Tim Manson

JULY 10, 2025

Posted on 10/07/2025 by timmanson Over the last year it has been interesting to watch the number of educational specialists who have been invited to come over to Northern Ireland to help us to develop our strategic reviews into the curriculum and assessment. Teachers have become happy to teach the same old stuff.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy. For many schools and districts, integrating environmental topics like this into the curriculum can feel like a heavy burden.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

These platforms offer unprecedented opportunities to personalize learning, refine curriculum development, and support teaching. The future of AI in education must be a shared effort across curriculum providers, district and school leaders, and policymakers. The result?

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eSchool News

JULY 11, 2025

Educators can create multimedia lessons, games, and assessments tailored to their curriculum. The platform uses AI to assess student performance and provide just-in-time support, making it a great tool for teaching scientific practices and critical thinking aligned with NGSS.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

Key points: Formulaic writing can constrain thinking and limit creativity Why reliable edtech matters to boost literacy Video game design boosts students’ literacy skills For more news on writing instruction, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Early in our careers, when we were fresh-faced and idealistic (we still are!)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2025

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

Integrating technology in CTE isn’t just about fancy equipment; it’s about enhancing teaching methods and expanding opportunities. Meanwhile, professional development is crucial so that instructors can learn how to effectively implement these tools in their teaching. that are ubiquitous in modern workplaces.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. What should we use?

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Our librarians teach information literacy and digital citizenship as core parts of our library program. With the adoption of the new Bluebonnet Elementary RLA and math curriculum, our team created companion guides that link World Book and other premium resources to each unit’s nonfiction content.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

She is the director of curriculum for NAF, a nonprofit that is trying to make education more career-focused. But how are curriculum publishers responding to this insistence on career readiness? Solving for X Some curriculum publishers say they recognize the weight of the problem.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

While the book focuses primarily on literacy instruction at the elementary level, it offers valuable insights and practices for anyone who teaches or works with disabled students. Very often, disability is invisible in curriculum,” Tondreau says. “Or Even if you’re locked into a scripted curriculum, you still have options. “If

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2025

Empowering teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach math effectively is essential for improving life outcomes for all children,” said NCTQ President Heather Peske. “If Additionally, many states do not require teacher prep programs to address math pedagogy–or how to teach it.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is using NotebookLM and Gemini for curriculum review and district guidance. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

Here are a few Tuesday and Wednesday sessions to put on your schedule: Level Up Your Classroom with Google’s Gemini: An Educator’s Guide to AI : Join this session for an exploration of Gemini, Google’s cutting-edge AI technology, and its potential to transform K-12 teaching and learning.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

This teaching helps students blend ideas, think deeply across fields, and work well with people from varied backgrounds. Drawing from my experience teaching across subjects at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, I want to share real ways teachers can build and run cross-subject courses that truly help students handle today’s complex world.

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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? Kids teach themselves astonishingly complex things through trial, error, iteration, and YouTube. None of this is to say content doesn’t matter—good curriculum is essential. Or basketball. Or Taylor Swift.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. What should we use?

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2025

Virtual teaching roles appeal to a broader range of candidates, including those in rural areas and professionals seeking a better work-life balance. These programs also allow districts to tap into talent pools beyond their geographic boundaries, increasing the diversity and quality of applicants.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. This mindset ensures that tools never overshadow the human core of teaching and learning. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

Instead of looking at each new technology as a tool that must be integrated in the curriculum, why not determine what is missing from current instruction and identify what prevents integration from occurring naturally? Fortunately, there are standard practices that can be utilized to teach verification.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Even before COVID burst on the scene and drove many schools into online versions of themselves, remote teaching had been gaining popularity. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has done that with this article on– Is Online Schooling a Good Fit for Teens?

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

It is a comprehensive platform with curriculum-aligned content, industry-standard tools, and expert support, bridging the gap between gaming and academic success. Cleverlike specializes in building and teaching esports experiences in creative games that connect directly to career skills in the software of the future.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

Teaching to the test narrowed curricula. From curriculum wars to book bans to ideological disputes over critical race theory, schools became a cultural battlefield, thereby losing the original vision of education as a humanistic enterprise. The reforms were ineffective, as well as damaging.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

Teacher Excitement and Perceptions of Student Success Go Hand in Hand Notably, the survey data highlight the connection between how teachers own excitement for teaching impacts their perceptions of student success, as well as how ensuring student success affects job satisfaction.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. Include review materials in your curriculum 3. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

The key is to teach your students ways to improve their thinking and using the Paul and Elder model can be an effective tool. Teaching students to analyze critically the information generated from AI chatbots will become necessary for a progressing society. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Rhonda Perry, a Director of Curriculum and School Improvement in Alabama, praised Dr. Thomas-EL’s inspiring message, stating, “Principal EL has a message that every educator needs to hear! Educators Applaud Dr. Thomas-EL’s Message of Resilience and Support At previous conferences, Dr. Thomas-EL’s keynote resonated deeply with educators.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

By utilizing this framework, educators can design lessons that align with curriculum standards and reflect the ISTE vision of empowering students to thrive in a digital world. Robotics-based activities can significantly enhance student engagement, promote hands-on learning, and cultivate 21st-century skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

They are not intended to replace human educators, just complement traditional teaching. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2025

Here’s the run-down so far this year: LOTS of Resources for Kids’ Online Research Robot Teachers vs Human Teachers How to Find Old Elementary School Teachers How Students Can Build Their Own Apps 15 Websites on Natural Disasters Online Sites to Teach Mouse Skills Does Mindfulness Make Your Class Better?

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Tim Manson

JUNE 28, 2025

New Post that considers the opportunity in NI for a new school curriculum and some thoughts on how schools have to deal with the Curriculum becoming a Christmas tree. Continue reading →

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

What if grade school were designed to teach students how to make decisions and know themselves deeply as much as it taught them math and literacy? When I taught fifth grade at a school in Nevada, I had to follow the curriculum in the provided textbooks, and there was no room to deviate. But it didn’t have to be this way.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change.

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