eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I recently read 10 to 25 , a new book by David Yeager, one of the leading research psychologists in adolescent development and motivation. People only have so much time, attention, and emotional bandwidth. Compared to apps and games designed purely for entertainment, edtech rarely wins the attention battle on its own.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons. It also includes question sets to aid in developing reading comprehension skills and vocabulary. The platform lets you filter texts by grade, Lexile level, or topic.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Across the country, too many children are struggling to read, and too many teachers are struggling to help them. Teacher preparation programs and school districts across the nation have been slow to fully embrace this research base, known as the science of reading.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

If you’re trying to get students to really think while they read, not just skim or restate facts, then reciprocal reading might be just the technique you’re looking for. But what it does is something that every teacher hopes for: it helps students take control of their own reading process.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Reading before bed? But not everybody feels this way about reading. My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Sometimes they will cold call students, while other times they will ask students to share what they learned after theyve had a chance to read the assigned material or discuss it with their classmates in groups. It is also an invitation for the speaker to be attentive to communicating with the entire class.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

They often involved reading (which she couldnt do yet), they felt too much like work, and they didn’t offer speaking practice–critical for kids learning a new language. Do they require more dexterity and attentiveness than is usual for a child?

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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. There is a notable drop off in the reading and conversations.In

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

Vito: In higher education, microcredentials like project management are getting a lot of attention, and they’re important. With AI, it’s the same: We need to teach students to “read the nutrition label” before they consume AI content. Employers consistently say those are the skills they want most. . Who built the model?

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. And while the science of reading is currently in the forefront of media cycles, many other areas of education are being informed by cognitive neuroscience research.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

If a child is learning about animals, they start by playing with toy models of animals, matching them to cards and reading books on them. Dizzying graphics, loud noises, and incessant rewards can lead to attention deficits or emotional dysregulation. They then watch a short, age-appropriate video with those animals in their ecosystems.

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Technology Education Attention Beliefs 110

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. By incorporating music, creativity, and technology, we keep students present in the class, even when everything else seems to demand their attention.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Instead of overwhelming students with lengthy video lectures or dense readings, microlearning delivers short, focused modules that concentrate on single learning objectives. These modules are ideal for students who are accustomed to fast-paced digital environments and may have limited attention spans.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 88

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. And while the science of reading is currently in the forefront of media cycles, many other areas of education are being informed by cognitive neuroscience research.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

Instead of overwhelming students with lengthy video lectures or dense readings, microlearning delivers short, focused modules that concentrate on single learning objectives. These modules are ideal for students who are accustomed to fast-paced digital environments and may have limited attention spans.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 94

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. By incorporating music, creativity, and technology, we keep students present in the class, even when everything else seems to demand their attention.

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 65

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

This step was taken especially since it became more difficult for me over the years in the classroom to keep todays device-driven students focused beyond 10 seconds or less on an assigned major concept for each of my fifty-minute classes.Retained learning was there but not at the expected levels.In

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Choose high-interest books and materials for reading activities, and encourage students to choose how they’d like to finish final projects. And if you can incorporate their phones and/or electronics into the lesson, you’ll get a lot more students paying attention!

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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. But communication isnt just about updatesits about meaningful conversations.

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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. Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

For example, most PBS Kids episodes are 11 minutes, accounting for children’s shorter attention spans and how much they can retain in a single sitting. There is also a large focus on “child-centered content,” designed specifically for the age of the target audience and how much they can process.

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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 184

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Do you like it when someone reads a book to you, or do you prefer reading independently? What environmental issue should we pay the most attention to? What would you say? Would you rather have a job where you made a lot of money, or a job where you could follow your passion? What historical event has impacted your life the most?

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

Before long, the boy was orchestrating his actions to match the needs of the other children, reading the situation, while also responding to calls for "More water!" The development of motor plans through practiced movement and adjustment is obviously intertwined with cognitive functions like attention, perception, and decision-making.

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Writing Attention Feedback Assignments 75

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. Keep reading to see some of our readers’ suggestions if you are stuck and looking for something new to hook your kids!

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Math Reading Attention Grades 95

eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

He reads every Trump executive order closely so he can make sure his board members know what they mean, and what they don’t. An Iowa district backed out of a long-running event that promoted reading Black authors even as other school districts maintained their participation. Every aspect of running the district is more complicated.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention? What sport should get more attention? Imagine a world where you could read everyones mind, but no one could read yours. If you woke up famous, what would you like to be famous for?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 30, 2025

Summer Writing for Teens: Choice Menu with 40 Prompts {June & July} By Secondary Sara Grades: 6th-10th This highly flexible, choice-oriented project gives students 40 prompts across 8 high-interest topics: summer reading, goals & plans, vacation, and memorable moments.

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Hey, Mike Alpert!

MAY 31, 2025

It’s a simple, effective way to help reinforce understanding—perfect for these final days when attention spans are running on fumes. Read more After next week, keep an eye out for our annual survey. And the fun won’t stop there! When they can say it their way, they’re showing you what they truly understand.

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Attention Reading Teachers Schools 52

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Collecting speech data with children is hard; you cant just give them something to read, she says. Researchers also hope to help with intervention, focusing on personalized attention for each student.

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Language Languages Intelligence Testing 142

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

But in recent years, a handful of urban library systems have stepped up to offer readers who are at least 13 years old a chance to read the books that might be unavailable in their home areas. You can read whatever you want. — You can read whatever you want” that’s in a digital format. It‘s our entire book collection.

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Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 211

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 21, 2025

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. 81% of marketers agree interactive content grabs attention more effectively and 66% admit it increases audience engagement. It may be the only way we read in the future. Here’s what I cover: What is it? How can writers use it? I can attest to this popularity.

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Teachers Participation Attention Curriculum 96

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

September 8th is International Literacy Day, a great time to think about promoting a class culture that values reading. However, encouraging students to read in and out of class is challenging as small screens command much of their time and attention. Silent Sustained Reading Routine. Reading and Response Assignment.

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Culture Reading Assignments Blended Learning 501

Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and abilities. But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. I'm a quest giver.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Many students are still reading below the level appropriate for their grade– roughly one-third of fourth graders in the United States read at or below what’s considered the basic level. And unfortunately, even before the pandemic, reading achievement has been low over the past several decades.

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Science Reading Gamification Motivation 320

Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. EdSurge connected with Turner to learn about this new world of fragmented attention and what educators can do to reach these increasingly distracted students. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below. What does that mean?

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Attention Students Instructors Communication 217

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2025

And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student performance in reading. While most, if not all, of these are likely factors, and the analyses of why will continue, the prominent question for many of us is: Why, with so many states now signed on to the science of reading, do we still have this significant literacy crisis?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. More than 50 years of research has illuminated the most effective way to teach children to read.

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