k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

More Than Just Academics Learning at ProEd Global School isn’t limited to textbooks. Outside the classroom, students have access to a variety of extracurricular activities that help them grow personally and professionally. “Success isn’t just about grades—it’s about finding your path and feeling confident in your journey,” says Llana.

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Exams Counselling Education Schools 137

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Many were enrolled in leadership-focused sections of FSHN 101 and 120 and took on active roles in the analysis, writing, and design of the final open-access book: What Your Students Arent Telling You. Textbook format and cost mattered. From the beginning, students werent just research subjectsthey were research partners.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. Multi-sensory learning techniques, such as hands-on activities, visual aids, and interactive discussions, further enhance understanding and retention.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

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. Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 139

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its active, collaborative, and forward-looking. Its about building understanding through firsthand experiences, not just textbooks. And students benefit from experiential learning opportunities that extend well beyond classroom walls, including global travel, field trips, and hands-on community work.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 209

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

They’re perfect for flexible seating and collaborative activities, giving users mobility and privacy. Add Real World Connections : Ditch the textbook-only numbers, and bring in real stats like stock prices, sports data, or local budgets. Dry-Erase Clipboards : Collaborate without needing both a clipboard and a dry-erase board.

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High School High School Math Schools 52

k12

JUNE 24, 2025

My typical day is filled with personal activities. I usually like to do some activity during my school breaks. Plus, my week is filled with a lot of esports activities. What activities or hobbies do you enjoy in your free time? However, I’ve found my courses to be much more unique and not as textbook-based.

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52

k12

JUNE 10, 2025

My counselor has been extremely helpful and supportive in the enrollment process, and she continues to play an active role. Next to my desk, I have a black multi-drawer organizer that holds my textbooks, notebooks, papers, and folders for school. Can you talk about your dual enrollment experience?

History 52

History English Schools Students 52

Edtech IRL

JULY 16, 2025

It’s literally a textbook example of a AitM (Adversary in the Middle) attack. Hijack Sessions in Real-Time Attackers don’t need passwords if they can grab an active session. It definitely doesn’t hurt to deny-list *.nauportal[.]com nauportal[.]com com and/or the specific docsend address.

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Confidentiality Textbooks Accessibility Culture 52

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

Some 25 years ago, three textbook companies heavily dominated the business of providing materials to public K through 12 schools. Paucek admits this will be a challenge going forward for his company, but one that his board is actively thinking and talking about. New Tools, Old Challenges. Yes, no doubt.

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Culture Textbooks Achievement Study 250

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

And when the teacher can provide more options than one large group activity, what sorts of deep, authentic learning can occur? Parents remember bells ringing, textbooks, and the teacher as ultimate authority. If some of the more rote sorts of lessons (think lectures, reviewing math facts, etc.) What other experiences can students have?

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Blended Learning Learning History Textbooks 247

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I was not actively engaging with the text. In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading.

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Activities Reading Learning Discussions 546

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Among contemporary education critics, the textbook is a classic and perennial foil—perhaps because its very construction is essentially a compromise between experts and politicians, groups with sometimes competing agendas. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history.

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Textbooks History Teachers Critical Thinking 218

eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

Actively Learn, Achieve3000’s research-based, standards-aligned curriculum platform, announces the release of new sequenced curricular units: Actively Learn ELA, Actively Learn Social Studies, and Actively Learn Science. said Jay Goyal, President at Actively Learn. More information at Actively Learn.

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Active Learning Activities Social Studies Textbooks 246

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

The traditional textbook and workbook combination, complete with a #2 pencil. As part of the macro trend of unbundling education, teachers are delivering a modern, customized curriculum by curating content in the form of videos, online text, and apps–moving beyond the physical textbooks.

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Textbooks Learning Technologies Technology Learning 226

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I work with a lot of teachers who spend hours creating review activities for their students to help them review information in the weeks leading up to those exams. I would suggest working this activity into a station rotation lesson where students work collaboratively online to generate their review questions.

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Exams Students Textbooks Critical Thinking 483

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

Teachers can invite students to participate in a small group discussion about a chapter they read in a text or the textbook, debrief about a flipped video lesson, or unpack complex issues or topics related to your subject area. I am a fan of using a goal-setting activity to guide conferencing sessions about student progress.

Learning 546

Learning Students Discussions Textbooks 546

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I was not actively engaging with the text. In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading.

Activities 195

Activities Reading Learning Discussions 195

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Traditional textbooks or workbooks provide limited means of interacting with information. These are critical routines designed to help students build their metacognitive muscles, engage actively in their learning, and partner with their teachers in the learning process. Physical Action.

Universal Design 546

Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Textbooks 546

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Included in the weeklong, free festivities are activities and challenges culminating with NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day, a day of action to inspire kids to get moving with their classmates, teachers, and families inclusive of virtual, hybrid, and socially distant classroom settings. Each school can completely customize their activation.

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Activities Textbooks STEM Accessibility 211

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2018

Our technology integration framework allows administrators and teachers to identify where instructional activities fit, complemented by professional development around core classroom technology, such as Google tools and interactive whiteboards. Next page: Four more ways to create digital learning environments.

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Textbooks Schools Activities Technology 269

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2020

Both classes conducted similar curricular activities throughout the school year. Roughly half of the students were taught in a green school building over the course of the school year while the other half were taught in a neighboring trailer classroom.

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Textbooks Schools Culture Study 176

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Observations with a Checklist: Simply observing our students at work can provide valuable insights into their behaviors, interactions, and level of understanding during classroom activities. Teachers might include the following items on a checklist: Participation: Is the student actively engaged in the activity/discussion?

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Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

In addition, students can bring objects out of textbooks and off computer screens to provide hands-on learning opportunities. 3D technologies can help support a differentiated approach to instruction. This spurs student creativity and improves learning and collaboration. As a result, students can be creators rather than just consumers.

Education 325

Education Textbooks Problem-Based Learning Knowledge 325

eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

textbook readings) (30 percent) and visuals (e.g., images included in textbooks and digital content) (29 percent). Adoption and usage trends are important because they provide our product development team a more holistic view of how both markets are using GenAI in education. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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Instructors Textbooks Academic Integrity Coaching 284

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Curly Bracket , from Ashoka fellow and Swedish social entrepreneur Johan Wendt, is a combination textbook and graphic novel that builds students’ computational thinking skills.

STEM 279

STEM Textbooks Attention Science 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Plus, it can leave students feeling disconnected from the scientific process, because they’re really just following instructions rather than actively exploring and discovering. Second graders did the Pampered Plant project, which is a STEAM-based activity where youngsters create a customizable plant monitoring system.

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Science Critical Thinking STEM Textbooks 309

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2020

They added activities that take advantage of resources in their region, like a lab that has students hammer rock from a local quarry to look for trilobite fossils. Contrast doing something and revising quickly with a textbook company that spends seven years to devise a textbook and hopes to hell that it works.”

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Textbooks Instructors Laboratory Education 211

eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

In general, students are drawn to maps and globes in the classroom and the beauty of the interactive map is that it allows them to zoom in, pan, and click on specific regions or events, which encourages even more active participation and sparks their curiosity.

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History Learning Textbooks Lecturing 275

eSchool News

JULY 18, 2022

Prior to the COVID pandemic, technology integration in my high school math classroom was mainly used in two ways: discovery-based activities and homework assignments. Along with that, the curriculum supplement that came with our new textbooks was starting to replace some of the traditional paper-and-pencil work that we had been doing.

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Math Curriculum Hybrid Learning Feedback 262

eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2018

Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher lecture? Or is it by challenging them to actively engage in projects that attempt to solve real-world problems? In Harmony Public Schools in Texas, we want students to become active learners, problem solvers, and STEM advocates.

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STEM Interdisciplinary Textbooks Lecturing 254

eSchool News

MAY 31, 2024

Plus, students are engaged in active learning with AR and VR tools. VR allows educators to move past pages in a textbook to create totally immersive experiences that stimulate and inspire students. What is the difference between virtual reality and augmented reality?

Textbooks 309

Textbooks Learning Outcomes Student Engagement Science 309

eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2023

I encourage every teacher, principal, and parent to try a play-based learning activity with their students and see what joyful and meaningful learning should look like. On top of that, almost 80 percent of students want more playful learning experiences in the classroom. Our students and teachers deserve to love learning again.”

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Learning Textbooks Lecturing Elementary School 300

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Our most recent white paper, Exploring the Data: A Comprehensive Review of Research on Probeware and Three-Dimensional Teaching , explores the latest research that highlights how probeware supports active, student-driven learning. Here are five ways probeware, such as Vernier sensors, supports the 3D learning framework.

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Science Mobile Devices Teaching STEM 305

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

These are skills students rarely learn straight out of a textbook. The best way to teach them, we’ve found, is by making these skills a relevant part of their active lives. If that sounds daunting, rest assured, it doesn’t always have to be.

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STEM Textbooks Learning Students 280

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Teachers can design a follow-up activity in which students post comments to each other’s Padlet Wall images, videos, or explanations. FlipGrid makes it possible for students to record themselves doing a variety of activities. Summarize the main ideas from a chapter in a textbook. Video Check-in with FlipGrid.

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Coaching Learning Students Knowledge 419

eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Some prominent tools include interactive touchscreens in classrooms that promote and support active learning, a strategy for engaging students in classroom activities with more hands-on activities. One study found that active learning significantly increases student performance in the classroom: Students were 1.5

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Gamification Teaching Methods Education Ethics 305