Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

To be honest, when they talk about what they do to and with the children in the name of moving them through "the curriculum," I'm struck by a kind of despair. When Illich was writing, our kindergartens and preschools, and even, for the most part, our elementary schools, were far less school-ish than they are today.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all. My point is that here I sit, a man who holds a high school diploma and university degree, the definition of an educated man, but most of the learning I actually use in my day-to-day life came from life itself, not any sort of curriculum.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2024

But what if we reimagined attendance not just as a policy to enforce, but as an essential part of the curriculum for both students and parents? This paradigm shift could revolutionize how schools, students, and families approach this critical aspect of education. Here’s why we should consider attendance as part of the curriculum.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 11, 2023

While the emphasis on computer science curriculum is often placed on middle and high schools, the need for elementary students to acquire the skills necessary for success in a technology-driven world is becoming increasingly crucial. To learn more about CodeHS Elementary, visit codehs.com/elementary.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Naper Elementary School students could be the envy of their peers when it comes to a labyrinth for testing their robotic skills. The collaboration between the two schools started after Shambo had trouble finding a maze to complement the school’s technology. “This is really amazing.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

BEAVERTON, Oregon, March 31, 2022 — Leveraging standards-based instructional content and its award-winning technology, Vernier Software & Technology is announcing Vernier Connections , an innovative web-based platform to engage high school students in hands-on STEM learning and exploration.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. To close the skills gap, there are a number of practices, strategies and ideas that any high school can draw from the CTE model.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—are highly technical, which is one reason that the education system is changing to further incorporate these subjects into the curriculum. When children are exposed to STEM education in elementary school, they are getting a head start on being digitally literate.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2017

MENLO PARK, CA [August 24, 2017] — Open Up Resources, the nonprofit provider of openly licensed curriculum for K–12 schools, has released its first openly licensed core program, the Illustrative Mathematics 6–8 Math curriculum. schools, the curriculum is now available for free to school districts.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

Tynker’s new curriculum now available for rollout by K-12 science, math, and computer science teachers Across North America. The new 2016 curriculum adds 3 new Javascript courses, 12 STEM programming courses, and a course on drone programming in partnership with Parrot, one of the world’s leading civil drone companies. “To

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2023

The district reports 70 screens are live today with Carousel digital signage content coming from multiple contributors per school, with approximately 150 screens expected upon completion. The district has adopted a “one school at a time” rollout strategy that helps its technology specialists effectively train staff before using the system.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2021

Whether you are talking about COVID response, CTE strategies, or curriculum content, Chad not only makes you feel happy you asked, but even happier with his answers. VWSD consists of three high schools (grades 9-12), three middle schools (grades 7-8), 10 elementary schools, and an alternative program.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Their assignment: Design a cart to carry today’s tools for STEM learning — the teaching of science, technology, engineering and math — in Hampton Township’s three elementary schools. “We 13 at the middle school. It was a very difficult decision,” Jackie Removcik, curriculum director, told the teams.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Most of the work originally started in high schools and then migrated back down into middles and elementaries. But, if you look at the models like Expeditionary Learning, the New Tech model, Big Picture, and all of them, they’re top-heavy with high schools. Related content: Using PBL to develop 21st-century skills.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

To help teachers recognize, respond to and prevent bullying toward these students, researchers at the University of Missouri collaborated to develop an evidence-based, online professional development curriculum. Rose is the director of the Mizzou Ed Bully Prevention Lab and has been researching bullying prevention for 18 years.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

We asked three flipped teachers — one from an elementary school, one from a junior high, and one from a high school — to describe what learning looks like in their world. Burkett Elementary, Pennsylvania. Beth Hobbs, third-grade teacher.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2019

Our partnership with community stakeholders has also helped guide our effort to develop pathways in each of six career clusters that start in elementary and extend through middle and high school to ensure students graduate college- and career-ready. — Powell Valley Elementary School (@Panthers_PVES) March 21, 2019.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Here’s a look at each winner: Winner: John Arthur, 6th Grade Teacher, Meadowlark Elementary School Nominated by: Follett John Arthur was the 2021 Utah Teacher of the Year and one of four finalists for 2021 National Teacher of the Year. Elementary and high school students from across the district were part of the initial program.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2023

Key points: Esports programs are inclusive and can lead to positive student outcomes A simple approach with accessible, easy-to-use tools, is critical Scholastic esports is rapidly growing, and many schools are starting to incorporate esports programs into their curriculum.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The deal provides 83 elementary schools and 17 high schools with access to IXL’s award-winning program to supplement instruction in math and English language arts. Austin ISD is the fifth-largest school district in Texas and serves a diverse student body.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

According to Code.org, the majority of Americans want schools to teach computer science , but only 35 percent of high schools teach it. And even though 15 states have adopted a policy to give all high school students access to computer science courses, universities prepare way fewer computer science teachers than we need.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2021

PORTLAND, July 13, 2021 – Blackbird, bridging the gap in Computer Science curriculum, today announced the availability of their K-12 Computer Science Pathway, designed to help school districts prepare students with the computer programming skills necessary to enter the workforce – or continue their education at the university level.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We asked education experts to share their thoughts regarding student success priorities in 2025 (find 50 edtech predictions for 2025 here )–discover what they had to say: Across the country, there is growing consensus and demand for high school transformation. –Dr. .

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

We’re a K-12 American Curriculum/IB school, so our goal with Houses is to support our learners to develop specific skills that have a positive impact on the school culture. Choosing foundational school values. These help our students to become global citizens.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Since 1999 there have been over 300 violent tragedies that have played out from college campuses to elementary schools, and 320K students have been exposed to gun violence.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2018

One of the challenges educators face is that there are limited opportunities for STEM-specific PD designed for elementary teachers. To promote STEM equity, schools first need to help more teachers figure out how to integrate STEM into their curriculum. Providing this support can start at the school and district level.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In Enlarged City School District of Middletown (N.Y.), where 75 percent of students are low-income, high school students can take college-level courses through a partnership with Syracuse University. Vancouver Public Schools (Wash.) Blue Valley Public Schools (Kans.) New skills for a new economy.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It makes sense that educators would craft their lessons around the concept of an escape room–and that’s just what high school educator Lynn Thomas has done. But the unwritten curriculum of most schools—instilling process perfectionism through rewarding flawless performance—is probably doing more harm than good.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2017

I am the principal of Chattahoochee Elementary School in Cumming, GA. When our district began the push towards SEL, each school chose a program to support it based on their needs and budget. At Chattahoochee, we chose 7 Mindsets , because it best aligns with our school’s goal to raise respectful, responsible problem-solvers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The report also details the extent to which students are separated based on their perceived math abilities, starting as young as elementary school. More than 40% of elementary school principals told RAND researchers that their school grouped kids based on their math levels, mostly within the classroom.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2015

High Tech High — the San Diego-based charter-school system comprised of five high schools and eight total elementary and middle schools — likes to think of itself as something of an outlier. And our project-based curriculum lends itself to that. Chris White : Very receptive.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Choosing a new curriculum for New Mexico public school districts is no small task. When the Santa Fe Public School system had to select a new math curriculum last year, they went in search of something that met their pedagogical needs and best served their unique school population. See the full EdReports reviews.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2016

More than 110 of the district’s 139 elementary schools are teaching it this year, reaching about 27,000 students. That’s a significant increase from last year, when 80 schools taught it to 3,000 students. Currently, every Broward high school offers classes in computer science while 34 of 40 middle schools have it.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 22, 2018

NBCT, business and marketing education/DECA advisor, Apex Friendship High School, N.C. Ryan Johnson, former instructional technology coordinator, Enterprise (CA) Elementary School District. Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready has been a wonderful tool to help us build data-driven classrooms. Tom Gilbert, M.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

“Before Blackbird there were no tools available to bridge the expanse between elementary school block-based introductions to coding, and high school’s more advanced text-based coding, leading to frustration and a well-documented drop-off in computer science when students enter high school,” said Ness Blackbird, cofounder of Blackbird.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, only about 49 percent of schools had implemented one-to-one device programs, according to a 2019 survey by OverDrive Education and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. The digital evolution of K–12 schools…

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