Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2022

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. ótiyapi was at the center of our knowledge, our culture and our way of life as Lakota people.

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eSchool News

JULY 19, 2024

Key points: Solutions to the teacher shortage will require innovative thinking and new practices How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color? Local industry professionals are a powerful resource pool of work-based knowledge and skills, but require varying levels of preparation before teaching a class.

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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. On any given day, you might find me performing the duties of an instructional coach, professional development facilitator or classroom teacher for the 1,300 Native American students in our district.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

Key points: Building relationships is important to the overall health of an organization Leading (again) in uncertainty Elevating principals, teachers, and students through shared purpose For more on school leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We often hear we should run our schools more like a business.

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Education Culture Fairness Knowledge 175

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

How do teachers feel about their work? What factors cause teachers to feel fulfilled by this work? Emotional engagement encompasses a teachers’ feelings about, degree of dedication to, and emotional response to their work (Perera, Vosicka, Granziera & McIlveen, 2018; Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013).

Teachers 365

Teachers Blended Learning Classroom Management Discussions 365

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Teachers may want to explore using a choice board or hyperdoc format to present information in multiple modalities. For example, teachers can provide students with the option to read a digital text, listen to a podcast or audio recording, watch a video, or engage with an infographic/visual information on a topic. YourChoiceMedia.

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Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Feedback 546

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.

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Ethics Intelligence Feedback Questions 182

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Why should teachers use rubrics to assess student work? Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair.

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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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.

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Math Beliefs Culture Ethics 173

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. As a teacher, it filters through my relationships with students and into the curriculum I curate. The whole experience left me wondering: How do we honor the original teachers of this nation? The short answer: it starts with us.

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Culture Teaching History Social Studies 209

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

Activity, context, and culture are central to this learning theory, which emphasizes the practical over the abstract. Information and “ knowledge needs to be presented in authentic contexts — settings and situations that would normally involve that knowledge.” When people tackle everyday challenges, they learn.

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Online Learning Learning Participation Knowledge 420

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2023

“Her teacher quit last Friday. Just like that, she’s gone,” my friend said to me just a few weeks ago, devastated that her daughter’s second grade teacher — her favorite teacher — left before the school year ended. The parents are in an uproar, and the new teacher is a substitute who keeps sending home kindergarten math.”

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. But the high turnover rate for teachers and the cadence at which they must prepare students for state testing forces educators to rely on overly procedural materials, she argued. The burden does not only belong to math teachers, though.

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Math Motivation High School High School 187

Edsurge

JULY 19, 2023

As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have clearly expressed that tech tools should support and not replace their expertise. public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Knowledge Educational Technologies Technology Education 147

Edsurge

JUNE 21, 2021

Fresh out of college with a mandate to effect change through the gift of educating the nation’s youth, teachers of every level come into the profession with great intentions. A question that I am often asked is, “Why aren't teacher prep programs preparing their candidates to deal with diversity?”

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Teachers Culture English Languages 217

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2024

In a recent book exploring the influence of generative AI on teacher education, two researchers, Punya Mishra and Marie K. What does it mean for learners to trade off the zone of proximal development for ease of access to the creation of knowledge?” Heath posed a question that I can’t seem to shake.

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Teachers Essay Writing Culture 218

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Indiana is requiring new teacher training. Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world. New York Gov. New Jersey Gov.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

This is a significant gap in AIs ability to support language learners and culturally diverse classrooms. Understanding context in texts and conversations AI can summarize a passage or analyze a text, but it often misses the deeper meaning, tone, and cultural nuance, especially in literature and history.

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Intelligence Education Languages Language 296

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

Three exemplary educators – Wanda Drayton, Marcella Kerbein, and Valerie Pierce – to be inducted into Swing Education’s Substitute Teacher Hall of Fame. May 11, 2021 – Swing Education, a staffing application connecting schools to substitute teachers, has selected three exemplary educators to join its Substitute Teacher Hall of Fame.

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Teachers Education Schools Students 258

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The answer I hear most from teachers is “no.” Teachers enter this profession determined to do it all – design and facilitate lessons, communicate with parents, monitor and track student progress, provide timely feedback, and grade everything. This unsustainable approach leaves teachers feeling tired and disillusioned.

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Blended Learning Culture Coaching Discussions 366

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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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 189

k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Recently, the school undertook a major overhaul, giving teachers full control over the decision-making process. Our curriculum committee is made entirely of our teachers. That belief creates a school culture built on respect, kindness, and forgiveness. Teachers dont just instructthey innovate, support, and lead with passion.

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Knowledge Beliefs Schools Art 144

eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2022

Too often, the focus of education is not the actual use of knowledge and material but rather a memorize and repeat model. However, schools and teachers need to foster that same collaboration in K-12 education to better prepare students for their futures. Higher education and the workforce do this well.

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STEM Communication Culture Knowledge 350

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

While novels are engrossing for some students, teachers who use a variety of texts and media sources engage more students and address a broader range of topics and reading standards. 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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Reading Assignments English Math 325

eSchool News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Key points: Student engagement is key to an authentic learning experience It also allows students to develop the right attitude to approach learning See related article: 4 ways edtech tools drive student engagement and build classroom culture When you think of education, what is the first thing that comes to mind?

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Student Engagement Students Teaching Methods Culture 339

eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2024

Because it’s often easier to picture how you might integrate a tool or strategy after seeing another educator do the same, here are some examples of how teachers are using digital tools in their own classrooms: McKenna Akane, a new STEM teacher in the Alberton School District in Montana, uses Bee-Bots.

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Education STEM Art Culture 306

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2023

“Our partnership with the Ohio Department of Education is a significant step toward providing early learning educators with free evidenced-based courses and resources that will help the teachers build a language-centered and culturally responsive foundation for every child,” said Dr. Ryan Lee-James, Chief Academic Officer of the Rollins Center.

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Teachers Languages Language Education 246

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Chinese 1 through AP® Chinese Language and Culture courses will be added to the more than 250 online courses currently offered by VHS Learning. Professor Feng also brings to the project extensive experience as an original team member in the design of The College Board’s AP® Chinese Language and Culture exam. About VHS Learning.

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Language Languages Technology Exams 237

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

He knows that having students engage with one another across neighborhoods, nations, and even continents builds cultural understanding, appreciation for diversity, global knowledge and global engagement– learning outcomes we have defined and measured –as well as general academic skills.

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Critical Thinking Knowledge Learning Outcomes Skills 363

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. But Barclay — a former Virginia math educator of the year — thought back to his own experience with a discouraging middle school teacher and decided to think through what the student was saying rather than dismiss it.

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Math Teachers Textbooks Critical Thinking 206

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? This approach often fails to recognize and accommodate the diverse ways students understand and express their knowledge. This could be a specific skill, concept, or knowledge area.

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History Art Essay Physical Education 382

eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2022

1: Teacher-student relationships. forming teacher-student relationships was highlighted as the top instructional practice for driving engagement across all grade levels and subjects. Several survey respondents emphasized that trust built on stable relationships is the cornerstone for both teacher and student success.

Student Engagement 300

Student Engagement Hybrid Learning Students Participation 300

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. However, to design for deeper learning, teachers must consider the intersection of cognitive, interpersonal, and intrapersonal domains. This includes social negotiation.

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Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 460

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. Sharing learning strategies can help empower families.

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Culture Math Communication Languages 342

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Outside of their immediate family, a student will spend most of their life among a teacher and classmates. The good news is that teachers can help students navigate these awkward and frustrating moments by pointing them towards a positive resolution. They are going to make mistakes. Rude, Mean, or Bullying? In what way?

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Teachers STEM Questions Assignments 188

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2022

Throughout this school year, educators, coaches, and school leaders have engaged in virtual professional development and one-on-one coaching sessions to hone their social-emotional learning skills and knowledge to meet the needs of all learners. Be intentional about weaving social-emotional learning into the day.

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Hybrid Learning Coaching Learning Culture 363