eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

If you teach a man to fish, he will be richer forever. If we pair students strengths and aptitudes with in-demand careers through personalized learning, we are ensuring the success of our students and tomorrows workforce, thus realigning motivation and fulfilling the individuals Hierarchy of Needs. It could be applied here, too.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Participants will learn to tailor teaching methods and materials to various learning styles, abilities, and interests, fostering inclusive, engaging classrooms that support all students’ success.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

Through these experiences, Carl developed a deep understanding of what founders require to navigate the unique challenges within the Education Industry and achieve sustainable growth. use gamified chatbot interactions to teach grammar and vocabulary, simulating real-world practice and offering immediate correction and encouragement.

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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. Since it encourages internal motivation through an outwardly-created set of circumstances, gamification sits at the awkward intersection of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Participants will learn to tailor teaching methods and materials to various learning styles, abilities, and interests, fostering inclusive, engaging classrooms that support all students’ success.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

From first grade classrooms to high school computer labs, teachers across the state are building confidence in CS instruction and finding meaningful ways to connect it to their everyday teaching. For Johnson, it was a love of learning that motivated her: “I just like to know things about everything.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

The development of Discovery Educations newest content is based on feedback from the companys school-based partners and makes teaching and learning even more relevant, interesting, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

In order to be certified to teach dual enrollment courses through a community college, high school instructors must have at least 18 graduate-level credits in the subject matter theyd be teaching, Usher says. A biology teacher, for example, would need 18 graduate-level biology credits.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

Business partners make it possible for us to achieve our mission of preparing students for career success, Whitehead says. Held each June, the SkillsUSAs National Leadership & Skills Conference event features more than 6,500 state champions from across the United States competing head-to-head in 114 skill and leadership competitions.

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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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

Read on… Plan Ahe ad: Set Yourself Up for a Career in Electrical and Computer Engineering Regardless of where you are in your life or at what stage, if you have a dream that you want to achieve, you can start working toward that immediately. One of the biggest is self-efficacy and motivation.

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Lecturing Motivation Essay High School 81

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Studies show that students in remote settings often feel isolated, which can lead to decreased motivation and engagement. Additionally, the importance of emotional intelligence in teaching is gaining recognition. One major issue is the lack of personal interaction. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., This sense of belonging is not a peripheral benefit – it is foundational to learner motivation, participation, and overall success.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Researchers have found that learners’ sense of belonging enhances psychological flexibility, learner satisfaction, motivation, and professional identity, thereby increasing student success (Carter et al., This sense of belonging is not a peripheral benefit – it is foundational to learner motivation, participation, and overall success.

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Evaluation Motivation Activities Study 53

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The Motive It is unknown whether Ruiz intended to cheat in New York or if the opportunity merely presented itself and she took it. Students know there will be consequences if they are caught cheating, but they weigh them against the consequences of not achieving. Align expectations with opportunities to learn.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

The visuals on the board are meant to serve as a reminder of what the future can look and feel like if your students take the necessary steps to achieve their goals. Teach students to use the SMART formula to ensure that any goals they set are specific and measurable.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Earlier in my teaching career, my first-day-of-class deck included a slide about my professional and personal history to build trust and transparency. I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 65

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Earlier in my teaching career, my first-day-of-class deck included a slide about my professional and personal history to build trust and transparency. I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 66

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2025

Summer is a great time to reset your personal pedagogy to an education-friendly mindset and catch up on what’s been changing in the ed world while you were teaching eight ten hours a day. The Happy Teacher Habits by Michael Linsin What do daffodils, baseball announcing, and Tina Fey have to do with teaching?

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. Worse, the gaps between high and low achievers widened. Both Weakley and Putnam teachers use that data to pinpoint which skills they need to review with which students and to keep kids motivated.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

Low enrollment into the teaching profession, inadequate compensation and benefits, and high attrition rates have all contributed to this problem. School districts nationwide struggle to fill teaching positions , especially in elementary education, secondary English, and special education. The result? Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

To achieve scale, forward-thinking platform companies likely will need to partner with colleges, universities and K12 schools to embed the acquisition of platform-centric skills within traditional programs and degrees. They’re going to need the help of the platform companies themselves.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2025

Along the way, you gain insight into the moral fiber that grounds everything she does and the decisions she must make that some consider impossible for an adolescent, but are achievable for thousands of like-minded teens. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The lack of motivation has contributed to lower academic performance and increased dropout rates. The white paper sheds light on these critical trends and provides actionable strategies to transform schools into environments where students feel empowered, connected, and motivated to succeed.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2019

As I was reading “From Transactional to Transformational Leadership” by Bernard Bass, I was struck by the parallels between leadership and teaching. However, external motivators, as Daniel Pink articulates in his book Drive , are not effective long-term. Autonomy-supportive teachers: How they teach and motivate students.

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Teaching Motivation Attention Classroom Management 421

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2017

It can be as simple as one built into an iPad (if you teach in a 1:1 environment) or a free one online projected onto an interactive whiteboard. Promoting reading with easy badges that students can earn is a powerful motivator. Create challenges and badges. Promote multimedia books.

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Reading Technology Students Motivation 265

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

They’re being asked to create an environment conducive to academic achievement without face-to-face interaction with their students. Even before schools closed in the spring, teachers were already grappling with a crisis in student motivation. Student motivation is important because it can be directly linked to attainment.

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Motivation Gamification Distance Learning Students 300

eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2023

We often attempt small tweaks and modifications in our educational system—upgrading curriculum, training teachers on new instructional strategies—hoping to see major gains in student achievement. Maybe we’re neglecting the ‘battery’ at the heart of education: student motivation.

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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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Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 267

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Could approaching the design, instruction, and facilitation of learning (in class, online, or a combination of the two) with a “would you rather” lens improve student motivation and engagement? Choice has been shown to improve retention, transfer performance, and motivation (Schneider, Nebel, Beege & Rey, 2018).

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

During our conversation, we explored aspects of the teaching profession that are time-consuming and create work-life imbalance. First, I do not think grades are an effective long-term strategy for motivating most students. I had the pleasure of chatting with Matt Miller this week for my podcast, The Balance.

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Teachers Motivation Assignments Students 544

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2022

The following is the latest installment of the Toward Better Teaching advice column. The moves came prior to the motivation. Cravings are the drives that motivate us to act. Building up a habit like the one I have done for exercise involves both intrinsic and extrinsic motivators for most people.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

When teacher engagement is high, it positively impacts both student engagement and achievement. However, to truly understand teacher engagement we must understand the dimensions of this motivational construct. It suggests the importance of relationships and human connection in the teaching profession. What is teacher engagement?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 9, 2020

He is the architect behind the educator movement “ Teach Hustle Inspire ,” and he wrote the bestselling book MC Means Move the Class: How to Spark Engagement and Motivation in Urban and Culturally Diverse Classrooms. Our assumptions were challenged, and we quickly realized that we did not want to teach the way we were taught.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some experts believe this new technology can have a positive impact on teaching and learning, while others fret it may weaken the teaching of critical thinking and increase bias by spreading misinformation about different groups and cultures. Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments. EdSurge.

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