k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. When students see their teachers modeling curiosity and growth, they do the same. It’s contagious.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Driven by reasons like flexibility, personal needs, and accessibility, the positives associated with online schooling were convincing many to take a second look. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has done that with this article on– Is Online Schooling a Good Fit for Teens? school day doesn’t always work for everyone.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is using NotebookLM and Gemini for curriculum review and district guidance. CPS staff are creating Gems (custom AI experts in Google Gemini) when they upload the district’s curriculum development evidence guides and rubrics.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Serving more than 5,500 students across 19 schools, Stokes County Schools is committed to delivering a 21st-century education in a safe and supportive environment. Center for Computer and Teacher Education, Carla Tanguay, Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation, Clinical Associate Professor, and G.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

Heather Schwartz, a RAND researcher and the primary investigator of the study, noted that the middle and high school years are when students end up on advanced or regular math tracks. The RAND study found that 26% percent of students in middle and high school reported losing interest during a majority of their math lessons.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. When students see their teachers modeling curiosity and growth, they do the same. It’s contagious.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? What if the key to unlocking motivation isn’t something intrinsic to students, but something found in their relationships with peers, teachers, mentors, and communities? We’ve tried improving curricula.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Starting today, FFA teachers and students throughout the United States, including FFA chapters in 185 middle and high schools, will receive a classroom set of FarmBeats for Students kits free of charge. Microsoft Corp. FarmBeats for Students was co-developed by Microsoft, FFA and agriculture educators.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

The Alliant Credit Union Foundation has awarded a$108,000grant to Digital Leaders Now, the nonprofit that powers the Digital Leaders Academy at Ridgewood Community High School District 234, to support the implementation of innovative digital opportunity programs.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Serving more than 5,500 students across 19 schools, Stokes County Schools is committed to delivering a 21st-century education in a safe and supportive environment. Center for Computer and Teacher Education, Carla Tanguay, Assistant Dean for Educator Preparation and Accreditation, Clinical Associate Professor, and G.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike. Include review materials in your curriculum 3.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Introducing ClassVR Xplorer and Xcelerate Avantis will also introduce its most advanced ClassVR headsets to date: ClassVR Xcelerate Developed for high school and post-secondary students, Xcelerate features full spatial movement for highly interactive ‘hands-on’ VR learning. Visit Avantis Education at Booth #3119.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 3 Live Finale: Elementary, middle and high school teams competed in a 30-minute esports showdown, held at the Levan Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University, to design climate-resilient schools. Focus on teacher support. Teachers are the backbone of success. What stood out most?

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

CTE Is Now the Norm, Not the Niche CTE has firmly moved into the mainstream of high school education. CTE now accounts for 15 percent of all public high school credits , and 97 percent of high school graduates have taken at least one CTE course. But schools cant do it alone. Thats not sustainable.

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1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 1, 2025

One of the most common questions homeschoolers ask is: Which homeschool grammar curriculum should I choose? As a homeschooler for over 20 years with my three kids, I have seen and used a lot of homeschool curriculum. I plan to share about all of the subjects and all of the homeschool curriculum we have used over the years.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

Technology is not neutral,” says Joshua Jonas, a curriculum and instruction researcher at Baylor University and former high school teacher. “It We ask vendors to take our survey for curriculum tools that specifically looks at accessibility,” says Samantha Reid, educational technology coordinator. “It

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

This starts with taking useful courses whilst still in high school, so that you have to right credentials to get into the university you like, then it’s getting used to online learning, just in case you want to visit an online university and then understanding the future of what you need beyond a BA undergraduate degree like a masters.

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EFL Magazine

JUNE 17, 2025

ESL Curriculum Creation Tricks from a Veteran Imagine being called into your Department Chair’s office three weeks before a new term begins. With all the real (and imaginary) reasons for […] The post ESL Curriculum Creation Tricks from a Veteran appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

Sheridan Doerr shares how the Second Step K-12 social-emotional learning curriculum builds foundational human skills that enhance academic performance. fewer absent days per student. See them at Booth #733 or go to [link]

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

As the seminal punk band so adequately expressed for millions of teens across the country, no one represents the concept of authority better than their teachers and administrators. In most classrooms, the management boils down to, “I’m the teacher, so I’m in charge.” I’m the fun teacher! Naturally, this bummed me out.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

By the time they reach high school, most students have already decided whether or not they think science and math are ‘cool’. No matter the subject, teachers are always looking for ways to engage and motivate their students. That’s where VEX comes in. The VEX Continuum begins with kindergarten and spans through career.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

Writing a history that you helped to create is awkward, as Anne Trumbore acknowledges in her new book “ The Teacher in the Machine: A Human History of Education Technology.” She began by designing a web-based grammar program before joining the team that created the Stanford Online High School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2025

She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

With this “We Are” bulletin board, you can showcase positive thinking that your students can live by throughout the school year. It comes with 60 different frames, script title letters, posters, and teacher directions. bulletin board is a fun, easy way to introduce parents and students to teachers and staff members.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

As educators and industry leaders, we must ask: What do students and their teachers need to prepare for a future that is still unfolding? Computer science should begin early and continue throughout elementary, middle and high school. Computer science curricula should be turnkey, ready for any educator to pick up and teach.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

The framework was developed with input from district subject matter experts (including computer science, math and science teachers) and external partners. With the item and test analyses in hand, the research team and school district collaborated to produce a final version of the diagnostic assessment designed for high school students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Alena Zachery-Ross , superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools , a district at the forefront of AI integration. Dr. Zachery-Ross brings over 25 years of experience in K-12 education, starting as a teacher and school psychologist in Detroit Public Schools. We also review data during our performance management meetings.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

But if her teacher doesn’t have the training or resources to turn cool tech into lessons that stick, she’s likely to crash it, get frustrated, and move on. National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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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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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

What advice would you give a first-year teacher about kids your age? Practice writing skills based on the CCSS for history and social studies and your 8th grade history curriculum with tailored prompts. That’s where journal writing prompts come in! Which holiday do you look forward to the most? What would you do?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Project & Rubric – Back-to-School, New Year, End-of-Year Activities By Jenn Liu — Engaging to Empower Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Life Skills Teach middle and high school students how to make a vision board using this no-prep, interactive Google Slides lesson! Explore resources on TPT

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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. Discover ways to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month activities into your school day and honor the contributions of Hispanic leaders, artists, athletes, and icons worldwide.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

He’s cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training , pandemic recovery , and STEM education. Teachers walk a line as Trump targets DEI Trump promised to get “woke” out of American schools. Schools that use such strategies are risking billions in federal funding , the department asserted. “We

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 30, 2025

Whether youre a seasoned homeschooler or about to dive into your first full year of curriculum planning , one things always true: having solid homeschool lesson plans in place makes everything smoother. This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the school year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the Civil Rights Movement, American history teachers are used to venturing into emotionally charged subjects. Conditions havent improved for social studies teachers since. According to the report, American Lesson Plan: Teaching U.S.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

The failures of school are taken by most people as proof that education is very costly, very complex, always arcane, and frequently impossible task." As a preschool teacher who has spent his entire career in play-based settings, I've always felt that my colleagues in other types of settings tended to complicate things. It's harsh.

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