Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

That’s a game-changer for differentiation,” says Kim Zajac, a speech and language pathologist at Norton Public School in Massachusetts. Mark Bannecker, an English teacher at North High School in Missouri, is building AI-powered learning modules that guide students through skill-building exercises. Our focus is on skills, not tools.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. These skills are honed extensively across the curriculum, within the context of increasingly challenging problems, projects, and performance standards.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

With small class sizes, individualized instruction, and a focus on executive functioning, social-emotional growth, and life skills, AEF offers a unique educational experience tailored to each students needs. These platforms allow students to practice skills at their own pace while giving teachers real-time insights into their progress.

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k12 Digest

JULY 24, 2025

They lack the foundational skills to decode the symbolic language of chemistry, such as chemical formulas, structural representations, and reaction mechanisms. Activities such as sorting, matching, and pattern recognition can lay the groundwork for understanding chemical relationships, akin to phonics instruction in language learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

This activity emphasizes computational thinking and problem-solving, incorporating Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and utilizing differentiation strategies to support diverse elementary learners. I aim to demonstrate how technology integration can be purposeful and manageable by modeling this approach.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Nurture creativity with the arts 7. Preschool Curriculum & Lesson Plans | Toddler Activities Worksheets Sensory Bins By The Stay at Home Teacher – Kaitlyn Renfro Grades: PreK This curriculum includes basic skills like counting, shapes, colors, letter identification, and more. Block out time for reading and writing 3.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

When he graduates in June, Brito will have completed several diploma pathways, including ones aimed at preparing for college and building career skills. The old one-size-fits-all approach had “a negative impact for our students with diverse learning needs, academic challenges, and also language barriers.” Now over 89% do.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

Sheridan Doerr shares how the Second Step K-12 social-emotional learning curriculum builds foundational human skills that enhance academic performance. fewer absent days per student. fewer absent days per student.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

Programs like ASDAN, BTEC, and the Duke of Edinburgh International Award give students additional pathways to develop leadership, problem-solving, and real-world skills. A key part of this approach is the ASDAN curriculum, which is designed to develop practical skills, social integration, and emotional intelligence.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The critical thinking model developed by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder is pragmatic and fosters the critical thinking skills needed to navigate AI. 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).

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., Hind Haddad, an Arabic language teacher in Columbus, Ohio, experienced many microaggressions as a Muslim educator.

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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. Why Protocol Needs AI AI doesn’t replace soft skills and would never, but it elevates them. What does this mean for education? It’s already here.

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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. Why Protocol Needs AI AI doesn’t replace soft skills and would never, but it elevates them. What does this mean for education? It’s already here.

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Intelligence Ethics Culture Education 183

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The critical thinking model developed by Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder is pragmatic and fosters the critical thinking skills needed to navigate AI. 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).

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

These arent just digital skillstheyre life skills. They begin tackling real problems, building research skills, and learning how to think for themselves. Alongside the Prefect system, Elmwoods student-led councils offer focused leadership experiences in areas like academics, arts, athletics, and service. The result?

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

They’ll memorize elaborate lore, master mechanics, mimic skills, and explain them to others—all without being assigned a single worksheet. At Khan World School, a partnership between ASU Prep and Khan Academy, students have shown learning growth as high as 2 to 5 times national norms in math, reading, and language arts.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 25, 2025

Support mental health with social-emotional learning posters Encourage your students’ emotional growth with social-emotional learning posters that address mindfulness, stress management, growth mindset, coping skills, and more. Surround students in science Science is all around us — literally, when you decorate your room with science posters.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Gamification allows broad content areas (like English-Language Arts) with few measures of performance (alphanumeric symbols) to be broken up into more granular–and achievable–concepts and skills. (Personal) your praise? Social) peer pressure?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. For more complicated assignments, I assign each point an objective, and each objective introduces a new skill or concept. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa, 2024, [link]. have you told us what the monster is a metaphor for? Inoue, Asoa.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

Keep Supplies Accessible Also, take time to gather essentials– notebooks, pencils, a whiteboard, art supplies, etc. I still had my kids use binders/folders/notebooks so they were developing good organization skills. Here is my favorite daily journal, which combines thoughtful prompts with academic skills!

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. It’s a simple, effective strategy that not only improves reading skills, but also increases reading stamina. Encountering Pushback This whole activity started when I saw my students’ reading skills diminishing.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Maintain a steady stash of supplies Anyone who’s taught language arts (or any class, really) has heard “I forgot my pencil” more times than they can count. For students who are testing below grade level, incorporate the CCSS for language arts that are closer to their actual abilities.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

We talk about writing as a product for assessment, a subject where paragraphs and commas are taught, or a skill that one either has developed or lacks. Through the process of writing, writers put nascent thoughts into comprehensible language for others to read. Simply put, writing is our critical thinking made visible.

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1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 9, 2025

Purchase Options : Christian Book , Amazon Evan-Moor Skill Sharpeners We used this when my daughter was young because she loved workbooks. Best for: Christian homeschoolers wanting to integrate faith and language arts. Grades: K-6th Approach: Daily workbook lessons; short, consistent practice.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Project & Rubric – Back-to-School, New Year, End-of-Year Activities By Jenn Liu — Engaging to Empower Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Life Skills Teach middle and high school students how to make a vision board using this no-prep, interactive Google Slides lesson!

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Primary Punch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

These are two boom card decks I’m most excited about, Articulation Valentine Party and Language Valentine Party. The articulation deck includes 25 different phonemes and the language deck has 20 different language skills. The language deck is mostly reading though so better for middle-upper elementary.

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Primary Punch

JANUARY 2, 2021

I print and laminate a bunch of gameboards (specifically the skills I know I need the most). This month’s dot art is a mitten , we usually read the book The Mitten, then complete the craft. These make mixed groups easy to plan, a variety of articulation and language skills are included in the pack.

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k12

JULY 7, 2025

Subject Areas (math, language arts, science, history, and more) – Your child can go from “I hate math!” Learning Objectives & Skills – Whether your child is just starting to sound out words or is working on calculus (yep, we’ve got that), you can find what you need, when you need it. to “I’ve got this!” And did I mention?

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Primary Punch

DECEMBER 12, 2020

It has printable cards for both articulation and language skills. I like activities where the kids have to spend some time coloring because I usually get a chance to hear some great unstructured conversational speech and note if they are using any of their carryover skills. In December we make a dot art Christmas tree.

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Languages Language Activities Reading 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Is there a skill you wish you had? 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?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

k12

JUNE 24, 2025

For example, I create content for my YouTube channel and art during the daytime. On the other hand, last year, my favorite was my elective art courses because I was studying 2D animation. My Online School Day Can you describe a typical day and week for your virtual private school experience? Who is your favorite teacher?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach. Decorate your classroom with Hispanic heritage arts and crafts Present students with notable Hispanic historical figures in creative, hands-on ways.

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