eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Parents provide schools with sensitive information about their children at the start of each school year, such as immunization records and medical histories. Misunderstanding cybercrime motivations Despite the alarming rise in attacks, many have grown worryingly apathetic. million individuals.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2024

Ken Futernick brings together people who disagree deeply on issues that are most dividing school communities these days — such as teaching about gender and sexual identity or about the history of racism in America. I became distressed about these so-called ‘culture wars’ erupting all over the place. And he records the conversations.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2019

When students don’t perform well in a subject, the typical responses relate to student motivation, e.g., they need more grit, they don’t have the right growth mindset, or they just need to work more effectively. In other words, they perceive that their teachers don’t value them, their history, or what they could contribute.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

If you then encourage students to research topics that interest them, they’ll be even more motivated to read and write–and they may even have some fun. It covered a range of insights about body piercings, including how different religious cultures apply them and how they may benefit migraine sufferers.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

And in September 2024, history took a bold turn as Kiski welcomed young women into its ranks and opened a new chapter in its storied legacy. With a rich history, an eye on the future, and a commitment to academic and athletic achievement, Kiski continues to redefine what it means to be a boarding school in the 21st century.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States. As the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Advancements in education technology History has taught us that innovation is inevitable. Teachers attuned to their classroom culture understand when their students are engaged, and they seek to activate more and more of those coveted light-bulb moments–indicators of high motivation to learn more.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 21, 2017

Last winter, for example, Ajima wanted to create a 3D printing project that would help his students celebrate Black History Month. He was motivated, in part, by the September opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on the Washington Mall, just 30 minutes away from Dominion High. Josh Ajima.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Mimi Ito is a cultural anthropologist and learning scientist at UC Irvine. If you can embed skill development within a genuinely motivating social set of rewards, learning is deeper and more enduring. If you can embed skill development within a genuinely motivating social set of rewards, learning is deeper and more enduring.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Consequently, the use of discovery—a loaded term if there ever was one—in older history texts is one of the most common examples of how bias can creep into social studies classrooms and can inform (or warp) our worldview. EdSurge: Is it possible to teach politics and history as a centrist? History is very complex.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

More than ever, personalized learning is critical in getting students engaged and motivated to learn and supporting academic growth,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company. Personalized Learning Experiences That Engage and Motivate Students. Teachers know best how to personalize learning for their students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In eighth grade math, the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students was the widest in the tests history. The new NAEP scores have landed as conservatives push to expand private school choice, public schools grapple with budget cuts, culture war skirmishes persist, and chronic absenteeism remains at historically high levels.

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2020

We’re educating more kids, with greater rigor and from more diverse backgrounds, than ever before in our nation's history. One of the things the COVID-19 pandemic revealed is the assessment culture we’ve created in our schools. When I talk about transforming education, I'm talking about that culture.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2022

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. Their intrinsic motivation to learn what they want to learn can really drive a classroom conversation. They taught Welch that history is made up of “little moments” in people’s lives. history teacher in Pittsburgh.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

What motivates you, both as a teacher and an entrepreneur? That really motivates me to continue. Failure also motivates me. In my classroom, I try to build a culture of honesty, respect, and persistence. Revisionist History by Malcolm Gladwell. Teachers … we share and we steal. And not steal in a bad way.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. With a library of more than 80,000 culturally relevant, curriculum-aligned audiobooks, our Audiobook Solution has all the books students need to read as well as the ones they will want to read for fun.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

No doubt, these are excellent sources, but if students aren’t motivated by them, they won’t get a lot out of them. This is a great primary source for students third grade and up in researching almost any topic, but especially history. It can be purchased as a single-student license or a district-wide offering.

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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. These achievements reflect not just the talent of the athletes but the culture of dedication and excellence that defines Gulliver Prep. The result?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

Early studies, such as ones from international researcher Richard Van Hooijdonk , show that virtual and augmented reality tools can increase student engagement and motivation while increasing knowledge construction. We wanted them to better empathize with them so as to ease cultural clashes and facilitate integration.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

After consulting with teachers in focus groups, HMH says it refashioned Carmen as a “global citizen” in response to requests for more material around social-emotional learning—which is to say the ambitious goal of teaching Americans geography has been somewhat scaled back in favor of lessons on community, world culture and responsibility.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

We think that we need to understand our own culture, our own forces, and try to come up with some theories about how we will change and how we must change. Maloney: Part of it is recognizing that higher ed has had a history of change throughout its entire existence. We also have an opportunity not to get mired in that long history.

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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. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

It is essentially a case of bureaucratic culture versus the app culture. That behavior seems to be headed for the history books. Today’s youth culture lives in apps—not for the sake of the technology itself, but for the rich social, psychological identity-driven mash-up that define a person, group, interactions and opinions.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

To set foot into untrodden territory can be exciting, and we must not let our unfounded fears of learning loss or misguided motivations for learning acceleration trick us into going back to what we were doing before the pandemic. This includes outdated and misguided thinking on personalized learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2023

Did those cultures influence your plans for your education? Through a creative lens, how do I make sure people [like me] are seen, heard, represented, but also gain exposure to new role models that are unfortunately written out of our history books? Just being a presence, especially for younger students, and making that my motive.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

It Starts in the Community I grew up in northeast Denver — a place rich in Black history and culture where the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education enacted the Black Excellence Resolution. Recognizing her potential as a math scholar, I encouraged her to ask questions, embrace mistakes and find motivation in difficult tasks.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

The raw pain of having to show up for “business as usual” at work while trying to process horrific events like the racially-motivated murder of Atlanta massage workers came up frequently in these conversations. schools in recent years. After the anti-Asian spa shootings in Atlanta, Asian Americans and supporters rallied in Washington, D.C.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2017

And the related place-based learning sees students explore the history and culture of their own region. Taking Action All the different flairs of “-based” learning may have a long history in education. Inquiry-based learning, for example, teaches students how to ask better questions, and then go about figuring out the answers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

has been to encourage kids’ natural curiosity using science and history, with host Molly Bloom and a rotation of young co-hosts asking and answering questions about the world that surrounds us. , APM Studios’ award-winning science podcast for kids, into classrooms nationwide as a learning resource for grades 2-5.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

I find it baffling that in 2019 I still have to explain why it’s important to play with students, especially when Fortune 500 companies are gamifying their workplace and their customer outreach, profitable gamer-culture on YouTube is on the rise and colleges have eSports teams. Games provide challenges and intrinsic motivation.

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Edsurge

JULY 4, 2017

In my experience working both in education technology and as an educator, the motivator behind technology companies is not learning. We also focus on mindfulness, culturally responsive content, academic state standards, closing the achievement gap, and civic literacy. It’s not educators or students or research.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

They seek to ensure that students learn the basic facts of Holocaust history—no small thing, given that a 2018 survey documented that 66% of American millennials cannot explain what Auschwitz was and 41% believe that 2 million Jews or fewer were murdered. First and foremost, history matters. These efforts are ambitious.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 29, 2024

By integrating their physical local environment, culture, and landscaping, students learn through participation in service projects to help them gain a better understanding of their place in the world. For example, a history lesson that explores a local historical site can help students understand and connect with their community’s history.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

Though the motivations and tools used to introduce computer science concepts in kindergarten differ significantly from those at the undergraduate level, I was surprised to find three key takeaways that are universally compelling for CS education across all ages and especially for our early learners.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2023

We’ve seen a cycle of new initiatives and ideas created by new leadership that disrupted our school structure and culture. Some of that evolution is natural, but too much at once can negatively impact school culture and cohesion. The last decade has brought a lot of administrative turnover to my school and district.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Michael Berman: We are a new and relatively small Cal State campus, and an important part of the culture was the connection that faculty built with their students. I was teaching in Blackboard, teaching art history and art appreciation in a text-centered environment. They don't often feel included in academic culture.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Bolstered by his trademark energy and enthusiasm, along with educator resources from Statistics in Schools (SIS), he's motivating students to learn about statistical literacy, data analytics, interpreting maps and the overall significance of the census. We had just finished exploring what community, civilization, culture and archaeology mean.

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