k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. To make that possible, Elmwood invests deeply in teacher training, combining International Baccalaureate (IB) expertise with ongoing professional development in technology and pedagogy. Whitehouse.

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Edtech IRL

MAY 21, 2025

In the PowerSchool case, Lane accessed PowerSchool and stole a massive trove of personally identifiable information (PII), including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical records, and even parent contact information for millions of students and teachers. Transferred this data to a server in Ukraine.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

How can you tell if a teacher is going to be nice or not? Beat the Teacher: Compete against the whole class in a trivia contest with topics like pop culture, movies, or your specific subject matter. Would you describe yourself as laid back or anxious? Where would you like to be in five years? What about ten years? 1, 2, 4, L.1,

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

Any shortage of employees teachers, bus drivers, counselors, social workers is going to be worse by virtue of their smaller populations. So if you're trying to hire a new teacher and you really want them to live in your community, but you really don't have enough housing or enough high-quality housing available, it's hard.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

He’s cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training , pandemic recovery , and STEM education. Teachers walk a line as Trump targets DEI Trump promised to get “woke” out of American schools. The center joined teachers unions and civil liberties groups in suing the administration. Department of Education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Then, during and after the pandemic, there were lots of calls from teachers and principals, and some evidence at scale, too, that there's been some increases in perceived misconduct within the schools, Curran says. Unfortunately, we didn't necessarily couple the resources with the push to change policy in some cases, or in many cases.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Calls for the injunction came from lawsuits filed by the Somerville and Easthampton schools districts in Massachusetts along with the American Federation of Teachers, other education groups, and 21 Democratic attorneys general. But Biedermann, from the Education Department, said the ruling was unfair to the Trump administration.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

By Mindful and Kind Counseling Grades: 6th-12th You can create your own slides or use one of these 40 premade Would You Rather question slides. Reflect with Would You Rather questions for high school students When students enter school, theyre surrounded by familiar faces, classmates, lifelong friends, and the teachers who cheer them on.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Complete with 34 slides including blank, customizable slides, a form for peer feedback, and a set of teacher notes for implementation, this no-prep activity is a great way to practice CCSS for speaking and listening. Will AI ever completely replace the role of a teacher? Should students be allowed to grade their teachers?

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2016

Successful online and blended learning programs in a recent survey are those that prioritized better teacher-student relationships, used an online curriculum as a primary instructional source, and used a combination of in-person and virtual instructional support.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2023

SAN MATEO, California and NEW YORK, New York — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, announced that it has acquired TPT (otherwise known as Teachers Pay Teachers), which offers the world’s largest catalog of educator-created content and tools for digital instruction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the most common at the moment is mitigating the negative impacts of teacher shortages. Therefore, it’s important to examine the elements that affect teacher retention. It’s no wonder, then, that establishing methods to prioritize teacher well-being can help your school retain talent. Providing Resources.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2023

As research reveals that relational trust leads to engagement and success, we are reminded that teachers hold our students’ stories and hopes—and here’s how school leaders can lay the foundation for relational trust so that school communities flourish. Insights About Teachers’ Work.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

As educators, what is our role in terms of providing objective counsel regarding news sources, viewpoints and truth during an election cycle? This is a dangerous practice, as students who don’t share the same viewpoint become afraid to express themselves, for fear of a failing grade or being berated by the teacher in front of the class.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2024

For example, according to a 2020 survey of 7,000 school counselors , many were required to serve as substitute teachers, perform temperature checks, and take on other tasks as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. To improve mental health support to students, we have to expand our narrow perception of what care can look like.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2023

My days involve a combination of classroom counseling, meeting students in small groups and one-on-one sessions and consulting with staff and caregivers. The teachers and counselors in my school have been working harder than ever it seems, but despite our best efforts, the effects of the past two years are palpable.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2021

We then use that information to brainstorm how to best approach online lessons, build and maintain critical school culture and relationships, and enable other wrap-around supports, such as counseling and therapy. This advice applies to administrators, teachers, staff members, and the school as one community. Engage parents. .

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

Students who miss school also miss important social interaction with their peers, access to regular meals and special services such as speech therapy or counseling. Digging deeper into the data We know that raw data from attendance monitoring systems only uncover part of the story, requiring schools and our teachers to proactively dig deeper.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The Learning Counsel is helping education leaders chart a course that includes actionable data and current trends,” said Janell McClure, the director of Digital & Multimedia Learning from Cobb County School District. Attendees at the event included top education executives from around the U.S.,

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2023

I was in the academic middle and did not need school counseling. This is my passion and the focus of my efforts every day. But I did not choose this career path because I had an amazing school counselor in middle school. But I did not choose this career path because I had an amazing school counselor in middle school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s a novel idea to consider what teachers want in this time of disruption and corporate education reform, which have by most measures failed our public schools. Teachers have been gagged, muted and forced to wear our poker faces when we speak with parents about their children. Think of teachers as the canaries in the coal mines.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2022

We assembled an advisory team of teachers who helped aggregate resources about mindfulness, kindness, and other core topics. We were introduced to 7 Mindsets by one of our district’s former middle school counselors and, after our counseling team checked out the SEL platform, we convinced our central office that our high school needed it.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2024

The Reading Lab analyzes students’ speech patterns to provide detailed instruction, practice, and reporting on individual phonemes, giving teachers an unprecedented window into where students are on their early reading journeys. Learn more and get started at [link].

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

LearnWell partners with K-12 school districts, hospitals and treatment facilities, and families to support students’ mental health wellness through service offerings such as the following: Virtual Counseling services for students with emerging mental health needs and students recently discharged from mental health treatment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2021

We then use that information to brainstorm how to best approach online lessons, build and maintain critical school culture and relationships, and enable other wrap-around supports, such as counseling and therapy. This advice applies to administrators, teachers, staff members, and the school as one community.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

Leverage multiple communication channels While traditional methods like newsletters and parent-teacher conferences remain valuable, incorporating popular technologies such as text messaging, social media, and mobile apps can enhance engagement and reach students and families where they are.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Some of the hardest hit are students with unique needs that require services from qualified professionals, such as speech-language pathologists, sign-language interpreters, teachers for the vision and hearing impaired and special education teachers. School administrators are taking a hard look at how to prevent burnout.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Students who miss school also miss important social interaction with their peers, access to regular meals and special services such as speech therapy or counseling. Curbing chronic absenteeism among students is particularly in the post-pandemic era as educators strive to close persistent learning gaps. .

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

K-12 teachers, counselors, and other front-line educators all need an effective framework with a set of tools to assess, intervene, and empower our students to see and achieve their own unique potentials, whether in the classroom, guidance counseling sessions, student orientation, or community service opportunities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The acquisition of the Mystery Science curriculum supports Discovery Education’s ongoing effort to keep students and teachers connected to curiosity. K&L Gates LLP served as counsel to Discovery Education in connection with the transaction, and Fenwick & West LLP served as counsel to Mystery Science.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The first thing I noticed when we returned to school after remote learning was that my conversations with teachers got real deep real fast. So I listened as teachers reflected on their time teaching online and, in my listening, I heard the common desire for authenticity and an unwillingness to return to the status quo.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2019

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. In this recent edWebinar, Vernice Y. Jones, a candidate in the M.Ed.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 19, 2023

As you consider your own role as a teacher in building a classroom that inspires belonging for every student, assess yourself on the following factors that can contribute to inequity and turn your classroom from a healthy one into a toxic one. How are we actively recruiting diverse teachers and leaders?

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2024

For me, it took Miss Natalia, my teacher from first grade to fourth grade. She was the perfect teacher. And the perfect teacher is not the teacher that has multiple master’s degrees and doctorate degrees. The perfect teacher is the one who looks you in the eye and touches your heart before impacting your mind.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2015

The company is developing plans for a unique exchange program where students and teachers can spend time learning and teaching in the U.S. In addition to helping students gain the latest skills and knowledge, GPA will provide college counseling, career exploration and English as a Second Language.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2019

Our teachers and techs are often frustrated by the chronic Chromebook destroyers—and it becomes increasingly difficult to give these students the benefit of the doubt when they claim accidental damage. Counseling with students, parents, and school staff when problems are endemic.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

teachers have just about had enough. A new report from Phi Delta Kappan International, a professional association for educators, finds that half of teachers have “seriously considered” leaving teaching in the last few years. Out of 2,389 adults surveyed, teachers account for 556 of respondents. No, really. Their reasoning?

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