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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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. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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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. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

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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. By corporations who do very little testing to see whether or not those products are safe or effective for children. A lot of edtech programs today are aimed at the K-12 market.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

NGSS MS-ETS1-2, ETS1-1, ETS1-3; MS-PS2-1 Subjects: Engineering, Math, Physical Science This hands-on STEM project for middle school takes students through the steps and knowledge needed to create bottle rockets out of 2-liter soda bottles, CSs, and duct tape. Lead them through an activity that demonstrates their knowledge of heat transfer.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Students work on cars that they’ll later pit against each other in the ultimate test of mechanical engineering, aerodynamics, and creativity. Students master the art of hydraulics and/or pneumatics with a creative project that brings multiple engineering types together.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Creative Expression of Learning: Not every child shines through essays or multiple-choice tests—and that’s okay. Whether it’s a short video, digital art, a song, or a presentation, expressing knowledge in a format they enjoy can boost engagement and retention.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

NSF has long been a primary funder of this work, and one of the few institutions that helps researchers not only test new ideas in the classroom, but figure out what worked and why–which is key to replicating a successful program. Families also got to put their building skills to the test. Now we just went to zero.”

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class. Narrative Writing Prompts: TASK CARDS By Stacey Lloyd Grades: 6th-10th Subjects: Creative Writing, English Language Arts Avoid writers block with a helpful set of narrative writing task cards.

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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.” Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day. Testing was rare and largely inconsequential. Many students.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

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 your students’ funny bones and critical thinking skills with these science-themed riddles and jokes.

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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. None of these have anything to do with teacher training, background, test scores, rubrics, class size, or pay scales. The same could be said of Standards and curricula adopted in my varied teaching gigs.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

When I first became principal, I was compelled to explore all aspects of what it meant to be a 21 st -century learner in an international baccalaureate context: as a global citizen, as a collaborative co-creator of knowledge, as a caring human being. She ended up doing an art installation and website on the theme “Rightfully Ours.”

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts are essential to all students even though they may not be classified as a core subject. Kennedy’s support for the arts in America.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. 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.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2015

The needs to promote a whole child education and to reduce the overreliance on standardized testing are just two of many priorities that span all education systems across the globe,” said David Griffith, ASCD director of public policy. Provide comprehensive opportunities in all academic subjects, including the arts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

This spring, students throughout Clark County and across Washington will take a new standardized test called the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Eleventh-graders and students in third through eighth grade will take the new math and English language arts tests aligned to the Washington State Learning Standards.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual world for nearly two grades, and their initial homework and test scores reveal a significant decrease in knowledge transfer, social skills, and core learning habits across a variety of subjects.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? This approach often fails to recognize and accommodate the diverse ways students understand and express their knowledge. This could be a specific skill, concept, or knowledge area.

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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. However, the digital resources are not enough—they need to be applied within the context of effective, classroom-tested strategies.

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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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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

After politics and religion, few issues are as contentious as standardized tests. To some, standardized testing overwhelms our schools and helps eradicate differences between students. Whatever your thoughts, there’s no denying that students are taking lots of tests. students were taking about eight tests a year.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The past 18 months tested everyone, and few were more tested than teachers. With that knowledge and those resources now available to supplement learning taking place in the classroom, teachers can consider integrating new activities, like making digital art or creating podcasts into their lesson plans.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

An integrated STEAM education also puts students on the path to success with higher test scores, stronger attendance records, better disciplinary records, and increased engagement and graduation rates. Makerspaces are a great example of STEAM learning, letting students combine creativity and art elements into more traditional STEM topics.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

This is achieved through strong academics tailored to different learning styles, leadership opportunities, service projects, and a vibrant community of clubs, sports, and the arts. One of the standout features is its STREAM program: Science, Technology, Religion, Arts, and Mathematics. At the end of the day, success at St.

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

The COVID pandemic has tested everyone, and few were more tested than teachers. With that knowledge and those resources now available to supplement learning taking place in the classroom, teachers can consider integrating new activities, like making digital art or creating podcasts into their lesson plans.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Testing Art 294

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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

And perhaps most novel, instead of traditional tests, they’re using “Sparkle Sleuths,” one in an emerging set of assessment tools to measure their mastery. The middle school has been in operation for 10 years, with innovation and the arts woven into its original charter. The seven Maker Elements determined by MIT.,

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2023

As part of the collaboration, the state’s second-largest K-12 school system will now use IXL’s award-winning platform district-wide to boost academic achievement in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. IXL is used by nearly 40 percent of all K-12 students in Kentucky, accounting for more than 283,000 learners.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2020

are struggling with reading and the gap is widening, according to recent NAEP testing. As a language arts teacher and learning specialist, I have been alarmed by the decline in vocabulary knowledge I’ve witnessed over the years. Two-thirds of students in the U.S.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Over the course of the three-day event, these highly skilled students were tested on their knowledge of renewable energy, their design and problem-solving skills, and their wind turbines’ energy output by a team of renewable energy educators and industry professionals. Team scores were based on their performance on three tasks.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key points: Crafts can help students develop skills needed to succeed in the 21st century 4 key findings on student engagement More gifted students need accelerated paths For more on deeper learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Who doesn’t love arts and crafts? Instead of just making a model, push students to optimize their designs.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2019

Teacher prep programs are failing to pay attention to the content knowledge teacher candidates need, and an astonishingly high number of elementary teacher candidates fail professional licensing tests teach year, according to a new report. Lightning and Thunderstorms”) to benefit a teacher who lacks a broad knowledge of science.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

English language arts (ELA) standards identify a set of foundational skills students must master in their progression to becoming skilled readers. K-5 student test scores plummeted in math and reading nationwide this year, erasing two decades of progress. Letter knowledge should also include letter-sound correspondence.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Now, with the evolution of art in STEAM, educators have the opportunity to structure their coursework in non-traditional ways that create excitement and fun around learning. There is an art form to teaching STEAM principles in creative ways outside of writing out math equations that make kids excited to go to school and learn.

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