k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

broadened my worldview and helped me internalize the importance of cultural relevance and adaptability in educational reform—what works in one context must be thoughtfully localized in another. At the same time, I’ve prioritized integrating SEL as a core part of classroom culture—beyond isolated lessons.

Interdisciplinary

Faculty Focus

JULY 24, 2025

This article outlines the benefits of using a community cultural wealth approach – with an example – to disrupt academic and cultural hierarchies by drawing on the multiplicity of students’ assets, skills, and knowledge bases within international cohorts. One semester, Indian students were in the majority.

Ethics

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

You become their biggest advocate as they grow in subjects like math, science, and English. Design exploratory science activities 5. Introduce core subjects, like math, English, science, and social studies, through play, creativity, and real-world experiences. And don’t forget: Science is everywhere. Table of Contents 1.

Curriculum

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

And that science isnt just experimentsits about impact. Elmwood encourages students to create and lead clubs that reflect their passionswhether thats robotics, creative writing, or cultural heritage. Thats why the school has built a culture where care isnt an afterthoughtits a foundation. Meadowcroft. But its not all theory.

Schools

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Key learning outcomes from a Liberal Arts Curriculum include: A liberal arts curriculum fosters a comprehensive understanding of human cultures and the physical and natural world through diverse fields such as sciences, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts.

Art

Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

Priceless Ponderings Simple Science Safety Lab Rules: A Guide for Your classroom You know that moment when the glue sticks become lipstick, and the magnifying glasses turn into superhero goggles? Yep, its science time in the elementary classroom. When they dont, youll be running crowd control more than actual science experiments.

Science

Faculty Focus

JULY 24, 2025

This article outlines the benefits of using a community cultural wealth approach – with an example – to disrupt academic and cultural hierarchies by drawing on the multiplicity of students’ assets, skills, and knowledge bases within international cohorts. One semester, Indian students were in the majority.

Ethics

k12 Digest

JULY 28, 2025

The school hosts international events and serves global cuisine in the cafeteria, helping students experience cultures beyond their own. Faculty and staff come from diverse backgrounds and speak more than five languages; something that makes a big difference for students adjusting to life in a new country. “We

Schools

Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Key learning outcomes from a Liberal Arts Curriculum include: A liberal arts curriculum fosters a comprehensive understanding of human cultures and the physical and natural world through diverse fields such as sciences, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts.

Art

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Make Language Visual with Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers arent just cute.

Languages

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 25, 2025

Classroom Procedures and Expectations {Editable} PowerPoint – For MS and HS By Adventures in Science Grades: 3rd-12th Having classroom procedures and expectations in place for the first day of school can make all the difference in how your year goes. This low-maintenance take on the scientific method enhances each science unit of the year.

Counselling

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Iowa, 2024, [link]. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 9, no. Pedagogy: Critical Approaches to Teaching Literature, Language, Composition, and Culture 9, no.

Grades

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Practical Application of the Belonging Social-Ecological Model The study underscores the pivotal role of departmental culture and environment in shaping a learner’s sense of belonging. If the goal is to engage the entire room, can the seating be arranged into a large circle to allow learners to see each other’s body language while speaking?

Evaluation

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. Creating an empowering learning environment starts with a school culture built on structure, consistency, and emotional support. But learning doesnt stop with formal training.

Skills

Faculty Focus

JUNE 8, 2025

Practical Application of the Belonging Social-Ecological Model The study underscores the pivotal role of departmental culture and environment in shaping a learner’s sense of belonging. If the goal is to engage the entire room, can the seating be arranged into a large circle to allow learners to see each other’s body language while speaking?

Evaluation

Faculty Focus

MAY 22, 2025

Learning the language of how to intervene can help facilitate the appropriate connection to campus services. Toward a Culture of Care UMBC is advancing a Culture of CARE that centers equity, resilience, and connection across the campus experience. in Behavioral Science from the University of Maryland University College, an M.A.

Counselling

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Conscious Discipline – A useful framework for fostering emotional intelligence and creating a calm, focused classroom culture. 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Classroom – Strategies for creating immersive, language-focused classrooms to boost learning outcomes. called it eye-opening, and Jessica W.

Reading

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

Beat the Teacher: Compete against the whole class in a trivia contest with topics like pop culture, movies, or your specific subject matter. Conversation Starters Ice Breaker Activities for Team Building & Morning Meeting By Informed Decisions Grades: 6th-12th Subjects: Family Consumer Sciences, School Counseling Standards: CCSS W.7.1,

High School

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Peth originally began developing the show in 2015 to focus on computational thinking, which deploys strategic thinking patterns commonly used in engineering and computer science. However, several studies found that it created no additional benefits, with one even finding it inhibited babies’ language development.

Fairness

Elevate k12

JUNE 26, 2025

At the same time, the pipeline of new teachers is shrinking, particularly in hard-to-staff subjects like special education, science, and English as a Second Language (ESL). The J-1 Visa program was created under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, more commonly known as the Fulbright-Hays Act.

Special Education

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

When Marisha Speights first started as a speech language pathologist in preschools serving affluent families in Nashville, Tennessee, she used the typical screening and assessment measures that she believed and was taught worked well. It was, I dont think this child has a speech or language issue, but the test says theyre at risk.

Languages

Cal Matters

JULY 23, 2025

The Santa Clara County Office of Education laid off 22 staff and shuttered many services for migrant students, including college visits, a math and science program, a debate tournament and summer programs. Of those who are enrolled in school, only 16% met the state’s math standard and 24% met the English language arts standard last year.

English

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

From riddles you can use as icebreakers and bell ringers to riddles made just for science and math, we’ve got plenty of head scratchers and brain teasers to keep the learning going (with a few giggles in between!). 10 Riddles for High School Student Scientists When you experiment with science riddles, the results are easy to predict.

High School

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

In science , students can design simple investigations, collect data, and consider variability and bias in their experiments. Coaching, co-teaching models, and collaborative inquiry teams can also build teacher capacity and create shared language around data use. They can explore questions like, What trends do we see in this data?

Ethics

Cal Matters

JULY 7, 2025

The task force will use data from a Jewish climate survey to draft a plan supporting Jewish life, antisemitism education and cultural awareness, according to the email. Katz acknowledged the emotional impact such language can have on Jewish communities.

Questions

eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

As math educators, we can help those students by finding ways to relate their classroom learning to more recognizable cultural frames of reference that are authentic to the range of experiences in the room. But for multilingual students like me whose native language is not English, the math classroom can be a daunting place.

Languages

eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2024

Computer science principles give students critical computational thinking skills that will serve them in any career field or professional endeavor. Let’s take a look at K-12 computer science trends and where computer science education is heading across the country: Who is a computer science educator?

Science

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

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Acton, MA – Discovery Museum announced a 30-year milestone for its in-school STEM program, Traveling Science Workshops, having delivered hands-on science to more than half a million PreK through 8 th grade students from hundreds of communities throughout Massachusetts since the program began in 1992. About Discovery Museum.

Elementary School

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. Next Generation Science Standard Grades 3-5 ETS1-2 Engineering Design ETS1.B: Using a 4-point mastery-based scale for a rubric has several benefits.

Fairness

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Department of Education dubbed speaking a second language a “superpower” when it announced plans last year to support multilingual education with grants. In states like California and New York , students speak as many as 150 languages. Arabic, the second-most common home language, comes in with a mere 2.5

Languages

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, August 17, 2022 — Vernier Software & Technology has changed its name to Vernier Science Education. We’ve always been more than a software and technology company—we’re a science education company with a deep commitment to being an authentic partner to educators.”.

Science

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

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. Others struggled to find approved curriculum that felt culturally responsive.

Curriculum

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. So programs intended to make that process easier and faster are tapping into the science of motivation to improve their methods.

Motivation

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Florida Senate votes to consider coding a foreign language for graduation requirements. State senators in Florida overwhelmingly approved a proposal to allow high school students to count computer coding as a foreign language course, although questions linger about whether the two subjects should be considered one and the same.

Languages

eSchool News

AUGUST 30, 2023

BURLINGTON, NC – Carolina Biological is proud to announce that its products won a number of new science education awards. Leading K-12 science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company won four prestigious national Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2023 Awards and earned Finalist in two more categories.

STEM

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