Culture, Knowledge and Language

One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Saying Tell Us, instead of Tell me, validates each student’s role as both a learner and giver of knowledge. It is shockingly difficult for most teachers to alter their language in this manner. If we want students to see learning as a shared experience, we must be intentional in the language we use. Every word matters.

Culture

Culture Feedback Languages Language

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2025

BOSTON (March 31, 2025) In recent months, almost 2,000 schools and districts have purchased or renewed licenses for Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand. The numbers show just how much students and educators have needed access to a culturally responsive language learning solution.

English

English Language Languages Social Studies

VHS Learning Partners with Continental Han Feng Network Technology to Develop Chinese Language Program

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Nonprofit VHS Learning is partnering with Continental Han Feng Network Technology (CHF) to develop a full Chinese language high school program. Chinese 1 through AP® Chinese Language and Culture courses will be added to the more than 250 online courses currently offered by VHS Learning.

Language

Language Languages Technology Exams

Indigenous Knowledge Is Often Overlooked in Education. But It Has A Lot to Teach Us.

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2022

She is teaching me how to properly introduce myself in our Lakota language, Lak?ótiyapi. I feel a deep sense of comfort knowing she has had this conversation before with dozens of young Lakota learners during her time as a Lakota language teacher in our community of Fort Yates on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.

Knowledge

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Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

The consistent use of rubrics can help to promote higher levels of self-awareness, a culture of learning and growth, and ensure that assessments are accurate, transparent, and meaningful. Step 3: Use a mastery-based scale and describe each criterion at each level of mastery in student-friendly language.

Fairness

Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Within the principle of representation, there are three guidelines: 1) perception, 2) language and symbols, and 3) comprehension. Language and Symbols. A student’s cultural background or prior knowledge may impact their level of understanding or their specific interpretation of a word or symbol. Representation.

Universal Design

Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Feedback

The math anxiety equation: How to solve for confidence in math class

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

Math

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Why agentic AI matters now more than ever

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Static knowledge bases Easy to search but often outdated or contextually off. Multilingual expansion Translates words, not nuance or meaning across cultures. Feedback loops Built to correct errors, not guide growth. Ethics and accessibility policies Written down but rarely embedded in daily workflows. They dont help them go deeper.

Ethics

Ethics Intelligence Feedback Questions

10 things AI still struggles with in education–and beyond

eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

Switching seamlessly between languages like many bilingual learners do AI-powered translation tools are improving, but they dont match the way multilingual individuals naturally switch between languages in real life. Bilingual students often engage in code-switching, blending languages based on context, audience, and emotion.

Intelligence

Intelligence Education Languages Language

The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

If you want to effortlessly become an expert in a new language, you’re probably too late. And yet, adults regularly set out to study a second (or third, or fourth) language. But technology-enabled tools that aim to deliver language instruction at scale are also building incentives into their systems to help learners make more progress.

Motivation

Motivation Languages Language Learning

For English Learners to Thrive, Community and Culture are Necessary

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

I told my supervisor the design and language used in the activity were not accessible to my students. Given Spanish was my home language, I said mesero. All assignments are scaffolded in groups while students translate questions and vocabulary into languages they can read and write.

English

English Culture Language Languages

Why Our Trauma-Informed Teaching Must Be More Culturally Responsive

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In order to truly address trauma, we must also consider both the cultural experiences and socioeconomic inequities that impact our students. In my experience, teachers who have the most success with their Native students take into consideration these cultural strengths during their planning and instruction.

Culture

Culture Teaching Knowledge Coaching

Madison Metropolitan School District Selects Open Up Resources And Kiddom To Provide K-5 English Language Arts Blended Learning Program

eSchool News

JUNE 29, 2022

MADISON, WI – Today, Open Up Resources and Kiddom announced Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD ) has selected its top-rated EL Education K-5 Education Language Arts (ELA) curriculum for its 31 elementary schools in support of the district’s efforts to prioritize early literacy and beyond. Share assignments digitally; ? ABOUT KIDDOM.

Art

Art Language Languages English

How Learning a New Language Is Helping Me Connect With My Students

Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2023

There are at least four languages spoken by the students I currently teach, so people are often surprised to learn that I’m monolingual. Nearly 4,500 students are eligible to receive direct language support services this year in Hamilton County Schools, the district where I teach in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Languages

Languages Language English Learning

4 Approaches to Effective Second-Language Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2023

Learning a second language for many is complicated. Here are four proven approaches, from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew: 4 Approaches to Effective Second-Language Teaching In an article from the Michigan State University website, children who are skilled in at least two languages are known to possess cognitive flexibility.

Languages

Languages Language Teaching Culture

Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Catlin Tucker

MAY 30, 2023

Identifying the Needs of English Learners English learners (ELs) have unique needs requiring targeted instructional approaches to support their language acquisition and academic success. ELs need instruction tailored to their language proficiency level. Culturally responsive teaching is also vital for supporting ELs.

English

English Blended Learning Language Languages

Language: The Biggest Communication Barrier for Foreign Students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Communication as a student in a foreign land depends heavily on knowledge of the language. The Ask a Tech Teacher international team has a few broader issues to think about when considering what barriers face students in foreign lands: Language: The Biggest Communication Barrier for Foreign Students? Not only dissertations.

Languages

Languages Language Communication English

Why Language Learning Apps Haven’t Helped Struggling ELL Students

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2017

Estrada fell for a girl who only spoke English his freshman year in high school but refused to let a language barrier divide them. After moving to the United States from Guatemala a little more than a year ago, love, not a new app or platform, propelled him to pick up a new language. Nonprofit organizations, including the.

Language

Language Languages English Exams

The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Tiffany Wycoff

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Do you use technology to engage students in the active construction of knowledge? Are there strategies you use to create a classroom culture where taking risks and failing forward are encouraged and celebrated? How might giving students more choice and voice impact your classroom culture? If so, how?

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Culture Coaching Discussions

6 ways to support multilingual learners in STEM

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

STEM can help with English language development by allowing students to engage with language in a variety of ways. Part of “doing STEM” means learning to speak the language of STEM. For MLs, grappling with STEM terms while also navigating a new language can make it extra challenging.

STEM

STEM English Languages Language

3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Learning a Language: Acquiring a new language involves mastering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural nuances. Each student progresses differently based on prior knowledge, learning preferences, and exposure to the language.

Teachers

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6 ways principals can improve family engagement

eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2024

Connect family engagement and learning and development: This supports student achievement, especially when we help families and students develop knowledge and skills. Be culturally responsive and respectful: Respect families’ values, cultures, languages, and heritages.

Culture

Culture Math Communication Languages

The Power of I Used to Think…Now I Think

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Consider how their thoughts have changed, evolved, or expanded as they’ve gained more knowledge or insights. Exploring Different Cultures: When discussing cultural differences and traditions, the teacher could prompt students to share their initial assumptions and how their views changed as they learned about diverse cultures.

Ethics

Ethics Metacognitive Skills Culture Critical Thinking

The Real Reason Your Translation App Will Never Replace Language Learning

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

Of all the classroom subjects technology is poised to change, perhaps none stoke the imagination quite like language learning. In-ear technology promises to make 40 languages comprehensible in approximately two seconds lag time. I also teach remotely and write content for an app-based English language-learning product.

Language

Language Languages Failure English

Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

It is important to understand inclusive pedagogies as practices where we discern the nuance between general multicultural education or culturally responsive pedagogy and inclusive practices that specifically address the ability/disability continuum and the health dimension. Assume that students are capable and possess knowledge and skills.

Accessibility

Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education

Spaced repetition is the secret to overcoming learning loss

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Just as “turnt,” “on fleek,” and “adulting” have become trending words in pop culture, so too has “spaced repetition” become a buzzword in education. In fact, spaced repetition is the key to all learning of knowledge-heavy subjects, from preschool literacy and numeracy exercises through high school, corporate training, and beyond.

Learning

Learning History Teaching Methods Culture

Creating IEPs with GenAI while ensuring data privacy

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

General level: Utilizing a Large Language Model (LLM) like Google’s Gemini or Microsoft’s Copilot Google and Microsoft have created their own GenAI tools specifically targeted for educators. Small Language Models Educators could utilize technology from Microsoft or Google to build a Small Language Model.

Confidentiality

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How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

English

English Education Language Languages

Turn the Page: Looking Beyond the Textbook for Culturally-Responsive Curriculum

Edsurge

JULY 5, 2019

Recently, Education Week published an article describing culturally-questionable activities and language found in Studies Weekly , a social studies curriculum used by more than 13,000 schools across the country. Of course, curriculum is only a small part of what’s needed to create culturally-responsive classrooms.

Textbooks

Textbooks Culture Curriculum Feedback

4 ways to balance rigor and fun in the ELA classroom

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

It covered a range of insights about body piercings, including how different religious cultures apply them and how they may benefit migraine sufferers. In inquiry-based classrooms, teachers guide students through the research process and allow them to share their knowledge on their chosen subject.

Reading

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Reimagining attendance: A curriculum approach for K-12 students and parents

eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

students speak a language other than English at home, and approximately 16 percent of children live in poverty. Here are some innovative approaches: Multilingual workshops : Host interactive workshops in multiple languages, ensuring all families can participate fully in attendance education.

Curriculum

Curriculum Students Languages Language

The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

” Our classrooms are composed of diverse groups of students with different skills, abilities, preferences, language proficiencies, and academic needs. Summative Assessment Data: When students complete a summative assessment, that data often reveals that the class is in different places in terms of their concept knowledge and skill set.

Metacognitive Skills

Metacognitive Skills Math Blended Learning Quizzes

Thinking outside the classroom: Creative strategies to combat the teacher shortage

eSchool News

JULY 19, 2024

Local industry professionals are a powerful resource pool of work-based knowledge and skills, but require varying levels of preparation before teaching a class. Bringing in educators from diverse global backgrounds not only fills vacant positions, but also enriches the educational experience with unique cultural perspectives.

Teachers

Teachers Culture Special Education Interactive Teaching

The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

One of the persistent challenges in second language acquisition (SLA), especially within the communicative approach, is how to incorporate writing in a way that feels meaningful and beneficial to students. Both teachers and students tend to resist prioritizing writing activities into language lessons. 2010; Kern, 1992).

Language

Language Languages Writing Communication

Savvas Learning Company Launches Culturally Responsive Learning Initiative

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Building on the national movement for social justice, the Savvas CRL Initiative seeks to cultivate a more inclusive culture at Savvas that elevates different perspectives and increases diversity within its workforce, vendors, and editorial content. The board members include: Cati V. de los Ríos, Ph.D.,

Culture

Culture Learning Curriculum Achievement

Gale and ConnectEDD Publishing Announce Partnership to Offer Jimmy Casas’ PD Resources on Gale eBooks Platform

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The company currently serves the K-12, higher education, professional, library, English language teaching and workforce training markets worldwide. For more than 65 years, Gale has partnered with libraries around the world to empower the discovery of knowledge and insights where, when and how people need it.

Culture

Culture Coaching Knowledge Intelligence

Students Benefit When Teachers Show Up With Curiosity, Not Assumptions

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2021

They have been indoctrinated in a system that leaves them naïve about the meaning of the country’s changing demographics, ill-equipped to address cultural differences, and ultimately unaware of how they are perpetuating the marginalization of students of color.

Teachers

Teachers Culture English Languages

Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Designing for Deeper Learning The sign of deeper learning is the ability to transfer or apply knowledge and skills to new and novel contexts. Cognitive The cognitive domain refers to the content knowledge and skills students must acquire to engage in deeper learning.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation

The Power of See, Think, Me, We

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Students could discuss topics like the importance of friendship or how birthdays are celebrated differently in various cultures. We: The class explores the cultural or historical significance, discussing the work’s impact on society or a particular community.

Metacognitive Skills

Metacognitive Skills Discussions Art History

How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Makerspace PBL is all about culture,” he said. “Do Embracing those failures has to be part of your culture.” Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators an infinite number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning.

Curriculum

Curriculum Failure Essay Art

How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2024

Online archives such as the Library of Congress’s Digital Collections and the National Archives offer students the opportunity to explore primary sources firsthand, gaining insights into historical events and cultural phenomena that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Social Studies

Social Studies Study Ethics Intelligence

The Ohio Department of Education Creates a Credential for the State’s Early Learning Teachers

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

ATLANTA – Cox Campus, the online learning community of the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School, has been selected by the Ohio Department of Education (DOE) to create a customized early learning credential to transform teaching practices and child literacy outcomes throughout Ohio.

Teachers

Teachers Languages Language Education

Lexia Learning Rebrands Award-Winning Rosetta Stone English as Lexia English Language Development

eSchool News

JULY 12, 2021

BOSTON ( July 12, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today announced the official rebrand of Rosetta Stone® English to Lexia® English Language Development (Lexia English). The name change follows Cambium’s divestiture of Rosetta Stone’s languages division.

English

English Language Languages Blended Learning

Emergent Bilingual Students Using Lexia English Scored Higher than Their Peers on California’s English Language Proficiency Assessment

eSchool News

MARCH 9, 2022

Department of Education stated that the number of Emergent Bilinguals – also known as English language learners – in U.S. During the 2020-21 school year, the district used Lexia English as part of a hybrid or remote instruction, primarily in English Learner (EL) or English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional periods.

English

English Language Languages Study

One word, meaningful impact: Creating classroom culture through collective dialogue

Almost 2,000 Schools and Districts Choose Lexia® English Language Development™ to Support Emergent Bilingual Students’ English Language Acquisition

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VHS Learning Partners with Continental Han Feng Network Technology to Develop Chinese Language Program

Indigenous Knowledge Is Often Overlooked in Education. But It Has A Lot to Teach Us.

Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Universal Design for Learning and Blended Learning: Representation

The math anxiety equation: How to solve for confidence in math class

Why agentic AI matters now more than ever

10 things AI still struggles with in education–and beyond

The Secret to Learning Any New Language May Be Your Motivation

For English Learners to Thrive, Community and Culture are Necessary

Why Our Trauma-Informed Teaching Must Be More Culturally Responsive

Madison Metropolitan School District Selects Open Up Resources And Kiddom To Provide K-5 English Language Arts Blended Learning Program

How Learning a New Language Is Helping Me Connect With My Students

4 Approaches to Effective Second-Language Teaching

Ensuring Equity for English Learners (ELs)

Language: The Biggest Communication Barrier for Foreign Students?

Why Language Learning Apps Haven’t Helped Struggling ELL Students

The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Tiffany Wycoff

6 ways to support multilingual learners in STEM

3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

6 ways principals can improve family engagement

The Power of I Used to Think…Now I Think

The Real Reason Your Translation App Will Never Replace Language Learning

Steps Toward Creating a More Accessible and Inclusive College Classroom

Spaced repetition is the secret to overcoming learning loss

Creating IEPs with GenAI while ensuring data privacy

How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S.

Turn the Page: Looking Beyond the Textbook for Culturally-Responsive Curriculum

4 ways to balance rigor and fun in the ELA classroom

Reimagining attendance: A curriculum approach for K-12 students and parents

The Station Rotation Model: Must-Do vs. May-Do Stations

Thinking outside the classroom: Creative strategies to combat the teacher shortage

The Role of Writing in Communicative Language Teaching: An Investigation of an AI-Integrated Classroom Activity

Savvas Learning Company Launches Culturally Responsive Learning Initiative

Gale and ConnectEDD Publishing Announce Partnership to Offer Jimmy Casas’ PD Resources on Gale eBooks Platform

Students Benefit When Teachers Show Up With Curiosity, Not Assumptions

Designing For Deeper Learning: Identifying Challenges and Prototyping Solutions

The Power of See, Think, Me, We

How to use PBL with makerspaces across your curriculum

How digital tools and AI can enhance social studies

The Ohio Department of Education Creates a Credential for the State’s Early Learning Teachers

Lexia Learning Rebrands Award-Winning Rosetta Stone English as Lexia English Language Development

Emergent Bilingual Students Using Lexia English Scored Higher than Their Peers on California’s English Language Proficiency Assessment

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