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. Energy & Motion: Bottle Rocket STEM Projects Newton’s Laws of Motion Activity By Williams Hands On Science Grades: 6th-10th Standards: CCSS RST.6-8.7, 1, 2, 3, 4; 7.G.B.4, 4, 5, 6; 6.EE.C.9; 1, 2, 3, 4; 6.RP.A.1,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Editable Classroom Seating Chart Template for Classroom Management by Teachers Resource Force Grades: PreK-12th Design your classroom like a pro with this editable seating chart template. For teachers who use this layout, it makes it easy to circulate the room and access each student for personalized attention.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

JULY 21, 2025

in sixth grade. I have curriculum plans for 6th – 8th grade that you can grab for free. Sunday To-Do List – Map out your units across the school year Pay attention to holidays and testing days Build in buffer time Get More Guidance on Alternating Your Units Want a step-by-step breakdown of planning with alternating units?

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

The result: districts are facing shortages of educators who are not only qualified to teach, but certified in areas where compliance is non-negotiable, such as delivering IEP services, bilingual content-based instruction, or state-tested core courses. Pay special attention to Title I campuses and state-tested subjects.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

Support Reluctant Readers With 4 ELA Activities for Middle School Middle schoolers who read more than one grade behind may struggle to keep up with their everyday ELA activities. Middle schoolers need the security of a predictable schedule, but stay interested in class when activities feel new and innovative enough to get their attention.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

But bucking this trend, Alabama saw fourth grade math scores increase. In fourth grade math, the state moved from 52nd in 2019, scoring at the very bottom of states, to 32nd in 2024. The state has impeccable licensure tests, professional learning and coaching for teachers and teacher preparation standards, the report says. (In

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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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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

In early February, seventh grade math teacher Jamie Gallimore tried something new: She watched herself teach class. In addition, middle school grades and attendance are the best indicators of how a student will do in high school and whether theyre ready for college at the end of high school, a 2014 study found.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 20, 2025

For students, this means larger class sizes, less individualized attention and support, and a lower quality of education overall. High workloads, inadequate resources, and lack of personalized attention can also negatively impact education quality. Why Is There a Teacher Shortage?

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

We do all these DEI trainings, and our kids still can’t read and write on grade level,” she said. “We Sometimes the administration seems to be testing the waters to see which ideas generate the most pushback from constituencies they care about. We still have a 30-percentage-point gap between Black and white students. It isn’t working.”

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

In addition, the programs used different measures of success, such as scores on year-end tests, graduation rates, and college attendance rates. Many students felt they received more personal attention from teachers in these programs than in traditional schools.

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

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. Your introduction grabs attention well. Plus, it helps demystify grading. Try going back and checking your math.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2022

Nearly everyone remembers the stress of taking a test in school. In fact, around 40 percent of students regularly report experiencing moderate to severe anxiety over tests. Unfortunately, that stress isn’t limited to students in higher grades.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Researchers at the University of Missouri (MU) College of Education have developed a one-item readiness test that can accurately predict kindergartners’ success in school. If a child struggles in kindergarten and falls behind his or her peers, it is very difficult for them to catch up in later grades,” Stormont said.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Meanwhile, just 20% of principals said their school offered the class in eighth grade and that any student could take it. Historically, students from low-income families have had less access to algebra in eighth grade, too.

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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. education system imparts on our youth.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

I wonder if he is going to be able to take our weekly formative assessment today, or if it will be another case of him rapidly clicking through the test simply to complete it. During “testing season,” I make sure to pay extra attention to her emotional state. This has become a mantra in my classroom.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2021

If a school has software that can analyze the effectiveness of academic content based on the average grades of the schools that adopt it, for instance, the statistical data will show the content schools should use to improve student performance. They had to pivot quickly and add yet another software system to manage this new problem.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

After politics and religion, few issues are as contentious as standardized tests. To some, standardized testing overwhelms our schools and helps eradicate differences between students. Whatever your thoughts, there’s no denying that students are taking lots of tests. students were taking about eight tests a year.

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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 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In eighth grade math, the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students was the widest in the tests history. Fourth grade math was the lone bright spot, with average student scores ticking up two points on the 500-point scale. Our nation is facing complex challenges in reading.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Despite assumptions, however, standardized test scores in rural areas often kept pace or outpaced those in more populated areas. That’s why attention is being paid to a dozen states that have been specifically tracking COVID learning loss all the way down to individual students. State and district-level learning loss data is critical.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

Teachers can’t slow down the lesson plans for the entire class to accommodate a few struggling students, and can’t provide individualized attention to all the students who need it to stay on track. Most tools that teachers have for this purpose are lagging indicators such as tests, quizzes, and homework.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Students were tested before and after they played the game either on a desktop or through immersive virtual reality, with researchers comparing their scores to see whether the game helped the students better grasp the material. The study included 97 seventh grade students in an urban middle school in Indiana.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Essentially these are the computer systems that store grades and the student records of his school. When he started poking around these systems built by Blackboard and Follett, he found that he was able to access millions of records, things from test grades to medical records, what they eat for lunch, all kinds of things.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In a new analysis, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) finds that most states (29 states and the District of Columbia) use a weak elementary teacher reading licensure test, meaning that they do not effectively measure teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction prior to entering the classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

With a focus on students in grades 7-12, I’ve made it a mission to help struggling readers become proficient. They don’t want to interact with anyone, and by the time they reach 7 th grade, they definitely don’t want to be reminded of their reading struggles. The consequences of early literacy struggles have been well documented.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2019

Teacher prep programs are failing to pay attention to the content knowledge teacher candidates need, and an astonishingly high number of elementary teacher candidates fail professional licensing tests teach year, according to a new report. Read more: 5 big ideas for innovation in 2019.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

With all of the focus on helping struggling students achieve grade-level proficiency, students at the very top end of the academic spectrum often aren’t getting the challenges they need to stay engaged in school or tap their full potential. Matthew Jaskol aims to change that. million public-school students in gifted and talented programs.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

One reason we chose MidSchoolMath is that the middle grades represent the critical time in a student’s academic career. Wheeler: One reason we chose MidSchoolMath is that the middle grades represent the critical time in a student’s academic career. They can also use the Test Trainer Pro tool for asynchronous practice.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

The answer is not necessarily a new one, but it is a concept that needs more attention from educators in our modern-day classrooms: Design thinking. The basic steps of design thinking are empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test (Interaction Design Foundation, 2016). What is design thinking?

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2017

You can look at all kids who are currently in grades K–12 as Generation Z. These students are even more enveloped in technology than the Millennials who came before them, and many educators now worry about how best to teach Generation Z basics—such as how to read—while competing for attention with digital devices.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2017

Unbeknownst to parents, all first-grade classes in a suburban Los Angeles elementary school were successfully taught by teacher robots during the 2015-2016 school year. “We’ve been working on some super cool artificial intelligence (AI), and in lab tests, the AI robots demonstrated instructional capability,” Miller said.

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