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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Writing Essay Art Knowledge 230

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. When I returned to the classroom, I faced those same questions. Be sure to reserve time for the Creators Fiesta , a destination for creative discovery and hands-on making. What should we use?

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Art Math STEM Participation 148

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?” My journey has been one of constant evolution—from questioning the system to becoming someone who works to reimagine it. As a student, I found myself disengaged, even though I deeply valued the idea of learning.

Interdisciplinary 247

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Nurture creativity with the arts 7. 4th Grade Reading Comprehension Passages & Daily Questions: Fiction & Nonfiction By One Stop Teacher Shop Grades: 4th Standards: CCSS RL.4.1, All texts are professionally written and on-level, and all questions are editable, which makes it easy to customize them to fit your student’s needs.

Curriculum 98

Curriculum Social Studies Art Learning Styles 98

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Explore and experiment in the hands-on Fiesta Studio–part creator space, part art lab. When I returned to the classroom, I faced those same questions. Be sure to reserve time for the Creators Fiesta , a destination for creative discovery and hands-on making. What should we use?

Art 148

Art Math STEM Participation 148

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2025

When we teach students to solve complex problems, we must also teach them why we use certain techniques and challenge them to ask WHY questions. They apply math, physics, logic, and art often without realizing it. Games are complex systems with many interconnected layers. Most systems in games are extremely complex.

Game-Based Learning 270

Game-Based Learning Skills Teaching Gamification 270

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

The team began with the open-ended question, “How might we pilot different practices related to cell phone/social media use to gauge the effectiveness or impact on student well-being, engagement and sense of belonging?” Include daily group check-ins for accountability and support. Run for two months, expanding hours based on usage patterns.

Schools 182

Schools Students Feedback Participation 182

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

After showing one of his classic street interview segments—where he asks everyday people basic science questions that many fumble to answer—he surprised the audience by pushing back against their laughter. That raises an important question: Is social motivation primarily from the school in schools like Alpha and Khan World School?

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Motivation Learning Students Achievement 276

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian and improv teacher, posed this question to a group of high school students in Northern California at a Laughing Together workshop he was leading. “If you were an object, what object would you be?” He remembered one who identified as a fruit.

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Students Failure Disabilities Game-Based Learning 104

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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STEM Learning Science Textbooks 231

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.

Critical Thinking 96

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 96

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

Many have struggled to address the same big questions, including what exactly high school is for, and what students should need to do to earn a diploma. But as student debt soared and some questioned the value of higher education, schools abandoned that college-for-all mentality.

Exams 266

Exams High School High School Schools 266

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.

Art 52

Art Math Grades Activities 52

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous. I found myself dialing down my teacher self, showing up in ways that neither reflected nor respected my commitment to teaching and learning.

Education 116

Education Essay Culture Math 116

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.

Critical Thinking 125

Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 125

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?” My journey has been one of constant evolution—from questioning the system to becoming someone who works to reimagine it. As a student, I found myself disengaged, even though I deeply valued the idea of learning.

Interdisciplinary 145

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. Students explore big ideas through play, questions, and reflection. They dont just memorize factsthey weigh them, question them, and apply them. Every student has their own MacBook or iPad.

Schools 212

Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 212

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

On Wednesdays, we worked from the “Book of Questions,” asking and responding entirely en español. My friend assembled Señora’s books and posters of Spanish art. Only after becoming a teacher did I recognize Señora’s level of sacrifice. Each day, fourth hour, we’d sit in a fishbowl cubicle in the library.

High School 205

High School High School Teachers Schools 205

Cassie Stephens

JULY 16, 2025

Before we dive in, I just wanna say that what you're about to see here is how I run my first 30 minute art class with my first though fourth grade students. If you just want a whole dang book to have and to hold with all of the info I'm about to share (and so much more), you can pick up a copy of my book Art Teacherin' 101 right here.

Art 98

Art Grades Questions Schools 98

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I walked into my classroom and started with a question I didn’t know the answer to. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. I never position the question as rhetorical. I return to the paradox and ask: “What questions are you leaving with?”

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Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 98

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?

Writing 130

Writing Essay Art Knowledge 130

Faculty Focus

JUNE 15, 2025

I walked into my classroom and started with a question I didn’t know the answer to. The Paradox Effect That one question—unresolved, unanswerable, alive—did more to wake up my students than any HBR case ever had. I never position the question as rhetorical. I return to the paradox and ask: “What questions are you leaving with?”

Syllabus 85

Syllabus Ethics Art Questions 85

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2025

In fact, the answer to the question… “What online images can I use?” The law states that works of art created in the U.S. Personally, I won’t read authors who use ai.” –Anonymous author on X “Authors using AI art on your covers, you’re cutting off your own leg. That’s not always true.

Teachers 109

Teachers Art Fairness Failure 109

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

What a good question. For simple assignments like reading responses, where I just want students to get their thoughts down, its a simple question of Did you do the assignment? College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa, 2024, [link]. And, at long last, I have a functioning rubric. Gannon, Kevin. Inoue, Asoa.

Grades 66

Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 66

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

Explore the author’s work and help your students prep thoughtful questions. Each visit kicks off with a game of 20 Questions where students try to guess the identity of their upcoming visitor based on yes/no questions and clues, if needed. In addition to written clues and yes/no questions, you could also share props.

Writing 52

Writing Questions Discussions Activities 52

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.

Hybrid Learning 128

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128

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. Sometimes on Organized Classroom’s Facebook Page , we do a collaboration question. What are some unique fundraising ideas to get students involved?

Elementary School 83

Elementary School Elementary School Participation Activities 83

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. 2, 3, 4, 5, RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, RL.8.1,

Grades 52

Grades Teaching Teachers Teaching Philosophy 52

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Imagine if a teacher said, “Go write on it and see what you come up with,” after a student asked a question. This process can happen when studying any subject, not just English language arts. Rarely do we hear people, even teachers, discuss writing as a process for learning.

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Writing STEM Learning Critical Thinking 634

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.

Schools 98

Schools Counselling Math Motivation 98

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. So my question became, “How do I encourage my students to read in a way that lights a fire for them, so that they don’t see it as just another torturous reading assignment from their dumb teacher?” I just hope he has good brakes.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

There will be some of the smaller liberal arts colleges that have a good brand and offer a good experience. But if you’re trying to understand the nature of the human heart, how do you ask that question to something that is just an assemblage of a bunch of information? It could be that I understand that you don’t understand yet.

History 110

History Intelligence Writing Knowledge 110

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

Perfect for class members working on social skills or for those too-silent periods, these questions, activities, and getting-to-know-you resources are just what you need to warm things up in class. Try these questions for a change of pace: What’s your go-to app when you open your phone?

High School 52

High School High School Questions Activities 52

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!

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Quizzes Learning Motivation 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

Keep Supplies Accessible Also, take time to gather essentials– notebooks, pencils, a whiteboard, art supplies, etc. For example, you might decide to start your day with daily question slides or creative thinking journals. Try to avoid high-traffic areas where other household activities will become a distraction.

Teachers 52

Teachers Math Social Studies Languages 52

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

Students won’t know your routines yet, so transitions will likely take longer than you think, questions will pop up when you least expect, supplies will take longer to put away, etc. Morning Work Art Lay out a selection of templates on each student’s desk. Think about questions you can ask peers later based on their words!

Teaching 52

Teaching Schools Math Activities 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

Four Corners | Music Edition: Icebreaker, Body Break or Timekiller By PrimaryJuniorPassions Grades: 2nd-8th This musical four corners activity comes with 31 ready-to-go questions on Google Slides, plus blank slides you can customize to fit your class. Pair music with art to take those emotional responses to the next level.

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Activities Elementary School Elementary School Students 52