eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2025

Enhances problem-solving & critical thinking Game development forces students to think like systems engineers, breaking down problems, testing outcomes, and refining solutions. When we teach students to solve complex problems, we must also teach them why we use certain techniques and challenge them to ask WHY questions.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. So, in 2019, when I found out that a former manager of mine was starting a school that answered the same questions that plagued me, I knew I wanted in. Once I got to college, however, my A-student record failed me. What Do You Want to Learn?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

But as these tools become more common in schools, serious questions about their legal impact arise. How can schools test the accessibility of AI tools? Schools should perform usability tests with diverse student groups, including those with disabilities, to assess AI tools’ effectiveness.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?” Today, I serve as Vice-Principal of B.School, where I lead efforts to integrate well-being, sustainability, and equity into our core curriculum. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? Martin began explaining a concept to the class when I raised my hand and questioned, “Why do we have to learn this?

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. The Preparatory Programs support students who thrive in a structured setting without the added stress of homework or standardized testing.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Often, this means finding a central theme, problem, or question that ties everything together. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Often, this means finding a central theme, problem, or question that ties everything together. In our college, old testing methods, like exams on facts from one field, do not work well.

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Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 54

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

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. These factors influenced the types of questions used. To support automatic scoring, the team included multiple-choice and Likert scale questions.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

As co-designers, we envisioned a space where leaders could contemplate big questions: How do we lead with integrity when the ground beneath us may be shifting? We invited diverse perspectives into curriculum design, which led to unexpected partnerships and richer learning experiences. Embrace complexity. Focus on human values.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Include review materials in your curriculum 3. Include review materials in your curriculum It’s easy to assume that 8th graders know the foundations of grammar, vocabulary, and writing, but that’s not always the case. Table of Contents 1. Maintain a steady stash of supplies 2. Choose a classroom management system 4.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

In “Teacher in the Machine,” Trumbore traces edtech’s beginnings to three professors at distinct schools: Suppes, who founded the Computer Curriculum Corp. By corporations who do very little testing to see whether or not those products are safe or effective for children. I don’t think all of them are going to survive.

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

There are test tubes, beakers, and maybe even open flames depending on the grade level. Ask questions if youre unsure about anything. As students ask questions, plan investigations, and carry out science experiments, they should always be thinking about how to do it safely. Walk, dont run, in the science area.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Oversight for Special Education is shifting to the Department of Health and Human Services, raising urgent questions about IDEA enforcement and IEP accountability. That plan is now in question due to visa bottlenecks and federal review protocols ( Chalkbeat , EdWeek ). Domestic pipelines are shrinking too.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

As districts explore AIs potential, they must also confront critical questions about equity, algorithmic bias and access. Additionally, our Technology Department collaborates with the Curriculum and Assessment team to analyze data from AI tools used in our classrooms, ensuring they are not reinforcing biases or widening educational gaps.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

Like the smile from acing a test or the joy of earning a reward, those flashes of satisfaction are unforgettable. Turn off the lights and test it out. Differentiated science questions, including short answer, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank, make it easy to reach every learner. Ready to make more of those moments?

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 18, 2025

Whether youre a teacher, a homeschooling parent, or a curious grown-up, these ideas are perfect for introducing magnet experiments and answering the big question: Magnets how do they work? Stay ahead of the game with MY FREE curriculum road map for science. The Strength Showdown Lets test some muscle magnet-style!

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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. At the time Take Flight lost its National Science Foundation grant, its curriculum was being tested by 1,200 students and 30 rural middle school teachers across 10 states. million from the U.S.

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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. In my experience, " teaching " can only lead to learning when the learner is actively wondering about the questions being answered. Testing was rare and largely inconsequential.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

Rodrequez, who leads the 4,000-student district south of Kansas City, Missouri, has never before been asked so many questions by so many people in his community about federal education policy. Some conservatives question the expansion of federal power. Yet President Donald Trump keeps taking up Kenny Rodrequez’s brain power.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2025

Parents need to monitor their kids’ friends list and ask questions about the friends they don’t know. They might mention a test result the recipient didn’t want getting out or tease about something embarrassing. There are grownups who pretend to be kids so teens and kids won’t get creeped out talking with them.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 30, 2025

intriguing questions before the period even begins. With more than 80 riddles and pop culture questions, a student answer sheet, and a teacher’s answer key, this resource puts students into teams to win a class riddle competition. Test your students’ funny bones and critical thinking skills with these science-themed riddles and jokes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2016

This is a question I get often from teachers: How do I teach my state/national/international curriculum using technology? In fact, I ended up writing my own project-based technology curriculum (now in its fifth edition). Use it to time a test, record a presentation, or play music during reading time. Modification.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Do they know how to question a graph they see on social media? Why it matters for K-12 teachers As educators, we regularly interact with data, benchmark scores, reading levels, engagement analytics from edtech tools, and state test results.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Essential Question. Draw a Stickman is a web-based tool or app that turns a simple drawing into a story by asking questions of the creator. Students draw an image; the site animates it and then asks questions as the figure moves, requiring students to add detail to the Stickman’s adventure. Teacher Preparation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

None of these have anything to do with teacher training, background, test scores, rubrics, class size, or pay scales. self-verbalization/questioning. 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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JUNE 17, 2025

They will put you through a rigorous test of thinking on your feet, fast, and without ‘umms’ Here’s what you should know: The B&G (Blue and Gold) Interview is one of several opportunities for the Naval Academy to insure they appoint candidates who will make it through the next nine years. Nothing tricky.

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Intelligence Testing Curriculum Questions 132

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

There’s no set curriculum or schedule; students learn what interests them with guidance from involved adults. There are no worksheets, tests, or structure to provide evidence of learning or templates for teaching. let children ask questions from what is happening in the world, seek answers from readily-available resources.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 2, 2020

While the National Assessment Governing Board decided to proceed with scheduled 2021 testing, most educators have no standardized testing data available from the 2019-20 school year. Standardized tests administered early in the year are a typical tool used by schools. Standardized assessments won’t make the grade.

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MAY 23, 2024

No one denies it can make student testing more efficient, faster, possibly leading to better educational outcomes for all learners. While experts acknowledge risks such as bias and access disparities, they foresee AI-driven assessments reshaping education by tailoring tests to individual needs and promoting deeper learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

We want a curriculum to be multidimensional—to have kids experience maths in lots of different ways. Recently, she partnered with curriculum publisher MidSchoolMath to promote their multidimensional math curriculum. EdSurge: What makes for a strong math curriculum? All of those are important in a curriculum package.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

NEW YORK – Brainly, the AI Learning Companion TM used by 15 million monthly active users, announces the release of Test Prep, the latest AI-powered innovation designed to improve test scores, boost student confidence and reduce anxiety. students confirming they don’t give themselves enough time to study for their tests.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 9, 2019

It also saves teachers time because they do not have to grade every question they develop for every child. At first, this may sound like a big undertaking, but it has the potential to ease our students’ anxiety and make the teacher’s last week of school more manageable.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2024

Before I adopted phenomena-based instruction, most of the questions students asked were some variation on, “Is this going to be on the test?” They were focused on whether they would have to memorize this fact or that process to pass a test. and, “Tell your partner what you can explain about your driving question so far.”

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

At a recent workshop, a teacher posed a compelling question about the effectiveness of small-group versus whole-group instruction. Alternatively, teachers can ask students to post a 30 to 60-second video on Flip , responding verbally to a question.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Poptential Bell Ringers each feature a short video clip, a unique tidbit of knowledge, and thought-provoking questions to spike curiosity and engagement. Poptential course packages include everything instructors need to teach a subject, including lessons, e-books, bell ringers, quizzes, and tests.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

New AI tools are emerging daily for educators and students; from AI tutors to curriculum creators, the AI education market is surging. As educational AI research tries to keep up with AI development, questions remain surrounding the impact of AI use on student motivation and overall learning.

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