eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The seven teams – Carnegie Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, Eedi, Rising Academies, the University of Colorado Boulder, Khan Academy, and the University of Florida – are committed to harnessing the potential of AI and machine learning to develop innovative, affordable interventions to enhance middle school math education.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

This year’s recipient was Rose Moe, a 6th-grade math teacher at Lincoln Middle School in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) was selected as District PBL Champion for their commitment to better engage their middle school students. About the Champions.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

But by being able to take students who are motivated and put them in these dual-enrollment classes, you get a greater percentage of those who are going to recognize theyve got the ability and [will] go to college, she adds. Other districts have community organizations demonstrate how dual enrollment can help students outside high school.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Most American students are still performing below their pre-pandemic counterparts in reading and math, while the yawning gap between high-achieving and low-performing students got even wider, data from the nations report card shows. That is a crucial skill that students really need for entering middle school. newsletters.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

Based on feedback from the companys school-based partners, these updates make teaching and learning even more relevant, engaging, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products. In response, we accelerated the development and deployment of what has traditionally been our Back-to-School product enhancements.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2024

This is achieved through putting on a headset equipped with a screen and lenses that trick the brain into seeing depth into a 3D environment. They found that students who used virtual reality to see and interact with the art pieces showed more motivation to learn, and even showed higher achievement in the end.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Erin Haley, middle school teacher at The Bayshore School in Daly City, Calif.: “YES We are working with students, parents, and guardians the best ways we can to make sure there is still some form of learning being achieved. Noppinger, eighth grade math teacher at Dumbarton Middle School in Towson, Md.: “I

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Research has shown that mindset matters: collective teacher efficacy has a strong and positive correlation to student achievement. One middle school teacher overestimated the amount of time her students spent talking during a lesson by 10 times (she guessed five minutes; it was actually 30 seconds).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As one middle school principal recently noted : “It doesn’t matter how small the success is or how big it is, we are constantly lifting our teachers up and lifting our students up to say, ‘Hey, you see, you can do it, you can be successful.’ As best-selling author Dan Pink writes in his book Drive , mastery is a powerful motivator.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

I wish the public knew how creative a teacher must be to motivate students. Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.: “I I wish the public knew how creative a teacher must be to motivate students. Our heart soars when they achieve their goals and it breaks when they have struggles.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, all middle and high school students within the district will have access to Reading Plus for the following three years. The significant expansion follows a successful pilot program and small implementation at six of the district’s middle schools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

School is not the problem. This statement was shared by a former middle school student of mine during his freshman year of high school. John* was getting all A’s and one B in stark contrast to the B’s, C’s, and D’s received in middle school. Grades should not be the driving motivator for students to learn.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year. The deadline to enter is January 8, 2024.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Its exactly how we felt before our team at South Park Middle School went on a PBIS journey that produced results and led us to an opportunity to present at training conferences and spread the word to our fellow educators in Pennsylvania. Acknowledging student achievements is at the heart of our program.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2024

NEW YORK — 3P Learning, a global leader in online education for school-aged students, announces Mathletics , the company’s math program for intermediate learners, has achieved Level II certification under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). Mathletics also earned the ISTE Seal this spring.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Thats according to a survey of 700 elementary and middle school teachers by Study.com, an online learning platform, that queried educators in January about student achievement. Students improve in math when parents motivate them, set high expectations and connect them to help at school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

Independent academic research of New York City middle school students shows LightSail’s adaptive literacy platform helps sustain, grow reading performance in summer months. Summer slide is cumulative and accounts for more than half of the achievement gap by the time students are in ninth grade.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

Middle school often gets a bad rap. But what if we understood the neurological reasons behind the bizarre middle school behavior we often see? So, after a decade as a teacher and administrator, when I was presented with an opportunity to start a new middle school, I seized it. Wells Middle School.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2025

Americas schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. According to new research from Project Tomorrow and Thorndike Press from Gale, part of Cengage Group, large print books can improve students reading achievement levels and attitudes toward reading. elementary, middle and high schools, and the results were striking.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Breaking down larger goals into smaller milestones can make them more manageable and give you a sense of accomplishment as you achieve each one. Middle school social studies teacher Erin Merrill implemented a system where students use a data notebook to track their mastery of specific standards.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The practice is known as “data walls,” and is designed to serve as a motivational tool. Students are told that “everyone is working to move their number” even higher, says Demetria Tumpkin, a second grade teacher at the school. At South Newton Elementary School In Newton, N.C.,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Even fans of reforming school grading admit that making a switch can be challenging, and that it can go off the rails if efforts are not made to educate parents and teachers on the how and why of throwing out the A-F system that most Americans experienced as students. Mehra himself said he has a 4.5 grade point average.)

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

Our school got a grant in 2016 to implement a personalized learning initiative. In June, before the school year started, my colleagues and I travelled to Chicago to work with. But what I didn’t do was ask them what they wanted to achieve. And this was a mistake because kids are motivated by goals—not grades.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2024

Malkin Carnegie Learning CEO "At the root of everything we do is the goal of supporting students, teachers and leaders in raising student achievement using learning science — and AI," explains Malkin. Schools should consider those things as they adopt AI tools. And grow, they have. It's a tough place to be and an awful feeling.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

It might not seem that theres a middle school reading curriculum out there that fits the bill – but there is. I used this winning combo when I designed the Middle School Reading Achievement Curriculum Collection. As I keep saying, this isnt your standard middle school reading curriculum!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2024

One of the first things I noticed was that all the students had to abide by a strict uniform policy, including shoes, belts and school colors, and middle school-aged children were walking in straight lines through silent hallways. Unfortunately, it was not enough, and I would lose the race by a very slim margin.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. Rethinking content teaching at the middle level: An interdisciplinary approach. Middle School Journal , 50 (2), 1727. According to Moser et. link] Moser, K.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

As a school counselor, I spend my days serving 835 middle school students in a rural district in Livingston, California. Personally, I have gained an incredible sense of purpose over the last year and that motivates me a great deal. Priority 3: Accelerate academic achievement.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Rachel Gorton, instructional technology coordinator for Minnesota’s Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191. EDTECH: What technologies went into achieving Vision One91? We added 36 classrooms to our high school and brought our ninth-graders up. Photo: Rachel Gorton. We were in an older junior high model.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

RIF will continue to align our model based on complementing the science of reading with the critical element of the joy of reading which will be especially important as educators look for ways to motivate and encourage greater frequency and engagement in reading.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are great examples of these conferences in action at different levels: kindergarten , middle school , and high school. Some school systems like Achievement First Greenfield , a charter network in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island, are taking this even further.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

In many schools and districts, half or less of their students participate in remote learning. For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. In turn, students retained greater motivation to continue their learning even during the shift to remote instruction.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

And what motivates me is seeing the students. I'm excited to go into the schools. That's what motivates me, because I know there are students out there who need my help. Was your own experience in school largely positive or largely negative, and how does that inform your decision to teach?

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2025

Seeing a Difference in Myself and Others When I got to middle school, I was bused to a school outside my neighborhood because they had a GATE program. It took an hour-long bus ride to and from school every day. Like any other middle school student, I was on a rough journey of self-discovery.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Thats why the school has launched an ambitious initiative to become a nationally recognized center for personalized achievement and academic excellence. The single most important characteristic of a great school is an outstanding teacher in every classroom. We believe in next-level teaching and learning, says Hess. The result?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In 2015, as Arkansas implemented new learning standards and an end-of-year test, educators at Paragould School District received discouraging news: Their test scores were significantly below the state average. This transparency gives students ownership of their learning and motivates them to do their best. Their efforts have paid off.

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