eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2025

Chronic absenteeism remains a widespread challenge in schools across the country, but in Wisconsin, Racine Unified School District s Julian Thomas Elementary and Jerstad-Agerholm Middle School are demonstrating that innovative, data-driven approaches can make a difference. Positive communication with families is key.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

. – When young students learn coding, they hone skills – such as computational thinking and collaboration – that enhance their success in school and future careers. The course is aligned with relevant standards frameworks, such as CSTA and NGSS, and includes extension opportunities for middle school classrooms. About CoderZ.

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eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. . Colorado] Vikram Raju, Aurora Quest K-8, Aurora Public Schools. Illinois] James Yu, Avery Coonley School.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” We eagerly await this year’s entries!”.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2021

the winner of the 2021 3M Young Scientist Challenge ( #YoungScientist ), the nation’s premier middle school science competition. SparkCare+ is made up of two components: a communication with the participant, and a mechanism that uses deep neural networks to select therapeutic music. Veda Murthy from Herndon, Va.,

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

All of the desks in my room faced forward, and I controlled all communication. After a decade in the classroom, this year I took a role in my district as an elementary and middle school math instructional coach. Make sure to model good communication strategies before students collaborate.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. The truth is when you teach middle schoolers, you feel like you don’t make a difference. As a first-year middle school teacher, you can be successful and impact adolescents’ lives.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress. The environment. The pedagogy.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. The truth is when you teach middle schoolers, you feel like you don’t make a difference. As a first-year middle school teacher, you can be successful and impact adolescents’ lives.

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

After seven years in the classroom teaching middle and high school students, I transitioned into instructional technology, where I currently serve as a digital integration specialist for South Carolinas Anderson School District Five. I once witnessed a class participating in this activity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

said Ryan Lancaster, executive director of communications for SPS. Our intent was to get every kid, every day, involved in something positive outside the school day and extend that community learning past the classroom. Weve had a really great start to the 2024-2025 school year, and Engage IRL has played a huge role.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

. – June 23, 2022 – Students in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) who participated in online tutoring sessions with FEV Tutor , the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, demonstrated accelerated rates of growth relative to national norms in both math and reading on the NWEA MAP Growth Assessments.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition for 15 years, the 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that utilize the power of STEM to improve the world. 3M and Discovery Education announced 31 State Merit Winners in the 2022 3M Young Scientist Challenge.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Nine New Jersey elementary middle school students are joining forces with Pearson designers and developers to help the company design features for digital learning solutions. Participants in Kids CoLab Hoboken will meet virtually and face-to-face throughout the 2015-2016 school year with teams from Pearson.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

My students and I are now so engaged in learning and actively participating in science that we often end up rushing to clean up at the bell. As students plan investigations to answer a question posed to them, they conduct tests, record and analyze data, and communicate their results. What’s changed? Looking for more inspiration?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress. The environment. The pedagogy.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

I invited Rabbi Elchanan Poupko , a middle school teacher, to write a guest blog and share a strategy for pairing and grouping students for after school work. Growing up, once we left school at the end of the day, it was over. Second, I communicated directly with parents.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

This new program allows educators to promote the use of 3D printing in their classrooms by exchanging knowledge with other educators, participating in challenges and receiving support and guidance from MakerBot.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

An online whiteboard is a great solution for collaborative work because it provides a centralized canvas where members communicate with one another visually. One middle school teacher overestimated the amount of time her students spent talking during a lesson by 10 times (she guessed five minutes; it was actually 30 seconds).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Wizprodigy is a new and exciting online STEM competition focused on inspiring middle school and high school students across North America to learn coding and to build their own design of a mini Tesla Cybertruck. The Wizprodigy Online STEM competition is open to students aged 12 to 16 years old with a prize pool totalling $2000.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2020

Over in Massachusetts, Becky Csizmesia, who was teaching music to elementary students at Silvia Elementary when schools closed, had a similar problem with communication apps. For a growing number of districts, going back to school means a return to remote instruction. All the teachers were using something different.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Middle school students are navigating the most vulnerable and self-conscious developmental phase. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

I believe more schools will begin explicitly teaching skills such as analysis, open-mindedness, problem-solving, creativity, and communication as early as elementary school. These skills not only prepare students for successful academic and professional careers but also help them become informed citizens.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Fifty middle and high students participated in the pilot in courses including English Language Arts, Teen Leadership, and Business Essentials. Students also participated in a privacy survey. The curriculum educates students on digital security, copyright, digital literacy, digital communication, and digital image.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

. “Schools help students through Project Lead The Way by developing in-demand knowledge and transportable skills—like creative thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration—to succeed in all career paths and thrive in our rapidly advancing world.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

As we continue to recover from the impacts of COVID learning disruptions, parent communication and engagement will continue to be a strategic imperative for all schools. Parents have become used to increased information and communication from schools. — Russ Davis, Founder and CEO, SchoolStatus.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2023

Many students, no doubt, built snowmen, went sledding and delighted in the unique childhood experience of an impromptu day out of school. It’s a rite of passage,” remarks David Law, superintendent of Minnetonka School District. If we have to use it, it’s a useful tool for public schools to have in a toolbox.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The parent is a passive participant, just sitting there listening and learning about their child, as if they were not there from birth or during last night’s tantrum or for all the hand-holding in-between. Are there instances where the teacher and parent should communicate without the student present?

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2015

Roanoke County Public Schools (RCPS) is transforming the way instructional planning, digital resources, and technology are leveraged to deliver their vision that all students will be empowered to learn through technology and 21st century skills: Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, and Critical thinking. Intel Inside ®.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

Educators are divided into smaller peer learning groups (primary grades, elementary grades, middle school and high school), but also have opportunities to network and learn from all of the participants regardless of the grade-level they teach. Artists from various mediums (visual arts, improvisation, dance/movement, etc.)

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

Participants learn robotics and coding best practices as well as strategies to successfully leverage a graphic programming interface. In addition, the program hones the skills needed to reinforce student engagement, application, exploration and use of communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2016

“Because the itslearning platform consolidates and automates the curriculum management process, teachers participating in the pilot are able to infuse digital tools and content into their lessons,” said Brazofsky. The high schools selected to participate in the pilot are: Coral Gables, Coral Reef, Miami Southridge and Miami Southwest.

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