Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Dr. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Keep an eye out for daily activities with local artists who will lead drop-in workshops to get the creative juices flowing. Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Today, I serve as Vice-Principal of B.School, where I lead efforts to integrate well-being, sustainability, and equity into our core curriculum. Meanwhile, participating in global education programs in countries like Finland, India, and the U.S. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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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.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

While students don’t make every decision and still participate in teacher-driven parts of the day, what’s different in our design is that the school curriculum pushes them to explore three questions: “What do I want to learn?”; “When and how will I learn it?”; and “Is my learning the right level of challenge?”

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Through hands-on activities at DelSesto Middle School and a field trip to URI’s Narragansett Bay Campus, the URI students helped the sixth graders understand how lessons in their science classes had real-world applications. “We The sixth graders participated in a water pressure experiment while at the Bay Campus.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

Creative Coding in the Classroom: From Game Design to Storytelling One example of creative coding comes from a curriculum that introduces computer science through game design and storytelling in Minecraft, a game-based learning platform used by millions of students worldwide. It’s about being active and engaged.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

This philosophy is embedded in the British Curriculum, which offers both structure and flexibility. ProEd Global School blends this rigorous curriculum with personalized support, ensuring that every learner gets the guidance they need to thrive, not just survive in the classroom. “Our goal is to help them define it on their own terms.”

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

The Academy Program, on the other hand, serves students who benefit from a highly customized curriculum with a strong emphasis on life skills, vocational training, and independent living. Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention.

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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. Additionally, research shows that students who participate in hybrid learning tend to retain information better, as they actively engage with content rather than passively receiving it.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

After working on academics, students could choose from a variety of fun yet educational activities, and the game design program–which used a curriculum from Work ED –was one of them. The results Work ED assessed the participating students before starting the program and then again once they completed it.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In our Day 1 workshop, we will use the free 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign lessons, units, and other instructional activities for critical thinking and problem solving, greater student agency, more real-world authentic work, and robust technology infusion. Please bring your own examples and use cases of how you’re using AI!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 19, 2025

Principal and Superintendent Leadership in the AI Era For this session, I shifted from talking at participants sitting in rows to small group discussions based on AI leadership scenarios (3 opportunities, 3 challenges). I greatly appreciated having ASCD as a presence this year along with the usual ISTE activities.

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Class Tech Tips

JULY 19, 2025

Principal and Superintendent Leadership in the AI Era For this session, I shifted from talking at participants sitting in rows to small group discussions based on AI leadership scenarios (3 opportunities, 3 challenges). I greatly appreciated having ASCD as a presence this year along with the usual ISTE activities.

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k12 Prospects

JUNE 13, 2025

Alignment with Educational Goals and Standards Schools prioritize solutions that align with curriculum requirements, state standards, and instructional priorities. Position Yourself as a Thought Leader: Contribute to the education sector by publishing whitepapers, hosting webinars, and participating in industry conferences.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its active, collaborative, and forward-looking. And when you combine strong values with smart tech and a global curriculum, you get more than a good education. And through the school’s house system, each student gets the chance to participate in and contribute to meaningful events. At Elmwood, learning is never static.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 4, 2025

Such hands-on activities foster curiosity and encourage a deeper understanding of the world around us. This activity not only sparks creativity but also delves into the chemistry of oxidation and the properties of organic compounds. One such experiment is the “Color Mixing” activity using food coloring and water.

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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. 8 Weeks of Curriculum Guides I also created weekly tips that will leave you better prepared to teach eight key upper elementary reading and math skills all year.

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k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

Its a commitment to embedding equity into every layer of school culture, from classroom practices and curriculum to policies and professional learning. School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation. Who is left out?

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k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

Its a commitment to embedding equity into every layer of school culture, from classroom practices and curriculum to policies and professional learning. School leaders can support this safety by co-creating group agreements that promote active listening, confidentiality, and respectful participation. Who is left out?

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k12

JULY 24, 2025

While traditional brick-and-mortar schools remain active and thriving, many parents are turning to academic alternatives, such as homeschooling and online schools, to better meet their children’s unique needs. Students attend classes led by certified teachers, follow a curriculum aligned with state education standards, and have classmates.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. At the time Take Flight lost its National Science Foundation grant, its curriculum was being tested by 1,200 students and 30 rural middle school teachers across 10 states. Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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k12

JULY 18, 2025

In many public schools, keyboard and computer navigational skills have been a standard part of the curriculum since the 90s. Each of these parts is important for actively participating in online classes (and also a good entry into privacy conversations with your child). File management.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

In this vein, his executive orders have targeted diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives , restorative justice programs , curriculum that suggests the United States has racist origins , and especially protections for transgender students. Some Trump education moves not on ‘bingo card’ The frenzy of federal activity has slowed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2025

Established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly and first held in 1974, it has grown with participation from over 143 countries. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

"(L)earning is the human activity which least needs manipulation by others. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful society." To be honest, when they talk about what they do to and with the children in the name of moving them through "the curriculum," I'm struck by a kind of despair.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 22, 2025

It is a day we can all participate in making our air clean, water fresh and land unlittered rather than accepting the trash-filled oceans, the smoggy skies, and the debris-laden land that is becoming the norm. If you’d like to ratchet it up this year, here are activities that will change the world, incrementally but indubitably.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2017

Is it any wonder, then, that educators are incorporating the popular block-based game into their curriculum? And getting students active in Minecraft makes them more likely to participate and engage, because they’re having an impact on a virtual world shared by their peers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Last year, almost 300,000 students (age 4-104) participated from over 180 countries and wrote almost 20 billion lines of code. If you’re planning to participate in Hour of Code, here are a series of activities — broken down by grade — that will kickstart your effort. logic – go through a problem from A to Z.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

It requires extended supervision and after-hours participation from all involved parties. Now it’s time to set the class agenda of activities. To do this, ask participants what they’d like to learn. Reach out to your academic team to assist with this project. Learning Expectations. collaborate with others.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Here are ten projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Macros. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom. An algorithm is a procedure for solving a problem or completing an activity. Grade level: 5-12. Human Robot. Grade level: K-5.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Visible refers to making student learning visible to teachers so both parties know it’s working.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

There, administrators recently partnered with Carnegie Mellon to pioneer the development and pilot testing of the nation’s first coherent K-12 curriculum on computational thinking. This two-year researcher-practitioner partnership aims to increase participation of underrepresented minority students in postsecondary STEM programs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 21, 2025

Advantages Disadvantages What is interactive storytelling Interactive storytelling is a growing trend that allows readers to actively participate in shaping the narrative. Interactive storytelling allows the audience to actively shape the story rather than passively consume it.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Washington Depot, Connecticut Slooh , the pioneer in offering live online telescope feeds of the universe and an NGSS-aligned curriculum to school communities worldwide, is launching a new Earth science curriculum for students in grades 5-9. To learn more about Slooh and its new Earth science curriculum, visit. www.slooh.com.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s Why Kids Should Participate in Extracurricular Activities Most parents ignore this, but playtime activities significantly contribute to a child’s overall development. That said, below are a few reasons your child should actively participate in extracurricular activities: 1.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Key points: In preparing students for the modern workforce, think globally A globalized curriculum helps children learn without barriers See related article: 10 things schools need to do to build students’ networks For more news on global learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Learning should be lifelong.

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