eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Key points: ChatGPT is here to stay, and it’s wise to now consider it a part of learning In fact, every assignment moving forward must be graded with ChatGPT in mind See related article: How educators can navigate AI-driven plagiarism You may have heard of ChatGPT. Whether you like it or not, we have a new partner in the classroom.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Their assignment: Design a cart to carry today’s tools for STEM learning — the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math — in Hampton Township’s three elementary schools. “We 13 at the middle school. Each team also showed judges a miniature model of its proposed STEM cart.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Many middle school and high school teachers feel immense pressure to move quickly through the curriculum. If I’m targeting the development of a particular skill, then I will group students by ability and the assignment in a particular station can be differentiated for each group that moves through that station.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Chronic absenteeism remains a widespread challenge in schools across the country, but in Wisconsin, Racine Unified School District s Julian Thomas Elementary and Jerstad-Agerholm Middle School are demonstrating that innovative, data-driven approaches can make a difference.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. Here’s how to get through your first school year.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Which is why middle school English teachers like Carrie Friday at Southwest Middle School in Palm Bay, Florida are using the book club model instead. Friday is her school’s librarian, and she also teaches several English classes. Yet, for most of my childhood, I spent my free time with my nose in a book.

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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.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2019

As a former middle school teacher who taught in a lower-income, majority-minority school equipped with lots of “high tech” tools, I often wondered about digital equity. For me, students’ access to tech at school wasn’t the issue. But that was over 10 years ago, and a lot has changed since then.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. To fix the problem, I planned amazing lessons that would flop because the kids would either stare at me without paying attention or refuse to turn in assignments. I remember being so frustrated and ready to quit.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

7 ways AI will make a positive impact on classroom teaching For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A new survey reveals surprising information about who is more comfortable using AI in school. The insight comes from the 2024 AI in Academia Study by Copyleaks.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention.

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eSchool News

MAY 18, 2017

Cox Middle School, we are committed to a “whatever it takes” approach to success for each student entrusted to our care. This model was developed out of a needs assessment that we conducted in 2015–2016, the first year I was principal at Cox Middle School.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Just as in classrooms nationwide, Montana’s teachers place an intense focus on supporting literacy in elementary school instruction. As a veteran teacher of 17 years who has taught in both elementary and middle school classrooms, I have found that there are a number of powerful edtech tools available to support student literacy.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Teachers who sat down and let middle schoolers teach them. Educators from around the region headed to Creekside Middle School in Patterson on Monday for a Google Leadership Symposium. They’re not just entertainment,” said Agustin Arreola, assistant principal at Dutcher Middle School in Turlock.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2019

Eisenhower Middle School in Freehold Township, N.J., Nappi says such features are important because struggling readers don’t need any more complications when it comes to completing assignments. Another advantage is that more of her students turn in their assignments on time. Making reading more enjoyable for all.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological launched three new sets of K-8 digital resources for remote teaching this fall: Smithsonian Science for the Classroom @HOME, Smithsonian Science and Technology Concepts Middle School@HOME , and Building Blocks of Science 3D@HOME. The new digital @HOME and Get Ready!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2015

For many tweens heading into middle school, the transition from elementary school won’t be marked only by new teachers, class schedules and locker assignments but also by a gleaming new phone. Deciding whether a middle schooler is ready to take on mobile phone responsibility is a personal decision for each family.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2024

The answer can be found in a small but mighty after-school and summer program that sets high expectations to inspire young people to explore technology career pathways and become leaders committed to improving their communities. It can compel students to tap into different intelligences and develop the habit of synthesizing knowledge.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

After seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students, I transitioned into instructional technology, where I currently serve as a digital integration specialist for South Carolinas Anderson School District Five. Teachers can assign the template to their learners.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

When I started teaching middle school in Brooklyn last year, I realized that my students experienced this tech onslaught so much earlier than I did. Several of my students in this age group entered middle school with the same background knowledge they had before the year and a half of digital learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2015

Teachers at Holly Pond Middle School are turning to a popular reality TV show as inspiration to get students interested in flexing their research and presentation skills. The school used public funding to add an eLearning library environment for students this year. TV game show format comes to the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2018

For example, at Wisconsin Virtual Academy (WIVA), our middle school students recently participated in a Virtual Science Fair. At the end of the assignment, many indicated they planned to dig deeper into their research. Students were given the freedom to choose what they studied.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2018

A model for any school, department, or level. Here’s how it works at our middle school: Four administrators oversee eight departments: language arts, math, social studies, science, world languages, arts, technology, and physical ed/health. For instance, I was assigned to math and world languages.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Students can then choose which activities to complete in order to meet the assigned requirements. Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” A brain experiencing trauma learns nothing. I miss my kids.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

It’s a given that students will experience stress as they move through school. Learning new concepts, completing assignments and taking tests, and navigating social experiences all contribute to normal stress. But today, our students are struggling with much, much more.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

School is not the problem. This statement was shared by a former middle school student of mine during his freshman year of high school. John* was getting all A’s and one B in stark contrast to the B’s, C’s, and D’s received in middle school. Students are the problem.”

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2020

Los Coyotes Middle School. Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, CA. “We She would come into my class about once a month, or as often as I wanted, and would help me recreate assignments so that the students can do them using their iPads. Danielle Carlisle. 6th Grade Social Science Teacher.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Through the program, elementary and middle school students help teachers and other students learn to effectively use different technology tools and integrate them into instruction, assignments and projects. The students work with a teacher at each school and build problem-solving and teamwork skills.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2018

Last year, my district—Roosevelt (AZ) School District—was asked by Arizona State University’s (ASU) department of innovation and entrepreneurship to pilot a new educational program for middle school students. Words like “inspire,” “global,” and “problem solver” make every teacher’s ears perk up.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Instead of raw aggregate measures like test scores, the study uses changes in test scores and a statistical adjustment for racial composition to compute more accurate measures of the causal effects that attending a particular school has on students’ learning gains.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Middle schoolers, they warned us, are unable to work at their own pace because they lack academic fundamentals, intrinsic motivation and basic time management skills. This is especially true for sixth graders, they said, who are managing a challenging transition to middle school and lack independence.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2019

It is humanly impossible for me to do this with every assignment every day for 150+ students, but this program does.”. Connie Cardona, teacher, South Miami Middle School, Miami-Dade County (FL) Public Schools. “

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Erin Haley, middle school teacher at The Bayshore School in Daly City, Calif.: “YES Noppinger, eighth grade math teacher at Dumbarton Middle School in Towson, Md.: “I Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.; YES THEY HAVE!

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

A New Look for Middle School: Middle school students will encounter a more vibrantly colored and upgraded user interface featuring a reorganized Lesson Chooser whose intuitive design makes it easy to identify teacher-assigned lessons from their personalized lesson options.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Batavia, Illinois, December 21, 2021 — To support school district science programs in delivering comprehensive content and customizable labs across science subject areas, Flinn Scientific recently launched the PAVO platform.

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