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. “We

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Exams Counselling Education Schools 137

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Among the new content and resources now available to users of Discovery Education Experience are: Ready-To-Teach Lessons Enhancing Curriculum Built around research-based instructional strategies, these new ready-to-teach lessons and activities target critical classroom needs and help teachers create unique learning opportunities for each student.

Laboratory 191

Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 191

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. In liberal arts, this helps students delineate the scope of their studies and understand the limits of their knowledge.

Art 97

Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 97

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 73

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills.

Accessibility 96

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 96

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse. Motivated by intentional opportunities for collaboration, students actively process information in favorable conditions that are both supportive and stimulating.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 62

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Start by Building Background Not all students enter the classroom with the same prior knowledge, especially multilingual learners. Then follow with interactive tasks like a drag-and-drop activity where students can match new vocabulary words like evaporation, clouds, or rain to corresponding images. or What word do you hear?

Languages 52

Languages Language Participation Writing 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Empathy in Practice : Demonstrate empathy by actively listening and responding to customer concerns, showing understanding of their emotions. Cultural Sensitivity : Show awareness of cultural differences when interacting with diverse customers, adapting communication styles as needed.

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Syllabus Education Ethics Instructors 95

Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

With funding from the National Science Foundations Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (NSF S-STEM) program, we provide scholarships and support students with co-curricular activities to enhance their educational experience. deal with the stresses of graduate school and promote self-care, we hosted group yoga sessions.

STEM 54

STEM Science Activities Student Engagement 54

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Research indicates that students thrive in environments where teachers act as facilitators rather than mere dispensers of knowledge. Cost-effectiveness is another critical advantage.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Back To School All About Me Flip-book Activity By Love Live Laugh TEACH Use an “all about me” activity to create your first bulletin board of the year! The resource comes with headers, editable Google Slides, and community-building activities. With the right design, you can even tie it to CCSS , like retelling a story.

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Schools Counselling Math Motivation 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 22, 2025

This divide has resulted in a persistent gapboth in knowledge and in action. Closing this knowledge gap requires clear, accessible systemsand consistent faculty inclusion in mental health trainings and initiatives. Still, the referral process can be opaque. This disconnect is structural, not personal. Widely known as Dr.

Counselling 54

Counselling Students Culture Knowledge 54

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Whole Brain Teaching – An innovative approach to classroom management that enhances student engagement and behavior using active participation techniques. Conscious Discipline – A useful framework for fostering emotional intelligence and creating a calm, focused classroom culture. called it eye-opening, and Jessica W.

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Reading Skills Teachers Classroom Management 59

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

In February, the Washington Post reported that NSF staff were told to comb through active research grants for keywords like “cultural relevance,” “diverse backgrounds” and “women” to see if they violated Trump’s executive orders. There’s a lot of knowledge and expertise that will be lost,” she said. “We Now we just went to zero.”

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STEM Science Middle School Middle School 231

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

Try them for a morning meeting, first-week-of-school activity, or SEL check-in. Icebreaker Activity DIGITAL Middle & High School Would You Rather? These work perfectly for whole and small group activities. Drop these into a geography lesson as a fun activity, as well. Visit every U.S.

High School 52

High School High School Questions Schools 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

The letter “v” What did the active sentence say to the passive sentence? With more than 80 riddles and pop culture questions, a student answer sheet, and a teacher’s answer key, this resource puts students into teams to win a class riddle competition. Silence What disappears as soon as it’s spoken?

High School 52

High School High School Schools Math 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

When students become involved in ventures that give of their time and knowledge, they understand how important helping others is, not in an academic way but in a hands-on practical sense. Nothing makes knowledge more authentic than being able to teach it to others. Build strong content knowledge. Comprehend as well as critique.

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Teachers Languages Language Internet 179

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Ensure there is a boundary spanner : The worlds of research and practice are very different on dimensions such as the pace of the work, the driving goals (producing knowledge versus serving students), the kinds of work prized by their respective institutions, norms for discourse and methodologies employed.

Learning 322

Learning STEM Motivation Culture 322

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Change that would allow for blended learning in public schools requires a major culture shift. And when the teacher can provide more options than one large group activity, what sorts of deep, authentic learning can occur? In that light, the obvious question is, “Why blend?” For many charter schools, the answer is remediation.

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Blended Learning Learning History Textbooks 247

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Within the educational landscape, the concept of Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) has emerged as a multifaceted approach that aims to promote equitable excellence and validate the diverse experiences of students. Effective teaching is deemed as inherently and inevitably culturally responsive.

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Culture Education History Learning Styles 291

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2019

are filled with students from increasingly diverse cultural backgrounds: race, nationality, religion, economic, etc. How to build a culturally inclusive classroom. Related: 3 tenets for developing cultural competency in schools. It’s almost impossible to ignore that K-12 classrooms in the U.S. Question 1: What do I know?

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Culture Questions Knowledge Active Learning 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Unfortunately, even the best educators can fall short of this if they don’t understand what positive classroom culture fully entails. Positive classroom culture functions a lot like a three-legged stool. The knowledge they gain from their lessons will go on to be applied in their future lives and careers.

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Culture Knowledge Communication Reading 284

eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

This framework acknowledges and values the cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences of all students, creating an inclusive environment where every learner can thrive. By prioritizing cultural responsiveness, school leaders can foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among students, teachers, and the broader school community.

Culture 285

Culture Schools Cognitive Development Classroom Management 285

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2022

The loss of my unci , a lifelong educator, my namesake, and one of the most important teachers in my life, and in the lives of many others, has prompted me to think even more deeply about how important it is for Indigenous Knowledge Systems to be not only included, but honored and affirmed in classrooms.

Knowledge 217

Knowledge Teaching Education Interdisciplinary 217

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Activity, context, and culture are central to this learning theory, which emphasizes the practical over the abstract. Information and “ knowledge needs to be presented in authentic contexts — settings and situations that would normally involve that knowledge.”

Online Learning 420

Online Learning Learning Participation Knowledge 420

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

After a professional development session for my teacher education program, I met with my supervisor to express a concern about a required program activity for my students. I told my supervisor the design and language used in the activity were not accessible to my students.

English 190

English Culture Languages Language 190

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. However, during the seminar, the facilitators jumped directly into piloting GBL activities with attendees. In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture? The short answer: it starts with us.

Culture 209

Culture Teaching History Social Studies 209

eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Geogebra offers graphing and analysis technology with premade activities. Additionally, it contains a multitude of free, pre-made activities by Geogebra and other teachers. Most activities are embeddable, so students don’t need to leave the safety of your LMS class website.

Education 297

Education STEM Art Culture 297

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? Application activities also enhance retention and mastery of information, making it more likely that students will retain and effectively use what they have learned in the future.

History 382

History Physical Education Art Essay 382

eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Key points: Student engagement is key to an authentic learning experience It also allows students to develop the right attitude to approach learning See related article: 4 ways edtech tools drive student engagement and build classroom culture When you think of education, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

Student Engagement 334

Student Engagement Students Teaching Methods Culture 334

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Do you use technology to engage students in the active construction of knowledge? Are there strategies you use to create a classroom culture where taking risks and failing forward are encouraged and celebrated? How might giving students more choice and voice impact your classroom culture? If so, how?

Blended Learning 366

Blended Learning Culture Coaching Discussions 366

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2022

Throughout this school year, educators, coaches, and school leaders have engaged in virtual professional development and one-on-one coaching sessions to hone their social-emotional learning skills and knowledge to meet the needs of all learners. Be intentional about weaving social-emotional learning into the day.

Hybrid Learning 363

Hybrid Learning Coaching Learning Culture 363

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Team Challenge Time required: 1.5

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Activities Learning Art Attention 171

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2021

It also provides instant feedback so that learners can improve their knowledge through problem solving. The site operates on a culture of inquiry, curiosity, and remaining open to failure. Is active 4. Brilliant works by helping learners of all ages master content instead of simply memorizing. Effective learning: 1.

STEM 291

STEM Failure Lecturing Learning 291

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tips for implementing this practice: Make an active effort to get to know your students, making time to inquire about their emotional and social wellbeing. Bringing parts of their personal lives into the learning process is not only motivating, but also improves knowledge retention over time. 3: Clear expectations. Key takeaways.

Student Engagement 291

Student Engagement Hybrid Learning Students Participation 291

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

Offering an extensive array of lesson plans, activities, and educational materials, NASA covers a diverse range of STEM topics including space exploration, earth science, and aeronautics. Teachers love these resources and rely on the components of the activities to build background knowledge, provide accessible content, and spark curiosity.

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Art Students Culture Coaching 324

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

Teacher 2: Delivers the same instructional content or activity to all groups, regardless of their skill levels. 3.2 – Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

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Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395