eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

The schools were highlighted in a recently released report which compared the students’ performance on the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy (SBAC ELA) assessment. Core5 accelerates the foundational and advanced literacy skills for all students—from at-risk to on-level and advanced—in elementary grades.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

They are structured, collaborative groups where teachers analyze student data, co-design curriculum, share challenges, and reflect on instructional strategies. TeachFX gives teachers real evidence to reflect on their instructional language, making it easier to bring authentic data to PLC meetings.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Today’s modern liberal education typically encompasses a general education curriculum that offers extensive learning across various multiple disciplines and perspectives, paired with focused study in a chosen major. Dr. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the National University of Singapore. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Sierra Sands Unified School District, (Ridgecrest, CA): Lisa Decker, Director of Elementary Education, Dulce Baca, Principal, Pierce Elementary School, and Julie Frisbee, English Language Arts Instructional Coach. Sue Kasun, Professor of Language Education.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

My role includes oversight of programs ranging from school counseling to English learning to technology, as well as curriculum implementation, instruction and assessment programming, and alignment with federal, state, and local resources. The inundation of disjointed data hit me particularly hard.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

It is shockingly difficult for most teachers to alter their language in this manner. Here are a few strategies to make this shift in language as impactful as possible: Intentionally time when you call on a student to tell us. If we want students to see learning as a shared experience, we must be intentional in the language we use.

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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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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Today, I serve as Vice-Principal of B.School, where I lead efforts to integrate well-being, sustainability, and equity into our core curriculum. Within my own schools, one of the most defining moments was leading the integration of social-emotional learning and well-being into the core academic curriculum. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Reimagining Curriculum to Foster Engagement and Identity Over the years, fellows have noted how hard it has become to not only create engaging curriculum for students but also find ways to foster community and identity development in the classroom. Edgar Miguel Grajeda, an elementary art teacher in Washington, D.C.,

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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? None of this is to say content doesn’t matter—good curriculum is essential. This post originally appeared on the Christensen Institute’s blog , and is reposted here with permission.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

This activity emphasizes computational thinking and problem-solving, incorporating Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and utilizing differentiation strategies to support diverse elementary learners. I aim to demonstrate how technology integration can be purposeful and manageable by modeling this approach.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Sierra Sands Unified School District, (Ridgecrest, CA): Lisa Decker, Director of Elementary Education, Dulce Baca, Principal, Pierce Elementary School, and Julie Frisbee, English Language Arts Instructional Coach. Sue Kasun, Professor of Language Education.

STEM 130

STEM Education Coaching Elementary School 130

1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 9, 2025

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. It was an extra thing, not our main spelling curriculum. Do you use a spelling program I didn’t feature?

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Curriculum Teaching Philosophy Learning Styles Grades 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Some good starters include: Drawing apps mimicking crayons or pencils Puzzle or logic games without background noise or timers Audio stories to practice listening and language If it encourages creativity, decision-making, or discovery, it’s a good option. If it only keeps a child glued to the screen, it’s not.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

This philosophy is embedded in the British Curriculum, which offers both structure and flexibility. ProEd Global School blends this rigorous curriculum with personalized support, ensuring that every learner gets the guidance they need to thrive, not just survive in the classroom. “Our goal is to help them define it on their own terms.”

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Today, I serve as Vice-Principal of B.School, where I lead efforts to integrate well-being, sustainability, and equity into our core curriculum. Within my own schools, one of the most defining moments was leading the integration of social-emotional learning and well-being into the core academic curriculum. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

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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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

The expanded solution includes more essential concepts and topics critical for learning to read, including foundational skills such as phonics, decoding, guided reading, and language skills such as vocabulary, spelling, word learning strategies, and more.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

I, like many I assume, believed that artificial intelligence was a far-fetched concept that would only be real in the movies; however, AI is here and large-language models, such as Chat-GPT and Gemini, are only going to get more sophisticated with time. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D. in Adult Education from Capella University in 2024.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 98

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

One student might master a new language with ease but struggle with scientific concepts. Ask any teacher, and they will tell you that the pace of learning is not universal. Some students grasp algebra in days, while others may need weeks. These differences are not deficits–they are human.

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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.

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Learning English Art Culture 150

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

One time, I even begged to include more African American literature in the curriculum. PASS Network was going to be a bridge — connecting families to the language, policies and strategies they needed to push for change from within. The answer was no, but I did it anyway, quietly, like it was something shameful. Classrooms went virtual.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Confidence: English Language learners improve through hands-on projects. How to Launch an Esports Program Districts hoping to replicate this success can take a few key lessons from the South Florida model: Start with curriculum integration. Collaboration: Teams build shared purpose and community.

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STEM Disabilities Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking 140

Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

generate questions, review/structure answers) Beyond verbal language, visuals are an important facet of communication and students need to be prepared for more multimodal communication tasks at the workplace (Brumberger, 2005). “Visual rhetoric in the curriculum: Pedagogy for a multimodal workplace.” 23268-23275.

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k12

JUNE 27, 2025

We’re here to help you find a summer school curriculum that will leave your kid feeling confident for the upcoming year and excited to keep learning! A curriculum tailored to your kid’s needs can assist with: Maintaining Momentum: The brain is a muscle, and like any muscle, the longer you don’t use it, the weaker it gets.

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Curriculum Learning Styles Schools Students 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

It might be your ability to speak Russian or use sign language. Definitely mention if you can teach robotics, drones, or programming languages. 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.

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Teaching Philosophy Knowledge Feedback Languages 81

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

So when we were seeing research studies or classroom examples of culturally sustaining pedagogy, they tended to focus on race or language or culture, and disability wasn’t sort of fleshed out. Very often, disability is invisible in curriculum,” Tondreau says. “Or However … it was rarely taken up in concrete examples.

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Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

generate questions, review/structure answers) Beyond verbal language, visuals are an important facet of communication and students need to be prepared for more multimodal communication tasks at the workplace (Brumberger, 2005). “Visual rhetoric in the curriculum: Pedagogy for a multimodal workplace.” 23268-23275.

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Writing Students Communication Lecturing 92

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

What curriculum should you use? Start with a “Soft Start” Morning Routine Begin your homeschool day in the same way every time and include consistent activities like breakfast, chores, journaling, and then your homeschool curriculum. I’ll never forget the moment we decided to make the leap, albeit only for a year. Take a deep breath!

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

The Academy Program, on the other hand, serves students who benefit from a highly customized curriculum with a strong emphasis on life skills, vocational training, and independent living. This holistic approach ensures that students not only master the curriculum but also develop essential life skills for the future.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

I, like many I assume, believed that artificial intelligence was a far-fetched concept that would only be real in the movies; however, AI is here and large-language models, such as Chat-GPT and Gemini, are only going to get more sophisticated with time. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D. in Adult Education from Capella University in 2024.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 113

Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Gamification allows broad content areas (like English-Language Arts) with few measures of performance (alphanumeric symbols) to be broken up into more granular–and achievable–concepts and skills. .” What is the ‘nature’ of a student’s goals in your class? Academic) A good grade? Personal) your praise?

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Gamification Motivation Learning Learning Styles 104

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Just as we teach the alphabet, structure, vocabulary and syntax, we must teach the language of computers. When evaluating a computer science curriculum, its important to consider how it approaches artificial intelligence. You can learn more about the curriculum offerings a t www.mheducation.com/computing.

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Science Education Ethics Students 107

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Include review materials in your curriculum 3. Maintain a steady stash of supplies Anyone who’s taught language arts (or any class, really) has heard “I forgot my pencil” more times than they can count. Use 8th grade writing prompts throughout your curriculum to keep their pencils moving and their minds creating.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

In many districts, the programs at risk are the same ones that support compliance with federal education laws: Title III-supported English language services, Special Education instruction, and after-school accommodations often written into IEPs. Compliance is not met by language instruction in isolation. Develop a contingency network.

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Special Education English Language Languages 94

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

After working on academics, students could choose from a variety of fun yet educational activities, and the game design program–which used a curriculum from Work ED –was one of them. Additionally, the students broadened their vocabulary by learning language thats critical to their academic success.

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