Curriculum, Curriculum Design and Teachers

Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

“We’ve blocked three days off leading up to the first day of school for curriculum and lesson planning. I was a first year math teacher placed at a brand new, alternative high school serving at-risk youth in New York City. To somewhat quote Darth Vader, I found the lack of quality edtech curriculum deeply disturbing.

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5 math curriculum insights from educators

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?” It empowers teachers to facilitate collaborative learning. It enhances a teacher’s flexibility and creativity.

Math

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Debunking the myth that good teachers shouldn’t use curriculum aids

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2015

Expecting teachers to go it alone hurts school improvement. The myth that good teachers have the Midas touch and therefore don’t need curriculum programs has been around for decades. This myth paints teachers as curricular experts who are best positioned to create instructional plans tailored to particular students.

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KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

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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4 ways to build engineering into your curriculum

eSchool News

MAY 18, 2023

Unfortunately, engineering can often feel like a separate unit or idea that teachers need to explain. 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.

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The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Dr. Maria Hersey

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. Hersey and I talk about the importance of self-care for both teachers and students. Below is the well-being board we designed for teachers.

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Explore Interactive Announces Partnership with Award-Winning Curriculum Developer, EiE

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

. – Explore Interactive and EiE , the award-winning curricula division of the Museum of Science, Boston,are now collaborating to expand engineering and STEM curricular resources to teachers and students across the globe. EiE currently develops research-based, classroom-tested programs that empower children to become lifelong STEM learners.

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3 ways to bring teacher PD into the 21st century

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2022

When I started teaching in the early 90s, I was an eager and very green third grade teacher ready to change the world, one class at a time. Since then, I have served in various roles in public education and the private sector and have witnessed innovations in curriculum, instructional design, classroom design, and more.

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5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

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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Rubicon Atlas, Schoolbox integrate curriculum with learning management

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Live integration between Atlas and Schoolbox aims to streamline workflow and simplify data sharing for teachers and K-12 schools. Rubicon International, the creator of the curriculum management software platform Atlas, has announced a partnership with the learning management system (LMS) Schoolbox, created by Alaress.

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This art teacher helps students harness social media to build job skills

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

The art and technology teacher initially designed a curriculum around digital storytelling and then transformed it into a multimedia art curriculum that included iMovie, storyboarding, illustration, children’s books, and front-end web design. So she created her own.

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How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The science can and should guide curriculum design. Efficacy research is a proven method of evaluating instructional delivery decisions so teachers, parents, administrators, and students understand what practices and resources connect directly with gains in literacy achievement.

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4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

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. Teachers must help students become active agents in the classroom who are able to make key decisions about what they learn and how they learn.

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Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

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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Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

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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6 keys to effective tutoring

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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MIND Research Institute Debuts InsightMath, a Neuroscience-Based Elementary Curriculum

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.

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This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2022

The forced disruption was also the catalyst for students and teachers to quickly acquire digital skills that are ripe to be amplified, taking them from consuming skills to creating skills. David Merrill studied various instructional design theories and models to identify a number of principles common to each. Visual Learners.

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Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

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. consortium. “We

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STEM teaching toolkit supports deeper learning

eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2015

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. Next page: Three ways teachers can use the STEM toolkit. News STEM Top News'

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Prepared for tomorrow: Reimagining readiness in Indiana education

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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6 reasons young children should learn engineering

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Even with the Next Generation Science Standard’s emphasis on engineering, there’s still a feeling that in preschool and kindergarten, teachers shouldn’t place as much emphasis on the E in STEM. But younger children can learn and benefit from modified lessons. She focused on six of Cunningham’s eight parameters.

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Use Tech to Reassess Assessment

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. Below is an excerpt: First and foremost, this book is for teachers.

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95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It also includes professional learning and ongoing coaching at the district and building level to support teachers in mastering phonics-based instruction. is a 30-week curriculum designed for daily 30-minute instruction. It contains easy-to-follow instructional dialogue to support teacher-directed phonics instruction.

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Are gifted students now an underserved population?

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. Q: Why do you think the needs of many gifted students aren’t being met in schools today?

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Empowering Learners for a Global Future

k12 Digest

MAY 14, 2025

As a leader of IB World schools, Kim Green is committed to creating strong connections across the learning continuum through impactful leadership, a strong curriculum that leads to mastery, and mindful and inclusive practices. How do you prioritize and address the diverse needs of students, teachers, and parents within a school community?

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Canva Introduces Student-Safe AI Products, Customizable Lessons for Teachers, and Over 5,000 Free Classroom Resources to 50 Million Students and Teachers

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The new suite of offerings – which includes a range of AI tools, interactive lessons, and curriculum-supporting content – takes Canva from a classroom design tool to an end-to-end education platform capable of producing and teaching complete lessons with ease.

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Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2018

and Kelly Urlacher, senior curriculum designer at DreamBox Learning, had a conversation of essential approaches for supporting these students in “ Key Strategies to Making Access and Equity a Reality for ELL Students.”. According to nprEd , in 2016 32 states reported not having enough teachers for ELL students.

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3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

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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#8: 3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

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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Class Size Matters: Understanding the Link Between Class Size and Student Achievement

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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CoderZ Named 2020 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Coding App or Tool

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

It’s an honor to have our coding and robotics curriculum and its game-based design and instructional model chosen as a solution that is positively impacting teaching and learning—and this has never been more important than during this unprecedented time of COVID-19.”.

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How Design Thinking Can Help Teachers Solve Real Problems—and Find Their Voice

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2018

During the last few weeks of summer as children cool off in lakes, pools, hydrants and beaches, some of our nation’s top teachers have been upping their game in preparation for this year’s students. A colleague circle at ECET2 where teachers used design thinking principles to solve problems.

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A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

She has dedicated much of her career to helping educators integrate technology with purpose into their curriculum. I didn't have any background in games and learning, but I did have a background in curriculum design, school design and educational technology. G4C Teacher Resources. So, I joined her team.

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Education Arm of The Buck Institute – PBLWorks – Receives a $2.9 Million Grant from the Bezos Family Foundation

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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What are the Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Education?

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI-powered tools can aid in identifying gaps in curriculum design, helping institutions refine their teaching strategies. Teacher and student resistance: Resistance or discomfort with technology, both among teachers and students, can hinder the effective implementation of AI in the educational setting.

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The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

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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From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

She has served as a teacher, worked with Teach For America and the New Teacher Project, and served as the Chancellor of D.C. 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.

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Aperture Education Partners with Move This World to Provide Additional Social-Emotional Learning Strategies

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.”. Its Growth Strategies are research-informed social emotional learning interventions, lesson plans and activities created for teachers, by teachers for grades K-8.

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In the marketplace: Minecraft Education Edition, apps for ELLs, digital citizenship, and more

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.

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4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2021

It starts with studying and discussing identity, and then using students’ understanding of identity as a foundation for infusing it into the entire curriculum. 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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This Large District Uses 4 Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns

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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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

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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NISE announces STEM certification, degree programs

eSchool News

MAY 2, 2016

Through a partnership with American College of Education, teachers earning the National Certificate for STEM Teaching with NISE gain access to an affordable, accelerated master’s degree in STEM Leadership. Department of Education has set a priority to increase the number of students and teachers who are proficient in these fields.

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Curriculum Design is Emotional Work—This Teacher Makes It Easier

5 math curriculum insights from educators

Trending Sources

Debunking the myth that good teachers shouldn’t use curriculum aids

KinderLab Robotics Debuts AI Curriculum for Young Learners

4 ways to build engineering into your curriculum

The Balance with Catlin Tucker: Featuring Dr. Maria Hersey

Explore Interactive Announces Partnership with Award-Winning Curriculum Developer, EiE

3 ways to bring teacher PD into the 21st century

5 goals, 5 barriers of digital curriculum

Rubicon Atlas, Schoolbox integrate curriculum with learning management

This art teacher helps students harness social media to build job skills

How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction

4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Look who’s talking—Classroom Robotics Continue to Flourish

Education.com unveils guided curriculum for math, reading

6 keys to effective tutoring

MIND Research Institute Debuts InsightMath, a Neuroscience-Based Elementary Curriculum

This school year, align teaching strategies with student learning styles

Mesa Public Schools and S.A.V.E. Consortium Name CoderZ as Approved Vendor

STEM teaching toolkit supports deeper learning

Prepared for tomorrow: Reimagining readiness in Indiana education

6 reasons young children should learn engineering

Use Tech to Reassess Assessment

95 Percent Group Unveils 95 Phonics Core Program for Grades 4 and 5

Are gifted students now an underserved population?

Empowering Learners for a Global Future

Canva Introduces Student-Safe AI Products, Customizable Lessons for Teachers, and Over 5,000 Free Classroom Resources to 50 Million Students and Teachers

Strategies for supporting ELL students in math

3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

#8: 3 must-have skills for today’s librarians

Class Size Matters: Understanding the Link Between Class Size and Student Achievement

CoderZ Named 2020 Tech Edvocate Award Winner for Best Coding App or Tool

How Design Thinking Can Help Teachers Solve Real Problems—and Find Their Voice

A Serious Look at Game-Based Learning

Education Arm of The Buck Institute – PBLWorks – Receives a $2.9 Million Grant from the Bezos Family Foundation

What are the Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Education?

The digital-first district where OER meets iPads

From DC Chancellor to Edtech Founder: Kaya Henderson on Her New Venture in Culturally-Relevant Education

Aperture Education Partners with Move This World to Provide Additional Social-Emotional Learning Strategies

In the marketplace: Minecraft Education Edition, apps for ELLs, digital citizenship, and more

4 Steps for Humanizing Personalized Learning

This Large District Uses 4 Questions to Teach Every Educator How the Brain Learns

How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

NISE announces STEM certification, degree programs

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