eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Making literacy seamless, not separate One of the most impactful shifts I’ve seen in recent years is the growing understanding that literacy is not confined to English Language Arts (ELA). For my district, that enduring solution has been World Book. In fact, every teacher is a reading teacher.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Introduce social studies experiences 6. Nurture creativity with the arts 7. Introduce core subjects, like math, English, science, and social studies, through play, creativity, and real-world experiences. Students study six novels, learn to write multiple essay formats, write and study poetry, and learn discussion skills.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

Studies have found that while many online learning programs can produce significant gains when used at recommended dosages, only about 5% of students actually use them as recommended. Billions of dollars and countless reforms have gone toward efforts to raise test scores and close achievement gaps. These are not marginal improvements.

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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

JUNE 17, 2025

Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Pilot and Evaluate : Test AI applications in low-risk areas and gather feedback to refine strategies. Create Governance Structures : Form committees or task forces to oversee AI implementation.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Knowledge is evaluated with a slew of assignments and tests, and a letter grade is given as a kind of trophy—As are big trophies, Fs trophies of the wrong kind, but trophies still. Not all students want trophies or gold stickers, or to be patted on the head for ‘studying hard.’ Class rankings? Academic) A good grade?

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Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 102

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Pilot and Evaluate : Test AI applications in low-risk areas and gather feedback to refine strategies. Create Governance Structures : Form committees or task forces to oversee AI implementation.

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Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 70

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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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

For Trumbore, it started in 2004, when she went to Stanford to work for Patrick Suppes, who had been studying computer-assisted learning since the 1960s. There will be some of the smaller liberal arts colleges that have a good brand and offer a good experience. I don’t think all of them are going to survive.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Put their science and teamwork skills to the test with a five-activity survival STEM resource. Using popsicle sticks and instructions from the resource, middle schoolers work together to construct and test their catapults in a physics lesson about different types of energy.

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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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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

Like the smile from acing a test or the joy of earning a reward, those flashes of satisfaction are unforgettable. Study the states of matter with quick experiments for kids Projected Time : 5-20 minutes, but can vary Concepts : States of matter Materials : Varies This age group loves anything they can dig their fingers into.

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Elementary School Elementary School Science Schools 75

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

Study cause and effect with a Rube Goldberg machine 7. 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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Middle School Middle School Schools Science 52

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

And they entered college with gaps in study skills and anxiety about social interactions. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. Students welcomed low-key gatherings such as video nights or arts-and-crafts sessions.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

One thing that really helps me study that I couldn’t do at my old school is consistently listening to music. For example, I create content for my YouTube channel and art during the daytime. I really love studying in the forest because it can be very calming, and the ambience is nice. Sometimes more if there’s a test coming up.

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52

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.

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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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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Without curiosity, educators are left with no alternative but manipulation through a system of punishments and rewards which are still not guarantees of learning, but rather of successful test taking. Art, music, and stories stood at the center of the school day. Testing was rare and largely inconsequential. Many students.

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Motivation Testing Failure Grades 98

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Give high schoolers the chance to channel their growing maturity into reasoned, structured arguments fueled by their passionate opinions and perspectives through the art of debate! Practice perspective-taking by exploring pros and cons How strong are your students’ arguments when testing against a counterargument? 8; CCRA.SL.4

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

None of these have anything to do with teacher training, background, test scores, rubrics, class size, or pay scales. Here’s what Hattie’s distillation of hundreds of studies involving hundreds of thousands of students said didn’t much matter : class size. I inform all about the language of learning. charter schools.

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Learning Failure Evaluation Feedback 183

eSchool News

JULY 6, 2022

Many other states already have fully online tests—and in response to the pandemic, graduate entrance and career certification exams have shifted online as well. As the trend toward wholly online testing continues, education leaders must consider how to ensure digital equity for the students taking these exams.

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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

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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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

The Art of Science Learning (AoSL), a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded initiative, spearheaded by its Principal Investigator, Harvey Seifter, has released its newest report, titled The Impact of Arts-Based Innovation Training on the Creative Thinking Skills, Collaborative Behaviors and Innovation Outcomes of Adolescents and Adults.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2015

Sixth and seventh graders saw improvements in math assessments after using LearnBop in classroom studies, company says. Using both a control group, which did not use LearnBop, and a group that used LearnBop, the study compared the pre- and post-test assessments of more than 800 students.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2025

When state testing season arrives, classroom routines can quickly fall apart. In this blog, I’ll share six strategies that encourage students to explore, create, reflect, and connecteven during the testing season. For example, if students studied ecosystems, one student might ask, How would a major drought affect the grasslands?

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Testing Learning Critical Thinking Essay 195

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Students using Front Row’s adaptive, gamified technology increased end-of-year test scores by nearly 10 percentage points over those who did not. The study compared classrooms in which teachers opted to use the Front Row technology, and those that did not over the course of the 2014-2015 school year.

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Study Math Testing Achievement 182

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Nufio, a senior and Spanish major at Denison University, is one of hundreds of students testing out a new way to manage courses and communication at the small liberal arts institution outside Columbus, Ohio. The university is the first to adopt a tool called Notebowl to replace its legacy learning management system (LMS).

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Art Testing Assignments Learning 154

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In an art class, a middle schooler drew a picture of her bedroom with colored pencils. For some students, art classes during the pandemic were a welcome escape; for others, they were a critical release—an opportunity for self-expression at a time of extreme stress and isolation.

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Art Students Participation Math 184

Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2020

She needs to make slippers for my little brother as they follow the livestreamed art class.” But what about hands-on subjects like art, music and PE that often require equipment, movement and interaction? Improvising Art and Music Classes Online A second grader’s drawing for online art class. My mom is going crazy.

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Art Teaching Internet Physical Education 195

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. 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. This conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity.)

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Art Learning Beliefs Achievement 167

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

A large nationwide study has found that teaching ninth graders to maintain a “growth mindset” toward learning—stressing that their minds are like muscles that can get stronger with use—can result in higher test scores. Dweck is a co-author of the study released today. Data was collected in the 2015-16 school year.

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Study Motivation Testing Grades 167

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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STEM Education Laboratory Art 319

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

Within two years, I had run out of math and Spanish classes there, so I walked from my public school campus to nearby Lewis and Clark College to study differential equations, symbolic logic, and the plays of 1830s Spain. A 35-year longitudinal study, as well as shorter-term analyses, show neutral to positive effects.

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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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Secondary Education Grades Art Languages 256