eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

As a fourth-grade teacher, Ive seen how gamification can transform a regular lesson into something my students look forward to. Quizizz allows for both live games and homework assignments, so students can practice at their own pace. During a social studies unit on the U.S. Ive seen this firsthand!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Create signs or posters with login information, and have more experienced Minecraft users, or students in older grades, come in to help younger students. Older students could recreate houses, villages, or other structures that figure prominently in assigned readings. Younger students might need help with the basics at first.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2023

Create signs or posters with login information, and have more experienced Minecraft users, or students in older grades, come in to help younger students. Older students could recreate houses, villages, or other structures that figure prominently in assigned readings. Younger students might need help with the basics at first.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

There are resources available for grades preK-12, so teachers at every level of school can find relevant and informative materials for their students. I see the difference having the freedom to be creative for an assignment has on students when they aren’t thinking about it impacting their GPA. From lessons focused on the U.S.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 17, 2025

In my mind, the purpose of learning was to get good grades. Grades were everythingsymbols of success and a source of validation. I studied relentlessly under immense pressure, and my hard work paid off when I was accepted to my desired university. Feedback-Only: No Points I do not attach points to any assignments.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The goal of the study was to determine IXL Math’s efficacy on students in grades 3-5. Half of the classrooms were assigned to the treatment group and used IXL Math to supplement instruction, while the remaining students continued learning as usual. About IXL Currently used by 15 million students and in 95 of the top 100 U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

NEW YORK — Tutor.com , one of the world’s largest and most innovative online tutoring organizations, announced today that it has been selected by the South Orange & Maplewood School District to provide round-the-clock online tutoring for students in grades 3 through 12 at no cost to them.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Its learners receive all of their core academic content–English, history, social studies, and math–through mastery-based online courses. The grading model in electives is also different–closer to a workplace evaluation than to conventional points earned on assignments and tests.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

The Canvas Parent app is available to all iOS and Android users to help parents of K–12 students stay informed on their children’s assignments, grades and overall schooling. Skyward has launched Qmlativ Education Management System, the next evolution of the company’s SIS and ERP technology. Read more.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Even with some disagreement about the cost effectiveness of chasing the benefits of small class size, most researches agree that it does have a positive impact, particularly on students in younger grades. The NEA examined the research on STAR students and focused on the long-term results from the follow-up studies.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

Stephen Guerriero, sixth grade teacher at Needham Public Schools in Needham, Mass.: “I A Simple Note Is All It Takes Susanna Stratford, third grade teacher at Maple Hills Elementary in Renton, Wash.: “I I wish I could say, ’Have some daily fun together’ as an assignment! See also: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

MobyMax is a K-8 learning platform (and Chrome app) for math, literacy, science, and social studies equipped with adaptive tests, test-prep lessons, and motivational tools such as games and badges. The site also has a Wall feature where teachers can post class messages, assignments, events, and polls. Grades : K-8.

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Social Studies Testing Assignments Motivation 148

eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2016

Kids Discover , a provider of engaging science and social studies curriculum, announced that its interactive digital library, Kids Discover Online, now includes custom assessment capabilities. The Assessments feature includes more than 5,000 pre-built questions covering more than 1,200 science and social studies topics.

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Multiple Choice Questions Social Studies Quizzes Exams 131

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

A resounding ‘yes’ Gabriel Vogel, 11th grade teacher at Grassfield High School in Chesapeake, Va.: “Yes! Lisa Mims, fifth grade teacher at Colonial School District in New Castle, Del.: “YES! A Simple Note Is All It Takes Susanna Stratford, third grade teacher at Maple Hills Elementary in Renton, Wash.: How can you tell?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Moving the students to the center of their learning, instead of the teacher, increased participation, engagement, completion of assignments and built a dynamic, inquiry-based classroom culture. Students embraced the agency provided and developed as self-activated and self-governing individuals.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A well-structured digital study plan can help alleviate this stress by providing a clear path to manage assignments, study sessions, and personal time. In the following sections, we’ll explore how high school students can use digital tools to enhance their study habits and academic success.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Actively Learn is a high-functioning ereader for ELA, social studies, and science students in grades 2-12. These are filtered by topic, grade, length, reading level, keyword, or standards (i.e., Students, too, have their own dashboard where they access teacher-assigned materials and more.

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Active Learning Activities Social Studies Learning 138

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Its learners receive all of their core academic content—English, history, social studies, and math—through competency-based online courses. The grading model in electives is also different—closer to a workplace evaluation than to conventional points earned on assignments and tests.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Written by Doug , a high school social studies teacher from Illinois. Numerous other resources such as maps and assignments can be shared between teachers across the globe. FANGeopolitics .

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Reading Teachers Assignments Schools 128

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

“I think every child needs to have some kind of reading intervention,” says Ballone, a former seventh-grade English teacher. “It If it means we need to give students material one, two or three grade levels above what they are reading in order for them to progress, that’s what we do.” By grade five, they were reading on grade level.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The pass rates in social studies and science were each 9 percentage points higher. Zirka Franko, a veteran teacher at Locust Grove, likes the way she can tailor assignments to each child. On one earlier assignment, for instance, some wanted to demonstrate what they’d learned by making a movie trailer.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Bilingual Hispanic Heritage Word Search Puzzles | Mes de la Herencia Hispana by Biliteracy Now Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Spanish Three printable Hispanic Heritage Month word searches encourage students to find important words, including “diversity,” “celebration,” and “independence.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

In practice, however, teachers tend to seek out specialists for a technological solution that makes an assignment or grading practice more efficient: A teacher takes a new tool or technique and applies it to previous content or assignments. And ultimately, they make it harder to transform learning in the long run.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

But he says colleagues have also adapted the platform for other traditional subjects including science and social studies. Students earn rewards for turning assignments in on time, like “experience points” toward leveling up their characters. “It My grading system is based on leveling up,” he says.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 21, 2025

Whether youre planning five-minute bell ringers or long-term research assignments, these sociology questions for 8th grade are sure to get them talking and writing. Perfect for a social studies class, language arts, or a dedicated sociology course, these sociology questions for 8th grade will intrigue even your most reluctant writers.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

We’ve seen social studies teachers include personal finance in their civics curriculum and math teachers use digital courses to teach topics like unit cost. We’ve seen social studies teachers include personal finance in their civics curriculum and math teachers use digital courses to teach topics like unit cost.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

To get up to grade level in science, Amarachi Onyemaobi knew she needed to understand the systems of the human body. Also, the personalized playlists originally focused primarily on gaps in students’ knowledge, meaning that students weren’t exposed to grade-level content while working on them. LaNiece Primus, who teaches U.S.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

According to national social studies teacher education guidelines , infusing technology into instruction should: Extend learning beyond what could be done without technology. Contribute to the research and evaluation of social studies and technology. Introduce technology in context.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Stanley, a former ninth-grade English teacher, often thinks about how different her pedagogy might have been—or, as a student, how much deeper her learning might have gone—with access to Actively Learn’s sequenced sets of texts and other materials designed to provide historical context and achieve depth in a particular topic.

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Reading Teachers Learning English 149

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Instead of assigning students the same structured projects (such as the age-old puzzles that move a robot through a maze), empower students to write code for something they really care about. Computer science can be added to any core curriculum—math, science, language arts, social studies, history, or even art.

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Science Art Social Studies Languages 167

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Share resources, assignments and more. She currently takes a grade eleven social studies class and grade ten science class that are offered at the same time. In fact, Austin is one of several students working on material a whole grade level ahead. ONE YEAR LATER—Greg Esteves shares lessons learned from ELM.

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Schools Coaching Social Studies Mobile Devices 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Then, they assign tasks to group members that include: learn the tool. Depending upon the tool selected, learning will also link to a wide variety of academic topics, such as writing, social studies, and math.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Although it is still a work in progress, using growth mindset principles to frame dialogue in my classroom has given rise to increased agency in my students and decreased grade-inspired compliance. As a result of these efforts, I now use a pass | fail grading policy for a part of the year; I have adapted. Carol Dweck.

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Learning Beliefs Social Studies Curriculum 164

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

One of the critical goals of my role as a content teacher is to adapt curriculum, to design lessons and assignments to meet standards that are tailored to each learner, and to develop assessments that fairly evaluate each learner’s progress. Just the recognition of this counter narrative has changed my teaching.

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English Languages Language Teachers 200

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

These apps come in all shapes and sizes, catering to various subjects including math, language arts, science, and social studies. Encouraging students to engage in digital storytelling assignments or video presentations opens up a world of possibilities for exploration.

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Elementary School Elementary School Middle School Middle School 147

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Beth Freeman logs in to her son’s Edmodo account from time to time to check on his homework assignments. The advertisement appeared on Edmodo’s mobile app, which Freeman’s son uses daily for updates about homework, quizzes and other school assignments. On it was the unmistakable image of a glass of beer. “I You can do better, right?

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