eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Inspiring district leaders, classroom teachers, and school staff have found unique and innovative ways to engage students in learning, motivating students to see beyond classroom walls and truly immerse themselves in learning. Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

During the pandemic, teachers and students rapidly adopted new tools to pivot to remote and hybrid learning. The emergence of AI comes at an interesting time, when educators are looking for solutions to close the gap of pandemic-era learning loss and prepare their students for an increasingly technology-driven world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The Ask a Tech Teacher team has a good summary of why students should consider journeyman trades and vocational schools over college: From Play to Profession: Why Kids Should Discover Skilled Trades For years, the dominant message to young people has been that college is the only pathway to success.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

However, some parents and teachers are worried about the social growth of students who are learning remotely. Fortunately, there are plenty of ways for students to foster social connections during online schooling. Healthy digital friendships The average student spends 3 – 4 hours online every day.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2024

This framework acknowledges and values the cultural backgrounds, identities, and experiences of all students, creating an inclusive environment where every learner can thrive. By prioritizing cultural responsiveness, school leaders can foster a sense of belonging and empowerment among students, teachers, and the broader school community.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Solving them may require training young scholars to be “ wicked students ,” to use a phrase from Paul Hanstedt, director of the Washington & Lee University teaching and learning center. The first step in reconciling these tensions is to anchor some of these claims in data from the student side of the equation. They sure do!

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2016

Key points: Researchers are developing a STEM curriculum intended for preschool students. Although research suggests that students as young as preschool age would benefit from STEM education, experts point to a gap between what the research says and how much STEM-focused curriculum actually exists in preschools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

In Oakland, CA, more than 60 students at James Madison Middle School gather to talk about money. One student shares his family’s experience saving for emergencies. Research shows that by the age of 12, students will develop an economic understanding that researchers describe as “essentially adult”.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

public schools is that 51 percent of all students come from low-income families. There is nothing deficient about the brains of children from poverty; they simply need more practice with the right skills. Here are three ways to jumpstart learning for students of poverty. Cognitive capacity is a core skill.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

transitioned to remote learning, staff mailed out optional paper packets for students to work on for the remainder of the semester. The rest was entrusted to students’ parents. Shortly after Savannah’s school, located in the rural town of Hampshire, Tenn., About 230 miles east of Hampshire, in Knoxville, Tenn.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Research studies don’t provide strong evidence that synchronous learning universally leads to better student engagement and learning outcomes than asynchronous learning or vice versa. In particular, the age and cognitive development of your students has a profound impact on their ability to succeed in different online learning environments.

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Teach Hub

MARCH 20, 2024

Despite the widespread use of technology in the classroom, handwriting remains an essential skill for academic success. Cultivating neat penmanship among elementary students can prove challenging since students’ fine motor skills can develop at different stages. Daily Practice Handwriting improves with practice.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2016

In an effort to address the national need to guide more students to careers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers are developing curriculum which introduces STEM principles during the formative preschool years.

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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. You don't become a skilled mountain climber by just reading or watching others climb.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Decades of research on child and adolescent development has shed powerful light on how we can best support student development. But here's what we should all find unacceptable: We have yet to widely reflect that learning in how we educate students in our schools. This knowledge comes through personalization.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2025

Recognizing the role of early numeracy skills in academic and career readiness can unlock transformative opportunities for student success. Early numeracy encompasses fundamental mathematical concepts and skills young learners acquire before formal schooling. For example: Early numeracy is not just about learning numbers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2022

At the same time, the government here has adopted a bilingual policy wherein students are required to gain proficiency in English and their respective ethnic mother tongue, which is Mandarin for the Chinese, Malay for the Malay, and Tamil for the Indians. A Boost in Cognitive Development.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

While we often don’t think of ourselves as brain changers, when we teach we have an enormous impact on our students’ cognitive development. Recent advances in educational neuroscience are helping educators understand the critical role we play in building brain capacities important to students’ learning and self-control.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

So they argue that it’s not in the best interest of their students or their institutions to direct graduates to jobs in preschools and other early childhood programs. Even as these institutions seek to meet local labor market demand for workers, their leaders increasingly are also concerned about how well students live after they graduate.

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Time 4 Kindergarten

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Fine motor skills are crucial for children's overall development, influencing their ability to perform everyday tasks such as writing, buttoning clothes, and using utensils. Fostering fine motor skills is a cornerstone of development for preschool and kindergarten students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. Every student is occupied with one activity or another—even those on the jungle gym. The games are clear, organized and inclusive.

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2019

Field-trip photos are texted to parents, quiz reminders find their way into students’ chat feeds, and teachers have new tech tools to motivate their students. It is the reason that our schools emphasize skills like research and how to navigate disparate information and construct logical arguments.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We also know from existing family literacy research that shared reading interventions and home reading programs can enhance children’s linguistic and cognitive development. Madhu Govind is a doctoral student in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development at Tufts University.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

Given what we know about teacher retention and/or the cognitive development of young children, this is incredibly dismaying (and not limited to Massachusetts). That research indicates that students in these schools generally have higher scores on both traditional state tests and international assessments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 3, 2019

Using technology to improve and expand teaching methods can help students learn about music quicker and give them a variety of different learning techniques. In a small classroom this is ideal and students can also learn at home on their tablets and smartphones. New Statistics Linking Music Education to Cognitive Development.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 4, 2021

On one hand, I really want to respect cognitive development, and on the other hand, I also dream to be a proud mom,” Hu says. “I With their advanced degrees and English-language skills, they represent a selective set of perspectives. Read more from EdSurge about Americans witnessing abuse online while tutoring Chinese students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Now, in today’s connected classroom, creativity has become the newest transformative tool, the buzzword that indicates a curriculum is on the cutting edge, that teachers are delivering their best to students and differentiating for varied needs. The app is intuitive to use, great for students who may be more musician than geek.

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Teach Hub

MAY 24, 2024

In today’s technology-driven classrooms , art remains an important component of student development. From fostering cognitive abilities and emotional resilience to enhancing academic performance and learning lifelong skills, art class provides much more than just a creative outlet. Art can also promote empathy.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

He believed children’s cognitive development and scientific thinking grew through stages of self-constructed knowledge structures—and that they need to actively work through exploratory activities that allow them to discover and construct their own world. In his view, there was hope for every child. Learning Stories.

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Teach Your Kids

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The conversation highlights the cognitive benefits of skill-based, non-motor-dependent games and how gaming helped shape the entrepreneurial skills of leaders like Tobi Lütke (Shopify) and Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn). Games are evaluated for their educational value and cognitive development potential.

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Brown Bag Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

Number charts serve as valuable tools for students, offering a visual guide that makes understanding numerical patterns easier. They enhance counting skills, boost mathematical fluency, and provide a practical resource for problem-solving and reinforcing key math concepts. Students level-up as they work with the chart.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2023

But there’s been less attention paid to what math skills students need early in life, to set them up for elementary school in the first place. These 758 students — who were enrolled in Head Start programs or other publicly subsidized preschools — were from low-income families. The result? Some of it worked really well.

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