Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

These parallel yet distinct teaching environments demand intentional strategies that can adapt while maintaining their power to actively engage students in the learning process. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

Just as students rely on a teachers voice in a traditional classroom for success, the same is true in physical education classes, whether in the gym or on the field. Research over the past 40 years has highlighted the critical link between hearing clearly and learning. The benefits extend beyond students. Researchers Joseph J.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

In a course that requires out-of-class reading, that conversation is highly reliant on students doing their part and completing the assigned reading.However, in recent semesters, students engaging in focused reading in which they annotate text is dwindling. The quiet period allows think-time for all students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Discovery Education , the creators of essential PreK-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced significant enhancements to the online, adaptive literacy program DreamBox Reading. This adaptivity ensures that students are met where they are with just-right instruction and fun activities.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. Learning That Works for Every Student Imagine a student who is bright, curious, and eager to learn but constantly struggles in a traditional classroom.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Halfway through the semester, it’s not uncommon to notice a shift in your students’ energy levels (Baghurst and Kelley, 2013; Kumari et al., The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. What new words or expressions did you learn?

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Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

Keeping students engaged is a daily goal that teachers are always trying to hit, and for good reason: its directly tied to how much students learn and retain. But lets be honest, coming up with fresh and creative ways to hold their attention isnt always easy.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Halfway through the semester, it’s not uncommon to notice a shift in your students’ energy levels (Baghurst and Kelley, 2013; Kumari et al., The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. What new words or expressions did you learn?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 29, 2025

Bullying in nursing is a well-documented issue, but less attention has been given to the experiences of nurse educators who face hostility within academic institutions. Conclusion Bullying among nurse educators in higher education is a serious yet underrecognized issue that negatively impacts both faculty and students.

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Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

This is not just because young people’s minds have a short attention span from social media, but because human beings are genetically hard-wired to prefer to watch interactive scenes rather than a single individual. While not always possible, these ideas don’t need to all be implemented into every lesson.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

These roles help break down the process and keep students engaged every step of the way. Summarizing Students start by condensing what they’ve read into a few key points. This step pushes students to distinguish between main ideas and supporting details , which is a skill many readers struggle with.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

As students increasingly seek flexible and interactive learning experiences, the conventional approach may not meet their needs any longer. What innovations might redefine the learning environment? Data indicates that online learning offers flexibility that traditional classrooms often can’t match.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning. Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. Find new ways to assess learning 5.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

Our on-the-ground experience echoed the data for our campus tabulated by the National Study of Voting, Learning, and Engagement (NSLVE) project at Tufts University, which is available for most campuses in the United States (National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement 2025). The Youth Vote in 2024.”  About NSLVE.” 

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

Our on-the-ground experience echoed the data for our campus tabulated by the National Study of Voting, Learning, and Engagement (NSLVE) project at Tufts University, which is available for most campuses in the United States (National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement 2025). The Youth Vote in 2024.”  About NSLVE.” 

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

She works with students with autism and students with specific learning and cognitive needs and loves organizing desks into smiley faces, basic shapes, and even letters for creative classroom seating arrangements. All 15 arrangements were created with student engagement in mind.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

That’s what makes ELA so engaging — and with the right tools and resources, you’ll inspire every student in class! Use these easy and effective ELA activities for middle school to keep students engaged and teach them valuable skills. You don’t need to assign tests and quizzes to assess student learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 19, 2025

During the transition to digital learning, school librarians struggled to articulate why their roles were still essential to schools, which left them easy targets when districts faced funding shortfalls, particularly after the 2008 recession. city by population, are reading below grade level.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

When a student answers, she might turn to the other side of the room and ask, What did they just say? The tactics, she said, have helped keep her students engaged. Research indicates that coaching can make a big difference in student outcomes. What strategy have you learned from Mr. Love on how to solve this problem?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Key points: Student engagement is at an all-time low in the classroom–here’s how to fix it Student engagement requires more than edtech tools How we can improve literacy through student engagement For more news on student engagement, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Schools in the U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

As classroom teachers, one of the many challenges we face is student engagement. With the changing landscape of education, how do we keep students focused and provide them with a foundation to learn our varied subject areas? What is student engagement? Before we begin, let’s define student engagement.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2021

We talk a lot about student engagement in education. Most educators got into this profession for the students, and, as a result, we want their experience to be as engaging and positive as possible. There is far less written about teacher engagement, even though teacher engagement and student engagement are reciprocal.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2019

No matter what the subject, before students can learn new skills or absorb new material, they need to be paying attention. Here, three educators share the tech tools and best practices they use to improve student engagement and make sure students are energized, focused, and ready to learn.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Key points: Increased student engagement yields better learning outcomes Edtech has a lot of potential to help boost student engagement See related article: With greater access to devices, teachers are folding more tech into instruction As a teacher, I constantly wondered how to get students more engaged in my lessons.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on innovative ways to engage students, digital resources, and online and hybrid learning strategies related to post-pandemic teaching. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on instructional strategies for better student engagement.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2022

But not all students do this, or at least, do it well. So how can teachers and principals up their game to keep students engaged and make sure each child stays focused and ready to learn? Students are more likely to stay engaged and pay attention knowing it could be them who gets selected next.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The first suggestion from elementary teachers was to start the course by setting the stage with a clear set of behavior expectations for students working online. Simple things like expecting students to keep their cameras active, how to attract the teacher’s attention by raising their hand via video or using a Zoom tool, etc.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. Below are the benefits and challenges of teaching in a whole group lesson.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2024

Attendees will learn directly from top ed tech experts and successful real-world practitioners in hundreds of in-depth workshops and hands-on sessions. Plus, they’ll learn best practices and current trends to best leverage educational technology resources. 23, 2024 in Orlando. Unleash the Magic of AI in Your Classroom!

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 2, 2016

Too many classrooms are not set up with the intention of engaging students. Student engagement is “ the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught.” Unfortunately, this statistic doesn’t shock me.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. You use a phrase for this that you call ‘budgeted attention.’ They see you're not paying attention to them. What does that mean?

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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. The conversation covered many topics including the importance of personalized learning, community involvement, and innovative teaching methods. In this highlight, Alberto M.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2023

This renewed collaboration ensures students and teachers in the district’s K-5 classrooms will continue to use the company’s award-winning Mystery Science service to drive deeper student engagement in science instruction.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

I’ve taught in person, online, and in blended learning environments. Teachers learn so much from listening to their students engaging in conversation or observing them as they work through a problem or task. 1 Articulate Clear Learning Goals and Objectives.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2022

Many students see no relevance between their education and the real world, and say they are struggling to find meaning in their education or find a career direction, according to a new survey from YouScience , a student engagement platform. Help students discover what they’re good at and match it with what they’re interested in.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —Hawaii’s Kihei Elementary School today announced that it has expanded its partnership with Discovery Education, which has supported the school’s educators in creating engaging digital learning environments since 2015. www.discoveryeducation.com , and?stay

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