Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Institutions should: Foster a Culture of Experimentation : Encourage pilot projects that allow for controlled experimentation. Department of Commerce’s District Export Council for Maine.

Ethics 117

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 117

k12 Digest

JUNE 2, 2025

It was a way to rekindle hope, driven by the belief that we must do better. A Global Youth Culture study found that 60% of young people report experiencing depression, 66% struggle with anxiety, and 35% have had suicidal thoughts. That was my call to action. It was how I would carry on in Josephine’s memory.

Multidisciplinary 137

Multidisciplinary Students Beliefs Culture 137

k12 Digest

JUNE 2, 2025

It was a way to rekindle hope, driven by the belief that we must do better. A Global Youth Culture study found that 60% of young people report experiencing depression, 66% struggle with anxiety, and 35% have had suicidal thoughts. That was my call to action. It was how I would carry on in Josephines memory.

Multidisciplinary 130

Multidisciplinary Students Beliefs Culture 130

Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Through best practices, case studies, and expert insights, we outline a step-by-step guide for institutions to craft their AI policies. Institutions should: Foster a Culture of Experimentation : Encourage pilot projects that allow for controlled experimentation. Department of Commerce’s District Export Council for Maine.

Ethics 74

Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 74

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This initiative helps students strengthen their academic foundations, develop better study habits, and build resilience. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. But learning doesnt stop with formal training.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Describe your family culture and explain how it shapes who you are. How do the characters’ beliefs and values come through in their actions or words? You’ll also get three customizable covers perfect for group assignments, novel studies, and independent projects. In what ways did you personally connect with the novel?

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Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Cal Matters

JULY 7, 2025

The task force will use data from a Jewish climate survey to draft a plan supporting Jewish life, antisemitism education and cultural awareness, according to the email. The university will also require mandatory student training on antisemitism awareness and endow a chair of Jewish studies.

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Questions Study Beliefs History 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

An effective school culture is a positive environment that supports learning for each and every student. In a healthy school culture, there’s a belief that every student holds unique gifts and talents, and has the innate ability to be successful. Related content: How we turned around our school culture.

Culture 357

Culture Beliefs Schools Writing 357

eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2016

Study of grades 3-5 students showed improved math achievement with personalized learning approach. A research study from the Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard University demonstrates a link between an adaptive learning program and improvement in mathematics achievement for students in grades 3-5.

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Study Math Beliefs Achievement 187

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

Culture 205

Culture Math Science Beliefs 205

Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2021

[by LightField Studios / Shutterstock] The unusual school, work and home conditions that so many Americans have faced during the pandemic have given researchers new opportunities to study the causes and consequences of family stressors and behaviors. It’s hard to be a really warm, actively engaged parent if you are struggling yourself.

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Study Beliefs Peer Review Schools 164

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Create a school culture that teachers won’t want to leave. Research shows that a positive school culture is associated with higher attendance rates and deeper engagement for both students and faculty. Improving teacher retention starts with building a positive and supportive school environment.

Teachers 320

Teachers Beliefs Culture Coaching 320

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue. This encourages cultural sensitivity and open-mindedness. This helps students understand the impact of their learning better and how their ideas have developed over time.

Ethics 331

Ethics Metacognitive Skills Culture Critical Thinking 331

eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

As math educators, we can help those students by finding ways to relate their classroom learning to more recognizable cultural frames of reference that are authentic to the range of experiences in the room. This mindset and belief system could not be further from the truth. It’s two baskets for a four-point lead at halftime.

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Language Languages Math Culture 333

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

As an edtech researcher and designer who has spent the last 15 years studying how technology can bridge the gap between learning and play, I’m struck by the ways in which generative AI can bring creativity and playfulness to the classroom–a notion that I know runs counter to some of the current critiques.

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Teaching Essay Teaching Methods Intelligence 322

Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

More than 75 percent of students, according to a Chinese study from 2016 , spend their evenings or Saturdays with tutors, studying core subjects, or English, or learning sports, coding, or music, either in person or online, one-to-one or in groups. One is cultural, says Yong Zhao, author of the book “Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Dragon?:

Culture 159

Culture English Exams Cognitive Development 159

Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

However, as books like “ Brotopia ” by Emily Chang and “ Race after Technology ” by Ruha Benjamin indicate, the culture of tech companies can be misogynistic and racist and therefore unwelcoming to many people. I am actively learning about people across the globe who have different religious and cultural ways of life than I do.

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Science Ethics Culture Teaching 217

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Auditory Hallucination Simulation To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia.

Culture 111

Culture Beliefs Learning Interdisciplinary 111

eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2025

A meta-analysis of studies, including data from 145,000 students in 33 nations, tell two notable truths: By age six, kids already see girls as worse than boys at computing and engineering Kids see girls as far superior in reading and writing by age eight, a belief that strengthens over time.

STEM 265

STEM Reading Beliefs Middle School 265

eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes. A recent study on adolescent loneliness suggests that light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends.

High School 291

High School High School Counselling Communication 291

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 11, 2024

The hallmark symptom of schizophrenia is psychosis, such as experiencing auditory hallucinations (voices) and delusions (fixed false beliefs)” (Frankenburg 2024, para. Auditory Hallucination Simulation To help my students, I thus took part in a cultural immersion exercise to learn more about what it is like to live with schizophrenia.

Culture 105

Culture Beliefs Learning Interdisciplinary 105

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

This fall, my computer science class will follow the new AP Computer Science curriculum framework while also including culturally responsive instruction that makes use of students’ interests, community settings, and cultural and ethnic backgrounds. in effect transferring local knowledge into the realms of math and computing.

Culture 113

Culture Art Science Exams 113

eSchool News

MAY 21, 2019

According to Jeff Goelitz, Director of Education at HeartMath Institute, during a recent edWebinar , SEL affects everything from systems and structure to climate, culture, and academics. SEL can be the underpinning of every action a principal or classroom teacher makes about their campus, classroom or environment for students.

Beliefs 213

Beliefs Schools Culture Language 213

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

For a year, our leadership team crunched numbers and performed a comprehensive facilities study before determining to close one elementary school and reorganize grades by building. In my first year as an administrator, our district debated how to maximize finances in the face of declining enrollment. Leaders develop teams.

STEM 290

STEM Beliefs Elementary School Elementary School 290

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

One of his most impactful contributions has been the creation and leadership of a highly successful CETL study group. Our students navigate a variety of complex challenges, and we are committed to a culture that leverages emerging technologies that elevate learning and personal growth.

Beliefs 231

Beliefs STEM Feedback High School 231

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Adaptive Educators By constantly adapting our curriculum, we have the ability to critically examine the culture we’re sharing and work to change the beliefs and messages schools transmit. I could pour even more energy into helping kids learn how to build community if AI helped them build their academic skills.

Teaching 217

Teaching Beliefs Education Culture 217

eSchool News

JULY 31, 2017

To show that the climate had changed, the first thing we did was a book study on Mindset to get them reflecting on their own willingness and openness to be pushed, grow, and improve. This quest to improve is expected from all of our teachers, so it was critical that our principals shared that sacred belief.

Beliefs 188

Beliefs Schools Culture Study 188

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hoffman & Zhang (2022) explain that many people also avoid intercultural communication because they struggle to simultaneously maintain their culture and respect others’ cultures due to different cultural interpretations/meanings ascribed to verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., eye contact as aggressive or respectful).

Culture 105

Culture Communication Instructors Lecturing 105

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Hoffman & Zhang (2022) explain that many people also avoid intercultural communication because they struggle to simultaneously maintain their culture and respect others’ cultures due to different cultural interpretations/meanings ascribed to verbal and nonverbal communication (e.g., eye contact as aggressive or respectful).

Culture 105

Culture Communication Instructors Lecturing 105

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

However, rather than convenience, we were looking for certification that aligned with our performance-based courses of study. You can have the best seed but if the soil–or culture–is not cultivated, there will be no growth. This work is about commitment to beliefs and values rather than compliance with a mandate.

STEM 275

STEM High School High School Schools 275

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m not talking about people choosing not to study calculus. In fact, elementary school educators have some of the highest levels of math anxiety compared with other fields of study. I mean that college-educated adults often balk at estimating a 20 percent tip without a calculator. Math anxiety hurts those who have the most to lose.

Math 216

Math Elementary School Elementary School Beliefs 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We should learn from experiences, particularly if those experiences show our previous beliefs to be untrue. So why are people so easy to fool when it comes to beliefs about learning? But those beliefs persist. A 2012 study surveyed teachers in the U.K. “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.”.

Learning Styles 160

Learning Styles Beliefs Learning Evaluation 160

eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

Quijada said his teacher’s belief that he could succeed allowed him to challenge himself in ways he might not have otherwise considered. I was a student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and came to Philip’s Academy as a part of a work-study program to tutor. Now, Quijada channels that positivity into his lessons.

Middle School 274

Middle School Middle School Math Teachers 274

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In fact, a recent study found that investors may even prefer companies with more women in the workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce. Cultural norms and pervasive beliefs remain a hindrance to improving diversity in the STEM workforce.

STEM 167

STEM Beliefs Participation Culture 167

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

It took me wading in and really examining how the course modules aligned with my own Social Studies curriculum to figure out how to incorporate it best. Encourage confidence through preparation I set high expectations in my classroom, creating a culture where students rise to the challenge.

High School 224

High School High School Exams Schools 224

eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

of students in grades 6-12 actively seek external support for their homework and study needs. Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). Forty-five percent of these students spend more than two hours daily on homework.

Education 246

Education Schools English High School 246

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

There has also been an outlash of criticism on curriculum , coursework and materials, with efforts to restrict what educators teach, that has put racial, cultural and historical identities under attack. This suggests that students are better able to engage socially when they have a foundation in their own emotions, attitudes and beliefs.

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Disabilities Schools Study Beliefs 218