k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Steven Sgourdos has a passion for fostering intellectual curiosity and critical thinking in his students. In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. That number should stop us in our tracks.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

With grade-specific content from kindergarten through high school, this site features virtual tours, design challenges, DIY engineering activities, and live webinars with NASA scientists and engineers. Each lesson poses a big question–like “Why do stars twinkle?” or “Can a tree grow without seeds?”–and

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

It showcased communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking — the 4Cs in action. These essential, durable skills are at the heart of frameworks like ISTE’s Standards for Students and the Partnership for 21st Century Learning’s framework , which emphasize what students need to thrive in school and beyond.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

This experience is designed to prompt critical thinking about environmental issues and is supported by a free Future Forests Digital Toolkit, which includes lesson plans, Eduverse content, and classroom-ready resources accessible on any web enabled device.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Johnson is one of several Utah educators discovering that computer science isn’t just about coding — it’s about helping students think critically, solve problems and make sense of the world around them. This activity introduced data analysis while building critical thinking and global awareness.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

This isn’t just a checklist: It’s your blueprint of essentials for a high school math classroom that supports every learner and highlights your unique teaching style. Stocked with a few extra essentials for a high school math classroom, it’s a small way to set students up for success and eliminate pauses.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. We have to look at all of this: What do the high schools need?

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Elevate k12

JUNE 11, 2025

She leverages interactive tools like Nearpod and gamified platforms like Kahoot to enhance collaboration and critical thinking. Please join us in congratulating our SY2024-25 Elevate Teachers of the Year, Tiffany Barksdale and Stephanie Gonzalez! For Tiffany, data is key.

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eSchool News

JULY 21, 2025

It requires thoughtful guidance, encouragement, and critical thinking–things AI can support, but not replace. Overall, college students are more likely than high school students to use AI tools, and they are also more diligent when it comes to verifying AI-generated content.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Alena Zachery-Ross Superintendent, Ypsilanti Community Schools, Michigan EdSurge: Can you share your schools new designation and how it will have an impact on students and educators? The League of Innovative Schools has significantly influenced our AI adoption by connecting us with like-minded professionals, resources and partnerships.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

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. 19 Longer Journal Writing Prompts for High School For a deeper dive into your students thoughts, assign longer journal prompts for high school.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

It demands fostering critical thinking, collaboration, communication skills, and, perhaps most importantly, confidence– characteristics many employers say are lacking among todays graduates. At Eastern Hancock, this preparation begins by creating opportunities for students to connect their learning to real-world applications.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The 12 students whose families are party to the lawsuit range in age from pre-kindergarten to high school and attend DoDEA schools in Quantico, Virginia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky; Aviano, Italy; and Misawa, Japan. Reading restrictions could impair their critical thinking skills and what they learn about different communities.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

I'm sure that at some level her motivations were educational, but I think the main point was that we were living in a country in where the media was in a language we didn't understand, and she wanted us to be at least minimally entertained. My lifelong fandom of The Who started with a very sanitized band biography.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

High school isn’t all fun and games, but it can have a few jokes and riddles! Keep students guessing and thinking with a set of riddles for high school students. A pillow 14 ELA Enigmas and Wordplay Puzzles Need a brain break for high school students between chapters of your latest novel unit?

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Cal Matters

JULY 8, 2025

Democratic lawmakers at odds with one another over new standards In introducing his bill, Jones-Sawyer viewed a college education as paramount to law enforcement training because it would expose incoming officers to new perspectives, healthy debate and critical thinking skills. “We Police officer shortage: truth or myth?

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

The company has launched Gale In Context: Literature, a new resource for literature instruction and learning that helps high schoolers engage and thrive in English language arts (ELA). Read our blog about why English teachers will love Gale In Context: Literature. Download/view screenshots of Gale In Context: Literature.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2016

The size of three regular classrooms, this lab provides an active space where students can build problem-solving and critical thinking skills. So they asked all the local school districts to emphasize these types of technology tools in high school science labs. Next page: What parents think.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ARLINGTON, Texas/PRNewswire/ — Workforce solutions provider Ancora has developed a new relationship with McGraw Hill to launch Ancora High School. Ancora High School is an online high school that offers a Texas high school diploma and is accredited by Cognia.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2024

Schools can do more To that end, Bliss explained that most survey respondents are looking to their schools for help and guidance, with 68 percent saying their school isn’t doing enough to prepare students for the future world of AI. How can high schools prepare students for the future world of AI?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2021

All of these actions require four competencies, also known as the 4 Cs: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. There will always be a growing need for people who can effectively analyze, problem solve, and work constructively with others.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It is the perfect complement to the four other titles we have developed for Texas high school science programs (including AP and IB). Biology for Texas has been specifically written for the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Science (High School Biology).

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2020

All of these actions require four competencies, also known as the 4 Cs: critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. There will always be a growing need for people who can effectively analyze, problem solve, and work constructively with others.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

The Edge , an innovative, research-based social-emotional and life skills curriculum,creates a dynamic and effective learningenvironment where middle and high school students can build the social-emotional and life-readiness skills needed to succeed in school, relationships, and life.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2023

Charlotte, NC — New Mexico’s Middle College High School, a public charter school within Gallup-McKinley County Public School District, today announced it has selected Discovery Education’s innovative digital resources to support student science explorations. Discovery Education’s Business Development Representative.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. But experts say that the trend of high school research, while well-intentioned, has plenty of pitfalls. They may be playing sports.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2025

Here are five examples of how AI can be used effectively in high school science classes: 1. This helps them develop critical thinking and data literacy skills essential for modern scientific research. AI is revolutionizing high school science education by making learning interactive, personalized, and data-driven.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

In 2014, I got my first teaching job at a brand new high school in Detroit. The building had once been an elementary school with a fully functioning library. I remember fondly the book recommendations that my elementary and middle school librarians would give me. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Passive learning doesn’t help students develop future-ready skills, like critical thinking or creativity, in the same way active learning does.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2023

Escape rooms are engaging for people of all ages—they require durable skills such as creativity, critical thinking, determination, and the ability to work in groups to solve challenges. eSN: What gave you the idea to structure learning activities in an escape room-style challenge?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2024

High School collects a diverse group of students into a large learning community, but it also prepares teenagers for a future as variable as any we can imagine. Yet, the one-size-fits-all model persists in many high schools. Could we expand high school options to guarantee every student’s success?

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Gender disparities exist Several pieces of research demonstrate that students–regardless of gender and race–are experiencing inequalities when it comes to post-grad high school preparedness and exposure to in-demand careers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2023

STEM education is a critical part of a comprehensive K-12 education–it helps students build and improve critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, and it teaches students to be persistent when presented with a challenge. Here are five great insights about STEM education: 1.

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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

MARCH 11, 2021

Students apply creativity, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills–competencies that are important in preparing students for the future and are applicable to any career, whether it’s in technology or not.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2021

Critical thinking : Many folks go through the motions in their working lives–following directions, meeting quotas, and, simply put, people pleasing! As a middle and high school teacher these days, I help students become thinkers first and foremost. Among those abilities are: 1.

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