eSchool News

JULY 4, 2025

Virtual Field Trips from Google Arts and Culture : An alternative to Google Expeditions. Why use made-up data when this is available? Sodaphonic : Record, edit, and download audio. No login required. It also allows for trimming and selecting sections to cut.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

Prodigy also offers a version for English Language Arts, expanding the platform’s reach beyond numbers. Smithsonian Learning Lab : For families looking to incorporate cross-curricular learning, the Smithsonian Learning Lab provides a treasure trove of multimedia collections that blend history, science, art, and culture.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2025

From their desks, they can encounter masterpieces from diverse time periods and traditions, helping them appreciate art as a universal language and a reflection of the human experience. Empowering student voice and identity Art-based learning gives ELLs the confidence to speak and the freedom to explore.

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Teach Hub

MAY 22, 2025

Bringing art into the classroom gives your students a new way to get involved. You dont need to be an art teacher to bring art into your classroom. You dont need to be an art teacher to bring art into your classroom. What you do need is a mindset that values creativity as part of the learning process.

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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

JUNE 11, 2025

Here are four strategies that I’ve found helpful when instructing students in the art of disagreement: 1. Classroom debate: Use the art of debate to help students flex their thinking. So, how do we navigate disagreement in a way that builds trust and works toward the success of our classrooms and schools?

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

In courses like band, art, and performing arts, students refine their skills over time, receiving continuous feedback as they progress. However, elements of this type of system are already embedded in classrooms where learning naturally follows a performance-based progression.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

Human-Centered AI Educators are asking AI to respect the art of teaching and elevate their work. How can we bring together our pedagogical knowledge, technical skills and AI capabilities so the art of teaching meets the science of teaching?” asks Manahan. “AI

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 2, 2025

Art and math are a dream team: Just ask Leonardo da Vinci or Albrecht Dürer, masters who knew their way around both a brush and a compass. Math art projects are a creative way to reinforce concepts like fractions, geometry, and measurement while giving students the freedom to express themselves. Angle Art 4. Table of Contents 1.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Layers thinking routine is designed to drive deeper thinking about the different layers within a piece of art (e.g., literature, visual art, performance art). Thinking Routine: Layers. As an English teacher, I know how challenging it is to get students to dig deep and analyze the layers in a poem, short story, or novel.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

As we consider the role of AI in our lives, one quote has kept popping up on my echo-chamber social media feeds: “I want AI to do my laundry and dishes so that I can do art and writing, not for AI to do my art and writing so that I can do my laundry and dishes” (Joanna Maciejewska).

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

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

JUNE 18, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. Building Confident Educators 101: The Art of Differentiating Instruction : “Differentiating Instruction 101” is a hands-on workshop that equips educators with essential strategies for addressing diverse student needs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Sierra Sands Unified School District, (Ridgecrest, CA): Lisa Decker, Director of Elementary Education, Dulce Baca, Principal, Pierce Elementary School, and Julie Frisbee, English Language Arts Instructional Coach. The Sierra Sands Unified School District educates over 5,200 students in 11 schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

We adjusted our resources, and this year, 96 percent of K-5 students met typical growth in English language arts. We received data based on grade-level academic standard assumptions instead of the individualized foundational literacy skills students needed.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

Standardized testing became ubiquitous and often crowded out the arts, physical education, and even recess in under-resourced schools. The No Child Left Behind Act (2001) and Race to the Top (2009) entrenched these policies, and emphasized test-based accountability, school competition, and punitive measures for “failing” schools.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2025

They apply math, physics, logic, and art often without realizing it. Every student builds something real–worlds, systems, characters–applying STEAM principles along the way. Students experience the entire design process, which helps them gain practical knowledge in real-world contexts.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. Building Confident Educators 101: The Art of Differentiating Instruction : “Differentiating Instruction 101” is a hands-on workshop that equips educators with essential strategies for addressing diverse student needs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Exploratorium: Science Snacks The Exploratorium, a renowned museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, offers Science Snacks–free, hands-on STEM activities designed for students in grades 3-12. Here are five online learning resources to support summer STEM learning: 1.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Library Sanctuary Hours” — Create designated tech-free zones and times in the library with enhanced features like meditation corners, art supplies, and comfortable reading nooks. Include daily group check-ins for accountability and support. Run for two months, expanding hours based on usage patterns.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. To read more about supporting self-paced learning and keeping students on track, check out my blog titled “ The Art of Self-Pacing: How to Build Playlists that Keep Students on Track.”

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

For example, if you are an English Language Arts teacher, you may want to consider a file labeled “Reading,” another labeled “Writing,” and yet another for “Speaking/Listening’ ’ Additionally, you can create subfiles within those folders and organize your resources by novel, writing genres, or topic.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Engagement Strategy #3 Pair the Video with Sketch Notes or Sketch Art. Instead, give them opportunities to document their thinking with drawings and art. Providing them with a guided note template, concept map, or graphic organizer can help them more effectively capture and organize the information presented in the video.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

He is the bestselling author of The Art of Social Grace: Look Right, Talk Right, and Act Right in Global Settings a modern guide for navigating influence and elegance on the world stage. In the age of AI, we are not just witnessing the transformation of classrooms—we are witnessing the evolution of leadership.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

He is the bestselling author of The Art of Social Grace: Look Right, Talk Right, and Act Right in Global Settings a modern guide for navigating influence and elegance on the world stage. In the age of AI, we are not just witnessing the transformation of classrooms—we are witnessing the evolution of leadership.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

English Language Arts Graphic Organizers. They can select the reading strategy they want to focus on and practice as they read and annotate. This choice board gives them the agency to decide which strategy to work on at any given moment. Graphic organizers are another way to get students thinking more deeply about the texts they are reading.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Making literacy seamless, not separate One of the most impactful shifts I’ve seen in recent years is the growing understanding that literacy is not confined to English Language Arts (ELA). In fact, every teacher is a reading teacher. That’s why World Book’s cross-curricular capabilities are essential.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

The company recently completed a major evidence study across 242 sites and 25,000 students, showing significant improvements in English language arts, reduced disciplinary issues, better school culture, and 2.5 fewer absent days per student.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master of Science in International Political Economy from the Colorado School of Mines, an MBA in Finance from the Quantic School of Business and is currently pursuing a Doctor of Leadership and Innovation at Purdue University – Global.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics. As STEM has risen in prominence over the past decade, arts education has yet to achieve the same recognition and integration. You can’t have one without the other.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

In Washington state’s final year of the exit exam, around 1 in 10 high school seniors didn’t pass the English language arts portion, and 1 in 5 didn’t pass the math test, the Seattle Times reported. Three years ago, Toppenish started offering middle schoolers two-week labs to test drive careers such as marketing, nursing, or culinary arts.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubric Criteria Research on a problem Solution design Communication and collaboration California English Language Arts Writing Standards Grade 7 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Introduce claim(s), acknowledge and address alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Language 545

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Option 1 Science: Design a new experiment to test a scientific hypothesis Science: Write a research paper on an environmental issue Math: Solve a set of problems and explain your solutions in a video tutorial Math: Develop a math game that helps others learn about a mathematical concept or process English : Write an essay analyzing the symbolism in (..)

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

There’s also a large selection of donated books, the latest technology tools, and artwork that was personally selected by an art curation team. Special features we wanted in our Empowerment Center included a huge, interactive flatscreen TV that students, teachers, and guest speakers use to interact and work together.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

DENVER — The AI Education Project (aiEDU) and The Rithm Project are proud to announce a new partnership focused on advancing AI literacy and AI readiness and human connection in high school English Language Arts (ELA) classrooms.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

My friend assembled Señora’s books and posters of Spanish art. I assembled original copies of her worksheets and transparencies, hoping the cursive ish font de Señora would buttress my confidence in a room full of discerning high school juniors. I added her 1998-99 planner to my stash, sentimentally marking our graduation year.

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