Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. I always think of it as Maslow's.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

DE Original Series Boosting Literacy Skills With The Writer’s Block, middle school students build grammar, literary analysis, and communication skills with relatable hosts and captivating storytelling. The new civics-focused series, Need toKnow Jr.,

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Middle schools tend to rely more on high-quality curriculum resources, Shadel says. But in high school, teachers more typically create their own curriculum, despite a lack of training how to design curriculum.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

At the middle school, Lexia PowerUp is used as a tool within English Language Development classes. We have all the levels in one classroom, so having a platform like Lexia Core5 Reading, personalized to each student is very powerful. Teach to a group or individuals.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2021

BEAVERTON, Oregon, May 13, 2021 — Vernier Software & Technology is offering new, robust investigations to help middle school teachers engage students in science as they learn in the classroom or they continue to learn from home. To learn more about these resources, visit www.vernier.com/middle-school.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2023

I was recently working with middle school educators and asked them about the biggest challenges they are facing. This made me think about the struggles of maintaining a positive school culture, how students often do not get what they need, and how exhausted these educators must be.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2019

As a middle school humanities teacher, I saw myself in my students and they saw themselves in me, and we talked about it openly. When I launched the project in 2016, I was baffled that the culture gaps in our schools weren’t inspiring protests in the streets.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Real-World Math Problems Many of the terminated awards had something to do with teaching future elementary and middle school math teachers how to meet the needs of more than one type of student. Of the more than 1,000 grants terminated, 417 were specifically related to STEM education research and valued at more than $322 million.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2023

Dexter, Michigan — Dexter Community School, a mid-size school district located in Dexter, Michigan, has implemented Rise Vision’s digital signage solution to encourage student expression and creativity. We are proud to be a part of Dexter Community School’s efforts to support the new generation of digital natives.”

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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. In the process, math can actually become a universal thread to connect many types of content and learners.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

In just a few months, I transitioned from being a student at the University of Montana’s College of Education to leading the instruction of a room of rambunctious middle school students interested in STEM. To say that the year has been a whirlwind is an understatement.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

This year’s recipient was Rose Moe, a 6th-grade math teacher at Lincoln Middle School in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) was selected as District PBL Champion for their commitment to better engage their middle school students. About the Champions.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C., Advocating for Representation in Education Identity was at the core for many of these fellows, and they sought opportunities to advocate not just for their students identities but also for their surrounding community of parents and alumni.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2018

As the largest middle school in the state of New Jersey, Lincoln Middle School has struggled at times with student discipline. Chronic tardiness and fights on campus have been a problem for this school, which serves 1,800 7th- and 8th-grade students.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I teach middle school English Language Arts at St. Joseph School in Chester County, Pa. Like most schools, we serve students with a range of abilities. I also grapple with the cultural obsession with technology. I began feeling optimistic. As a teacher, I share some of their frustrations.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

Key points: Light-touch, low-cost interventions focused on attendance can pay dividends Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds How bullying contributes to K-12 student absenteeism For more news on student success, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub One surefire way to support student success?

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

This is the second part of a two-part story about changing classroom culture. In 2016, our school began putting intentional effort into getting our students to value the learning process and to focus on growth rather than grades. The culture around grading was still pretty toxic—even with the new resubmit policy.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Create a school culture that teachers won’t want to leave. Improving teacher retention starts with building a positive and supportive school environment. Research shows that a positive school culture is associated with higher attendance rates and deeper engagement for both students and faculty.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2024

With increased awareness of student mental health and the need for student support, many districts are asking themselves: How do we elevate the impact of our school counselors? Here’s how Livingston Middle School in rural California achieved just that.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2022

Before jumping into the competitive aspects of esports and gaming, we spent three weeks discussing the importance of positive mental health and the negative effects associated with some online gaming cultures. At first, I provided no coaching or guidance, but instead allowed students just to play. While a few had played before, most had not.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Most educators will recognize the signs: students sleeping during class, students watching the clock, students daydreaming when they should be paying attention.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2023

As a reading specialist leading evidence-based programs at Holman Middle School, here are tips educators and other mentors can leverage to keep students motivated to read this summer.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

. – Aperture Education, the leading provider of research-based social and emotional learning assessments for K-12 schools, has added two new solutions to its product suite. DESSA Middle School Student Self-Report Adolescents’ engagement is critical to learning success.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. Through the Leader in Me and an RTI2-B partnership with Vanderbilt University, the school is transforming its culture and addressing unrealistically high behavioral issues that inhibit learning. As part of the process, E.A.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

Centervention Centervention offers interactive SEL games and assessments for elementary and middle school students. Emotionally Intelligent Schools Emotionally Intelligent Schools provides resources, professional development courses, and SEL tools for educators looking to integrate emotional intelligence into their schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

In the end, unless there is a mandate that comes with funding, personnel, education, and culturally-competent training, the policy is only on paper.” Meanwhile, a Manhattan mom said her middle school is asking the parent association to cover a price tag of more than $18,000 to purchase pouches for their roughly 550 students in the fall.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2015

The ELL programs are modeled after Middlebury Interactive’s world language courses and, like those programs, integrate research-based learning techniques, cultural awareness and project-based activities into blended learning classrooms. Next page: The programs’ availability and structure.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 25, 2017

We want to rebuild the whole education culture, start at the beginning,” he says. He saw a need to educate and employ more natives who could work engineering jobs where they are familiar with the people and culture. College puts the blame on high school, but high school puts the blame on middle school.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2017

I think one of those pieces to start building that culture is to not make professional development an isolated event. . But I wonder, how do you get the culture ready, where they're willing participants? But I wonder, how do you get the culture ready, where they're willing participants? in the morning till 3.30 in the afternoon.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Its exactly how we felt before our team at South Park Middle School went on a PBIS journey that produced results and led us to an opportunity to present at training conferences and spread the word to our fellow educators in Pennsylvania. We know what youre probably thinking right now: Thats great, but how do we get there?

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eSchool News

MARCH 23, 2017

That’s exactly what is happening at Trailside Middle School in Loudoun County, Virginia; at high schools in Gaston County Schools, North Carolina; and at a few other pioneering classrooms around the country where I have had the opportunity to work with innovative educators. The answer is a resounding YES.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

In his widely discussed 2024 book “The Anxious Generation,” social psychologist Jonathan Haidt details how the cultural shift from a “play-based childhood” to a “phone-based childhood” corresponds to the spike in adolescent mental illness. Remote learning at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic only made things worse.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

As part of this new relationship, Discovery Education is supporting the district’s continued transition to modern learning environments by empowering the district’s middle school educators to more deeply engage students in science instruction with its Science Techbook.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Sora Schools , an online, project-based middle school and high school, along with a wide network of innovators and education experts, collaborated to round up what are the biggest forces shaping education in 2023. AI Will Transform Education Parents want schools to embrace new technology and cultural shifts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After a decade in the classroom, this year I took a role in my district as an elementary and middle school math instructional coach. Part of my job is going into a wide variety of classrooms between multiple different schools and grade levels.

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