k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Steven Sgourdos has a passion for fostering intellectual curiosity and critical thinking in his students. Are they memorizing facts, or learning how to think, solve, and lead? Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. When students see their teachers modeling curiosity and growth, they do the same.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

They didn’t expect a teacher to use the same tool they’d been experimenting with themselves. Encourage co-learning: Parents, teachers, and students can learn together by exploring tools and discussing their uses. Balancing trust and caution One of the most common concerns teachers and parents express is: What if students misuse AI?

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Students often require significant review time at the beginning of each school year, with teachers spending an average of 4-6 weeks re-teaching material from the previous year. These can include visits to museums, science centers, and historical sites, which provide opportunities for experiential learning and critical thinking.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

While AI seems like a relatively new development, it’s been around for quite some time, and is changing very quickly within the education space. “We’re keeping an eye on usage in the U.S.,

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. Nam has received multiple international accolades, including the Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist and the Asia Educator of the Year Award.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

Both professors at San Diego State University and teacher leaders at Health Sciences High and Middle College, they are constantly focused on improving teaching practices and school leadership. They emphasize using AI as a “first draft” tool to reduce teacher workload while maintaining human oversight and critical thinking.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Steven Sgourdos has a passion for fostering intellectual curiosity and critical thinking in his students. Are they memorizing facts, or learning how to think, solve, and lead? Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. When students see their teachers modeling curiosity and growth, they do the same.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

Schools embraced a broader vision of learning by nurturing curiosity, critical thinking, and emotional growth (as opposed to solely standardized test scores). Teachers became the cornerstone of reform. All teachers were seen as capable professionals as opposed to bureaucrats to be monitored or managed.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

In today’s world, where misinformation is rampant and digital literacy is more important than ever, students must also develop the critical thinking skills to evaluate sources and identify truth. In fact, every teacher is a reading teacher. But accessibility alone isn’t enough. Integrate them into curriculum planning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Teachers can help students practice forming a Scout Mindset by asking them questions with correct answers, but where there’s widespread disagreement about what that answer might be. The Zoom strategy: In this fun activity, teachers find a picture related to their content and zoom in so far that the class can only make out minor details.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

Both professors at San Diego State University and teacher leaders at Health Sciences High and Middle College, they are constantly focused on improving teaching practices and school leadership. They emphasize using AI as a “first draft” tool to reduce teacher workload while maintaining human oversight and critical thinking.

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Critical Thinking Attention Science Teaching 159

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2025

The framework prioritizes the importance of human skills, including as critical thinking, creativity, and emotional intelligence, and offers higher-ed institutions structured guidance around creating AI literacy approaches that will equip individuals with key foundational AI competencies and industry-specific applications.

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Elevate k12

JUNE 11, 2025

Today, we are thrilled to shine a spotlight on two teachers who have truly exemplified the spirit of excellence this school year. 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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Teach Thought

JULY 9, 2025

These are instincts you’ve likely had as an educator—a teacher, administrator, developer, or designer. ’ We leave it up to teachers to buffer the collision between students from policies, or sterile academic standards with communities that need more than proficiency from students. Probably as a parent too if you have children.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

The snapshots were piloted by high school teachers in the Spring and are now available to download as a free resource on aiEDU’s homepage, www.aiedu.org. This partnership gives us a chance to put empathy, ethics and youth agency front-and-center — and help students think more deeply about how they relate to others in a rapidly changing world.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Every child and teacher deserves to be seen, heard, and celebrated. He emphasizes that when teachers and school leaders actively engage in supporting students’ emotional well-being, they lay the groundwork for academic success.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Using a student-centered process, we have seen positive results with schools who want to develop effective cell phone policies to minimize distractions, enhance student focus, and help them build relationships with teachers and peers. Teachers design highly interactive, discussion-based lessons for these periods.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Teachers must align instructional content with state and national standards, prepare and organize materials, and thoughtfully structure collaborative learning experiences to ensure effective learning outcomes. ISTE Standard for Students 1.1 Identify the intended grade level and the specific ISTE Student Standards the lesson will address.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

It showcased communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking — the 4Cs in action. With its success, regional leaders are already planning the next phase, emphasizing teacher training, broader participation and enhanced support. Focus on teacher support. Teachers are the backbone of success.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

While I used to be deeply involved in CTSOs as an advisor and teacher, stepping into an administrator role has allowed me to continue engaging with students in a new way–judging events and witnessing their enthusiasm firsthand. Success is not limited to one path.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

Ask any teacher, and they will tell you that the pace of learning is not universal. These schedules are rigid, designed not to maximize learning, but to maintain compliance with an outdated factory model that prioritizes memorization and recall over deep understanding and critical thinking. The result?

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. These practical techniques will develop critical thinking and problem-solving abilities by creating intentional opportunities to enhance social and communication skills. References Kagan, Spencer, and Miguel Kagan.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 66

eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

The platform also provides family resources and teacher toolkits for guided learning. During the summer months, the platform provides free access to a curated collection of mini-lessons designed to spark curiosity and critical thinking. Each lesson poses a big question–like “Why do stars twinkle?”

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. Nam has received multiple international accolades, including the Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist and the Asia Educator of the Year Award.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

You’ll find a list of must-read professional development books for teachers recommended by current classroom teachers, links to free resources to help you grow as an educator, and practical tips for making the most of the upcoming school year (after a long, relaxing summer!). to focus on yourself.

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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. Visit Avantis Education at Booth #3119.

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Education Critical Thinking Accessibility High School 130

Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently stated in an interview that advances in AI will mean the humans will no longer be needed for most things, and stated that doctors and teachers in particular could be replaced by AI (CNBC, 2025). Trickle down engagement: Effects of perceived teacher and student engagement on learning outcomes.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. These practical techniques will develop critical thinking and problem-solving abilities by creating intentional opportunities to enhance social and communication skills. References Kagan, Spencer, and Miguel Kagan.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 61

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

We hope that you will join us for our June 2025 Teacher Leader Summit in Denver. In our Day 1 workshop, we will use the free 4 Shifts Protocol to redesign lessons, units, and other instructional activities for critical thinking and problem solving, greater student agency, more real-world authentic work, and robust technology infusion.

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Teach Thought

MAY 27, 2025

Skip to content Read Menu Toggle Critical Thinking Posts Learning Posts Literacy Posts Recent Newsletter Support Us? Explore our companion list of 126 Bloom’s Digital Verbs For Technology-Rich Teaching. Are students just searching and repeating, or are they synthesizing, designing, and reflecting?

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

I think a lot of the teachers and parents don’t know, either.” Teens in the survey were also concerned about how using AI might affect their ability to develop critical thinking skills, says Jennifer Rubin, a senior researcher at foundry10 who helped lead the study.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 22, 2025

In this context, AI serves as a companion that guides students in their tasks, enhancing their critical thinking and problem-solving skills. One student posited that AI could extend and enrich student learning by assisting in generating ideas, discussion points, and encouraging critical thinking.

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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.

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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. Some areas may not have enough qualified teachers to offer them.

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