eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

Flocabulary : Flocabulary combines instructional content with hip-hop and multimedia to help children learn in a way that’s culturally relevant and fun. The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

AI Trust You- Building a Culture of Trust and Learning with AI : Discover how LBUSD empowers educators through thoughtful AI integration. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. When I returned to the classroom, I faced those same questions.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

AI Trust You- Building a Culture of Trust and Learning with AI : Discover how LBUSD empowers educators through thoughtful AI integration. We blend math, robotics, reading, and writing for engaging, collaborative learning. When I returned to the classroom, I faced those same questions.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

We have all the levels in one classroom, so having a platform like Lexia Core5 Reading, personalized to each student is very powerful. Making great strides Our students reading progress is improving significantly. Teach to a group or individuals. There’s no red flag of what a student is doing, but it is helping them.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. In those environments, creativity was often seen as defiance, and culturally relevant teaching was just as perilous. Some just want to read a good book and be seen for who they are, not as a stereotype waiting to be saved. My students were growing.

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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. Replace and/or supplement outdated readings. Sarchet, L.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I recently read 10 to 25 , a new book by David Yeager, one of the leading research psychologists in adolescent development and motivation. At Khan World School, a partnership between ASU Prep and Khan Academy, students have shown learning growth as high as 2 to 5 times national norms in math, reading, and language arts.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

The Advanced Education Research & Development Fund (AERDF), a national nonprofit, and its awardees debuted the latest advancements and innovations in math, literacy, assessment, and AI from its portfolio of R&D awardees from across its R&D Programs – EF+Math, Assessment for Good, Reading Reimagined, and AugmentED.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

The 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows (from left to right): Melinda Medina, April Jackson, Nikita Khetan, Sofia Gonzalez, Daniel Clark and Patrice Wade As we close out another successful year of the fellowship, we are excited to see, read and learn what this new cohort of fellows has to say about the state of K-12 education.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

I’m picturing a lot of family time, slower mornings, and leisure reading in my future, but I also like to spend some time brushing up on my teaching skills each summer. Must-Read Professional Development Book Recommendations from Current Teachers A good read can be just what you need to spark new ideas and inspiration for next year!

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Research has consistently highlighted the benefits of music in L2 acquisition, from improving pronunciation and listening skills to enhancing vocabulary retention and cultural understanding (Degrave, 2019; Kumar et al. They discuss what they think the lyrics convey, including emotions, themes, and any cultural references they recognize.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

That’s the focus of my conversation with Amy Tondreau and Laurie Rabinowitz, authors of the book Sustaining Cultural and Disability Identities in the Literacy Classroom, K-6. You can listen in the player above, read the transcript, or take a look at the summary below.

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Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Research has consistently highlighted the benefits of music in L2 acquisition, from improving pronunciation and listening skills to enhancing vocabulary retention and cultural understanding (Degrave, 2019; Kumar et al. They discuss what they think the lyrics convey, including emotions, themes, and any cultural references they recognize.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. As a first-year graduate student, I had read Susan Blums Ungrading and was immediately smitten. For example, in an eight-point paper, I assign four points to close reading (See Figure 2).

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Name all of your files in a consistent manner, for example “Reading 1, Week 1.” In this example below, Dr. Gray created a “Put your pets here” discussion posting topic that encouraged students to learn the skills of the LMS, such as posting an image, responding to classmates, reading the responses, in a low-stakes approach.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Name all of your files in a consistent manner, for example “Reading 1, Week 1.” In this example below, Dr. Gray created a “Put your pets here” discussion posting topic that encouraged students to learn the skills of the LMS, such as posting an image, responding to classmates, reading the responses, in a low-stakes approach.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

College of the Canyons, like many institutions, paid extra to integrate the plagiarism checker into its online learning management system, where faculty members had begun to post assignments and reading materials and students were expected to submit their papers. I wouldn’t have gone back to [Turnitin].” I trust you.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Go-To Organizer #2: Show how ideas relate to each other with Venn Diagrams Download templates Venn Diagrams and T-Charts are especially helpful for comparing and contrasting ideas in reading, writing, or discussions. Theyre great for things like character analysis, argument writing, or exploring cause and effect.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

Some guests might read a picture book, share a hobby, discuss their career, etc. Learning about other communities through the eyes of their peers can build cultural awareness, foster empathy, and show students just how diverse our world really is! As the postcards arrive, read them together. What’s one way you help others?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Provide relevant reading materials 5. Have a stack of middle schooler-approved novels for students who left their book at home, don’t like the book they chose from the library, or need a more calibrated book choice for their reading level. Table of Contents 1. Maintain a steady stash of supplies 2.

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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.

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Teach Hub

JULY 9, 2025

They help your students make sense of what they’re reading, and just as importantly, what they’re going through in their own lives. When students read about lives that look different from their own, they begin to see things through a new lens—and that kind of understanding sticks. They might not always be obvious, but they stick.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

They help establish a culture of respect, responsibility, and critical thinking. Building a Year-Long Culture of Safety Dont just teach science safety lab rules once and call it a day. Science safety rules are not only about preventing accidents, though thats obviously important. Want more tips for setting up classroom expectations?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Spanish Bulletin Board – Frida Kahlo art and culture lesson By Mister Senor Grades: 3rd-12th Illuminate Hispanic culture and art with this colorful, creative bulletin board about Frida Kahlo. The resource includes a materials list, size dimensions, printable facts, and easy-to-follow directions.

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Reading Power Gear

JUNE 17, 2025

This is a wonderful book to launch a discussion about family and cultural traditions and how they can be passed down within a family. Ashley promises to wait with her uncle by the train tracks, in remembrance of what was lost and she promises to never forget the their culture or language. Colourful pictures and a warm, welcoming story.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 25, 2025

It even helps students connect to their cultural roots in meaningful ways. Decode music notation with engaging activities Reading and understanding music can be hard for young learners to grasp. Create a soundtrack to my story for a music and ELA mashup Reading, especially poetry, is packed with rhythm and musicality.

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Teacher Mood

JULY 6, 2025

You’ll also find decodable stories paired with comprehension questions —a powerful way to give students authentic reading practice, even with a substitute. A consistent system like this helps reduce behavior surprises and keeps your classroom culture intact, even in your absence.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Bringing back campus life Reestablishing campus culture and student life might seem like a lower priority than boosting academic performance in the wake of the pandemic, but university leaders say they’re intertwined. Read More: These LA community college students are getting paid to go to school.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Have you seen examples of that working, and if so, what are some of the best practices to kind of establish the culture that all Ed tech leaders know is important in person? Now give me a version of that course for a student who’s a little bit behind on their reading skills. How are those things applied in a remote setup?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

We’re all awash in content possibilities, but much like parents say it’s a full-time job reading emails for children’s schools, it can feel like a job to find content beneficial for kids,” Pasnik says. But that embarrassment of riches ironically makes choosing high-quality programs more difficult than ever for families.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach. When you add them to a display, they help class visitors and guests learn about this culture, too.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Describe your family culture and explain how it shapes who you are. Is it better to read the book or watch the movie? Compare this story to another you’ve read. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. Would you rather spend time with friends or siblings?

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2025

Hupert added that similar to audiobooks, podcasts can serve as a supplement for children who may not be reading at their own grade level by introducing new vocabulary and concepts.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. Why it matters for K-12 teachers As educators, we regularly interact with data, benchmark scores, reading levels, engagement analytics from edtech tools, and state test results. What is data literacy for K-12 learners? The payoff is worth it.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Speights has compiled samples from 400 children so far, ranging across geographic location, cultural background and socioeconomic status. Collecting speech data with children is hard; you cant just give them something to read, she says. She eventually hopes to collect more than 2,000 speech samples from just as many children.

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Languages Language Intelligence Testing 140

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Now, six years later, the challenge is sustaining it, bringing new teachers into a culture where student-centered learning is the norm. We know much more now about how the brain works in reading and math, and that should inform our practices. Once we had a shared vision, our teachers and leaders built it from the inside out.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 4, 2025

I've read two full books on this theory and still don't fully understand it, and the theorists themselves can't explain how this integration results in conscious experience (it's not called the "hard problem" for nothing), but what it amounts to, it seems to me, is that it's consciousness all the way down.

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