k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Another study showed that in mathematics, students exposed to brain-based instruction not only achieved higher scores but developed a deeper conceptual understanding of the material.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Educators in Miami-Dade County Public Schools use Gemini to generate quizzes and answer keys, and students are creating study materials aligned to concepts they’re struggling with for personalized tutoring and support.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Key points: Building an app for kids came with unique challenges A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI tools for kids, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school. Mackey said the state added career coaches in recent years to ease the counseling workload, but in many districts there is just a single coach, who rotates among schools.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While coaching teachers this month, several expressed a desire to include review and practice activities in their station rotation lessons to help students prepare for end-of-the-semester assessments. Helping students review for an exam often takes the form of a study guide or review game.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, May 26, 2022) —The Aim Academy of Science and Technology in Minneapolis, MN, today announced it has selected Discovery Education — the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place— to support science and social studies instruction in all grades.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Referred to as AI-powered reading coaches, assistants or tutors, these tools use generative AI to provide learners with personalized reading practice, stories, feedback and support. Contrary to these findings, AI-powered reading coaches seem designed to prioritize encouraging external motivation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2020

A new study aims to make sense of these phenomena and draw fresh conclusions about what it really means when kids spend hours looking at cell phones, computers or televisions. Such a large shift in family behavior did not come because millions of parents suddenly “changed their minds about the dangers of screen time,” the study says.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Whether through in-person workshops, online courses, or coaching, teachers should have consistent, high-quality opportunities to grow and sharpen their skills. Another reason is that teacher prep programs often lag when it comes to incorporating new research on reading. What do teacher educators need?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

He took that proclivity to the next level a few years ago, when he accepted a position as a K-12 technology coach in a small school district in western Michigan. What brought you to your role as a technology coach? I’d tell them I am a technology coach, and most people are like, ‘What is that?’ Everyone has to have the same.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In my role as a blended learning coach, I value clear goals. Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. When teachers know what they are trying to achieve, they design lessons with intention and a clear sense of purpose.

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English Coaching Languages Language 420

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In a coaching session last week, it became clear that teachers could use basic templates to help them conceptualize how to take strategies they have used in the past to create lessons that will work in a concurrent classroom (or in an online learning scenario).

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

I often compare the teacher’s role as facilitator to the work of a coach. Coaches watch players as they practice and provide specific, actionable feedback to support their development. Studies in Educational Evaluation , 45 , 17-26.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The school had a character-focused approach, and during our time there we studied philosophy, practiced mindfulness, and engaged in daily physical movement activities from swimming and martial arts, to hockey, soccer, and rugby. How engagement changes lives Years of coaching have taught me that engagement comes first.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2022

Numerous studies have shown the lifelong importance of exercise and playing sports for young children. They also offer a safe space for children where they are supported by coaches who are trusted adults they can lean on for advice and guidance if they are experiencing mental health issues. Coaches are trusted adults in a child’s life.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

As I’ve worked with educators all over the country, I’ve heard countless anecdotes of book study groups where people have come together to explore ideas and support one another to implement the strategies in the classroom.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2024

The study examines the impact of different tutoring styles on math achievement among ninth-grade math students. Leveraging AI-powered analysis, the study shows that when tutors help students think through problems deeply, those who are already successful using intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) do even better.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2022

These skills stick around even if students don’t pursue STEM-related study paths or careers later in their lives. Confronted with real-world problem-solving, students must adapt to advance, strengthening their inner coach and developing the skills they’ll need beyond the classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Urban Assembly, a network of 21 schools, is working with the American Institutes of Research to develop an AI-powered tool that can help instructional coaches analyze videos of teachers delivering lessons and offer feedback, according to network leaders. The use of AI in teacher coaching brings up similar questions.

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Intelligence Teachers Coaching Feedback 328

Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

In a coaching session last month, I had a teacher ask me how to create a final exam that complements a standards-based approach to assessing students. They know what to focus on as they study. .” I never had a clear sense of what content would appear on the final. My suggestion was to create a personalized final exam.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

I get asked this question frequently as a blended learning coach. She is a veteran social studies teacher who has taught Sociology, US History, World History, Anthropology, and Psychology. Can teachers who are teaching an AP course use blended learning models and cover the extensive curriculum? My answer is a resounding “Yes!”

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Blended Learning Learning History Social Studies 546

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2023

She participates in district professional development courses, including an Edthena self-study, to continue growing in her own practice.” “In Schlagel will receive a school-wide subscription to the AI Coach by Edthena platform for the 2023-2024 school year to further support her – and her colleagues’ – professional learning.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Part library, part innovation hub, part quiet study nook, it offers flexible zones where students can choose how they learn bestwhether thats brainstorming with peers, diving into solo study, or using digital tools to bring projects to life. Athletes take the lead as captains or student coaches.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Instead of focusing myopically on our role as “instructor” transferring information, I’d love to see teachers embrace their role as a coach in the classroom, helping students to develop specific skills. Building this into a station rotation lesson, as pictured above, it one strategy. Recruiting Interest. ProjectChoiceBoard.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

The culture and climate of the social studies classroom has changed, and the way teachers teach social studies has to change with it. The modern social studies classroom should now be a classroom full of student inquiry and choice. They need to be able to place their findings in the overall context of the course.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2022

A January 2022 study published in JAMA Pediatrics confirmed what many educators, administrators, and support staff already knew: School closures, disrupted learning, and a pandemic year have coalesced to create an alarming mental health crisis among teenagers.

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Students Coaching Study Achievement 258

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

When I facilitate workshops on this model or coach teachers using this model, I get a lot of questions. For example, I’ve coached teachers who run a four-station rotation over two class periods or a three-station rotation over three days, as pictured in the image below. This model, like all blended learning models, is flexible.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Reading coaches and teachers say the decline in reading proficiency and scores among kindergarten through third grade students was well underway before the pandemic. Illinois reading coach Katie James began her career in education as a teacher spanning first, second, and third grades.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Another study showed that in mathematics, students exposed to brain-based instruction not only achieved higher scores but developed a deeper conceptual understanding of the material.

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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At Mira Mesa High School in San Diego, California, which has launched an esports program, teacher Brandon Trieu has proven through the success of the team he coaches, the Mira Mesa Marauders, that esports are a valuable addition to the classroom. Most of all, it’s essential that efforts are led by a motivated coach.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

95 Percent Group LLC, the trusted source for comprehensive, proven literacy solutions, launched 95 Phonics Core Program® Word Study, Grades 4 and 5. It also includes professional learning and ongoing coaching at the district and building level to support teachers in mastering phonics-based instruction. Lincolnshire, Ill. –

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

While the online curriculum has recently been successfully received and implemented by 200 elementary school teachers in a pilot study in the southeastern region of the United States, the researchers hope that, with additional federal funding, the online curriculum can be soon accessed by teachers nationwide. Graves, Rachel A.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2024

Meanwhile, a 2020 study found a significant connection between average yearly income and average reading levels. According to the study, the average income of adults who read at the equivalent of a sixth grade level is $63,000. points and 1.5 points, respectively.

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Reading Exams Study Achievement 332

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2023

Like many current and former educators, I’ve loved watching the sitcom for the smart humor and great characters, but also for how accurately it represents so much of what I experienced during my time as a teacher, academic coach, and principal. New teachers’ high expectations of themselves In a study conducted last year, 96.9

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

10 great apps for coding, VR chemistry, social studies, and more. Teachers with some coding experience can advise and coach students as they encounter complex problems, while teachers without much coding experience can encourage students to work collaboratively and/or use the available help in the app. . Grasshopper: Learn to Code.

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Mobile Devices Social Studies Coaching Study 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The elementary schools use Units of Study Writing as the core writing resource aligned to standards. It is imperative that all of our teachers, instructional coaches , and administrators share a common language and instructional practices to support all students in the area of literacy.

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