Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., Vulnerability and Mental Health in Educational Leadership These fellows reflected early and often on what it means to be vulnerable as an education leader and how challenges have impacted their mental health. This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous.

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Edsurge

APRIL 29, 2022

Considering the ongoing traumatic upheaval on school communities in recent years, and the unrelenting pressure on educators to work under difficult, uncertain and constantly vacillating circumstances, it is not a matter of if educators will experience the corrosive effects of prolonged and extreme stress, but rather when.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

But the book’s great value, and the pleasure in reading it, is in its careful, loving description of the daily life of an urban charter school. And it’s the small stuff of classrooms that raise the biggest questions: what we want schools to accomplish, and for which kids. But of course, it isn’t a private school.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Our goal is to shift pedagogy toward a “culture of thinking” that supports more student agency and more effective use of the learning space itself. Our furniture partner basically didn’t even question it; they told us it was completely possible.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

My students talk more than they used to in class because they know I will ask the same driving question about every topic throughout the unit. A culture of continuous learning Wendy W. And as you ask yourself all these questions, remember to breathe. They know what to expect, and start thinking, “How does this all connect?”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The consequence, in many schools, is that teachers have begun to use technology but have forced it into all the wrong places and for all the wrong reasons. At Grand Oak Elementary School in Huntersville, NC we have worked hard to create an environment where we are supporting our staff through this transition.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Department of Education looked at video-based coaching in about 100 elementary schools. These groups are part of our culture of coaching, which means that everyone, everywhere in our district, from top to bottom, receives coaching. Recent research highlights the value of video: A study conducted through the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2018

Melissa Schlinger, the Vice President of Practice and Programs at CASEL , tells EdSurge that teachers holding themselves accountable, as Alston does in her classroom, is vital for building a positive, SEL-friendly school culture. She points to a school in Chicago she loves visiting.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’m working as fast as possible to answer as many math questions as I can in 60 seconds. In my experience as a middle and high school math specialist, I’ve rarely heard any adults (including math teachers) report many positive memories of their early experiences with math at school. Tick tick tick.my I thought so. Probably not.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Incorporate pop culture, social media, sports and extracurriculars into lessons. Previous literature showcases the importance of this practice—a cross-cultural qualitative study found that the more time teachers spent introducing new content, the more academically engaged students were in the classroom. 3: Clear expectations.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. With each move, she had to learn a new language and adjust to a different culture. There was a shift in culture and in school. What motivates them? What worries them?

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

They also answer the question, “How can something act like a mirror and a window at the same time?”. With worldwide distribution to over 150 countries, Vernier data loggers are used by educators and students from elementary school to university. OpenSciEd Unit 6.1 features a total of eight lessons.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2023

Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. As she struggles to answer the question, two other students begin to whisper questions in her ear. As she struggles to answer the question, two other students begin to whisper questions in her ear.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2024

It was 2022 and I had recently been hired as the principal of an all-girls elementary school in New York, and it was my first visit to the school to meet students, staff and families. To be clear, I’m not suggesting that every student should question their gender. I was caught off guard.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2021

Personalized Learning Preparatory at Sam Houston Elementary School in Dallas reopened its school building to PreK-5 students with simultaneous learning in the fall after months of remote learning. “I You have to build the culture first. Don’t put them in a room to talk about a multiple choice question.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

Here are some back-to-school tips, advice, and valuable insights from educators, stakeholders, and industry experts. Our country is home to a wide range of diverse and vibrant cultures, and it’s important that we acknowledge and value the languages these students already bring with them when they enter U.S. –Dr.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Sports and Culturally Responsive Teaching My school sits just six miles from the border with Mexico, and many of my students cross that border daily to attend school in the United States. While my school’s geographic location might be unique, its student demographics are not.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Food Chemistry Experiments , which is available in both electronic and print versions,includes 14 ready-to-use experiments utilizing Vernier technology such as the Go Direct ® SpectroVis ® Plus Spectrophotometer, Go Direct Temperature Probe, and Go Direct CO 2 Gas Sensor to help students investigate complex questions involving food.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 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. Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student. Without question.

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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. Context matters, and we have to ask the questions to understand the context for each and every student. Without question.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2016

For two Chicago-area schools, however, the solution came down to asking students: How do you want to learn? A few years ago, Haney, the principal of Joseph Lovett Elementary School, noticed a school culture of stagnation. “We knew we had to do something to change the culture. .

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

In a new series called Future Teachers, we try to answer that question. First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The essential ingredients for a data-driven culture have little to do with data itself, experts say. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. SUSD’s goal is to answer four questions: What do we want students to learn? How do we know if they’re learning?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

School leaders asked: Which apps should we download? Less frequently asked were some more fundamental questions: How might we preserve a sense of belonging and connectedness between students? As an elementary school teacher, my highest priorities were always the following: Cultivating agency, autonomy and independence in my students.

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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. This isn’t unusual: Students often get weird concepts of math, developing logical-seeming routes for answering questions, Barclay says.

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Math Teachers Textbooks Critical Thinking 206

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2020

In a four-week unit on Albert Camus’ “The Stranger,” his senior year English students helped design guiding questions and themes, decided on daily and weekly assignments, determined how assessment and evaluation would be conducted, led each day’s discussion, and held each other accountable to mutually agreed-upon expectations.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The essential ingredients for a data-driven culture have little to do with data itself, experts say. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. SUSD’s goal is to answer four questions: What do we want students to learn? How do we know if they’re learning?

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Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 78

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 30, 2020

The essential ingredients for a data-driven culture have little to do with data itself, experts say. The conversations are completely different,” says Mary Mann, principal of SUSD’s Cedarcreek Elementary School. SUSD’s goal is to answer four questions: What do we want students to learn? How do we know if they’re learning?

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Culture Syllabus Schools Elementary School 78

eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Nominee: Mark Hess , Mary Helen Guest Elementary School Nominated by: Epson. Mark Hess has served in a variety of roles since he was hired in 1993 by Walled Lake Consolidated School District in Walled Lake, Michigan. Students can receive care in school or at home in minutes to days versus the national average of months.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

Yet I can easily tell you the name of every one of my teachers dating back to elementary school. For our nearly 200 kindergarten to fourth-graders, we believe developing a positive school culture is equally—if not more—important to the impact we have on our students’ academic, social, and emotional growth.

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Culture Elementary School Elementary School Students 140

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For the past two and a half years, we’ve been exploring this question at Michigan State University. It is the key to reaching all students—not just the few that seem “good” at computing or ones at schools that have a CS-trained teacher. Using the subway map, teachers came up with a sequence of instructions (a.k.a.

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Science Schools Testing Social Studies 194

Edsurge

JULY 13, 2019

Because I did well in school, nobody was ever concerned. However, from the time I was in elementary school, it was difficult to complete assessments on time, and it always took me unreasonably long to finish homework in the evening. When I was in grad school, I had a teacher who carried a stack of name cards around the room.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2016

When students are beginning a Genius Hour project, they must first choose a researchable question; one where the answer will not result in a quick online search. Students then conduct research on their topic and question. Next, students must create something using their research that helps answer their original question.

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Activities Learning Styles Learning Knowledge 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Several teachers in New York started the effort around a decade ago, and Zearn is now used by a quarter of elementary school students and more than a million middle school students around the country, according to sign-on figures tracked by the group. Questions like how much we actually even know about teaching math.)

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2017

This is particularly true for students of poverty, who arrive at and often leave elementary school years below grade level. to 2 years of academic progress for each school year. While a year of growth per school year is good, it is not going to work for children who enter school two or three years behind grade level.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2023

It’s no question that American youth are facing an urgent mental health crisis. Over the last 15 years of doing this work, I’ve had conversations with many middle and high school teachers and administrators questioning the value of SEL at this age : Won’t students find this corny? Will they really want to share with one another?

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