Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. If youve ever wondered whether you really have to grade everything the answer is no.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

When you scroll through social media, you’ll see perfect grades, perfect families, perfect everything. Let students act out vocabulary words, use color-coded cards, or manipulate math tools. Personalized feedback helps students see the path forward, as well as showing them that you’re paying attention.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) Yes, even math! 10 8th Grade Social-Emotional Writing Prompts Social-emotional learning is a way for students to find their place in the world around them while staying in touch with their own wants and needs. What would you do?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Launch STEM learning with bottle rockets Bottle rockets are a STEM classic that combine engineering, math, and the principles of rocketry. 1, 2, 3, 4; 7.G.B.4, 4, 5, 6; 6.EE.C.9; 1, 2, 3, 4; 6.RP.A.1, 1, 2, 3; 7.RP.A.1,

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. Essentially, it’s like a little reading gym.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Many districts, particularly in rural and high-need communities, rely on a blend of J-1 visa educators and alternative certification programs to fill hard-to-staff roles in Special Education, bilingual education, science, and math. Pay special attention to Title I campuses and state-tested subjects.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. Here, learning goes beyond grades and test scores.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Missed Signals Shed Cheated in Her Previous Marathon The press coverage from Boston caught the attention of a New Yorker named Susan Morrow. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. Despite her promise to win again the next year, she never ran another marathon.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

Five years ago, Alabama's math was literally the worst. On national assessments from 2019, the state was ranked last in the country for math performance. Across the state, only 22 percent of students were proficient in math — a percentage that was lower for Black and low-income students. The turnaround worked. Never Be Prepared?

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 2, 2025

Finding educational websites that are appropriate for the age of the students and are interesting enough to hold their attention can be like finding a needle in a haystack. GoNoodle : My own child has been a fan of GN since he was in grade school. SO many ideas, of which most can be used for multiple grade levels and subject areas.

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Math Reading Attention Grades 95

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

This story about math recovery was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Testing Math Coaching Exams 220

Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

I can solve multi-step math problems using equations. This will help you spot which students are getting it and which are not, before its time to grade something. Consider focusing less on grades and more on comments that push students to reflect and revise. Try going back and checking your math.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 79

eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The answer to that question, it turns out, depends a lot on two things: how your school identifies students for advanced math, and where you live. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Algebra is often considered a gateway class.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Fennell, a current professor of education at McDaniel College, has provided his endorsement of hand2mind’s Hands-On Standards product line, which helps K-8 educators and parents teach math with manipulatives to build problem-solving skills. Bush, where he helped bring attention to important issues in the education field.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2021

And yet, there is a set of skills that’s not given enough attention in the classroom: Executive functioning. . While executive functioning is starting to gain some deserved attention in the classroom, parents can have a huge impact on the growth of these skills for their children. Social studies. How did we get here?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Littera, which was founded expressly to address inequities in public education, launched the research project with the aim of improving the implementation of math tutoring programs that support students who are Black, Latino, or experiencing poverty. We believe every child deserves the care and attention of a great tutor.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject. Math As Humanities?

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 192

Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2020

Standards-based grading (SBG)—or competency-based grading—measures student progress relative to specific learning standards. To some, SBG means throwing letter grades out the window, replacing them with more objective report cards that closely track student progress and success in standards mastery.

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Grades Math Culture Achievement 200

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. “This course follows a high level curriculum developed in my department to prepare Stanford undergraduate students for math, data science, AI, engineering, and all other quantitative disciplines.

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Math Middle School Middle School Essay 260

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

1st Grade A critical skill for first graders is to not only understand the idea of a “digital citizen” but why it’s important to be one. How does paying attention to their surroundings at the mall equate to paying attention on websites? This can tie into math class discussions on graphs and data.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there too. Oh, do you want to try? I was just a kid.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says. There are math requirements for those majors. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Teachers find AI tools that grade assignments, create lesson plans, and offer personalized student support. Some AI assistants grade papers, while others spot students who might need extra help. When papers need grading or test scores need tracking, AI steps in. Will AI replace teachers?

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

As students rotate to this station, they receive focused attention and resources that address their unique learning challenges or advanced needs, ensuring that each student is supported where they are in their learning journey. Group 2 (On Grade Level): Students read a standard-level folktale and discuss the central message.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Studies show that students’ executive functioning, the part of the brain that governs planning, organizing, and paying attention, is not fully formed until high school or later. A planner can also help parents track their children’s tasks, especially if they have multiple children in different grades.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

National program uses famed sports video game to ignite students’ interest in math and science. EA SPORTS Madden NFL: Football by the Numbers, a comprehensive educational initiative, is an initiative designed to engage students in grades 5-9 with science and math content through an interactive digital learning game.

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Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2023

One example is “tracking” or “grouping” students by their perceived ability, a good-intentioned practice that can result in underestimating student potential and providing fewer opportunities to experience grade-level, challenging mathematics. It takes content knowledge to evaluate and select effective curriculum materials.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2024

This type of tutoring can especially help in the early grades for literacy and in middle school math. It offers the attention and nurturing that students–especially disadvantaged youth who don’t often have access to high-impact tutoring–fundamentally need to succeed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Most American students are still performing below their pre-pandemic counterparts in reading and math, while the yawning gap between high-achieving and low-performing students got even wider, data from the nations report card shows. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Math Students Reading Testing 263

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2021

According to the most recent data from the National Assessment of Educational Performance (NAEP), two-thirds of K-12 students are not writing at levels expected for their grade level. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, writing had not received the same attention as math or reading.

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Writing Skills Attention Communication 280

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Here in Cicero School District 99, students are getting an extra 30 minutes of reading or math instruction every day, which adds up to around three additional weeks of school. The year before the pandemic, 22% of students in the district met or exceeded Illinois’ English language arts standards, while 16% cleared that bar in math.

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Math Schools English Reading 280

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. But where to start?

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Math Student Engagement Mobile Devices Teachers 147

eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions leader for K-12 education, is proud to announce that its enVision® Mathematics Common Core Grades 6-8 © 2021 received the highest rating from EdReports.org. enVision ® Mathematics Common Core © 2021 Grades 6-8. enVision ® A|G|A Common Core © 2018.

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Grades Math Evaluation Problem-Based Learning 136

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As a science teacher for grades 1-3, I wanted to create a completely different science lab experience for my young students. We started with a pilot for second grade students and then expanded that pilot to include first graders. All students in grades 1-3 currently use TinkRworks for science labs. It connected to our NGSS work.

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Science Critical Thinking STEM Textbooks 315

eSchool News

JULY 11, 2024

However, a combined total of 69 percent said their primary motive was to prepare for upcoming courses, develop better study skills or improve their grades. Math and foreign languages lead the pack, though there’s a notable discrepancy between what tutors see as important and what students express interest in.

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