Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. At our institution, low-tech and familiar options like phone calls and photos worked well to meet students’ needs for immediate feedback with a low level of stress. Dr. Jennifer P.

eLearning 68

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 68

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

In many districts, the programs at risk are the same ones that support compliance with federal education laws: Title III-supported English language services, Special Education instruction, and after-school accommodations often written into IEPs. But the mechanisms to fund those obligations are increasingly unstable.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Languages Language 94

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.

Reading 75

Reading English Grades Attention 75

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Should video game creators focus more on player feedback when developing new games? You’ll also get three customizable covers perfect for group assignments, novel studies, and independent projects. Are classes like art, gym, and life skills as critical as math and English? Should schools limit the amount of homework they assign?

Writing 52

Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

School districts nationwide struggle to fill teaching positions , especially in elementary education, secondary English, and special education. But there is hope, as powerful solutions are available to help schools overcome this challenge. Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?

Teachers 52

Teachers Education Attention Coaching 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Should students be allowed to use AI on their homework assignments? Should students under 18 be allowed to have social media accounts?

High School 52

High School High School Schools Counselling 52

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Teachers want to give students timely, focused, and actionable feedback, yet it is easy to neglect. Peer Feedback Choice Board.

Feedback 546

Feedback Peer Review Assignments Online Learning 546

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap. How does using rubrics benefit students?

Fairness 546

Fairness Assignments Feedback Languages 546

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. Because ELs come from diverse linguistic backgrounds, their English language skills may vary widely.

English 274

English Blended Learning Languages Language 274

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

I encouraged teachers to stop taking grading home for two simple reasons: Grading in isolation robs us of the opportunity to have conversations with students as we assess their work and, ultimately, makes feedback one-sided and less effective. They want to know exactly how I have managed that as a high school English teacher.

Grades 420

Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 29, 2016

This year I transitioned from teaching English classes in isolation to co-teaching English, science, and technology with another teacher in a pilot program called N.E.W. She is only in her second year of teaching and she is credentialed in English and science. We approach feedback and assessment as a team.

Teaching 386

Teaching English Feedback Assignments 386

Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2019

When I facilitate training sessions or coach teachers, I encourage them to shift feedback and assessment into the classroom where student progress can be an ongoing conversation. Too often, teachers assign work that students complete in isolation. Then they collect that work and grade it in isolation.

Grades 419

Grades Assignments Evaluation Coaching 419

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 10, 2015

Now, I get to experience how Google Classroom makes it easier to communicate with students, manage student work and provide meaningful feedback. Keeler and Libbi cover everything from going paperless to organizing assignments to collecting data. I annotated my copy because I am a nerdy English teacher!

English 413

English Feedback Assignments Communication 413

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. “I believe I deserve a B in English because I 1) _, 2. _, and 3.” They begin with a claim.

Grades 419

Grades Essay Exams English 419

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Most of my students immigrated to the United States within the last year, and all of them were English learners, thus making it difficult for them to complete the activity. Unfortunately, the sentiment within my supervisor’s response is not unique to the curricula design for English learners.

English 190

English Culture Languages Language 190

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This week I was invited to join an ongoing conversation with a small group of English teachers using Voxer. Extend PBL (project based learning) assignments beyond the classroom so group mates can connect and work asynchronously. Facilitate peer feedback. Practice an oral presentation and get feedback. Group storytelling.

Exams 325

Exams Feedback Assignments English 325

eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Ninth-grade English was a paradox for me—both the best and worst year for helping me learn to write. Every month, my Advanced English teacher, Mr. Johnson, assigned our class one of the classics of English literature and expected us to demonstrate what we had learned with an accompanying essay.

Writing 286

Writing Failure Essay English 286

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

In an effort to do all three of these things– creating transparency, teaching self-assessment, and archiving work online– AND keep parents in the loop, my teaching partner and I developed a Google Document for the first unit of the year with 10 focus standards for each class–English, science, and technology.

Grades 420

Grades Feedback English Evaluation 420

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

Share assignments digitally; ? Communicate with students, and deliver personalized feedback on submissions; ? Open Up Resources, a nonprofit, works to increase equity in education by making the highest quality curriculum accessible to educators, and Kiddom is the first all-in-one education platform for high quality digital curriculum.

Art 246

Art Languages Language Blended Learning 246

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

This includes on-demand tutoring along with AI tools that offer feedback on written work. These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. AI Writing Review enables students to submit their drafts for lightning-fast feedback.

Feedback 322

Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 322

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

I’ve recommended that my students use Grammarly ( www.grammarly.com/grammar- check ), a free Chrome extension, to help them catch their errors as they compose emails, engage on social media, and write assignments online. Grammarly checks contextualized spelling, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, and style.

Writing 335

Writing Plagiarism Assignments English 335

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

English 297

English Education Languages Language 297

eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Reducing friction for non-English speakers: Dr. Anthony Kaziboni, the Head of Research at the University of Johannesburg, teaches students who mostly don’t speak English outside of the classroom. He encourages his students to use ChatGPT for translation assistance, to improve their English writing, and to practice conversation.

Teaching 267

Teaching Quizzes Exams English 267

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” Some teachers do not assign homework. Despite these potential pitfalls, flipped instruction retains its value even when videos are not assigned for homework.

Lecturing 433

Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 433

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste!

Assignments 131

Assignments Motivation Science Study 131

Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. Each fellow is assigned to a group of students and is available to help them with the revision process.”

Essay 139

Essay Feedback Writing Assignments 139

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

ChatGPT is likely the first to come to mind, but AI is woven into so many tools and helps automate tedious tasks, connects student progress with personalized recommendations, and improved PD feedback. Tools include Canva Magic Write for creative writing, Eduaide.ai for instructional materials, and Google Bard and Microsoft’s Bing Chat.

Ethics 289

Ethics Education Internet Essay 289

Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

I point to each station’s location and review the assigned seating chart. Note: I don’t usually assign seats at the independent teacher-led station because that is where I will be.) Because students do not need to get out any materials when they transition, I set the transition timer to 20 seconds.

Coaching 339

Coaching Blended Learning Assignments Middle School 339

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision. From kindergarten through college, teachers know that writers need guided practice, substantive feedback, and opportunities for deep revision.

Feedback 130

Feedback Peer Review Beliefs Writing 130

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

On Edia’s platform, an AI coach reads students’ work and gives them personalized feedback based on their mistakes so they can think about their answers, try again, and master concepts. Some FDR classes use Edia several days a week for specific math supports, while others use it for homework assignments.

Coaching 281

Coaching Math Students Assignments 281

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Featuring short videos in English and Spanish that are paired with ready-to-use instructional activities, this exciting new content brings compelling natural science phenomena alive for students.   To support academic integrity, randomized questions ensure each student is assigned unique problems to work on. Randomized questions.

Student Engagement 248

Student Engagement Education Social Studies Art 248

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

Founded in 2016, Writable offers tools and templates that scaffold the writing and feedback process to help students become stronger writers. For teachers, Writable’s web-based tool offers customizable templates for common writing assignments (such as an argumentative or cause-and-effect essay, or a personal narrative).

Writing 112

Writing Feedback Peer Review Plagiarism 112

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2017

But that creates a dilemma for the teachers tasked with helping students improve their writing skills: How can they build more opportunities into the curriculum for students to practice writing, while still giving students both timely and meaningful feedback? It’s a technology-based platform called Revision Assistant , from Turnitin.

Writing 187

Writing Technology Essay Feedback 187

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools. For example, text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools support students with disabilities, while language models assist non-native English speakers. Using AI tools for editing and feedback while ensuring students critically evaluate suggestions.

Ethics 320

Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 320

Faculty Focus

MAY 7, 2024

The template features an intuitive layout and essential components such as a syllabus, clear assignment guidelines, feedback and grading policies, detailed discussion forums, and links to student support services. The process of integrating feedback from QM course reviews into the course templates is systematic and reflective: a.

Feedback 121

Feedback Course Design Instructors Education 121

eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2023

The tool listens to students as they read aloud and provides immediate feedback, individualized support, and measurable success. Multilingual academic support is available in English, Spanish, French, and Mandarin. Paper supports over three million students in over 300 unique school districts across over 40 U.S. states and Canada.

Intelligence 291

Intelligence Gamification Reading Achievement 291