eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

With a full spectrum of offerings, including professional learning, curriculum, and embedded assessment tools, Lexia provides educators with Structured Literacy solutions that are proven effective and designed to drive meaningful literacy outcomes.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Among the new content and resources now available to users of Discovery Education Experience are: Ready-To-Teach Lessons Enhancing Curriculum Built around research-based instructional strategies, these new ready-to-teach lessons and activities target critical classroom needs and help teachers create unique learning opportunities for each student.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Is the information precise, significant, and relevant to the knowledge that I am seeking? Use AI for Your Benefit Generating activity ideas or lesson plans, creating rubrics, and assisting with basic writing tasks are three ways to easily get started with an AI chatbot. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

Is the information precise, significant, and relevant to the knowledge that I am seeking? Use AI for Your Benefit Generating activity ideas or lesson plans, creating rubrics, and assisting with basic writing tasks are three ways to easily get started with an AI chatbot. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D.

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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.” Anne Trumbore “I have been an ensemble player in the transformation of online education from experimental and low status to ‘innovative’ and ‘disruptive,’” she writes. “I

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Teach Thought

MAY 17, 2025

As research has suggested, they can be used for assessment design, curriculum design, lesson planning, personalizing and differentiating learning , and almost any other ‘thing’ a teacher–or student–has to do. For a visual version of this framework, see Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Chart.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. In turn, we can immediately utilize new information to further our faculty assessment reports, professional development, academic writings, and research publication. what we actually do).

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

The Writing Revolution 2.0 – A comprehensive guide to teaching writing as a foundational skill across subjects. The Knowledge Gap – An eye-opening exploration of the importance of building knowledge-rich curricula in education. called it eye-opening, and Jessica W.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lauren Tingle | High School Counseling Hype Girl (@counselorclique) Mix math into back-to-school fun When it comes to back-to-school bulletin boards, a major part of your curriculum deserves the spotlight. Constructing Knowledge : Use a construction site theme with bricks labeled with math skills.

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k12

JULY 18, 2025

In many public schools, keyboard and computer navigational skills have been a standard part of the curriculum since the 90s. Students will need the keyboard for most computer tasks, from typing searches into Google to writing papers. This is where they can write essays and reports, craft short stories, or take class notes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. The lessons included real-world scenarios for using drones, like finding a lost child, that often appeal to young girls, and writing exercises to remind kids of what they’re good at before they try something hard.

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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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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

Students can work on their own or in teams to test their knowledge of facts while solving subject-specific riddles. Test their knowledge of organelles and their functions with scavenger hunt activities. Follow these tips to brighten up your curriculum and your students’ days.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

By now, tech tools facilitate the student ability to meet not only the specific curriculum tasks, but higher-order thinking and the Habits of Mind that make up successful adults. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

Obviously there are people who write to us and say, ‘thank you so much — now I can access the books that have been taken away from me,’” said Mikel. Vendors are facing pressure to comply with legislation in states where the right to receive information through school curriculums and library collections is vulnerable.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

When I first became principal, I was compelled to explore all aspects of what it meant to be a 21 st -century learner in an international baccalaureate context: as a global citizen, as a collaborative co-creator of knowledge, as a caring human being. She ended up doing an art installation and website on the theme “Rightfully Ours.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual world for nearly two grades, and their initial homework and test scores reveal a significant decrease in knowledge transfer, social skills, and core learning habits across a variety of subjects.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. Speaking and writing are about producing the language, requiring a different mental muscle from learners. Writing is essential for professional and long-distance communication.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

It’s possible to combine PBL and maker education across the curriculum–and during a must-see ISTELive 24 session , Nicholas Provenzano , a teacher, technology coordinator, and makerspace director at University Liggett School in Michigan, demonstrated just how to do it. The best part? Why maker education?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubric Criteria Research on a problem Solution design Communication and collaboration California English Language Arts Writing Standards Grade 7 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. This helps them to focus their efforts on the skills and knowledge that are most important.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2023

DALLAS (PRWEB) — Frog Street , an early childhood education company designed around the latest science in early brain development, has announced the results of a study conducted by the Johns Hopkins School of Education evaluating the efficacy of the Frog Street Pre-K curriculum with students in Texas.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Ohio is dedicating millions to a curriculum overhaul. Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world. Don’t oversimplify this.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Further enhancements include: A dedicated English Language Learner Small Group Guide to enable flexible delivery of small group instruction in or out of the classroom The addition of stronger phonics instruction Enhanced writing activities Text sets that provide additional time to engage with works more deeply.

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English Languages Language Art 255

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

I understand the pressure teachers feel to cover the standards and move through their curriculum. The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented. Other students may struggle to stay focused because they are distracted or having an off day.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 24, 2021

Often, math teachers have the most challenging time designing a station rotation because the curriculum is so linear with each concept and process builds on the previous. Science curriculum, like math, can be very linear. History: Station Rotation Ideas. That is easier to do if they have time to explore, discuss, and reflect.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

It’ll start with a plot of land and students will write the story, cast the characters, create the entire 1776 world. In case you must ‘sell’ this idea to your administration, here are three great reasons why students should use Minecraft in school: Reading, Writing, and Problem Solving. Again, think Legos.

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Writing Reading Teaching Evaluation 199

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

I am writing this post for teachers who may not have experience with blended learning models but need support designing lessons for the concurrent classroom. Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. The lesson template below has five sections. Welcome Task or Bell Ringer.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

Such preliminary insights, whether through pre-assessments, diagnostics, or activities aimed at accessing prior knowledge, can illuminate the diverse range of skills, abilities, and needs within a classroom. Quick Write or Free Write: Present students with a prompt and encourage them to write for a set amount of time in response to it (e.g.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Washington, DC – Learning Without Tears ’ acclaimed Early Childhood curriculum, Get Set for School® (GSS), will now include the new Assessments to Guide Instruction, an addition to the complete program that provides greater value and more complete foundational learning. Assessment Matters.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Learning, on the other hand, is defined as “the acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by being taught.” Due to the rigidity of curriculum, standardized tests and the controlling nature of compulsory education, playfulness and unstructured time are seen as detrimental to a student’s learning.

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Curriculum Schools Knowledge Languages 182

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

In a setting where the pace is dictated by the teacher or the curriculum rather than the learner’s needs, students may rush through the material without fully understanding it. Each student progresses differently based on prior knowledge, learning preferences, and exposure to the language.

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eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2025

SAN FRANCISCO NoRedInk , the comprehensive online writing platform provider used in over 60% of U.S. school districts, has partnered with the National Writing Project (NWP) , a nationwide network dedicated to improving writing instruction. Learn more at NoRedInk.com.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 31, 2016

I’ve spent the last five months filling out forms, writing course descriptions, meeting with decision makers, attending site council and board meetings, responding to a barrage of emails, and jumping through the necessary hoops to get a new program off the ground for next year. My response, “Teaching is my favorite job!”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

If you then encourage students to research topics that interest them, they’ll be even more motivated to read and write–and they may even have some fun. Helping students uncover their passions I once had a student who insisted on writing her research paper on body piercings.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Classes have a wide mix of strengths and weaknesses, and a one-size-fits-all curriculum does not meet most children’s needs. Although this allowed students to access knowledge, they weren’t empowered to become learners and make choices for themselves. Now we know that’s not good for anyone.

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