Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agencys decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trumps executive orders on race and gender. Reading restrictions could impair their critical thinking skills and what they learn about different communities.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

overview of Alice by Middle School students. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Duke University’s Alice “ Getting Started” videos are here .

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This process reinforces scientific inquiry and builds critical thinking skills as students see, touch, and analyze real results from their experiments. Teachers can then incorporate these topics into the curriculum or design small projects based on students’ inquiries.

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DECEMBER 26, 2023

Critical Thinking Development in Middle School Education Fostеring critical thinking skills in middlе school еducation is paramount to equipping studеnts with thе intеllеctual tools necessary for succеss. Sеvеral kеy componеnts constitutе critical thinking.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2019

Coding and computer programming are slowly becoming part of the core curriculum in schools and districts across the U.S.–and Research says students are more likely to maintain their interest in coding if they’re exposed to it at an early age, and now, some schools are starting in elementary school.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2021

Teachers can help spark curiosity and collaboration among students with standards-aligned curriculum. BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 13, 2021 — Vernier Software & Technology is offering new, robust investigations to help middle school teachers engage students in science as they learn in the classroom or they continue to learn from home.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2025

Young people need to start exploring career possibilities, based on their strengths and interests, starting in middle school–and theyre beginning to. Even though technology has become embedded in todays workplace, soft skills are critical to succeed, and young people need to practice using them. Starting early.

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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. Codelicious introduced attendees to its full-year computer science curriculum for K-12.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Student success is a critically important issue for school districts–and not simply because districts want students to perform well. Improving student learning and student success is necessary for students to compete in a rapidly changing world that requires critical thinking, creativity, and adaptability.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Exposing children to various hands-on projects like robotics, pottery and music production as early as possible allows them to hone their critical thinking, problem-solving and creative skills. Numerous enrichment modules can be completed online and workshops around the country train teachers in hands-on learning curriculum.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

It allows students to compile evidence of learning through text, images, videos, and links, fostering creativity and critical thinking. Adobe Express: Adobe Express allows students to record video responses to prompts, making it a good choice for educators looking to assess verbal communication, critical thinking, and creativity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Middle school teachers can now integrate science lessons with data collection and coding using new packages from Vernier Software & Technology and SAM Labs. With worldwide distribution to over 140 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university. About SAM Labs.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

One study showed that high school student interest and motivation in physics were significantly boosted with the introduction of probeware to physics classes, and similar trends have been reported in vocational schools as well as elementary and middle school classes.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2023

Dunstan Catholic School, Grade 3 Alex H., Heritage Elementary School, Grade 4 Gian P., Philomena Elementary School, Grade 5 Logan W., Linden Elementary School, Grade 6 Tiger K., Saint Paul Catholic School, Grade 7 Nolan P.,

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

An active advocate of the Next Generation Science Standards, (NGSS), she eventually became Vermont’s Science Assessment Supervisor and has served as an NGSS curriculum reviewer and president of the board of the NSFs Society of Elementary Presidential Awardees. Why is the blacktop hotter than the grass? What can we do to make it cooler?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Alternatively, topic browsing enables students to navigate through various subjects (or themes) to explore and gather information resources related to popular, colloquial, or curriculum-based topics. In addition, topic browsing allows students to easily toggle between topics, narrowing their focus or broadening their scope as they go.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

Bolsters students’ capacity for critical thinking and perseverance through complex tasks ? Director of Secondary Curriculum and Instruction, Rachael Peters said, “The initiative to become STEM Certified, system-wide, was the work and achievement of many educators in our system.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In celebration of the release of a new starter set, Wizards will provide Dungeons & Dragons-themed classroom materials for teachers across the country to add to their curriculum. The reading growth observed and measured in my class clearly indicates the great things D&D can do in schools. “The

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2019

At The Village School in Houston, TX, instructional technology specialist Ruth O’Brien and middle school teacher Marc Abrate help students develop skills that help not only in coding, but in areas such as problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

The Digital Citizenship Curriculum: Digital Literacy, Cyber Hygiene and More. Digital Citizenship for Students at Middle and High School Levels. While civility and cyberbullying are a murkier subject matter than other aspects of digital citizenship, some schools have found interesting ways to build it into their lessons.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

The Digital Citizenship Curriculum: Digital Literacy, Cyber Hygiene, and More. Digital Citizenship for Students at Middle and High School Levels. While civility and cyberbullying are a murkier subject matter than other aspects of digital citizenship, some schools have found interesting ways to build it into their lessons.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

Pivot Interactives makes teaching science with active learning and scientific phenomena engaging and easy with 10,000 authentic, video-based science interactives crafted by Pivot’s expert curriculum team and teacher community. To support academic integrity, randomized questions ensure each student is assigned unique problems to work on.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

In just a few months, I transitioned from being a student at the University of Montana’s College of Education to leading the instruction of a room of rambunctious middle school students interested in STEM. To say that the year has been a whirlwind is an understatement.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The 3M Young Scientist Challenge finalists exemplify the power of scientific inquiry: ingenuity, problem solving, and critical thinking, while working towards a common goal. Discovery Education is the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

This new program gives all district students the opportunity to develop a foundation of computer science knowledge and learn new approaches to problem solving, creativity and critical thinking in a world that is increasingly influenced by technology.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom. What are some effective strategies for integrating soft skills into curriculum and instruction?

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. It takes critical thinking and a sense for the numbers to even understand how or why a student’s approach might be wrong, Barclay says.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2021

Yerushalmi continued, “The challenge makes a great bonus unit for any STEM/computer science class or curriculum because it vividly connects computer science learning to the real world. Interested teachers can apply here and will have access to CoderZ’s curriculum for free. and is aligned to CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards.

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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.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

Today’s League leaders are exposing students to computational thinking at a young age, giving current educators the opportunity to get certified, making CS a graduation requirement, and providing out-of-school learning opportunities, all of which are helping to close the participation gap in CS education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2023

Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

In “ Closing the Homework Gap: Equity of Access for All Students Outside of School ,” Rhonda Schroeder, EdD, principal, Arthur Elementary School, Oklahoma City, OK; Mike Cory, EdD, principal, Gettys Middle School, SC; Barbara J. Gettys Middle School in Easley, South Carolina in the School District of Pickens County.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. It fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by placing students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

The challenge Aldine ISD faced at the beginning of the 2022-23 school year was to prepare their students for the redesign of the math State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR), which added non-multiple-choice questions to align with the deep critical thinking and conceptual mathematics learning students should be doing in class.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 11, 2019

At McKissack Middle School in Nashville, Tenn., MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these seven steps to create a project-based learning curriculum. It’s just good teaching and learning,” Thomas Chappelle, principal of McKissack Middle School, told EdTech. Educators embracing project-based learning to engage students.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2023

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for a mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” Moitri Santra is a 13-year-old from Florida and a 2021 finalist.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 11, 2023

As an introduction to life after high school, students should be given the opportunity to see why their studies truly matter. Students consistently asked hard, and oftentimes, unanswerable questions: Are teachers going to risk their jobs to teach a well-rounded curriculum? Will half the country be miseducated? What can we do?

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