Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

A first grade teacher with no formal CS background, she jumped at the chance to explore how computer science principles could enhance early literacy instruction — and ended up transforming her classroom in the process. In Johnson’s first grade classroom, students organized vocabulary words, engaging in practical pattern recognition. “It

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Science Teachers Critical Thinking STEM 144

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Highlights include new Math Talks for grades 3-5, which feature activities focused on making sense of mathematics through open-ended prompts and rich student discussions, Daily Fix-Its and Weekly Edits, which are teacher-led presentations targeting common student grammar errors, and more. The new civics-focused series, Need toKnow Jr.,

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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? Ill never forget a particular student in my Grade 8 math class. With the right instructional approach, everyone can learn and do math. But vision alone isnt enough.

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Math Beliefs Culture Ethics 184

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 and 3.04 For more information, visit lexialearning.com.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

We are shaping individuals who are not only knowledgeable but also compassionate, resourceful, and ready to take on the challenges of a global society,” Llana explains. The school prepares students from an early age, gradually building their knowledge and confidence. We don’t just prepare students for exams,” Llana explains.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

We started with guidance from Jean Piaget’s Constructivist Learning Theory, “a process of constructing knowledge based on experience which embraced activelearning modalities as viable examples of the theory.In What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students? In management, it might be a company.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills. Examine course syllabi to make sure policies (late work, absence, participation grades, etc.) Nader is passionate about providing equitable education for all students and supporting educators to achieve this goal. Refer to people how they refer to themselves.

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 95

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Build up foundational knowledge 4. Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. This foundational knowledge includes study skills. Table of Contents 1. Begin with a fresh start 2. Create personal relationships 3.

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High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

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. The accuser needs to support a claim about cheating with evidence that cheating occurred.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. Research indicates that students thrive in environments where teachers act as facilitators rather than mere dispensers of knowledge. Something broke in American education these past years. I went out to our international contributors for ideas.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128

Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

High workload: Besides teaching classes, grading assignments and exams, and providing feedback, full-time teachers must plan lessons, attend meetings and professional development programs, and organize extracurricular activities. States that paid the highest salaries were Washington ($72.3k), California($73.2k), and New York ($76.4k).

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

Online learning works for me because I am responsible and motivated to achieve high standards in my academics. My 9th grade year, I earned my Adobe InDesign certification. My teachers are all tremendously helpful, kind, knowledgeable, and understanding. I also work well in organized environments that have few distractions.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2025

Designed for ASU Preparatory Academy teachers who are teaching STEM or would like to grow their STEM knowledge, the event equipped educators across the ASU Prep network with information and resources to help engage students in science, technology, engineering and math, both in the classroom and as a future career choice.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

As Eureka Math focuses on key concepts that layer over time, students gain an enduring body of math knowledge, not just a discrete set of skills. Plus, because students use the same models and problem-solving methods from grade to grade, math concepts stay with them, year after year. Alongside Eureka Math, we use i-Ready.

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Math Achievement Reading Elementary School 342

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Fortunately, the district earned a grant that allowed us to offer computer science at every grade level, starting as early as pre-K. This meant that the district needed a curriculum that would be robust enough to support all of these teachers, no matter their level of computer science knowledge or experience.

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Science Grades STEM Curriculum 306

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Understanding the connection between class size and student achievement, as well as teacher retentions, is critical to the future of our educational system. The Link Between Class Size and Achievement. Research into the impact of class size on student achievement has been ongoing for decades. The Benefits of Small Class Sizes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Cover every concept with effective literacy instruction Literacy rates among the nation’s youngest learners remain below pre-pandemic levels, and limited instructional time and larger class sizes make it difficult for educators to boost achievement.

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Secondary Education Grades Art Languages 257

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the state’s second-largest K-12 school system will now use IXL’s award-winning platform district-wide to boost academic achievement in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. IXL is used by nearly 40 percent of all K-12 students in Kentucky, accounting for more than 283,000 learners.

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Achievement English Math Art 247

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 18, 2016

I’ve been teaching 9th and 10th grade English at Windsor High School for the last 13 years. As I reflected on what I want to achieve, I kept coming back to the idea of “blowing the walls off of my classroom.” I’ve tried to reimagine what learning looks like in an English class.

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Teaching English Blended Learning Assignments 414

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

In this situation, the teacher has made an effort to know each and every student, the math knowledge they bring to the lesson and how that knowledge can be used to advance learning more complex math. Nationally, mathematics achievement on average remains low with glaring, persistent inequities across racial and ethnic groups.

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Achievement Math Culture Knowledge 183

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.

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Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Knowledge Achievement 335

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

Using a five-year cohort of 4,228 students (kindergarten through fourth grade) in 109 U.S. public schools that voluntarily provided student-level special education program information, the research study examined how academic achievement and growth in achievement compared between students with and without disabilities.

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Disabilities Special Education Study Students 355

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). Metacognition is defined as thinking about one’s thinking or learning. I believe that is a problem.

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Metacognitive Skills Grades Curriculum Design English 420

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2022

Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? Do I grade a student lower if she/he isn't able to write a song or create some kind of representative artistic element? What do I do? Suppose that…?

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Assignments Grades History Ethics 191

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2019

Preparing students for college and a career is the mission of every public K-12 school system, and this work begins by establishing a strong foundation for success in the early grades. Under these more rigorous standards, students are expected to read more complex texts and reach greater depths of knowledge than before.

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Textbooks Math Knowledge Middle School 279

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. While the concept is understood–solve for one equation and substitute to solve for the missing variable–the deficiency is application, not knowledge.

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Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 274

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2023

Students who were in grades K-3 during pandemic shutdowns may be most affected. I think students who were in grades K-3 during the height of learning disruptions are the most likely to have lasting effects on their reading proficiency from pandemic disruptions. We cannot assume that all students have achieved in similar ways.

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Learning Reading Science Knowledge 291

k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

This is achieved through strong academics tailored to different learning styles, leadership opportunities, service projects, and a vibrant community of clubs, sports, and the arts. Joseph Catholic School isnt just about grades; its about building confident, capable students who take ownership of their learning.

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Knowledge Beliefs Schools Art 137

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2023

Academic tracking” is a common practice in high schools through which lower-performing students are clustered with others of similar academic achievement. AVID works with high school students earning B or C grade averages who might not otherwise be placed in more rigorous college preparatory tracks. The findings, published Dec.

High School 342

High School High School Schools Peer Review 342

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. It challenges student achievement and school improvement efforts. Prioritizing Academic Acceleration and Achievement.

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Achievement Beliefs History Blended Learning 283

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Part II: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group to Achieve Equity in Education The first blog in this series, “ Time Efficiency vs. Equity in Education ,” explored two major barriers teachers face when shifting from whole group, teacher-led, teacher-paced model to student-centered blended learning models.

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Learning Students Knowledge Math 457

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

BALTIMORE, Maryland — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, has unveiled the findings of a Johns Hopkins University study that affirms IXL Math’s effectiveness in boosting student achievement. The goal of the study was to determine IXL Math’s efficacy on students in grades 3-5.

Math 257

Math Achievement English Evaluation 257

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 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 266

Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Education Knowledge 266

eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2018

Our constantly evolving digital world is another factor that plays into student achievement. Students who have mastered SEL competencies achieve better grades, are more engaged in learning and in the school community, and tend to avoid risky behaviors.

Schools 279

Schools Achievement Middle School Middle School 279

eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2022

AI and ML are being used at every step of the student and educator journey to: Build statistical models of student knowledge, evaluating student achievement and instructor proficiency Streamline recruiting and reduce unconscious bias Create a digital “paper trail” for audit purposes Organize and optimize learning materials, and continually update them (..)

Instructors 257

Instructors Intelligence Evaluation Achievement 257

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2024

Many students are still reading below the level appropriate for their grade– roughly one-third of fourth graders in the United States read at or below what’s considered the basic level. And unfortunately, even before the pandemic, reading achievement has been low over the past several decades.

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