eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

PRNewswire/ — BirminghamCity Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and math performance. During the 2023-24 school year, MIND Education and ST Math reached more than 2.17 BIRMINGHAM, Ala./PRNewswire/ Visit MINDEducation.org.

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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. About Slooh Slooh brings the wonders of space exploration to the public, at school and at home.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

Creating a quick routine or checklist for outdoor time, just like you would for any part of your school day, helps make the transition smoother. Start with Short and Purposeful Activities Short and intentional activities are your best friend when you’re just starting with outdoor teaching.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Construct a thermal insulator device Concepts to Cover in Middle School STEM Prepare for the future with STEM activities for middle school 1.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

One of my earliest projects as the Director of Environmental Education for a public school district in New York was in a middle school English Language Arts classroom. The activity I built required students to quietly journal outside, using prompts driven by ELA, art, and social studies standards. The results were remarkable.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Incorporate hands-on activities and experiments Hands-on activities let students engage directly with STEM concepts, making learning tangible and memorable. For math, measurement and geometry activities like building models or plotting data can turn abstract numbers into something students can visualize and manipulate.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Key Takeaways New Mystery Writing Initiative : Mystery Science is launching a new writing curriculum for grades 3-5, offering a free trial for the upcoming school year. This initiative is intended to complement their existing K-5 science curriculum and focus on improving literacy through engaging, hands-on activities.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key points: What priorities will be a focal point in the new school year? Vrain Valley School District, we will continue to provide our teachers with ample opportunities to collaborate, discuss, and share resources and strategies to enhance their understanding of AI and the potential benefits of AI tools. . This year at St.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lunch hours are spent hunched over smartphones, and after-school time means less sports and more Snapchat. At Spokane Public Schools (SPS), educators and administrators are reversing the side effects of social media by re-connecting with students through school-based extracurricular activities.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Over the past several years, these spaces have transformed into collaborative areas that encourage group work, discussions, and hands-on activities, promoting creativity and innovation–ultimately becoming instrumental in shaping well-rounded, adaptable learners.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 15, 2024

Key points: As we enjoy summer, we can’t forget school cybersecurity challenges It’s time to rethink cybersecurity in education Schools must bolster network continuity as they adopt more technology For more news on K-12 cybersecurity, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub School’s out for summer but, for admins, there’s no final bell.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

Here’s what educators have to say about the 2023-2024 school year: Improving engagement and test scores with phenomena-based curricula April Pence, Edison High School Last year was my first time using phenomena-based units aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) in chemistry.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Our schools must not only impart knowledge to our students but also equip them with the creativity, empathy, and curiosity required to walk into an unpredictable, yet promising, future with unwavering confidence. By fostering a positive school culture, we create an environment where students and staff feel valued and motivated.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2025

Key findings include: In fall 2023, 23 percent of districts said they had already trained their teachers on AI use, and 37 percent of districts said they planned to provide AI training at some point during the 20232024 school year. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Find the detailed research report here.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

In fact, Mercy was the first all-girls school in the country to earn a STEM certification. The interest in our program has been intense; the school’s 500+ students come from 95 grade schools across several counties and even the neighboring state of Indiana.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Often, the role of ad hoc interpreter falls to the child–everything from information-sharing and school policies to interpreting for their own parent-teacher conference. I think schools very much overestimate how effectively they are communicating,” says Helen Sweeney, a parent of four and certified interpreter. “We

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

school districts in 2023 –more than double the 45 attacked in 2022. Just as the 2024 school year was about to start, a ransomware attack shut down some schools in the United States and Great Britain, including 34 schools serving 17,000 students in the Seattle area. Ransomware attacks alone targeted 108 U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Charlotte, NC —Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) announced a new partnership with global edtech leader Discovery Education that will enhance science education across the school system.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

In educational settings–especially in physical education, where noise from activity and movement can overwhelm instruction–amplifying a teachers voice by 5 to 15 decibels above ambient noise helps capture students’ attention by minimizing competing sounds and movements.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2025

Spaces should be adaptable to support a variety of activities and allow educators to tailor the environment to individual needs. As the special education population grows and more students gain access to IEP programs, the hope is that special education will no longer be an afterthought but a central priority in school planning.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

In the rolling hills of Southwestern Pennsylvania, nestled among 350 acres of natural beauty, lies The Kiski School , a place where tradition meets transformation. The school offers a timeless boarding school experience where a tight-knit community forges lifelong friendships. Kiskis approach goes beyond academics.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 19, 2021

” When schools closed or shifted to hybrid schedules, many institutions turned to blended learning to navigate the new demands placed on teachers and educational institutions. A key aspect of this definition is positioning the students as “active agents” in the lesson or learning experience. What Blended Learning Is.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

This year, I judged the middle school career research event, which allows students to explore careers of interest by completing a career interest survey, researching a field, and presenting key details such as education requirements, job outlook, salary, and what a typical workday looks like. What problems are students interested in solving?

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

The structure of our schools revolves around standardized schedules: 180 days in a school year, 45 minutes for a lesson, five days a week. Outside of school, success often depends on persistence, practice, and timing that matches individual needs. Its absurd.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

One apparently contradictory finding of the study, which surveyed nearly 2,000 K-12 public school teachers in fall 2024, was that a majority of teachers report feeling satisfied with their workplace and yet also burned out. times more likely than their peers to be actively seeking a new job, the report posits.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

graduate with a high school diploma compared to 86 percent of their non-autistic peers, and that gap speaks for itself, but we have the tools to close it. Throughout my career as a behavior therapist, classroom teacher, and Head of School, Ive worked closely with students on the spectrum and their families.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2025

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device. Heres a list. Skip those that dont apply to you and complete the rest.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

students who wouldn’t see college as the automatic next step after high school. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model. This insight sparked a year-long project to redesign our high school model. These big picture changes will transform our high schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson. Storage of phones can be expensive, at a time when schools are seeing budget cuts. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

That’s the approach Michele Whaley carries into her job as a school social worker at Eleanor Skillen School 34 in Indianapolis. “At At school, I can provide someone that will nonjudgmentally listen and provide support, skills, and perspective which they can then take into other aspects of life,” she said. newsletters.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2025

NORTH WILKESBORO and ASHEVILLE, North Carolina In support of North Carolina schools in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Just Right Reader recently donated 315,000 books to support students in grades K-2 throughout northwest and western North Carolina.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

These kid-approved activities are bursting with wonder and aligned with NGSS standards , so you can be sure curiosity and goals are fulfilled. From making balloons stick to walls to squishing and swirling magical textures, each activity turns curious kids into mini scientists with big imaginations. Ready to make more of those moments?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

When I facilitate workshops on this model, I describe it as a sequence of learning activities designed to move students toward a specific learning goal or objective. What learning activities will help them make meaning or progress toward learning objectives? How can the playlist support them in applying what they are learning?

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Navigating a clear path forward means equipping educators with solutions to integrate AI in ways that preserve critical thinking skills, and prepare students for the demands of an AI-driven future.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is using NotebookLM and Gemini for curriculum review and district guidance. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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