Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Our current industrial model is rooted on the belief that there is an average student,” Rose said. “In Take IQ: While two students could test as having the same IQ, the specific elements of what make up that IQ—knowledge of vocabulary, reading comprehension, quantitative skills—can, and always is, different.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

That includes Maine educator Julie Willcott, who concedes that some of the most informative data she has used came not from summative tests or graded assignments, but rather from assessments she used to identify students’ learning preferences at the beginning of a semester. “In Dan Ryder, an English teacher at Mt.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on the greatest challenge of all: Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. Imagine you are a mountaineer.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2025

This environment fostered a sense of intellectual curiosity that would stay with me throughout my educational journey, and it was also an experience that tested my identity, self-esteem and well-being. It took an hour-long bus ride to and from school every day. particularly Black boys who make up only a small portion of GATE programs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

Arcadia will be using the platform at the Rancho Learning Center and certain classrooms in their First Avenue Middle School. Menlo Park, who has a one-year contract with the company, will be piloting the software with their sixth graders at Hillview Middle School. Not everyone recounted a positive experience, however.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Starting in fifth grade, students take a technology class to prepare them for the middle school STREAM curriculum. Mark Osborn, School Principal Faith in Every Moment From the moment students walk through the doors of St. That belief creates a school culture built on respect, kindness, and forgiveness.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

This goal-setting feature is part of the Summit Learning Platform, an online tool used in a personalized learning program created by Summit Public Schools. Core to the charter network’s vision is a belief that students can be empowered to make choices that direct their learning, with guidance from teachers and access to real-time data.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was 2006, and Miller—then an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times—had just spoken to 175 sixth graders at his daughter’s middle school about his job as a journalist and why it mattered. Knight has obviously been familiar with us over our lifetime,” Miller tells EdSurge.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

But these hierarchies affect students belief systems and also tend to lower teachers expectations of students labeled worse at math, Nguyen says. The Board of Supervisors voted to bring back middle-school algebra, and a city ballot measure to reinstate eighth-grade algebra passed with about 82 percent of the vote.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2016

Test hypothesis : Do an experiment to see if handwriting or typing is faster. Draw conclusions : Each student determines what can be decided based on their personal test results. If you have time, students can test the same hypothesis, but this time without a prepared sheet. Middle School. What was different?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

This is contrary to popular belief — that being raised with iPads means they understand all about them. I’ll never forget when the Director of Technology at my school decided kids didn’t need keyboarding lessons until middle school. Let’s take a quick test. Of course you do. Are you a geek?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Prior to the 2021-2022 school year, the district’s assessment data showed math scores were low, contributing to 14 out of 48 schools in the district being identified as low performing in 2019. Ramaz School Nominated by: RobotLAB Inc. This dedication exemplifies his belief in the potential of every learner.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

However, test-takers were overwhelmingly white and male, according to data from the College Board, which administers the AP test. Nationwide, AP computer science is becoming more popular, and new initiatives aim to make it more inclusive as well. In 2015, the number of students taking the AP CS exam increased by nearly 24 percent.

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Tesoriero has developed this belief over the past 10 years in the classroom—and she attributes much of it to her involvement with the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI). “We Douglas Moore In 2010, Tesoriero and her colleague Amanda Solarsh, a middle school science teacher, stumbled across an opportunity to write curriculum at NYSCI.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

And she’s not the only researcher to test out Muse. The researcher would not disclose which middle school she worked with to conduct the research. The team at KSU has submitted their paper to the Research in Middle Level Education Online journal and is currently waiting on a response.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

For some, this may be a struggle to embrace due lack of access or belief that paper is better. I’ve seen a number of tools that pass the privacy tests and offer tutoring on specific national and state standards and exams which are very attractive to schools if the price is right.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2018

If your students are on the cusp of disliking this subject, change their mind this summer with these sites: Civilization – – a strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Science simulations — lots of choices at the Middle School level. Technology. Candy Number Crunch in Excel.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2018

I’m an inner city, level 4 middle school teacher that provides free daily breakfasts and lunches to a diverse student population. I decided to test the waters! When we were discussing the content areas of my class, I decided to show them my 7 th grade website dedicated to our school’s first makerspace project.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

MAPLE facilitates networking events, focus groups, workshops and “learning tours” where educators visit each other’s schools. It’s our belief that educators are going to be the ones that are going to shape the world of personalizing learning,” she adds.

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Cult of Pedagogy

AUGUST 4, 2024

Most of my teaching experience was in middle schools, so I spent a lot of time with kids who were going through one of the most tumultuous transitions of their lives. ” The underlying belief, whether we realized it or not, seemed to be that if these kids wanted to do better, they would.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2018

We’re also the oldest school district in the system. We’re a city with a deep belief in tradition, and an economy driven by innovation. What the Office of Innovation is working on is [tackling] an innovation opportunity gap that goes beyond test scores and basic curriculum and basic opportunities. So, how do we do that together?

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

At the beginning of this school year, I facilitated a professional development (PD) session with middle school teachers about how to use education technology tools for deeper learning. At the most basic level, mastery means knowing how to do something.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In early middle school, by the time my parents struggled to assist with math homework, I began to compare myself to my maternal grandfather, Aladin Perkins, a retired electrical engineer who had little patience for dullards. It goes along with a belief that being good at math means you get every answer correct, she says.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Teach the Brain's Biology We rightly think of the brain as the center of knowledge, and yet we often don’t spend enough time teaching students about how the brain works—especially in the elementary and middle grades. This belief makes it difficult to instill the idea that SEL concepts can be taught. Stay foolish.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2021

On COVID-19 testing and screening “There’s two potential approaches to testing,” says Massetti. The first is that we recommend that all schools should have a plan for diagnostic testing. What that means is all schools should know if someone has symptoms at school. It could be a teacher.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2025

Governors and state legislatures allocate funds, which are often distributed to schools based on enrollment, need, or specific programs (Lunenberg et al., Local school boards also play a critical role, managing day-to-day operations and responding to community needs.

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