eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

With 25+ years of practice and research behind him, Joe Feldman—a former teacher, principal and district administrator—speaks from experience when it comes to the ongoing inequities and challenges that districts and schools have with grading. To download the first chapter of Grading for Equity, click here.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In short, it has never been more critical to understand how to support students on the path to reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade. The science can and should guide curriculum design. school districts that have adopted Reading Horizons Discovery , their foundational literacy curriculum for grades K–3.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Waltham, MA – KinderLab Robotics , a leader in educational STEAM robotics for grades pre-K–5, has launched Thinking with KIBO: Introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Early Grades , a free curriculum designed to help students understand how AI tools work and think critically about how these tools can improve lives in their communities.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Understanding the connection between class size and student achievement, as well as teacher retentions, is critical to the future of our educational system. In fact, The National Center for Education Statistics points out that after the 2008 recession , pupil-teacher ratio increased. The Link Between Class Size and Achievement.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

The suite includes scaffolded and leveled, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support STEM, computer science, coding, robotics, and SEL in engaging ways, and to embrace all learners from any and every background. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

With all of the focus on helping struggling students achieve grade-level proficiency, students at the very top end of the academic spectrum often aren’t getting the challenges they need to stay engaged in school or tap their full potential. Matthew Jaskol aims to change that.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2017

We embrace a train-the-trainer model when adopting new technologies or programs, so I make sure that our librarians have the training they need to not only implement these innovations, but to share them with their teachers. Next page: 2 more skills for today’s librarians).

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2017

We embrace a train-the-trainer model when adopting new technologies or programs, so I make sure that our librarians have the training they need to not only implement these innovations, but to share them with their teachers. Next page: 2 more skills for today’s librarians).

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

“We’re now able to offer additional strategies to our customers and get Move This World’s amazing videos in front of even more teachers and students.”. Aperture Education’s DESSA Comprehensive SEL System provides assessments to measure the social-emotional competence of students in grades K-12.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI facilitates efficient administrative tasks, reducing the burden on educators by handling routine processes such as scheduling, grading, and resource management. AI-powered tools can aid in identifying gaps in curriculum design, helping institutions refine their teaching strategies.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Learning Upgrade , an ed-tech company providing digital, differentiated literacy curriculum designed for English language learners (ELLs), launched a mobile app to increase accessibility and expand offerings to a wide range of English learners. ELLs of all ages are now able to work through lessons anytime and anywhere.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Ideal for both students and teachers, CoderZ gives students the opportunity to learn online with engaging, gamified solutions, challenges and competitions. Developed for students in grades 2 and above, the gamified STEM solution allows student to work at their own pace, easily programming real and virtual robots from anywhere in the world.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

“We’re incredibly excited to see how these tools help millions of teachers to supercharge their creativity, save time, and engage their students by embracing the best of what this new technology has to offer.” However, Canva’s AI study revealed that most teachers (93%) don’t know where to start with these tools.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to design an innovative social studies and civics curriculum that uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) model. The new PBL units are being designed for teachers of grades 4-12 and will be available free as Open Educational Resources (OER). .

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Teachers and students at one district are replacing print with digital. In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure. The district provides a personal iPad for every teacher, middle and high school student, and teachers’ lessons include a mix of purchased and free online resources.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Education.com , an online education destination for teachers, parents, and homeschoolers looking to help their kids succeed in school, announced a new guided curriculum that changes the way they help their preschool and elementary children develop essential skills. The new curriculum organizes skills in an easy-to-follow sequence.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

When studying the history of Chicago with my third-grade students, understanding identity was critical to understanding Chicago’s long-standing inequality. This manner of instruction allows teachers to embed feedback within the instructional block, as opposed to providing it after students have turned in their work.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Reflecting on what has kept me going when so many others have left, I realize that it is the relationships I’ve built with other teachers that have sustained me. While the importance of teacher-student relationships is often emphasized, it is the bonds I’ve formed with fellow educators that have sustained my commitment to teaching.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The classroom program, which began in fall 2018 and runs through the spring, pairs Nintendo technology with a curriculum designed by the Institute of Play to create a STEM-focused, hands-on learning experience that combines digital and physical elements. He remembers hearing about it and eagerly submitting an application.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

The criteria were established by the Arizona Department of Education as part of its Move On When Reading initiative, an effort to provide all readers with specific, targeted instruction and interventions so that they are reading at or above grade level by the end of the 3rd grade. “95

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2019

James Mills (left) and Kaiya Everett (right), two sixth grade students at DPA designing websites to host their original trivia games. Emily Tate / EdSurge) An expressed goal of the school, Ashton said, is to have 100 percent of students pass the AP Computer Science Principles exam by the end of 10th grade. “We

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Teachers and leaders in our district strive to create the best conditions possible for learning while juggling increasing demands and limited resources. In 2019, twenty-five years after joining FCPS as a teacher, and experiencing a variety of roles, I stepped into a position leading the department of organizational development.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

It is for this very reason that SEL hasn’t traditionally played a prominent role in curriculum design. And its near-absence in the school models of yesterday underscores its importance in the effective implementation of personalized learning plans in tomorrow’s schools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

The 20 students in my class received a wide range of grades, causing a mixture of satisfaction and dismay. The rest were lost and stuffed the tests into their binders immediately after glancing at their grade. How can I space out the learning in this unit to combat the compartmentalization inherently promoted by curriculum designers?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. They can keep a record of it in the form of logs or minutes that the educator checks and provides feedback on.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Since last fall they’ve already submitted digital data about their demographics, household income, ethnicity and legal status, food intolerances, medical profiles, grades and socio-emotional skills. Teachers may use it to understand student behavior and plan better instruction.

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eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2022

March 24, 2022 – A newly announced partnership between Saga Education and Littera Education means that schools will be able to offer students one of the most effective personalized tutoring programs in the country via a platform designed to make delivery easy.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI is also employed in automating administrative tasks, streamlining processes such as grading and attendance tracking. Administratively, AI automates routine tasks, such as grading and attendance tracking, freeing up educators to focus on more interactive and creative teaching strategies. How does AI help teachers?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Playful learning’ has always been a key component of Seymour’s computer-based education programs with teachers and students alike. What is worst about school curriculum is the fragmentation of knowledge into little pieces. Playful Learning and Hard Fun. Did you ever hear about a game advertised as being easy?

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In doing so, we should design assessments as an engaging, ongoing process for students, helping them learn and achieve their learning outcomes rather than considering it as a one-shot test or quiz and focusing merely on the score. They can keep a record of it in the form of logs or minutes that the educator checks and provides feedback on.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The organization, which launched in August 2015, was co-founded by Jeff Wetzler and Aylon Samouha; they met while jointly leading Teach for America’s (TFA) teacher preparation and ongoing support division in 2007. Transcend is supporting the network with planning, design, implementation and iteration for the Greenfield Schools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

With Kolibri, we provide a free and open-source learning platform that's really designed for learners with limited digital literacy skills, so there aren’t as many barriers to adoption. This specific feature was initially driven by an assessment by the Harvard EASEL Lab of the use of Amal Alliance’s Colors of Kindness with Kolibri.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

That’s exactly what the leadership team has done at Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville, Tennessee, a school network committed to balancing academic content with non academic skills and habits in the curriculum to help better prepare students for their future. But not just for Valor teachers. What’s Next for Valor?

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) is an innovative teaching approach where students and instructors collaborate to improve educational experiences ( Cavazos et al., To ensure students feel confident, grading rubrics should align with learning objectives and content taught in the course. 2024; Cook-Sather, 2020).

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Tunstalls Teaching Tidbits

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Download your free lesson and printables today and see why teachers love Total Math! Click the grade level cover below to download your candy hearts graphing lesson! More About Total Math Total Math is a comprehensive, standards-aligned curriculum designed to support teachers in delivering effective and engaging math instruction.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Did you rapidly improve test scores during your time as an 8th grade math teacher? Are you looking to expand as a Curriculum Designer? DO: Quantify Your Work Especially if you’re an educator eager to break into edtech, show what you know. Give them the numbers. What’s your dream role?

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Curriculum must be created in a way that promotes access and diversity, but also provides students with learning experiences relevant to the 21st century and beyond, and prepares them to be successful in a changing globalized society. The teachers standards must be clear and assessment must be practical.

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