Teach Hub

MAY 2, 2025

Students build communication skills, empathy, and problem-solving abilities by stepping into different roles. For example, If youre teaching a unit on community helpers, create a mini post office, grocery store, or hospital. Explore buoyancy by testing different objects in a water bin to see which ones sink or float.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, one such study demonstrated that students who were taught in classroom environments which employed strategies aligned to research such as productive struggle, discourse, movement and problem solving scored significantly higher on post-tests recalling and applying previous learning than the control group.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

Otus earned the certification by demonstrating how its product team consistently partners with K-12 educators to guide product design, test new features, and provide direct feedback that shapes future updates. This approach not only reflects the authentic needs of teachers, administrators, and students—it drives better outcomes.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Additionally, it cultivates intellectual and practical skills, including inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork, and problem-solving. The “Thinking” in Systems Thinking: Seven Essential Skills (Pegasus Communications, Waltham, MA).

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Institutional leaders play a pivotal role in championing AI adoption by fostering trust, ensuring transparent communication, and making informed decisions. Building trust requires: Transparency in Communication : Leaders should articulate the “why” behind AI initiatives, addressing both opportunities and risks.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Additionally, it cultivates intellectual and practical skills, including inquiry and analysis, critical and creative thinking, written and oral communication, quantitative literacy, information literacy, teamwork, and problem-solving. The “Thinking” in Systems Thinking: Seven Essential Skills (Pegasus Communications, Waltham, MA).

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Some students opted for a good old-fashioned test. When I asked students why they chose their given medium to demonstrate their mastery of the concept, they overwhelmingly expressed that it was the best way to communicate what was in their minds. Some students created Canva presentations and Google Slides.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Students who opt for the workforce diploma will not have their ACT test scores included in their schools public reports. Legislators decided that schools should not have to report standardized test scores for students who did not have to take the requisite math and science classes.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

Institutional leaders play a pivotal role in championing AI adoption by fostering trust, ensuring transparent communication, and making informed decisions. Building trust requires: Transparency in Communication : Leaders should articulate the “why” behind AI initiatives, addressing both opportunities and risks.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

In fact, one such study demonstrated that students who were taught in classroom environments which employed strategies aligned to research such as productive struggle, discourse, movement and problem solving scored significantly higher on post-tests recalling and applying previous learning than the control group.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 27, 2025

After careful calibration, we found a strong correlation between CEA scores and student performance – meaning more engaging classrooms saw higher test scores and grades. Results From Year 1 To date, we have completed 12,000+ audits, and the data shows encouraging progress!

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

2024) found that mixing social service with cross-field learning in nursing exposed students to diverse challenges, which boosted their communication and problem-solving skills. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications , 12 (182).

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

The remaining hot topics were interpersonal conflict; lack of motivation; test anxiety; focus and procrastination; how to reach out for support; having a bad day and poor grades. For many children, communicating via technology is more natural than face-to-face conversations, especially about sensitive topics,” he says.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Find new ways to assess learning Reluctant learners often suffer from test anxiety , especially by the time they reach high school.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Decide how you’ll communicate with students, caregivers, and admin 8. For students who are testing below grade level, incorporate the CCSS for language arts that are closer to their actual abilities. Decide how you’ll communicate with students, caregivers, and admin No one likes a surprise (unless it’s their birthday!).

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k12 Prospects

JUNE 13, 2025

Building trust with schools requires consistent engagement, clear communication, and a proactive approach to solving their challenges. Decision-makers want reassurance that a product or service has been tested and proven effective in similar environments.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

Political science researchers testing whether pledging to vote affected voter turnout in fact found specifically that first-time young voters were likeliest to follow through and vote when they pledged to (Costa, Schaffner, and Prevost 2018). Dr. Ben Medeiros is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

In which that remote technology, the need for communications between students and teachers, quite possibly the need for communications and collaborations between students, the much higher level need for sharing of resources and using them and really interactive way. Let me give you an example. It causes all sorts of problems.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 6, 2025

Political science researchers testing whether pledging to vote affected voter turnout in fact found specifically that first-time young voters were likeliest to follow through and vote when they pledged to (Costa, Schaffner, and Prevost 2018). Dr. Ben Medeiros is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh.

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Teacher Mood

JUNE 11, 2025

I’ll share practical ways it helps with common grading and documentation headaches, plus a teacher-tested tip that keeps your paper gradebook in sync with your digital one. Pro Tips for Setting Up Your Paper Gradebook If you’re ready to give this system a try, here are a few teacher-tested tips: Use a binder with tabs.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Keep a record of what services were impacted, how they were maintained or modified, and what communication was provided to families. Pay special attention to roles that directly impact legal compliance, such as Special Education, ELL, or state-tested subjects. Pay special attention to Title I campuses and state-tested subjects.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

It encourages whole-group communication, which promotes the idea that every voice matters. Teacher-created classroom setup resources can give you new ideas that have already been tested out by other educators. Small conference seating involves placing all the desks so they’re touching and facing each other in two rows.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

Establish Clear Communication Routines: Help your child understand how and when to seek help. Working with classmates helps them learn new perspectives, develop communication skills, and build confidence in their ideas. Creative Expression of Learning: Not every child shines through essays or multiple-choice tests—and that’s okay.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 19, 2025

Every game, team challenge, and partner activity is an opportunity for students to practice communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution. Don’t just assume students know how to play well together. A solid PE program is about helping students develop the tools they need to live a long, healthy, active life.

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Organized Classroom

MAY 16, 2025

They serve as an excellent means of communication between home and school. Color Coding: Highlight any tests (e.g. Homework agendas are used in schools everywhere. They encourage students to become increasingly responsible for their own learning, develop time management skills, and develop of overall organizational skills.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. Photo by Louis Bryant III for CalMatters Grade inflation in high school contributed to those pandemic-era gaps, said Lesley Davidson-Boyd, associate vice president of California State University, San Bernardino.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

But Michael ODay, communications director for its Americas region, said via email that the agency is unwavering in its dedication to providing an exceptional educational experience for every student. Two DoDEA spokespeople told The 19th that they cannot comment on active litigation. They are explicitly for partisan political reasons.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

Preparing them for this reality requires educators to focus on more than just meeting academic benchmarks or prepping for the next standardized test. At Eastern Hancock, this preparation begins by creating opportunities for students to connect their learning to real-world applications.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

What is your favorite way to communicate with friends? Are the drawbacks of animal testing worth the benefits to humans? Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Practice perspective-taking by exploring pros and cons How strong are your students’ arguments when testing against a counterargument? Is it ever okay to cheat on a test? Should high school students be allowed to drop out of school when they want? Should schools require their students to be vaccinated?

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

You may quibble with my choice of words ( wisdom , decide ), but researchers have found what they call a "decision-making center" in dormant seeds that is capable of communicating and integrating information about temperature, moisture, sunlight, and their own hormones in order to make a decision about when and whether to germinate.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

But when she was placed in Jackson, Mississippi, at preschools that served poorer families, she found the tests were no longer working. It was, I dont think this child has a speech or language issue, but the test says theyre at risk. And also the other way, of it not identifying children I thought were at risk, Speights says.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

There, administrators recently partnered with Carnegie Mellon to pioneer the development and pilot testing of the nation’s first coherent K-12 curriculum on computational thinking. Take the South Fayette School District for example.

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