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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Savvas offers educators an easy, fast, and seamless way to assess learning needs and differentiate instruction for every student in the grade K-8 math and literacy classroom. Civics Interactive © 2024 is a brand-new, all-digital program that’s designed to actively promote civic engagement for young adults in grades 6-12.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Isaacs teaches a video game design course, which seems ideal for trying out Classcraft’s classroom management platform, which can turn classes into a live action video game or a scholastic version of Dungeons and Dragons. You’re taking out all the sterile school stuff.” My grading system is based on leveling up,” he says.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. We felt strongly about introducing our students to technology in the classroom. Read Grading for Equity by Joe Feldman. Recommendations from @jodavisITC.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The purchase bolsters Learning.com’s position as a provider of comprehensive digital literacy and computer science curriculum for K-12 schools. Across the country, there’s a growing movement to provide computer science education to every student, in every school, at every grade level,” said Learning.com CEO Keith Oelrich.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

Classroom Management. 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. The current offerings through Waterbury U include: ?

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JANUARY 21, 2025

And she gets to work with children from pre-K all the way through eighth grade in any given week a challenging but rewarding charge. Its the best-kept secret in education, to be a school librarian, Rhue says with pride. But my principal had already hired a new school librarian. If you can't manage, you can't teach.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 30, 2024

Combine all of this with the data showing that almost seventy-five percent of high school students reported negative feelings about school , and it’s clear we need an education transformation. It’s no surprise that nearly three-quarters of high school students report feeling tired, stressed, and bored at school.

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AUGUST 6, 2020

Before I started teaching ninth grade Algebra in D.C. Public Schools, I had a career in global health. Experienced teachers who are already skilled at classroom management shouldn’t have to attend another session on how to monitor student behavior and “ be seen looking.” every few days.

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AUGUST 14, 2017

Early learners—students in pre-kindergarten through second grade—have developmental needs that are markedly different from older students. With an eye toward managing this delicate balance, NewSchools began exploring the promise and potential of edtech tools for early learners. What's New at NewSchools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2021

The K-12 Technology Curriculum is Common Core and ISTE aligned, and outlines what should be taught when so students have the necessary scaffolding to use tech for grade level state standards and school curriculum. Lessons build on each other kindergarten through 5th grade. Who needs this. How do you use it.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Designed for grades 3-12. This project works for grades 4 and up, but competition entry is limited to older students. Easily adapted to grades 3-12. Easily adapted to grades kindergarten through 12.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. There is a direct relationship between executive function development and the effectiveness of different types of learning activities.

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APRIL 8, 2015

Age Group: 3 rd -8 th grade. Fine for mature 2 nd grade. Can be adapted to high school. Classroom management Freebies/Discounts Lesson plans Subscriber special Teacher resources summer' Focus: Technology that addresses life in a fun, motivating way.

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OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here are some you can look into–and all online: Easy CBM Educreations –video a whiteboard explanation of how students are completing a task (app) Edulastic –formative assessments; work on any devices (app) Flip — record a video question from your desktop; add attachments; students respond from the app with their answer Flubaroo (app) (..)

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JULY 30, 2019

A former high school science teacher, Johnson pioneered what she calls a flipped-mastery classroom, where students learn concepts and take assessments whenever they feel ready. The flipped classroom allowed me to create this classroom environment. Figuring out the classroom management components.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

Starkville High School student Peyton Willoughby sat in his 10th grade English class Thursday not worried about struggling to hear his teacher because of new technology installed in the classroom. Here’s their interesting story: New tech installed at SOCSD helps with teaching through masks.

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MAY 16, 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. It depends.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

The Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) serves 330 students in grades 9 through 11. Students come to the school from 39 different Dallas neighborhoods—bringing a wide range of social-emotional experiences. At first glance, IDEA doesn’t stand out from the other north Dallas high schools around it.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. With other classroom tools, I have to collect the data myself. And the data usually boils down to student grades,” York explains.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. Kids from 2nd grade-high school will love it. Kids over 3rd grade might prefer the website over the app because it offers greater variety in games. – See more at: [link].

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

Tract is a peer-to-peer, on-demand, project-based learning platform designed for grades 3-12. Lessons are given by high school and college students who clearly show their love of the subject. It includes classes and lesson plans, even themed clubs. If you haven’t heard of Tract, that’s alright.

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Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

Middle schoolers have long been eligible to enroll in college classes in California, though only a few, high-achieving students actually do it. Navigating (college) as early as middle school is unheard of in their community, she said. So when they experience success, it really motivates them to continue. Chaidez wants to go further.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

I later found out that he had dedicated two hours every week after school for three months of his fifth grade year to developing his idea and practicing how to share it. I was in awe of his dedication and truly admired his teacher and the school community that supported them. TED-Ed D.I.V.E.

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Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In 2019, the US Department of Education reported that one in every three American high school students participates in dual enrollment courses (Shivji & Wilson, 2019), a number expected to rise in the coming years. Dual credit programs also help students transition from high school to college more efficiently.

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AUGUST 1, 2016

Last school year, I made drastic changes in my classroom management system. Due to a schoolwide initiative, my behavior “clip chart” system ended, and in turn, school rules were replaced with a language that promoted growth mindset. I knew there were changes I had to make, including modeling growth mindset myself.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

7% of high school students commit suicide, some because of cyberbullying: On October 7, 2003, Ryan Halligan committed suicide by hanging himself [after being cyberbullied by high school classmates]. It gets worse every year as the Internet plays an increasingly dominant part in student lives at home and school.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Evidence that all these activities were completed is required and they are evaluated to determine the overall assignment grade. 274) Second, students commented on the transition from high school to college and their vague expectations of what doing well in college required. They knew they were going to have to work harder.

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JUNE 19, 2018

According to the company’s tally, more than 18,000 teachers are using GitHub in the classrooms, with GitHub Classroom used in over 10,000 courses. Earlier this year it acquired the team behind Chalkup , a classroom management software. Just this week it bought Flipgrid , a video-discussion platform.

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JULY 11, 2018

Their goal was to improve school climate and build positive relationships with everyone on campus by focusing on the positive. In less than six months, not only have they met that goal, but they also changed their peer’s perception of “trouble” students and helped boost grades. “We Indian Springs HS, California.

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JULY 7, 2016

All 7th and 8th grade students, and their teachers, were provided with Apple 12-inch iBooks. Over one-half of participating school districts allowed students to take home their laptops by 2004; a second RFP was issued in 2006; and the MLTI program expanded into high schools in 2009.

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JUNE 19, 2019

Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? In a classroom, on average, children check on their phones 11 times a day.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As an education pedagogy, pursuing a classroom management system that revolves around positive reinforcement is called Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support, or PBIS. Include this in middle school and high school advisory classes as an effective way to track student progress toward self-proclaimed goals.

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MAY 20, 2020

In the face of mounting evidence, education experts accepted a prescriptive fact: student success is not measured by milestones like ‘took a foreign language in fifth grade’ or ‘passed Algebra in high school’ but by how s/he thinks. Standards-based Grading. Habits of Mind lists sixteen of these. Orton-Gillingham.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

That’s because he’s not just a ninth-grade literature teacher at Boys’ Latin of Philadelphia High School. Maya Lee, a fifth-grade teacher based in California, usually posts one video a week to her channel. She says it takes about three hours a week to do so—an hour filming in her classroom and two hours editing.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Offer to help your teacher during lunch or after school. Write a gratitude card and give it to someone who works at the school. High School Students Be on time for school. Create a show about kindness and present it to elementary schools (e.g. Shovel a neighbor’s drive when it snows.

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AUGUST 4, 2018

Move This World (New York) uses multimedia content to develop social skills and strengthen emotional intelligence in Pre-K through high school. Substantial (501(c)3/Oakland, California) creates training, resources and information customized for each school to help substitute teachers be successful.

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