eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In education, where the success of students is intricately linked to the motivation and dedication of faculty and staff to go the extra mile, elevating employees’ well-being is not only a humane thing to do, but a crucial component of improving employee morale. Happy hour with HR might be a step too far for many organizational cultures.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Learning a Language: Acquiring a new language involves mastering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural nuances. As students work through the playlist, teachers can gather formative assessment data to identify those who might benefit most from one-on-one attention.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Here’s a sample of some of the newest products and announcements from the conference: Beanstack unveiled a brand-new admin experience to make it easier than ever for you to grow your school’s culture of reading. Of interest is Attention!

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

So it sounds like you started this work because you felt like this was the issue that needed more attention — this challenge of talking with each other about issues? I became distressed about these so-called ‘culture wars’ erupting all over the place. And so they line up on one side or the other and remain divided. I've heard this.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention. The dynamic nature of PBL maintains student interest and motivation. On the 10th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on student engagement.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention. The dynamic nature of PBL maintains student interest and motivation. Needless to say, these things can be highly disruptive and undermine our ability to manage the class.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Provide personal questionnaires, pay attention to the extracurriculars students participate in and their behavior with other students. Bringing parts of their personal lives into the learning process is not only motivating, but also improves knowledge retention over time. Take a genuine interest in students’ lives and passions.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2023

Guastaferro’s nonprofit claims it has had some success helping New York schools engage chronically absent students by creating an “attendance culture” where schools and families make going to school feel fun and important for kids. But chronic absenteeism can be a sign that students feel disconnected at school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Studies show that students in remote settings often feel isolated, which can lead to decreased motivation and engagement. According to a study by the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 60% of students report feeling bored during class, a clear indication that the traditional model often fails to capture attention.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

But TikTok, and social media more broadly, continues to capture curiosity and attention, and it’s not all just dance videos–Indiana science teacher @ChemteacherPhil commands an audience of more than 3 million followers on the app. This leads to a culture of experimentation, creation, and inquiry. Is there a lesson in that?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In addition, reflective tools can help educators adapt to today’s rapidly changing world while fostering stronger attention, connection, and intrinsic motivation within their students. By using these tools, educators are taking a step to remove the stigma that schools stunt creativity with their strict rules and routines.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

But Dr. Malan’s unique learning culture and sense of responsibility placed on the students helped Dan to discover a passion for “learning how to learn” and thinking about design—skills he can apply to manage his learning in any situation, from other courses to his professional growth. My son, Dan, took the course.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

As dorm parents, coaches, and club advisors, teachers foster a culture of support and engagement that extends far beyond academics. This international mix enriches learning, preparing students for college and beyond by exposing them to a wide array of viewpoints and cultures. Weekends are a thrill.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

It’s become a culture war issue, it’s become an existential problem,” Kendall-Taylor says, “and the interesting thing is the way in which that crisis- and urgency-focused narrative really gives no space and has no room for solutions.” What Motivates the Adolescent Brain?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The new NAEP scores have landed as conservatives push to expand private school choice, public schools grapple with budget cuts, culture war skirmishes persist, and chronic absenteeism remains at historically high levels. Phones are sapping our attention span and cognitive abilities.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

Being able to speak to the schools mission, vision, motto, and why those motivate the applicant to want to work in the school are often compelling for the interview committee. So, when preparing for an interview, remember to treat everyone, including clerical staff and security, with respect, kindness, and attention. kind of way.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

Additional attention needs to be given to all types of learners by addressing various learning modalities, intervention paths, and students with Individual Education Plans through technology that is customizable, integrated, and aligned to state standards. We must create an environment where every educator can thrive.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Lego Education hosted a breakfast panel on ISTE Day #1 devoted to one of the most perplexing post-pandemic problems for schools—how to keep kids’ attention. Carlanda Miller, also known as The Magical Teacher, shared her approach to motivating students and creating a joyful learning environment.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2016

How do we build a culture of high academic and behavioral expectations, while also taking into consideration the challenges that students bring to the table? Four Steps Towards More Compassionate Schooling #1: Know and employ the crucial components of a restorative culture. Treating all others as you would like to be treated.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

It is essentially a case of bureaucratic culture versus the app culture. Today’s youth culture lives in apps—not for the sake of the technology itself, but for the rich social, psychological identity-driven mash-up that define a person, group, interactions and opinions. This routine is not part of their culture.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

Charter schools educate six percent of America’s children, but get an outsized amount of attention , pro and con. The Success Academy network in New York City is among the most controversial, and attention-getting, charters. In Washington, D.C., If you’re an education wonk, you have an object of study in your own backyard.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Back in 2019 , I took to an EdSurge column to share my opinion — a sounding call for more attention to be paid to the role social capital plays in education and workforce training. Stanton-Salazar (2011) describes “institutional agents” as non-kin, “high-status” individuals who can both increase motivation and access to resources.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2018

It is deemed by some as a way to inspire and motivate students, tailor instruction to meet student needs, and scale instruction with the support of technology. Examples include: attention, cognitive flexibility and working memory. Examples include: emotion, motivation and stereotype threat.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

For those who can, it’s become abundantly clear that grades alone are insufficient to motivate learning. But in addition to being an important outcome, learner agency may also be an undervalued resource for schools, especially when they have less control over how to structure students’ time and attention.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences. But we can use the cultural relevance of games to blend their physical and virtual learning opportunities in ways that will empower students. We can’t afford not to.

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Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

But for Fiske, of Mysa, the popularity of alternatives to public school actually raises a concern: She fears that her approach to microschooling could be eclipsed by politics and cultural war clashes. While popular in some conservative circles, classical learning isn’t traditionally a byword for culture war politics. It’s confusing.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

These achievements reflect not just the talent of the athletes but the culture of dedication and excellence that defines Gulliver Prep. This approach prioritizes student well-being, encouraging balance in a world where screens often dominate attention. And building that kind of community doesnt happen by accidentit takes intention.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

To empower students to not only be able to read but also to want to read, a holistic approach — offering intensive care for the most at-risk students and specialized attention for those with moderate literacy needs — is key.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

The concept is already well-known in education circles, and it has gained national attention thanks to books and TED talks by Carol Dweck, an education professor at Stanford University. Culture really matters,” said Dweck. Dweck is a co-author of the study released today.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And there's a term called interoception that describes that flow of internal sensations and cues that our educational system and our culture more generally tends to tell us to ignore. And so the extended mind kind of invites us to remember what we have forgotten as a culture. What's that look like?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Identity development involves sense of purpose (what excites and drives us), values and how elements like cultural and the specific communities to which we belong shape us. For example, foundational health needs must be in place for engagement in learning, so attention to health factors like vision or sleep are critical.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2018

But for a child to thrive in those three areas, she needs to know how to self-regulate her emotions, behavior and attention. There are also general competencies all children must acquire to become resilient, self-efficacious and self-motivated, Gibson said. In other words: personalize it for them.)

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Bolstered by his trademark energy and enthusiasm, along with educator resources from Statistics in Schools (SIS), he's motivating students to learn about statistical literacy, data analytics, interpreting maps and the overall significance of the census. We had just finished exploring what community, civilization, culture and archaeology mean.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence–AI–has been around a long time, but caught everyone’s attention with the launch of generative AI, ChatGPT, and DALL-E. AI tutors provide feedback and encouragement that can motivate students. These made using AI easy enough for anyone and a viable tool for educators and students.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

We think that we need to understand our own culture, our own forces, and try to come up with some theories about how we will change and how we must change. It is always evolving to the current cultural, social and political environment that it happens to exist in, and what it needs to do to educate the citizenry.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

What inspired you to become an educator, and what motivates you to continue making a positive impact on students’ lives? What motivates me is witnessing a students growth not just academically, but also their social, emotional and cultural development. I enjoy fostering a culture of growth, inclusivity.

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