k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education. But as my classroom evolved, so did my vision.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Each new school offered a different name, a different ZIP code and a different student handbook, but the same painful story of Black children being overlooked, mislabeled, forgotten and left behind played out again and again: Black children left behind. Don’t just build a school. That’s the heartbeat of my work. Absolutely.

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eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2025

This is a great opportunity to discuss what is and isn’t a violation of academic integrity. They may admit it–they were swamped and had to choose an assignment on which to take a shortcut. Or, they wrote a first draft and weren’t happy with the result, so they asked ChatGPT to improve it. Should they ask for an extension?

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2025

Teaching artificial intelligence concepts to students at any level can be intimidating for teachers who aren’t technology experts, but it can feel especially overwhelming to those with students of elementary school age or younger. That’s what a group of educators came together to discuss at ISTELive 2025 in San Antonio.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2025

While we often discuss how absenteeism affects students, we rarely acknowledge its devastating impact on the educators who show up every day to empty chairs. The hidden toll of empty seats When students miss school, teachers don’t just move forward with fewer students in the room.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Many schools haven’t clearly communicated guidelines for AI use in classrooms. That’s why AI literacy is essential–not just for students, but for families and schools as well. To reinforce SEE principles at home and school, consider the following steps: 1.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

Starbridge , which uses AI to help businesses spot early buying signals from school districts, looked at 5,000 U.S. school districts for the 2024-25 school year and found that 37% discussed AI in at least one board meeting. Differentiation takes so much time. Some AI tools can do so much with that in seconds.”

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million English learners in K-12 public schools in the fall of 2021, up from 4.6

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2025

This year, I judged the middle school career research event, which allows students to explore careers of interest by completing a career interest survey, researching a field, and presenting key details such as education requirements, job outlook, salary, and what a typical workday looks like. What problems are students interested in solving?

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its a familiar story for many parentswatching their child struggle in school, knowing they are capable but somehow unable to thrive in a traditional classroom. They envisioned a school where children who didnt fit the standard mold could still succeed, not just academically but socially and emotionally.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Sometimes they will cold call students, while other times they will ask students to share what they learned after theyve had a chance to read the assigned material or discuss it with their classmates in groups. I have incorporated this particular linguistic shift into my work with other educators at Relay Graduate School of Education.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

I feel that this is a perfect representation of how schools often deal with new and emerging technologies. From the internet and computers to cell phones and artificial intelligence, schools continue to invest a lot of time and money into figuring out how best to use these new technologies.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. In a recent interview with K12 Digest, Nam Ngo Thanh discussed his experience with technology, innovation, and education. But as my classroom evolved, so did my vision.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

EdTech Magazine

JULY 9, 2025

School leaders are deliberating how best to use, teach and secure AI through the lens of maximizing its value for students and K–12 infrastructure. They discussed the practical and possible benefits of AI in education, as well as where they see it going next.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

Kimberley Thompson-Hairston, Director of Instructional Technology and Media for Stokes County Schools and Chad Stevens, Head of K-12 Engagement for ClassDojo, sat down with eSchool to discuss strategies for success when it comes to district-family communication.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

That involves making predictions, testing ideas, discussing their thinking, and revising along the way. This approach has demonstrated measurable outcomes: students across the country—regardless of school size, location, or performance level— consistently make meaningful gains in math achievement with ST Math. “I

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Teach Hub

MAY 2, 2025

How to Implement: Assign students a real-world problem, such as designing an eco-friendly home, creating a marketing campaign for a fictional product, or developing a plan to improve their school. Class Discussions & Debates Older students love sharing their opinions, especially when they can back them up with evidence.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Afterward, the participant’s mom, who helped them publish the book, discussed the use of AI with the student. It was OK to use AI in this scenario, the mom said, but they shouldn’t use it for writing school assignments. Opinions also differed on how to discuss AI with their children. And they themselves also recognize this.”

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. Use ice breakers for high school students to learn more about them as individuals. Table of Contents 1. Begin with a fresh start 2. Create personal relationships 3.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

According to the CDC , 40 percent of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and 20 percent have seriously considered suicide. At the same time, schools are working to reverse learning losses stemming from the pandemic. What is your priority for the 2025-2026 school year?

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

From building mini solar ovens to exploring magnetism or water tension, each activity includes clear instructions, an explanation of the underlying science, and discussion prompts to extend learning. Brilliant.org Brilliant.org is ideal for middle and high school students who want to deepen their understanding of STEM through problem-solving.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

The pilot program, in which four GSO students worked with approximately 200 students from the Providence Public School District middle school, was developed by the Rhode Island Department of Education and funded by a $10,000 STEMx Challenge Grant. This ensured that all students at our school were included in the discussions.”

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

That realization has implications not just for how we understand student engagement, but for how we design schools…and why AI alone can’t get us where we need to go. We’ve discussed grit, growth mindset, intrinsic motivation, relevance, autonomy, and purpose. The problem is that school content often lacks any social payoff.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

When they hit a hurdle in school, they often freeze or, worse, give up. You have the power to help students tap into their full potential, even when they feel like school just isn’t clicking. The more they struggle in school, the more their brain is telling them that they are no good. That’s where you come in.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

Instead, they expressed these worries to an AI chat system, which schools and health care institutions are increasingly turning to in an attempt to better support youth. Balancing extracurricular activities and school was the largest concern among students, followed by sleep struggles and finding a relationship or feelings of loneliness.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Burns opening quote is a reminder that teaching is purpose-driven work and that student growth and development depend on supporting teachers and school leaders. In that time, each fellow has managed to speak vulnerably about educational leadership, student engagement and systemic challenges in K-12 education.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

Each role targets a specific reading skill, and when students cycle through all four, they’re not just reading, they’re processing, discussing, and deepening their understanding. It’s an old-school strategy that works because it’s rooted in solid thinking habits. or “What message is the author trying to send here?”

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

.” Attendees will experience: Engaging presentations and demos featuring scientific discoveries and research-backed inventions from AERDF awardees that are ready for schools and educators to use. Thought-provoking discussions about how R&D can create significant and positive change in education at scale.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2025

A year-long digital citizenship curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, delivered in the time you have in the classroom. Today: K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum Overview K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum — 9 grade levels. 46 lessons. 46 projects.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2025

In the past six months, I’ve posted dozens of topics ranging from tech ed trends to how-tos, problem solving, and pedagogic discussions. I like to step back a few times a year and determine what readers are most interested in. WordPress makes that easy with their statistics.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

I grew up in a historically underserved neighborhood in Houston, Texas, zoned to one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in the city. But due to a granted academic transfer, I ended up attending a top-performing public school just three miles away. Here’s the thing: public school funding in the U.S. Different ZIP code.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

I grew up in a historically underserved neighborhood in Houston, Texas, zoned to one of the lowest-performing elementary schools in the city. But due to a granted academic transfer, I ended up attending a top-performing public school just three miles away. Here’s the thing: public school funding in the U.S. Different ZIP code.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

The youngest Zoomers, as theyre also known, are around 13 years old and still have years left in public school systems dealing with frequent upheavals due to federal-level uncertainty , politicization of essential services like libraries and ongoing challenges to helping students get on grade level.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

For more than a decade, McLaren and colleagues have brought games like this to Pittsburgh area schools to test their technology and learning theories. McLaren was preparing to replicate the study in schools in the fall with a different math game.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 21, 2025

Use these easy and effective ELA activities for middle school to keep students engaged and teach them valuable skills. These short ELA activities for middle school get students thinking and writing quickly. These short ELA activities for middle school get students thinking and writing quickly.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

“Back in school, you ever get busted for trying to walk and have some administrator tell you, ‘Son, you can shirk your obligations and try to be different from your peers, but the responsibility of your future is gonna find you!’" I asked my students, “Do you understand why you learn what you learn in school?” history in an urban St.

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