work and how to submit winning proposals is crucial to securing school contracts. What is an RFP? What is an RFP?

Fairness 52

Fairness Schools Evaluation Study 52

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

In my more recent students evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations at the beginning of the semester. In evaluations, students say they are less stressed, they are more motivated, and they understand assignment expectations better.

Grades 74

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 74

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). I also realized that once I was exposed to the Paul and Elder model for critical thinking in grad school, I was ignorant.

Critical Thinking 122

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 122

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

I see the 80/20 rule has an on-going process in which the next time I teach the same course, my goal is to move towards achieving 90% of desired outcomes. That being said, Schons reflection-during-action is indeed being practiced in nursing education, medical education, acting schools, and professional sports.

Lecturing 55

Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 55

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Not all students have reliable internet connections or devices, creating a digital divide that exacerbates existing inequalitiesespecially for younger learners in an online elementary school setting where consistent access is critical for foundational development. Additionally, remote education can lead to distractions in a home environment.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

The lasting effects of this isolation continue to shape our society, nowhere more visibly than in Americas schools. Compounding these issues is a shift in how families engage with schools and understand their childrens academic progress. One factor impacting families engagement with schools and teachers is the issue of grade inflation.

Grades 153

Grades Evaluation Students Achievement 153

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Consider these definitions that I share in my book, AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders : Cheating is using a tool or resource to misrepresent ones knowledge and skills to receive undue credit for a task. Evaluating the detectability of AI-generated texts among student essays. Frontier, T.

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2025

When Angela Dominguez took the helm of Donna Independent School District in Texas in 2021, she thought the districts original decision to use most of its federal Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) money to pay for existing fourth- and fifth-grade teacher positions was short-sighted. Dominguez called the results remarkable.

Coaching 136

Coaching Math Achievement Grades 136

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? This level of personalization is difficult to achieve in traditional classrooms, where one teacher may be responsible for 20 or more students with diverse needs. school districts are beginning to see the tangible benefits of AI-powered tools for neurodiverse learners.

Multidisciplinary 286

Multidisciplinary Evaluation Reading Feedback 286

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

Since generative artificial intelligence burst onto the scene a few years ago, schools and educators have grappled with how to approach the powerful-but-experimental technology. Some education leaders expressed support for the broad goals of the order while also voicing questions about how to achieve them. Embrace it?

Intelligence 215

Intelligence Schools Science Math 215

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2017

With the advent of more device-agnostic digital classrooms, many tech-savvy teachers and schools are taking a step back and reevaluating how best to use technology to support their goals. So how can schools ensure that they are creating effective, purposeful learning environments in a device-agnostic classroom? “Why

Achievement 435

Achievement Motivation Evaluation Internet 435

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

If you’re evaluating math programs at your school, a good option to consider is ORIGO Education’s Stepping Stones. school systems, the Magnolia Independent School District in Texas serves a diverse student population. Sandy Szako is a math instructional coach at Nichols Sawmill Elementary School in Magnolia.

Math 224

Math Exams Coaching Languages 224

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

He engaged in a fifteen-year evaluation of over 50,000 research articles and something like 240 million students — making it the biggest evidence-based education research project ever — and discovered something no one expected and few believed: Almost any approach will work if delivered well. charter schools.

Learning 193

Learning Failure Evaluation Feedback 193

eSchool News

JULY 10, 2019

The Algoma District School Board (ADSB), located in Ontario, Canada, serves a diverse group of 9,400 students across 39 elementary and 10 secondary schools. Through our strategic priorities of achievement, well-being and engagement, we seek to graduate confident learners, caring citizens.

Evaluation 256

Evaluation Students Achievement Curriculum 256

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

As another school year approaches, teachers are scrambling to set up classrooms, make photocopies of syllabi, attend mandatory meetings, and prepare their curriculum. Amid the back-to-school frenzy, it is easy to focus on the minutia and lose sight of our “summer resolutions.” What do we hope to achieve?

Metacognitive Skills 367

Metacognitive Skills Schools Blended Learning Evaluation 367

eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2022

New data and analysis released by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds ample opportunities for improvement in states’ teacher and principal evaluation policies. The new NCTQ report, State of the States 2022: Teacher and Principal Evaluation Policies , presents data and analysis on policies from all 50 states and D.C.

Evaluation 159

Evaluation Teachers Feedback Achievement 159

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2024

After years of devastating and heart-breaking incidents of school violence, school safety sentiment has plummeted. According to Gallup’s most recent research , 44 percent of parents with K-12 students fear for their child’s safety while they are at school. First, school shootings have increased in frequency and scope.

Schools 305

Schools Evaluation Communication Accessibility 305

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

SCRANTON, PA – MMI Preparatory School, located in Freeland near Hazleton, has approved a pre-college agreement with Lackawanna College, enabling MMI students to earn college credits while still in high school. Director of College Counseling at MMI Preparatory School. Chrin, Ed.D.,

Counselling 273

Counselling Schools High School High School 273

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Our schools must not only impart knowledge to our students but also equip them with the creativity, empathy, and curiosity required to walk into an unpredictable, yet promising, future with unwavering confidence. By fostering a positive school culture, we create an environment where students and staff feel valued and motivated.

Schools 288

Schools Learning Students Knowledge 288

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? Vrain Valley School District, we will continue to provide our teachers with ample opportunities to collaborate, discuss, and share resources and strategies to enhance their understanding of AI and the potential benefits of AI tools. . This year at St.

Schools 329

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 329

eSchool News

MAY 29, 2024

For best results, a district communications strategic plan should identify key stakeholders, the outcomes you want to achieve with them, and the channels you’ll use for communication. If your district is ready for a new or revamped school-home communications plan, start by identifying your key stakeholders and goals.

Communication 297

Communication Schools Evaluation English 297

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. At the intersection of analog and digital learning opportunities, the value of school libraries has increased at all levels of education. The Evolution of the School Library.

Schools 357

Schools Essay Instructors Critical Thinking 357

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

By doing so, they’ll be able to solve immediate challenges that may arise, giving them more time to focus on the long-term goals of their school or district. Throughout my 30-year career, I’ve been a high school teacher, a dean of students, an assistant principal, a principal, and now a superintendent.

Schools 276

Schools Hybrid Learning Evaluation Blended Learning 276

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2023

Educational institutions in the United States have long promoted and prided themselves on their campus grounds, endowments, opportunities and student achievements. A larger number of member schools have launched partial scholarship programs, awarding anywhere from $500 to $8,000 to individuals.

Schools 275

Schools Participation Motivation Evaluation 275

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

But it’s not all bad–educators found success as they dedicated their efforts to improving student engagement and achievement, creating community-based approaches to learning, and inspiring students to become lifelong learners. Students already see the connection and understand why it’s important.

Education 299

Education Schools Math Science 299

eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2024

But there’s a similar learning disability that is holding back the achievement of students in mathematics, and it’s much less widely known. But there’s a similar learning disability that is holding back the achievement of students in mathematics, and it’s much less widely known.

Math 305

Math Disabilities Learning Disabilities Achievement 305

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

Critical Thinking 329

Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Knowledge Achievement 329

eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Newark Public Schools wants to see a districtwide expansion of an artificial intelligence tutoring tool after it was piloted at First Avenue School last year, as the district searches for ways to help students catch up from pandemic learning loss. The strategy here is not to do it in any one school only,” León added.

Schools 263

Schools Math Testing Intelligence 263