eSchool News

DECEMBER 24, 2024

I need to create programs for students that will help educate them in their own culture and their own way. Ethnicity, diversity–all students need to learn how each culture is different. But its the responsibility of the entire district to focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion. This is not an educational problem.

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Internet Accessibility Local Government Activities 283

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Earlier this week, LEAP Innovations, a Chicago-based nonprofit that promotes personalized learning, culturally relevant teaching and innovation, convened hundreds of Chicago teachers for its sixth annual summit. This year, the event was held fully online. The schoolhouse door was barred for them because they didn’t have internet access.

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Failure History Schools Internet 196

k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

With nearly 100 years of history and a forward-thinking approach, Gulliver Prep stands alone as Miamis school of choice, preparing students for a dynamic and diverse world. Simon Hess, President of Gulliver Prep Unlocking Potential Every great school is built on one foundation: exceptional teachers.

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Art Schools Education Textbooks 205

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

So my big concern for what's happening to the teaching of literature has to do with the people that I call my ‘thinking partners’ all over the country — secondary teachers, middle school teachers, even elementary school teachers, who are really under threat. And in high school I wasn't taught those things.

History 178

History Culture Discussions High School 178

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2019

I was raised in Round Rock, Texas, the only Black student in my elementary school. I remember how hard my parents fought to get me and my brother into accelerated math, how my mother was the only parent of color on the school’s steering committee, and yet I was brought up to believe that race didn’t matter.

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Students Fairness Culture Coaching 166

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. At the intersection of analog and digital learning opportunities, the value of school libraries has increased at all levels of education.

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Schools Languages Language Reading 246

Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2017

At STAR, our challenge is to prepare our students for the 21st century while also honoring their unique cultural identity. The history is important to understand. government operated boarding schools in Native communities with the explicit purpose of destroying ties between students and their Native cultures.

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Culture History STEM Blended Learning 107

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

How to Best Teach Immigrant and Refugee Students, and Why It Matters Schools are finding better ways to teach recent immigrant and refugee students. A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy.

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Instructors Attention Lecturing Essay 139

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Her commitment and advocacy drove the expansion of Hazel services to include both in-home and at-school mental health support, plus the addition of elementary schools to the program. His dedication to excellence and steady support have created a culture of achievement and growth at Clover High School.

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Education Math Reading Secondary Education 287

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Why I Didn’t Want to Be a School Leader When I was a student, I never saw my administrators smile. In elementary school, my principal was infamous for knocking on classroom doors and calling kids into her office. At one point in history, teachers were seen as the primary leader in a school building.

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Schools Middle School Middle School English 198

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

In the end, we came up with four goals that, if implemented, would turn the district around: increase student achievement; recruit and retain highly effective teachers and leaders; develop a collaborative partnership between the school district and the community; create a positive and trusting culture and climate. And we went for it.

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Students Exams Learning Styles Culture 157

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

CHICAGO — At first glance, it looks like your standard recess: Elementary school students, bundled up in warm jackets, hats and mittens, laugh and play outside on a crisp, cloudy fall day in the Windy City. But can resolving the broad range of elementary school conflicts be as simple as learning to play fair?

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Coaching Fairness Elementary School Elementary School 159

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and walked through an exhibit that highlights the history of the building as well as former President John F. With experience teaching in elementary, middle and high schools, I can attest to the trend that students do seem less motivated and engaged as they progress through school.

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2023

EdSurge connected with Heitner to talk about what she’s learned and what advice she gives educators at all levels, from elementary school through college. History and not be getting your calculus grade right now. Or read a partial transcript, edited for clarity, below. Maybe you should just be at AP U.S.

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Failure Assignments Communication Middle School 210

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2023

History Assignments: Showcase the key events and figures of the American Revolution or present a timeline of the Civil Rights Movement. Social Studies Projects: Present different cultures, religions, or political systems. Now get creating! Author Bio: Hi, I’m Tori and I’m the founder of homeschoolnewbie.com.

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Assignments Learning Science History 148

k12 Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

To build truly equitable schools, we must acknowledge that our education system was never designed for all students. It was originally created for white, privileged young men, excluding women and students of color until relatively recent history.

Schools 190

Schools Beliefs Fairness Testing 190

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

In the state’s 600 elementary schools, there were fewer than 200 Black men teaching. “So So a vast majority of the elementary schools in South Carolina did not have a single Black male teacher,” Jones says. By mandating school desegregation, Brown v. Starting in 1954, all that changed.

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Teachers Beliefs Elementary School Elementary School 194

Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2018

White fragility shapes American culture and society—in ways both obvious and unconscious. Yet by every measure, schools do treat children of color unequally. Elementary school teachers are overwhelmingly white females and have experienced gender bias in education. I am saying that we are a product of our culture.

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Teaching Education STEM Discussions 145

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2016

To foster a culture of growth mindset, I combined both explicit and implicit teaching through literature, science and history—and list technologies that I’ve used to push growth mindset even further. Jennifer Guido ( @missguidoedu ) is a Third Grade Teacher at Shields Elementary School in the Cape Henlopen School District in Delaware.

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Science Failure Teachers History 113

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2019

We hear that all the time in elementary school, and one of the things we encourage for any gender-based bullying is for the teacher to stop it, but then also use it as a teachable moment. And also that we have an eye on the school culture, on the language being used and we stop things when we hear them.

Schools 161

Schools Students Language Languages 161

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Perhaps the largest was underestimating the differences between starting a school from scratch from taking over a school with its own students, history and challenges. “We Ruba Tariq, of New York City, described how she learned in high school to become a powerful advocate of change to improve student lives.

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Failure Language Languages Elementary School 132

Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

A college-level course, with a few middle school games About 10% of Californias high school students took a community college class in the 2021-22 school year, according to an analysis by professors at UC Davis using the most recent data. That celebration of culture is a direct response to a history of adversity, Lamas said.

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Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 95

k12 Digest

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Whether its English, history, or science, St. Whether it’s reading to a classroom, hosting a career talk, or orchestrating a class party, parents are active partners in shaping the schools vibrant culture. The Home and School Association (HASA) embodies this spirit of collaboration. And for the athletes?

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STEM Schools Math Grades 130

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

There is a long history [at St. Paul Public Schools] of meeting the needs of students who are marginalized for their sexual orientation or gender identity,” explains Clark Hoelscher, a program specialist for Out for Equity, now housed in Saint Paul Public Schools’ Department of Equity. “The

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Curriculum Students English Language 107

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

In 2021, we learned to adjust one’s mindsets, to recognize and appreciate cultural needs, and the impact of social and emotional well-being. — Nicollette LeTellier, STEM Specialist for K-5, Swift Water Elementary School. Programs use data to help identify learning behaviors and styles which provide better results.

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Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 7, 2025

Inquiry-Based Learning Projects for Middle and High Schoolers After being introduced to this type of learning in elementary school, secondary students can feel confident about asking questions in all their classes. Help students use their inquiry skills in social studies classes, including history, sociology, and world cultures.

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Social Studies Learning Math Writing 80

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects. Middle and high school teachers will need support to help older students with foundational reading skills to address this problem.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

In 2021, we learned to adjust one’s mindsets, to recognize and appreciate cultural needs, and the impact of social and emotional well-being. — Nicollette LeTellier, STEM Specialist for K-5, Swift Water Elementary School. Programs use data to help identify learning behaviors and styles which provide better results.

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Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 297

Elevate k12

JUNE 24, 2024

The first way that schools can help students is through more personalized learning. Differentiated class materials and learning formats can make a huge difference in attainment, beginning in elementary school. Mental health services and tutoring programs can also help students reach their full potential.

Education 52

Education Learning Styles Special Education Feedback 52

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Unfortunately, many students leaving elementary school are still not proficient in reading, and that creates a significant barrier to their ability to learn across subjects. Middle and high school teachers will need support to help older students with foundational reading skills to address this problem.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 130

Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 21, 2025

Cultures of domination," writes bell hooks, "rely on the cultivation of fear as a way to ensure obedience." As a culture we are obsessed with the notion of safety. This is the real challenge of our age: isolation, loneliness, and disconnection, the natural consequence of a culture of fear. And that fear is used to "motivate" us.

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Motivation Culture Quizzes Writing 93

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2024

Over the past nine months, our editors have had the privilege of collaborating with a group of eight talented educators and school leaders who bravely reflected on their lived experiences and shared their truths through a collection of powerful personal essays as part of the EdSurge Voices of Change writing fellowship.

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Essay Education Culture Elementary School 167

Edsurge

JULY 21, 2020

He started his career as an elementary school teacher. Then he became a high school guidance counselor and dean of students. After that, he founded his own public middle school in the Bronx and served as its principal for 10 years. At the end of my school career, I moved to Sayreville, N.J., to finish high school.

Education 178

Education Schools Middle School Middle School 178

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Emphasize the Journey Despite the changing educational landscape, there are some learning experiences that remain constant: reading landmark literature to study trailblazing individuals and pivotal moments in history. In fact, whatever you’re already reading in English, science or history may showcase incredible acts of resilience.

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Failure Motivation History Learning 142

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

The team established a partnership with a local housing project where some of their chronically absent students live and coordinated attendance outreach activities, which included workshops to educate teachers, staff and guardians on the consequences of missing school.

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Distance Learning Learning Participation Coaching 208

eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

The onset of COVID brought along the introduction of one to one devices for learners as young as Pre-K, and that change has remained in place since then,” said Alexis Teitelbaum, a tech explorations teacher in Acmetonia Elementary School, in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Valley School District.

Education 182

Education Learning Beliefs Counselling 182

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities. Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Maybe he works at a part-time job when the school day ends, showing his diligence and drive.

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Skills Learning Testing High School 217