Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2023

The integration of AI tools in English language arts (ELA) instruction has emerged as a potentially transformative pedagogical approach that could redefine the traditional landscape of education. EdSurge: At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, you piloted a multifaceted AI program to support the teaching of argumentative writing.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., Advocating for Representation in Education Identity was at the core for many of these fellows, and they sought opportunities to advocate not just for their students identities but also for their surrounding community of parents and alumni.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital solutions learning wherever it takes place.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Aspire is a flexible, self-paced digital solution that helps educators apply science-based strategies that accelerate literacy skills among students in grades 4-8 across disciplines and all levels of literacy competencies. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

At SchoolStatus, we firmly believe that educators’ voices must be central in shaping education technology. Our Customer Advisory Board enables us to directly collaborate with the people who best understand the needs of schools and districts across the U.S. Dr. Shepherd was the Asst.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

In my course students will be asked to explore the connection between computation and graffiti, through the engagement of people who use code to reimagine this cultural art form. Dr. Gaskins is director of the STEAM Lab at Boston Arts Academy. . In 2015, the number of students taking the AP CS exam increased by nearly 24 percent.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The Bay Area Music Project started in 2014, as an after-school pilot project at Maya Lin, an art-integrated, magnet school in Alameda, California. The second year, it launched a violin program with instruments that were rescued from a dumpster at a nearby middle school. And it’s not just creativity that’s lost.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, all middle and high school students within the district will have access to Reading Plus for the following three years. The significant expansion follows a successful pilot program and small implementation at six of the district’s middle schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Erin Haley, middle school teacher at The Bayshore School in Daly City, Calif.: “YES I’ve had fully educated parents tell me that they appreciate what I do, coupled with those now infamous words, ‘I don’t know how or why you teach.’” Noppinger, eighth grade math teacher at Dumbarton Middle School in Towson, Md.: “I

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2024

She was interested in college, but worried that the cost could keep her from pursuing higher education. So she applied and got accepted to the high school’s “Associate of Arts Degree Pathway,” which essentially turns junior and senior year of high school into a two-year college curriculum. How is the program going?

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

times more effective than typical interventions for both EL and non-EL middle school students. Developed to address the decades-long gap in reading proficiency across the nation, Lexia PowerUp Literacy is designed to enhance core English language arts instruction for struggling readers in grades 6-12.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.: “I Claire Peterson, middle school teacher at Pat Neff Middle School in San Antonio, Texas: “This isn't the same. Sheri Clyde, first grade teacher at Mary Finn School in Southborough, Mass.: “How And, give the teacher some grace.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Coding is one of those areas where it's a skill, but it’s also an art,” Ebert says. Ebert expects that percentage to increase as students take their required computer science classes in high school. Sometimes people think about computer science just as technology, and there’s something magical behind a curtain,” Ebert says.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students. Ramaz School Nominated by: RobotLAB Inc.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2017

Anthony Caccavo is a middle school curriculum coordinator and social studies teacher at St. Middle school technologist Benjamin Lloyd knows his students are already using VR to watch movies and game at home. His goal is to help them to see the academic and creative potential while at school.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2021

I attended low-performing elementary and middle schools in San Francisco, and no one in my family had ever gone to college. My pathway to college and a career was a narrow—and unlikely—success story.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs. When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2019

And when he’s not spending time with some of his favorites—StarCraft and Hearthstone—he’s teaching middle school students how to build their own. It’s almost like a Language Arts activity in a lot of ways,” Isaacs says. In fact, that’s how his own classes at William Annin Middle School first started.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Aspire is a flexible, self-paced digital solution that helps educators apply science-based strategies that accelerate literacy skills among students in grades 4-8 across disciplines and all levels of literacy competencies. For more information, visit www.lexialearning.com.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. We have a fine arts program that allows students to graduate with a focus on dance, theater or various forms of music. But they’re doing more than they think.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The lab is a blended-learning shared space where students can choose pre-made projects and design challenges from our four pillars—Computer Science, Engineering, Digital Arts, and, now, Entrepreneurship. They can build something in Minecraft: Education Edition, for example, or combine a Makey Makey kit with Scratch.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

AI tools have rapidly entered Language Arts classrooms. To explore this relationship, we interviewed 27 middle school writing teachers nationwide and looked at their teaching materials and student work. We wanted to understand better the relationship between teachers and the AI employed by the automated writing evaluation tool.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Suddenly, lessons on the physics of energy were tied to teaching kids how to be theme park engineers, and language arts and math lessons were anchored in running and marketing a profitable startup. For others, he says, “We have to bring that into the school, into the family’s life, so they can see that their child can absolutely compete.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School (CCRMS) in East Palo Alto is named after the famed Mexican-American labor leader and civil rights activist. This tribute is fitting, given that the majority of the school’s students identify as Hispanic or Latinx. Students must first follow directions to build their Spin Art machines.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2017

I think students are reading and writing more than ever,” says Jeremy Hyler, an eighth-grade English teacher at Fulton Middle School in Michigan. “Is Is it quality writing? Not all the time.” So let’s mix them together and talk about them both.” Afterward, they talked about what a complex sentence might look like on each platform.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Students at the Center of Applied Sciences and Technology (COAST) in Brunswick County, N.C., are starting the year with new options for learning about STEM subjects tied to in-demand, high-paying careers — such as cybersecurity, game art and design, digital design and animation. .

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Personalized Notes Claire Peterson, teacher at Pat Neff Middle School in San Antonio, Texas: “Words are always good to hear. Noppinger, eighth grade math teacher at Dumbarton Middle School in Towson, Md.: Faye McDonough, eighth grade teacher at Headwaters Academy, Independent Middle School in Bozeman, Mont.: “The

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2021

For educators and parents navigating the world of education technology, international players such as Byju’s may not yet be household names. which it acquired in August 2020) and eventually including music, fine arts and English to students in the U.S., But they will. By contrast, Byju’s FutureSchool (launched in the U.S.

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Edsurge

APRIL 6, 2020

Two weeks ago I was due to visit a handful of innovative schools in New York City and the Bay area as part of my research. I am an edtech consultant and student of experience design at the University of the Arts, London. That’s the level of impact the school intends to continue to facilitate for its Bronx community.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two years later. It’s not just the Language Arts or Reading teacher’s sole responsibility to teach literacy. Art / Music.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

This 2½ day hands-on workshop introduces the arts as activities that enhance various stages of project-based learning. Artists from various mediums (visual arts, improvisation, dance/movement, etc.) Design thinking practitioners from LUMA Institute and experienced PBL teachers help educators workshop and develop their ideas.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke to Hadzovic about her experiences using AI in her instructional practices in middle school English classes. Aida Hadzovic English Language Arts Teacher, Brooklyn School District Hadzovic: At first, to be honest, I was hesitant. Like many teachers, I wasn’t sure about using AI in my teaching.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Romano-Arribito is an EdSurge columnist and has spent about 27 years in the classroom teaching everything from first grade to middle school in her home state of New Jersey. She says she loved working in elementary school but the switch to middle school was tough. Or not burnout, exactly, but demoralization.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2020

Afterward, teachers and mentors put those skills into practice during a free summer program that ended up serving about 12,000 students, teaching them core English and math classes along with the arts. Schools that partner with the new Cadence Learning will organize their schedules around the program, which can last up to four hours a day.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Below, we’ve gathered some of the latest and most relevant marketplace news to keep you up-to-date on product developments, teaching and learning initiatives, and new trends in education. All middle schools in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) have officially begun to incorporate digital citizenship education into the curriculum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

Her mother was a middle school science teacher whose parenting “really incorporated a lot of that curiosity and wonder and awe, kind of like we saw at the Smithsonian here today,” she says. Rivera grew up to become a middle school science teacher, too.

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