eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

People only have so much time, attention, and emotional bandwidth. Unless AI technology evolves to a point where it plays a meaningful role in real social systems, where time, attention, and affirmation are scarce and must be earned, it will fall short of solving the motivational challenge. AI can’t confer status or respect.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Do they require more dexterity and attentiveness than is usual for a child? Study the existing literature on the intersection between childrens learning and advanced tech features. We soon discovered academic research showing how multimodal AI tutors and animated pedagogical agents can outperform traditional learning tools.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Science, social studies, and even math teachers can access informational texts aligned to Texas standards directly through the platform’s educator tools. In an era of constant change, where new tools emerge daily and attention spans are short, there’s immense value in legacy platforms that continue to evolve.

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Languages Language English Math 277

k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

This approach respects the natural constraints of attention and working memory. Empirical studies show that microlearning modules improve knowledge retention, engagement, and learning outcomes, with participants reporting high effectiveness scores in these areas [3].

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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. Adeel Khan Johnsrud: When it comes to AI literacy, I think about where we are now, much like the early days of media literacy when I taught K-12 library studies.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Teachers are constantly battling for students attention, often losing that battle to smart phones. The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

I view every classroom interaction as a form of dialogue, and I pay close attention to how students respond emotionally and behaviorally to what and how we teach. I have seen powerful learning emerge when students explore a topic like “community resilience” through the lenses of science, social studies, and civic action.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Armed with markers and paper, they work collaboratively to connect concepts like anxiety, depression, and trauma responses, discovering links they might have missed studying alone. In my traditional classes, I divide students into small groups to create concept maps exploring the relationships between different psychological disorders.

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Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 65

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Since 2017, consistent media attention focused on the literacy crisis has created a groundswell of support for learning about the science of reading. 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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Faculty Focus

MAY 20, 2025

Course Context I teach a required, writing-intensive course for students in their junior year of their undergraduate studies. They may also feel underprepared for reading focused non-fiction, informational texts that require more attention than a casual fiction novel. There are only two rules for focused reflection time.

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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.

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Lecturing Attention Discussions Questions 52

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

I view every classroom interaction as a form of dialogue, and I pay close attention to how students respond emotionally and behaviorally to what and how we teach. I have seen powerful learning emerge when students explore a topic like “community resilience” through the lenses of science, social studies, and civic action.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S. Department of Education found that 77% of online students reported a better balance between their studies and personal life.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

Even though current generational students resist group work, I encouraged them to team up with a study partner (for experience) where they can help each other with content, application, and reporting (even though all submissions must be individual and not just copied from their partner).

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Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 96

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). National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement.

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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. There were plenty of studies replete with data on engagement, reading strategies, and Lexile scores.

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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). National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement.

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Students Attention Communication Study 59

Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

Thus, I paid attention and reflected during the action in order to construct adjustments, while doing hybrid-teaching at the same time. When blind spots and shortcomings arise, pay attention to how you reframe them in order to get back on track. The Reflective Turn: Case Studies in and One Educational Practice.

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Lecturing Faculty Development Knowledge Laboratory 55

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

This foundational knowledge includes study skills. No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Maximizing student engagement is the goal for every teacher!

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Teach Hub

APRIL 30, 2025

But lets be honest, coming up with fresh and creative ways to hold their attention isnt always easy. Simply stepping outside can make a noticeable difference in your students attention and energy levels. Studies have shown that students learning outdoors return to the classroom more focused and ready to learn.

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Activities Teaching Learning Attention 81

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. Talk to your ELA or social studies departments to find ways to turn existing STEM projects into STEAM projects! And when you introduce STEM into your classroom, you get some of the coolest projects around!

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This initiative helps students strengthen their academic foundations, develop better study habits, and build resilience. Small class sizes ensure that every student receives the individual attention they need. For those needing additional academic support, AEFs Pathway to Progress Program offers targeted intervention.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Pay special attention to roles that directly impact legal compliance, such as Special Education, ELL, or state-tested subjects. Review your staffing assignments across core subjects (ELA, math, science, social studies) to ensure each teacher is certified in the subject and grade level they’re teaching.

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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. Cheating in the age of generative AI: A high school survey study of cheating behaviors before and after the release of ChatGPT. Minimize conditions where cheating is most likely to occur.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 70

Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

I offered students a chance to ask about my education, experience in finance, the time I lived and studied in Paris, or how I ended up teaching at a community college. Without the constant need to defend or assert one’s ego (our preferences and aversions), the instructor’s attention can open to what is happening in the room or on the screen.

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Teaching Motivation Learning Outcomes Instructors 70

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Describe your study process or homework routine. What environmental issue should we pay the most attention to? 10 8th Grade Social Studies Writing Prompts Stretch 8th grade writing prompts across the humanities with short social studies writing assignments. What political issue do people need to know more about?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Image courtesy of LYLA IN THE LOOP™ / © 2023 Mighty Picnic LLC PBS works with advisers — ranging from educational researchers to psychologists — who create a framework of learning goals based on studies and topics that are age-appropriate for children. The studies showcasing the positive effects of PBS on children’s learning seem endless.

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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 182

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2025

Hundreds of those families garnered national attention by turning out at their own state Capitol. A 2024 study by Angela Watson from Johns Hopkins University and the Texas Home School Coalition’s Jeremy Newman found “no evidence that public funding of private school choice has impacted homeschool policy.”

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Schools Attention Study Curriculum 256

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

In your opinion, what sport gets too much attention? What sport should get more attention? Social Studies: Encourage high schoolers to write creatively about a time in history from a famous persons point of view, or to imagine what life would be like if a historical event had never taken place. What about kindergarten?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 30, 2025

Pay attention to what sparks your childs curiosity, and help them find ways to deepen their skills through inquiry-based learning. This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the school year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 27, 2025

Gallagher, the Republican co-author, said the “MAHA movement” in the Trump administration has helped give this bill momentum but agrees with Gabriel that California lawmakers have been paying attention to the issue for years. despite some studies showing slowing growth, according to a 2018 study published in the journal Pediatrics.

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Schools Study Attention Science 70

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 6, 2025

Studies find that young children engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity, on average, for three hours a day. Attention during action is our natural state. Well, he's right about that, at least compared to adults: young children do move far more than most adults. Not only that, they run when they could walk.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

In the fall of 2022, the university, as part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system, received a five-year, $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation to study the effects of the technology on diagnosing and treating speech problems in children.

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Languages Language Intelligence Testing 140

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2025

Four in 10 families are experiencing material hardship , according to the study, and over a third of kids aged 0 to 5 show frequently fussy or defiant behavior. This is not a research study that happened three years ago where conditions were different. I do my best to curate and draw their attention to things.”

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Study Attention Languages Language 153

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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