k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam Ngo Thanh is an educational leader, innovator, and advocate for equity-driven, holistic learning. Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation.

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eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

The other, from the president and CEO of Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit organization that provides schools with innovative, hands-on, project-based STEM curriculum designed to develop critical skills and knowledge, while preparing students for careers beyond the classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

Her story isnt unique; its emblematic of the complexity educational leaders face as they navigate responsibilities, unforeseen demands and the need for human connection. And, most importantly: How can we design learning experiences that are as adaptive and resilient as the leaders we serve? Focus on human values.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Instead of asking for the usual feedback on curriculum, I posed a different question. Here are the passionate and clear responses educators provided when I asked, “What does your ideal math curriculum look like?” Every teacher I spoke with agreed that all curriculum claims or aims should be student-centered.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

“We’ve blocked three days off leading up to the first day of school for curriculum and lesson planning. I knew three days of planning wouldn’t be enough to design flexible curriculum that could empower every student to have an “aha!” To somewhat quote Darth Vader, I found the lack of quality edtech curriculum deeply disturbing.

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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

MAY 18, 2023

With many of today’s educators already feeling overwhelmed with the responsibilities of teaching, finding ways to seamlessly integrate engineering into the curriculum is essential for both teacher and student success. Here are just a few strategies that teachers can use to build engineering into their classroom curriculum: 1.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

The myth that good teachers have the Midas touch and therefore don’t need curriculum programs has been around for decades. Some packages simply did not have much to offer, while others talked down to teachers, as the oft-used phrase “teacher-proof curriculum” suggests. Expecting teachers to go it alone hurts school improvement.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 24, 2020

Maria Hersey is a global educator with extensive experience in educational leadership, international education, social-emotional learning (SEL), curriculum design, and global- mindedness. Currently, Dr. Hersey is the Principal Advisor for Global Education Advisors.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

An integrated STEAM education also puts students on the path to success with higher test scores, stronger attendance records, better disciplinary records, and increased engagement and graduation rates. Let’s take a closer look at STEAM education: What is an example of STEAM education? What does STEAM do for education?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Its pre-K-8 curriculum encourages all children, including those from underrepresented groups, to see themselves as engineers. About Explore Interactive Explore Interactive is an educational technology company dedicated to democratizing STEM education with accessible and interactive learning through augmented reality.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2016

Survey reveals how school and districts leaders aim to use the digital curriculum transition to better serve students and teachers. School district leaders’ top objective in transitioning to a digital curriculum is to achieve greater instructor effectiveness, according to a survey from The Learning Counsel.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Back in 2017, a startup named Coursetune began selling software tailored to a very particular niche: designing curriculum. How that company has grown and changed says a lot about the growth of online programs in higher education. So Cousretune put more energy into curriculum-mapping functions over time.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2023

In this episode of Innovations in Education , hosted by Kevin Hogan, you’ll hear from Jason Innes, Director of Curriculum, Training and Product Management at KinderLab Robotics, Inc. discuss why robotics is an excellent way to introduce young learners to coding, computational thinking, and design principles.

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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

In her 10 years of teaching, she has been a special education teacher, and ELL teacher, and a STEM specialist. Listen in as she updates her POV on the state of classroom robotics: Sessions: 14-Jan-2025 08:30 AMComputer Science Curriculum Design for the Creative Thinker 14-Jan-2025 01:30 PMCircuits, Circuits, Circuits!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Key points: Balancing innovation with ethical considerations is crucial to harness the full potential of AI for the betterment of education Learn about the impact of artificial intelligence in education Discover more about why AI in education is essential for learning The integration of AI in education brings both benefits and risks.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The science can and should guide curriculum design. school districts that have adopted Reading Horizons Discovery , their foundational literacy curriculum for grades K–3. Those teachers observed implementing the curriculum with high degrees of fidelity are seeing the fastest results for their students.”

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

Key points: For tutoring to work, students have to show up Finding a curriculum designed for tutoring is important to program success As educators continue to work to accelerate learning for students following the pandemic, many are turning to tutoring to provide support.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

If the teacher is the only person thinking critically about learning goals, progress, skill development, curriculum design, and assessment, that is a missed opportunity. FlipGrid is one of those free tools in education that can be used for just about anything! EndWeekExitTicket. FlipGrid: Describe Your Process .

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic created an educational environment that had never been seen before. It accelerated the emergence of a new dynamic learning environment, where students learn in innovative ways far different from how education systems were originally designed. Visual Learners.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2015

New NCTAF toolkit intends to help educators integrate instruction with new science standards, STEM concepts. A new STEM teaching toolkit from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF) aims to improve curriculum design through authentic, collaborative, project-based learning experiences.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Social-emotional learning (SEL) companies Aperture Education and Move T his World have partnered to provide Aperture’s customers with additional resources to support the development of students’ social-emotional skills. Move This World is a foundational social emotional learning program designed for PreK-12 educators and students.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Building on 25 years of math learning research and proven results with the PreK-8 visual instructional program ST Math, InsightMath was co-designed in collaboration with neuroscientists, researchers, educators, students, and families to give meaning to math for all students. IRVINE, Calif. For more information, visit insightmath.com.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Nia Keith, director of professional development for EiE, Museum of Science, Boston, gave attendees insights into engineering in early education in the edWebinar, “ STEM in Early Education: Empowering Problem-Solving.”. First, Keith said educators need to make sure they understand what engineering actually is.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change. Ohio’s Brunswick City Schools launched a new seven-year partnership with Discovery Education.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

members, can implement our well-structured and inclusive curriculum with the knowledge that the program meets and exceeds the requirements to become an integral component of a school’s STEM implementation.”. The courses and curriculum engage students in solving gamified challenges by coding a virtual robot. DERRY, N.H. – consortium.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

When it comes to education experience, few can match the versatility and scope of Kaya Henderson. Specifically, she’s launched Reconstruction , a collection of online courses and curriculum focused on Black contributions to American and world history, targeted specifically at Black students. Public Schools for six years.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. After two years, nine student cohorts have together created a library of articles and resources about what students are thinking about when it comes to innovation in higher education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

But studies suggest that less than 4 percent of public education investments go to programs serving children during this critical period. Among them: LEGO Ventures (the investment arm of the toy company), Gymboree Play & Music and Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit education and research group behind Sesame Street.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

A: For decades now, the federal government has required public school teachers to implement “full inclusion” classrooms, where students of all levels and abilities are taught the same curriculum and lessons and given the same tests. According to the US Department of Education, in 2011–2012 there were approximately 3.2

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Expanding our phonics ecosystem to support fourth and fifth grade is the direct result of educators asking us for a solution to fill the continued, growing need for explicit Tier 1 phonics and word study skill development beyond the third grade,” said Stewart. is a 30-week curriculum designed for daily 30-minute instruction.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In this conversation with eSchool News, Feldman, author of the recently updated Grading for Equity , discusses the importance of equity in education, particularly in the context of grading practices. By strengthening your understanding of grading, you become more qualified to be true partners in your child’s education.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2022

Novato, California – The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks) was awarded a $2.9 million grant from the Bezos Family Foundation to design an innovative social studies and civics curriculum that uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) model.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Quick spins of the wheel are the equivalent to flash-in-the-pan initiatives that result in haphazard decision-making, new idea fatigue and educator overwhelm. Ultimately, we prioritized ensuring that every FCPS educator understands how the brain learns. Our math curriculum now includes spaced practice at all grade levels.

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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. About Saga Education. About Littera.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Access to high-quality education is widely recognized as a pivotal tool for alleviating poverty, mitigating the spread of disease and malnutrition, fostering children's overall welfare and empowering women. Lauren Lichtman Head of Strategy & Partnerships Learning Equality Learning Equality offers educational opportunities for the 2.6

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