eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2018

First, Berry-Jones discussed culture—the values and beliefs students bring to the classroom. The language and behaviors for each one is different, and for many students, the language at home is so divergent that entering school is like going to a foreign country and speaking a new language.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

Having access to diverse texts helps children expand their vocabularies, deepens their understanding of language, provides opportunities for problem-solving, provides critical affirming experiences to students’ lives, and presents opportunities for students to learn about people with different lived experiences. percent of total books).

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

This lack of belief in Black students potential can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy. Hind Haddad, an Arabic language teacher in Columbus, Ohio, experienced many microaggressions as a Muslim educator. Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C.,

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2018

For my math students, having a growth mindset—the belief that intelligence can be developed through application—removes the idea that some students are good at math and some students never will be. Establish a common language and understanding. When their mindset shifts, their approach to math changes.

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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 helps students understand the impact of their learning better and how their ideas have developed over time.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2024

Each spring, MIND sends out an annual survey to educators who use ST Math, a program created by MIND Education, to find out how the tool is delivering value, to guide future research and development, and to benchmark the understandings and beliefs of the teachers they serve.

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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. One crucial way to do this is to ensure that all communications can be shared in a family’s home language.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Our long-running partnership with Discovery Museum is due to our firm belief that engaging kids early with STEM can broaden their interests and open up a world of possibilities around science and engineering that they may not experience otherwise.”. “The And, [TSW] connects kids as they work together—even if they speak different languages.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2018

It is also ideal for teaching language as it has many options for asking questions in context. Here, Philip addresses the use of movies in teaching: Movies are a great way for learning a language as it helps getting used to the real-life usage. It can help you with coming up with questions. The classroom is a safe environment for that.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

However, despite this belief, 81 percent of parents either don’t believe or are not sure that AI is even part of their children’s curriculum. Princeton High School students in New Jersey integrated generative AI into a plush robot designed to teach and preserve endangered Indigenous languages.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

User-friendly (more specifically, student-friendly): It’s important that the feedback is communicated to students in language they can understand. Enhances Self-Efficacy Process feedback can bolster students’ self-belief and confidence. Focused and Specific: Specificity in feedback is vital.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Our students’ belief that everything they need to know is online can, without the right skillset, leave them prey to misinformation. Language and Composition, your students are learning to evaluate persuasive writing and identify propaganda, because these are key information literacy skills. Whether you are teaching U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Serving diverse demographics, ensuring maximum investment impact Our district—Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, Kentucky—encompasses 70 schools and programs that serve more than 41,000 students from backgrounds representing 95 home languages. But the data doesn’t always support preconceived notions.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2015

Through a year-long enrichment experience, juniors and seniors enrolled in any Brooklyn public high school are provided with 180 hours of technical instruction across five programming languages.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2017

It changed our beliefs about things like ability grouping and whole language reading, showing their impact to be negligible. Why Teachers Should Turn to Visible Learning. Visible Learning changed our practices away from activities that are actually harmful, like grade retention.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The UDL framework starts with the belief that every student is different and that’s the norm. In English language arts, students need to analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot. We call these differences “variability” and we embrace it.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2024

Soon, the tone of the workshop changed, and the group of middle schoolers was on its way to gaining proficiency in the fundamentals of full-stack development and adding one more coding language to their repertoire. What could happen if they have the right console, an extra laptop, a smart TV, or a drone?

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2022

It’s my firm belief that despite its success to date, this business has only scratched the surface of its potential and I couldn’t be more excited to partner with the team to drive this next phase of growth and to positively impact more deserving students,” said CEO of FEV Tutor, Jim Tormey. About FEV Tutor.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Applying this concept to edtech, the belief is that a “trickle-down effect” solution will initially widen gaps, but as it scales it will benefit many (if not all) in the long run. Take dual-language learning as an example. It has been shown that dual-language learning leads to developmental gains for English language learners (ELLs).

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2015

From the beginning of kindergarten to the end of middle school, minority children are less – not more – likely than white students with similar performance and behaviors to be identified as having learning disabilities, speech or language impairments, intellectual disabilities, other health impairments, or behavioral disorders,” Farkas said.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2024

Free AI tools out there, from large language models like ChatGPT to image generators like Bing Image Creator, mean that every student (depending on age) can leverage AI to help them complete whatever learning tasks the teacher has given them. Our beliefs about what is “real learning” are clouded by our own personal experiences.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, after listening to a TED Talk featuring Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy , demonstrating the use of AI tutors in his school, I realized that my days of teaching traditional math content and language arts skills are numbered. Last year, I had two students come back to visit me.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

These activities help students develop their language skills, build vocabulary, enhance listening comprehension, and foster a love for stories. “When students listen to audiobooks or watch audio media, they are able to become experienced with different cultures, dialects, and beliefs (Parmeter, p.24).

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2019

As every campus or school building operates differently and has needs specific to their school community, Finck highly recommends creating a common language, establishing a team of stakeholders and developing a set of core SEL values and beliefs.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

Approximately 20 percent of our scholars speak English as a second language. One thing I appreciate about the headsets is that they really highlight the belief that technology does not have to exist in its own standalone class, or even be the main point of any activity it’s used in.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

With the belief that STEM skills are best acquired starting at a young age, we start building foundational skills early in elementary school. You must have enough teachers, the right technology, and lessons that infuse STEM into all classes including history and English/language arts, just to name a few. Forge community partnerships.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. language education was published in 2017, with data from less than half of the country’s K-12 schools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

When Dr. Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. As far as the school system was concerned, this was the group destined for low-level achievement.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. It takes the right strategies, thoughtful planning, and a belief that every learner can grow and succeed. Make Language Visual with Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers arent just cute.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2019

Authenticity is part of a social language that changes as different technologies form. On online mediums, and in different new technological contexts, I trust that different languages of authenticity will develop in order for us to parse authenticity and trust,” Sun says. “We It’s hard to make a blanket statement, Sun says. “I

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

BloomBoard’s innovative solutions support our belief that professional development should be driven by our teachers based on their individual needs or interests,” said Janet Frenis, Elementary Math Supervisor of Waterbury Public Schools. Foundations of Instruction ? Foundations of Attending to Equity ? Classroom Management.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

No other subject comes close in terms of difficulty, with English ​​(16.8%), history (14.7%), science (12.3%) and world languages (11%) following way behind. Notably, the survey confirms what parents and teachers experience daily: Mathematics is the most challenging subject, with 45.2%

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Over the summer, academics debated the impact of growth mindset, the belief that one’s intelligence can be developed with hard work and effort, and whether it can move the needle on academic performance. Students see evidence that their hard work is paying off and buy into the growth-oriented belief system.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The concept of growth mindset shows that contrary to popular belief, people aren’t born smart. Currently, we try to foster a growth mindset largely through lessons and supportive language. But since English was his second language, he often didn't understand the definitions themselves. “Ah, The idea is quickly gaining traction.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2024

I got to travel, I got to learn languages. This is the fourth episode of our podcast series Doubting College , where we’re exploring: What happened to the public belief in college? “When I think about my own journey,” Williams said, “I have an undergraduate degree in Spanish and Portuguese, so it was a really cool thing to study.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

I recognized I was credentialed in teaching students English language arts, but didn’t have a credential in communicating effectively with adults. The faculty must work together to make this difference, and communication at the level of impact implies a sense of trust and belief in the competence of the others who work with you.

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