Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian and improv teacher, posed this question to a group of high school students in Northern California at a Laughing Together workshop he was leading. When I was a kid, I convinced myself that I hated avocados,” Gethard remembered the student saying. He remembered one who identified as a fruit.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Peer-to-peer conversations can help students to make connections with each other and course content. There has been a noticeable decline in students’ engagement with course materials, evidenced by reduced annotations and superficial reading habits (Deale & Hyun, 2021; Mizrachi & Salaz, 2022).It Stalnaker, J., Hubbard, A.,

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

You have the power to help students tap into their full potential, even when they feel like school just isn’t clicking. You can help students build confidence, develop new habits, and keep moving forward—even when the work is hard. One way to unlock a student’s potential is to encourage a growth mindset.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day. 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.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2025

Its a uniquely significant threat to K-12 schools, where students and teachers rely heavily on file-hosting services to complete, submit, and share work and information. This makes it easier for IT teams–and even teachers and students–to recognize patterns of suspicious behavior across their network and address it accordingly.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Knowing they are covered under our district licenses with Google allows CPS to encourage their use to revolutionize the way we educate our students. Students also use Gemini for real-time academic help, such as asking follow-up questions and details about a particular topic. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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Teach Hub

APRIL 24, 2025

It feels like youre constantly in pursuit of your students attention, trying every trick in the book. But heres the thing – there are ways to redirect your students attention without losing your voice or your mind. Were not talking about putting on a movie or letting your students play video games all day.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), microlearning, and learning analytics provides new dimensions to this pedagogical approach, enhancing both student preparation and in-class engagement. model, the learning process is amplified by integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, which help personalize student learning pathways.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 89

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

The integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI), microlearning, and learning analytics provides new dimensions to this pedagogical approach, enhancing both student preparation and in-class engagement. model, the learning process is amplified by integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools, which help personalize student learning pathways.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 95

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

When a high school student uses AI to design a community mural or a college freshman collaborates with peers across continents on a digital storytelling project, it’s clear the boundaries of learning are shifting. EdSurge: What skills matter most for students’ futures, and how are institutions responding? Our faculty have been amazing.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

That early access to knowledge helped shape who I am today, and I carry that legacy into my work leading library services and digital learning for more than 30,500 students in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Students, in turn, build literacy skills in context, rather than treating reading as an isolated subject.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Key points: Building an app for kids came with unique challenges A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI tools for kids, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 28, 2025

Since the early days of internet access in K12 schools, there has been a need to protect students from inappropriate content with filtering and restricted access. These filters also provide a level of liability protection, serving as insurance that schools are maintaining a safe online experience for students on their provided devices.

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Internet Attention Schools Students 123

eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

Clear verbal and nonverbal communication build trust and respect, making students feel heard and helping them more effectively develop motor skills. These grab and go units include wireless microphones that teachers and students use to amplify their voices as they move about a room.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

These students can make meaningful gains when provided with targeted reading intervention strategies tailored to their needs. Delayed readers are students whose reading development lags behind typical age or grade expectations. The term emphasizes potential rather than deficiency (McLeskey et al.,

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. By aligning instructional strategies with how the brain naturally learns, educators can create environments where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

The implications stretch far beyond convenience or novelty- they represent a fundamental shift in how knowledge transfers from source to student. This approach respects the natural constraints of attention and working memory. However, research increasingly challenges this notion. Similarly, platforms like QuizBot and Buddy.ai

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. As a student, I found myself disengaged, even though I deeply valued the idea of learning.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

I was watching as a few of my students took notes while the remaining students sat passively, perhaps hoping my animated gestures and pacing would somehow osmotically transfer my explanation of classical conditioning into their brains. Yet simply abandoning these proven engagement strategies isn’t the answer.

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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. Operating three campuses in the Davie area, AEF Schools cater to a diverse student population through two Preparatory Programs and one Academy Program.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

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. That in order to monitor student learning, we have to review every answer, every response, every paragraph.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge. What are the Necessary Steps to Specifically Help SES Students?

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 96

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.

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Language Languages Instructors Culture 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2025

You’d think High School and college students would flock to these jobs, but they don’t. Let’s explore how to spark interest early, show real-world impact, and give students a clear path from the classroom to a career in tech that actually feels achievable. These stories show how coding helps people.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

There are decades of research involving thousands of students and educators to support a structured literacy approach to teaching literacy. Since 2017, consistent media attention focused on the literacy crisis has created a groundswell of support for learning about the science of reading.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

These improvements broaden DreamBox Reading’s coverage to support all PreK-5 learners and expand educators’ abilities to develop students’ foundational skills and confidence in reading through personalized instruction. This adaptivity ensures that students are met where they are with just-right instruction and fun activities.

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Reading Education Intelligence Schools 130

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. By aligning instructional strategies with how the brain naturally learns, educators can create environments where students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

On college campuses, this trend can be palpable as well, with students, faculty, and staff feeling more inclined to get involved in civic affairs in some way. This is intended to provide guidance for others seeking to galvanize student voting and to create a foundational civic infrastructure on their own campuses for future election cycles.

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Students Attention Communication Study 54

Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

On college campuses, this trend can be palpable as well, with students, faculty, and staff feeling more inclined to get involved in civic affairs in some way. This is intended to provide guidance for others seeking to galvanize student voting and to create a foundational civic infrastructure on their own campuses for future election cycles.

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Students Attention Communication Study 59

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. As a student, I found myself disengaged, even though I deeply valued the idea of learning.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

We have all seen the stereotypical portrayal of the traditional school setting where a teacher stands at the front of the classroom and spends the entirety of class time giving a lecture and asking questions of the students. No matter how interesting the teacher, sometimes it can be hard for students to focus for very long on a lecture.

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Lecturing Attention Discussions Questions 52

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.

Language 65

Language Languages Instructors Culture 65

k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

Yet, many traditional learning environments struggle to meet the diverse needs of students. Driven by her passion for personalized, inclusive, and globally relevant education, Llana founded ProEd Global School to create an environment where students don’t just learn—they thrive. That’s where ProEd Global School comes in.

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Exams Counselling Education Schools 137

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

APRIL 30, 2025

As AI moves further into classrooms, it has generated debates around appropriate use for teachers and students. Overall, most districts seemed to take a cautious approach, focusing first on teacher use before turning attention to how students will or will not be permitted to use AI in the classroom.

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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. When educators feel unsupported, their ability to mentor students and contribute to nursing scholarship declines, diminishing the overall quality of nursing education.

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Education Culture Counselling Ethics 98

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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Reading Discussions Fairness Questions 66