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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

Edsurge

Before we usher in the 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows, we want to reflect on the important themes our recent cohort of fellows wrote about in their personal essays. This lack of belief in Black students potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C.,

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78 Scholarly & Creative 7th Grade Writing Prompts

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They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays. Describe your family culture and explain how it shapes who you are. Try these 7th grade writing prompts for journaling, group discussion, or formal essays: Which is better for connecting with friends: TikTok or Instagram?

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Baked-in bias or sweet equity: AI’s role in motivation and deep learning

eSchool News

Because the tool can assist with assignments like generating essays from prompts, students quickly integrated these technologies into the classroom. However, even after these efforts, AI systems may remain biased toward certain cultures and contexts.

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Stop using AI to replicate outdated teaching–get creative, instead

eSchool News

For instance, instead of banning tools like ChatGPT for essay writing, teachers can encourage students to use AI in their work but clearly document how their essays evolved through multiple drafts. Students then engage in “intelligence augmentation,” or the enhancement of human intelligence through AI tools.

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What it Takes to Lead a School Where Students Love Themselves and Succeed Academically

Edsurge

It’s not a mastery-based standard and it hasn’t been given the same weight as crafting a clear argument in an essay or explaining the relationship between photosynthesis and cellular respiration. In an essay penned in 1935, which has become one of the anchor texts I’ve drawn from throughout my career, W.E.B.

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When Students Don’t Feel Confident About Math, a Growth Mindset Matters

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It Starts in the Community I grew up in northeast Denver — a place rich in Black history and culture where the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education enacted the Black Excellence Resolution. Her journey is a testament to the power of support, resilience and belief in one’s potential.

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Students Say Poor Social and Emotional Skills Are Leaving Them Unprepared

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It might seem strange to squeeze in lessons on coping with trauma or resolving political disputes in between frog dissections and persuasive essay writing, but students today say they want to be as prepared socially and emotionally as they are academically when they leave high school. After lunch and before U.S.

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