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. Each lesson poses a big question–like “Why do stars twinkle?” or “Can a tree grow without seeds?”–and

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?”

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). Navigating the Disorienting Dilemma As we reason through this innovative technology, we will question truth and reality.

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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). Maybe we are asking the wrong questions?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Critical thinking is defined by Paul and Elder as “the art of analyzing and evaluating thought processes with a view to improving them” (Paul and Elder 2020, 9). Navigating the Disorienting Dilemma As we reason through this innovative technology, we will question truth and reality.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

There will be some of the smaller liberal arts colleges that have a good brand and offer a good experience. The product-makers may have no connection with students … They think that there is this fundamental idea that the [point] of teaching is to transmit knowledge. That’s why they love the idea of personalization and AI tutors.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 11, 2025

Additionally, an “Art Auction Fundraiser” can be organized, where students create and auction off their artwork, with the proceeds contributing to a meaningful cause. This encourages teamwork and knowledge sharing while raising funds in an intellectually stimulating manner.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Spanish Bulletin Board – Frida Kahlo art and culture lesson By Mister Senor Grades: 3rd-12th Illuminate Hispanic culture and art with this colorful, creative bulletin board about Frida Kahlo. We’re a Work of Art : Give students printouts of easels to create drawings of themselves.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

These are a great chance for your child to ask questions, get clarification, and interact with their teachers, just like in a physical classroom. Support One-to-One Meetings: Some students are more comfortable asking questions in private rather than during group sessions. Encourage your child to participate!

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Students master the art of hydraulics and/or pneumatics with a creative project that brings multiple engineering types together. Middle schoolers put this question to the test when they use their knowledge of magnetism, robotics, and electrical engineering to create the most helpful robot possible.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

In response to questions from Chalkbeat about why NSF cancelled Take Flight and other research projects, a spokesperson for NSF reiterated that rationale, and said the agency would still fund projects that “promote the progress of science, advance the national health, prosperity and welfare and secure the national defense.”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 19, 2025

After the announcement of our small private liberal arts college, we found ourselves redefining and reinventing our careers. Jenni, the early career Assistant Professor, was in her second year of teaching at the institution after leaving an even smaller liberal arts institution which she felt was on shaky financial footing.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Do you wish your parents would ask you more questions about your day, or fewer questions? Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class. Should students be required to take a music or art class? When is it okay to break up with a friend?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 19, 2025

After the announcement of our small private liberal arts college, we found ourselves redefining and reinventing our careers. Jenni, the early career Assistant Professor, was in her second year of teaching at the institution after leaving an even smaller liberal arts institution which she felt was on shaky financial footing.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

But most people acquire most of their knowledge outside school, and in school only insofar as school, in a few rich counties, has come their place of confinement during an increasing part of their lives.” In my experience, " teaching " can only lead to learning when the learner is actively wondering about the questions being answered.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

When traditional icebreakers just dont cut it, try switching things up with Would You Rather questions for high school. These simple questions are an easy way to get students talking and thinking without the pressure of a writing prompt. Try them for a morning meeting, first-week-of-school activity, or SEL check-in.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

intriguing questions before the period even begins. 2 | EDITABLE By Lana’s Classroom Grades: 6th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Fifty riddles and accompanying solutions make it easy to incorporate daily riddles into your class period. Test their knowledge of organelles and their functions with scavenger hunt activities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

That includes everything from Common Core to the IB philosophy, from Depth of Knowledge to Project-based Learning. self-verbalization/questioning. Subjects like art and music — though they show little value in overall student success — are valuable in and of themselves. I confess, I found it frustrating.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

They can be designed around pre-packaged online curricula or the sorts of adaptive software that are being developed to support learning in math and language arts. In that light, the obvious question is, “Why blend?” There’s a history that must be valued as much as it is questioned. Next page: Introducing the 4/1 model.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

What will students understand (content knowledge) or be able to do (skills) at the end of the lesson or learning cycle? 2 Assess Prior Knowledge. Other students may not have any prior knowledge on a topic. What questions or wonderings do you have about this topic? Learning isn’t like lining up for a race.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Answering those questions creates clarity about what teachers and students are working toward, making it easier to design a rubric to measure progress toward those learning objectives. This helps them to focus their efforts on the skills and knowledge that are most important.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2019

PLTW creates an engaging, hands-on classroom environment and empowers students to develop in-demand knowledge and skills they need to thrive. We can give lots of examples to the “When will I use this again” question. Think about the arts. The arts are made possible because of STEM. That’s how new knowledge is created.’.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

Although I love teaching all subjects, I always choose English/language arts and social studies, in part because I love the challenge of engaging young leaners in these important subjects. You simply upload a slideshow or create one from scratch, then add questions, video clips, or polls to keep students engaged.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

It begs the question, What is the value of racing through material if students don’t understand or retain it? Art Projects: In the visual arts, students often work on projects that require creativity, experimentation, and refinement. Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

Sometimes it’s about empathy —or in the case of some of the latest research coming out of Johns Hopkins, it’s about understanding how art plays a role in learning. EdSurge sat down with Hardiman recently to learn about the Initiative’ recent findings around how injecting art into lessons across disciplines can boost memory and retention.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Adding IXL Language Arts to the list ensures that eligible local education agencies across the state can request reimbursement for purchasing the platform to enhance early literacy instruction. IXL is currently used by 20 percent of students in Missouri, accounting for more than 210,000 students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

Science is more than just a body of knowledge; it is the process of discovering new knowledge. The Nature of Science is what distinguishes science from other methods of knowing such as art, philosophy, or social science. Scientists formulate questions and construct ways to investigate those questions.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Educators throughout the state can now administer the diagnostic as a beginning-of-year and mid-year assessment to measure students’ overall grade-level proficiency in math and English language arts based on Virginia’s Standards of Learning.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Learners can more effectively assimilate and interrogate new concepts by connecting new information to prior knowledge, extending ideas beyond initial comprehension, and pinpointing areas of challenge or uncertainty. Challenge: Encourage them to think about a question they have about this object or creature.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

In inquiry-based classrooms, teachers guide students through the research process and allow them to share their knowledge on their chosen subject. Teachers ask questions to encourage students to dig deeper, and then provide the variety of texts they need to conduct their research most effectively.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Claim-Evidence-Question” routine. The routine can be applied to various situations, from analyzing a piece of art to discussing a historical event. Questions in this phase could include “What does this remind me of?”

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 28, 2024

It’s like a scavenger hunt: Find three things, answer three questions. Artful annotation inspires them to record their responses in their own unique ways. Guided Annotation (Whole Class) To help students learn to prioritize information, the teacher will pose questions that reinforce the points made in the explicit model.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2022

Here’s a question for you: “What do you think is the most unpopular subject in school?” This can dampen their engagement and cause them to miss crucial knowledge that will ultimately help them in their learning journey. This begs the question: How do we as teachers infuse curiosity and creativity into our math lessons?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

One of the latest people to tackle those questions is Josh Eyler, in a new book called “ How Humans Learn.” EdSurge: Is teaching an art or a science? Eyler: That is the perennial question. We actually wrote a post for our Teaching Center’s blog with that title, “Is teaching an art or a science?”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Bringing parts of their personal lives into the learning process is not only motivating, but also improves knowledge retention over time. This was particularly true for educators in specialized subject areas, such as visual & performing arts and computer science & technology. Use prior knowledge as a base for new information.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

In January, Colby College announced the formation of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence , calling it the “first cross-disciplinary institute for artificial intelligence at a liberal arts college.” There is a reason no other liberal arts college has engaged in an undertaking of this nature.

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