Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: School libraries have evolved to offer students and teachers everything they need See article: Modern students need modern librarians See article: 10 reasons we love school librarians For more news on school libraries, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page What makes an effective school library?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the midst of his presentation, he posed a question to the group that deeply resonated with me: Are you comfortable leading a school where kids love themselves but fail academically? In an essay penned in 1935, which has become one of the anchor texts I’ve drawn from throughout my career, W.E.B. This is a dilemma.

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Beliefs Essay Schools Students 196

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. Would you prefer a late start to your school day or an early release?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2024

Pierre, my high school English teacher who embodied social-emotional mastery before there was such a thing. Now I can make this a reality as district administrator for social emotional learning (SEL) for the Windsor Public Schools. Then Dr. Hill invested in SEL specialists who work in all of our schools, from K-12.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Yet, even after three years in this role at my current school, there are a handful of teachers who are still hesitant to allow students to use devices and the powerful apps and resources they contain. Analytical Essay + Book Promo/Trailer Video There are many blog posts out there encouraging teachers to choose assignments other than essays.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Implementing Mindfulness Practices in Schools In recent years, mindfulness has gained significant traction, not just in adults’ lives but also in educational settings. Incorporating mindfulness practices in schools has proven beneficial for students’ well-being, emotional regulation, and academic success.

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Schools Instructors Coaching Essay 167

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The competition is expanding to 27 states for the 2023-2024 school year, tripling its reach from nine states last year. Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Students may apply for the competition here. The deadline to enter is January 8, 2024.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 262

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Did we really want to contribute more than we already had to a digital pile of manifestoes and letters and essays and livestreams and webinars? Right now, people don’t need another request for their attention. (If Not really. As we’ve said before, affordances should be resisted before they are adopted.

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Attention Essay Fairness Communication 212

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

AI can also provide schools tools to foster a less stressful, more flexible work environment. The substitute teacher shortage is dire and hinders a school’s ability to function. Far too often, teachers come to school sick due to the lack of substitutes. Here’s how. AI tremendously cuts down on lesson prep.

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Teachers Textbooks Multiple Choice Questions Essay 278

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

A high school senior with long curly hair who participates in a vocational program, Bradley spends about half the day at culinary school and then half in “at-home instruction” through a nearby high school run by a statewide public education service. It’s changed his attitude about school. Bradley loves baking lava cakes.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

No matter what grade level they taught in middle or high school, teachers had students who struggled to use a digital learning platform or to type without painstaking hunt-and-pecking at the keyboard. “It Some [teachers] have students who have written full essays on their phones.”

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Essay Writing Attention Feedback 213

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Twenty-two heads snapped up to attention. Okaaaay,” I called them to attention. “I The skills I want my students to leave the classroom with are not necessarily how to identify the eight parts of speech, analyze Shakespeare, or write a seven-paragraph argumentative essay. The timer went off. Adams, what are we doing today?”

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Skills Teaching Essay Students 218

eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2018

Check out the following four videos for help with your professional learning network (PLN), to supplement lessons about video essays, to help students self-assess, and more. You may want to use these videos with existing lessons next school year, or you may find yourself creating new lessons around the video content.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

1 Look one level deeper, however, and the way schools use their LMSs will undergo shifts that have big implications for whether their edtech has a transformative impact. 2 For reasons I explain below, the software-directed instructional model is superior when netted out, but most schools wont use it next year.

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Quizzes Textbooks Testing Essay 247

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It’s no secret that educators who champion the whole-child approach also laud social and emotional learning (SEL) for its scientifically linked success in creating a productive, positive, less stressful school climate. Educators aren’t immune either. Here’s what we found: SEL is for teachers, too. The impact on teachers is no less profound.

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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, virtual assistants, and adaptive learning platforms are being adopted by schools, colleges, and universities around the world.

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Education Essay Critical Thinking Intelligence 184

Edsurge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

One cause is the pandemic, and how it disrupted middle and high school for today’s traditional-aged college students. Students who spent formative years learning online may be too nervous to raise a hand in class or have trouble paying attention. Teaching The Why Sarah Z. So they quit.”

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Instructors Assignments Textbooks Essay 199

Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2018

It’s a concept universities and applicants alike are paying close attention to, as it relates directly to student success. Admissions officers pour through a lot of materials, such as resumes and essays, to make the final call on whether or not to accept an applicant.

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Essay Students Intelligence History 163

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2020

We are approaching the two month mark since schools shut their doors in response to COVID-19, and we are now entering a new phase in the learning process. When distance learning started it was a novelty for students; it was fun to sit at home and “go to school” without ever leaving the bed or getting out of their sweatpants.

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Motivation Grades Students Essay 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2022

Many institutions still rely on Turnitin, but the professionals who must check dozens of essays on a daily basis know that this expensive service can be way too slow. . If you’ve ever needed to add more learners in the middle of the school year, you know what this is about. Low flexibility is another major disadvantage.

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Plagiarism Essay Instructors Peer Review 158

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

As we explored in an episode of the EdSurge Podcast a couple weeks ago , students around the country at schools and colleges have figured out that they can easily ask ChatGPT to do their homework for them. After all, it’s tailor-made to craft the kinds of essays that instructors ask for. So professors have been quick to respond.

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Academic Integrity Intelligence Essay Languages 203

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

We produced a three-part series on the issue called “ Attention Please ,” and two of those episodes made our list. How to Best Teach Immigrant and Refugee Students, and Why It Matters Schools are finding better ways to teach recent immigrant and refugee students. Another big theme that emerged was a spike in student disengagement.

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Instructors Lecturing Attention Essay 145

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2024

Then a school leader launched a campaign encouraging families to “read, talk, play” with children every single day. In his essay, Lee explores why building inclusive, accessible pathways is key. By Emily Tate Sullivan There’s been a lot of attention lately on the mental health crisis among teens. But what about younger kids?

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Education Essay Writing Reading 215

Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2017

He explains that writing an essay or report is a complex process that combines language production, memory retrieval and thinking ability. The act of handwriting does force an attention to the [writing] process,” says Dillon. Louis, insists that’s not the end of the story.

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Writing Essay Learning English 148

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Lackey High School in Indian Head, Maryland, had never faced a challenge like the one she walked into this summer—a classroom full of students who had just failed ninth-grade English. Some of her students had never finished an essay, let alone crafted sparkling prose. And that recipe succeeded again with her summer school class.

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Essay Feedback Writing English 102

eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

eSpark, an online supplemental curriculum provider for math, reading, and writing, is bringing AI-powered phonics practice to foundational reading instruction this school year. High school counselors, especially at public schools, are overwhelmed by the number of students they must help.

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Counselling Essay Reading Feedback 130

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I learned my lesson four years ago when I taught summer school during the previous World Cup. On the day of a crucial match-up between South Korea and Germany, I chose to project the game on the TV in class while they pretended to write essays, knowing I had already lost their attention for the day. schoolchildren.

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English Culture Syllabus Writing 200

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. As a result, I’ve come up with fun ways to support learning while students power through the last few days of school. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay.

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Activities Learning Art Failure 172

Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

With stories on themes such as climate change education, social-emotional skills and kindergarten readiness, we underscored the continuity that exists from the early years into grade school. Noting this worrying trend, some school districts have stepped in with their own solutions to support early learners as they prepare to start school.

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Education Coaching Essay Elementary School 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

in the thick of filling out college applications, that might mean putting off writing an admissions essay or sending in a transcript. It takes approximately four hours to complete all six “zones” in the course, including those that explore attention, idea expression, memory, organization and time management.

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Essay Students Quizzes Writing 161

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic forced schools across the country to close their doors and, in doing so, set off a chain reaction of regulatory responses as our nation's school systems urgently worked to address student instructional, psychological and physical needs through requiring novel remote learning plans.

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Special Education Disabilities Education Distance Learning 195

Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

In an earlier essay, we discussed how teachers are leaning into SEL to adapt student services and unlock opportunities that, just months ago, may have seemed impossible. When our school buildings closed, districts and teachers were tasked with creating remote learning plans for their students. Let’s be frank. It’s a lot bigger now.

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Accessibility Distance Learning Learning Students 218

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plans. As a result, I’ve come up with fun ways to support learning while students power through the last few days of school. Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay.

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Activities Learning Failure Essay 174

Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

Podcast Episode Episode Description In this episode, I talk with Dr. Brandee Ramirez about what it takes to lead AI implementation across a school district. But, we always spent a lot of time at my grandma’s house, and we played school all the time. And the school district’s hiring them. Dr. Brandee Ramirez Oh, wow.

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Schools Coaching Fairness Technology 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

It counts when an essay expands from one unclear sentence to three paragraphs of of compelling narrative, even if three paragraphs doesn’t cut it on the rubric. It was January 2017 and he had come to McClarin Success Academy after failing multiple classes repeatedly at his previous school. I was wrong.

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Testing Essay Writing Motivation 135

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The opening to this essay , penned by Finck, sheds some light on why I find her work so entertaining. “A My interest was grabbed, therefore, by this thoughtfully composed piece in Chalkbeat, “ Hidden toll: Thousands of schools fail to count homeless students.” Daniel I’ve been interested in how housing insecurity affects education.

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Reading Essay History Science 170