eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Teachers, the majority of whom are women, are struggling under the immense pressure of pandemic schooling. Teacher retention rates were already declining pre-pandemic, and the shortage of educators across roles may be widening. School and district-based staff are understandably wary about the new school year.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This inspired me to incorporate KIBO into my STEM course for pre-service teachers. Embracing change with a hands-on approach to STEAM learning With my usual 20-page final project firmly in the rearview mirror, I instead instructed my pre-service teacher students to play and explore. Let them have a good time.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2020

Culturally responsive teaching before COVID-19 and after should focus on keeping students’ cultural norms and beliefs in mind and putting time into relating to students who have different life experiences, languages, and values than your own. Tackling the overwhelm. Related content: How we turned around our ELL program.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Teachers (and administrators) appreciate breaks as much as students do. Time away from the classroom allows teachers to clear their minds, celebrate the holidays, relax with family and friends, and maybe catch up on grading or lesson planning in comfy clothing, slippers, and with a ready cup of tea or coffee at hand.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

a math teacher and instructional coach at Brashier Middle College Charter High School in Simpsonville, South Carolina, has more than two decades of experience and spends a lot of time thinking about edtech. I need to reiterate with my teachers that the tech tool itself isn't the be all, end all,” Ballard said. Amy Ballard, Ph.D.,

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

i] Beliefs are called mindsets when they filter how we make sense of the world and ourselves. iii] Moreover, there is considerable evidence that changing teachers’ instructional practices could improve students’ mindsets. [iv] We hope these suggestions spark your creative approaches to strengthening student mindsets.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

I am concerned about the impact that the imbalances in education have on teacher engagement and job satisfaction. I know firsthand the toll that the imbalances caused by traditional workflows in education can have on a teacher. First, I do not want the teacher to do the lion’s share of the work in the lesson.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. How and when did you decide to become a teacher? Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

They are distant during class, uninterested in engaging with the material, and their beliefs confirmed every time they get a question wrong – “I can’t do math.” How can teachers combat this belief? Picture this: a student enters your classroom, a negative attitude at the ready.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

There was no fanfarejust a vision, a small classroom, and a deep belief in what girls could achieve when given the right environment to grow. Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. Every student has their own MacBook or iPad. Whitehouse.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 2, 2023

Feedback is one of the most powerful tools a teacher has to support students in achieving standards-aligned goals. Promotes a growth mindset and a belief in the potential for improvement. Fosters effective communication and dialogue between teachers and students. Feedback also Provides clarity on learning goals and expectations.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2017

Despite my passionate belief that discussions are an integral part of the learning process, early in my teaching career I failed at generating successful equitable discussions in class. Yet in traditional classrooms, time is a luxury most teachers do not have. So little time!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

WILMINGTON, DE – August 4, 2022 – A new survey reveals that while teachers know their students need help developing social emotional skills, they rarely have time or adequate training to focus on them in the classroom. Nearly 60 percent of teachers said that the pandemic impacted their students’ motivation to learn.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2020

So far, the best idea has been the growth mindset—the belief that ability to learn isn’t fixed, that it can change with your effort,” Duckworth says during her talk. What we do know is that talent doesn’t make you gritty.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

Last week, my class of teacher candidates explored the topic of building an online learning community. As teachers in a blended or online learning landscape, it’s our responsibility to help students to develop their social presence or the ability to assert their social and emotional selves online. So, what can we do? #1

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

I fear these mental models will cause many leaders, teachers, parents, and school systems to embrace a return to pre-pandemic norms without questioning what has been gained in this year that is worth retaining. Teacher training programs likely reinforced those mental models. The teacher is the expert. The Power of Mental Models.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

Boosting student achievement Preventing teacher burnout Closing equity/access gaps Supporting student mental health Δ To help students truly thrive, schools must go beyond emotional support and daily well-being; they need a more comprehensive approach that fosters a clear sense of purpose, direction, and meaning in both school and life.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2024

Drawing from a national survey of 1,620 educators, alongside 12 focus groups and 12 interviews engaging over 75 district leaders, teachers, parents, and students, the report provides critical insights into the evolving needs and priorities of the education community. education landscape going into the 2024-2025 school year.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Stereotypes aside, good teachers do not fall prey to student labels. Long before Carol Dweck’s work defined the benefit of nurturing a growth mindset, good teachers remained committed to finding ways to squeeze every ounce of potential out of the most resistant student, especially the one who bought into a self-defeating label.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2021

Three years ago, we implemented an SEL curriculum that’s not only helped students overcome some of life’s natural barriers, but has also given both our teachers and students the mental framework they need in order to achieve high performance both in and out of the classroom.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

This innovative initiative addresses the current teacher retention crisis while supporting the unique needs of all students. I see BloomBoard as a partner in helping us grow our own talent, including the number of paraprofessionals who aspire to become teachers or aspire to be better paraprofessionals. Foundations of Leadership ?

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Presenting a project without a true, correct answer can jar the more traditionally aligned student or teacher. Teachers are overwhelmed, now more than ever. Why does creativity matter? Time is always a concern.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Personalized learning defines a learning experience for the student and teacher that is intrinsically motivated and student empowered/owned. True personalized learning occurs when the student is a partner with the teacher, not only in student voice and choice, but a partner in content and curriculum creation as well.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2019

Teachers, school counselors, and school leaders impact student social-emotional learning (SEL) to the degree that they transform each student’s mindset by empowering the self of the student. Student SEL is the process of deep change—changing beliefs, assumptions, and paradigms of reality.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2022

Here’s how I see teachers, administrators, and students working together to get school back to something resembling normal. SEL will be essential for students and teachers. Students told tales that reflected their beliefs, their families, and even their worries.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, weve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but as tools for reflection and growth. A growth mindset is the belief that abilities grow through effort and persistence. This mindset shapes how we view data.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Key points: Experts are going behind the curtain to get a true feel for what AI is all about Everything you need to know about AI in education Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? The second reason why cheating with AI is being mishandled is the belief that it will encourage students to cheat.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

walked into his first teacher education course at Clemson University, he experienced a shock. public school teachers (men overall compose 24 percent). Outside of class, he belonged to a brotherhood of fellow teachers-in-training, all of them members of a longstanding leadership development program known as Call Me MISTER. “It

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

How can teachers pull feedback into the classroom to ensure it is timely and actionable? Enhances Self-Efficacy Process feedback can bolster students’ self-belief and confidence. When they receive feedback that acknowledges their effective strategies and effort, it reinforces the belief that they can succeed.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2020

With more screen time comes the risk of increased exposure to inappropriate content and online predators–not to mention heightened feelings of isolation, stress, and depression brought on by physical separation from friends, peers, and teachers. Eileen Belastock,Director of Technology and Information, Nauset Public Schools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The first thing I noticed when we returned to school after remote learning was that my conversations with teachers got real deep real fast. So I listened as teachers reflected on their time teaching online and, in my listening, I heard the common desire for authenticity and an unwillingness to return to the status quo.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

While 89 percent of teachers reported in a recent survey that they believe generative AI will have an impact on teaching, recent reporting in the Wall Street Journal and The74 have rightly identified some of AI’s limitations in education, questioning the technology’s ability to serve as, for example, an effective tutor.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Last year, I had the privilege of learning and leading as the 2022 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year and a CCSSO National Finalist. As I traveled across the nation, teachers shared their stories with me. While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. Most teachers simply don’t know how to teach online. Few teacher preparation programs in the U.S. That’s not unique to Auburn.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2018

So far, the best idea has been the growth mindset—the belief that ability to learn isn’t fixed, that it can change with your effort,” Duckworth says during her talk. What we do know is that talent doesn’t make you gritty. “Grit is stick-to-it-ness, it’s backbone, it’s perseverance,” says Dr.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Reavis was more than just my 5 th -grade teacher. I always knew her persevering belief in me made a difference in my life, but I never understood the science behind her impact until recently. She was a lifeline. Growing up, my life was filled with trauma. Abuse was, unfortunately, not a rare experience in my household.

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