eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Key points: When it comes to student assessments, its time for new ways to gauge learning A critical shift in digital instruction in 2025 Closing the digital use divide with active and engaging learning For more news on digital resources, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In todays evolving educational landscape, effective student assessment goes beyond multiple-choice tests and letter grades.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 10, 2025

Slowly but surely, artificial intelligence is taking off in the high school classrooms of Westhill Central School District. Located in Onondaga County outside of Syracuse, N.Y., Westhills high school teachers and students are carrying the AI conversation beyond policy and into practical applications that improve learning processes and drive efficiencies in teacher planning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Key points: Books featuring licensed characters can instill a love of reading We are just beginning the uphill climb to improve student reading scores NAEP scores show disheartening trends for the lowest-performing students For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Holden, my 21-month-old, has fallen in love. His early morning snack and couch time includes a dose of Tiger!

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EFL Magazine

APRIL 10, 2025

Motivate Adult Learners – Three Essentials Any teacher knows that motivated students will work more effectively towards their language goals. Motivation is particularly important in the adult classroom, to which […] The post Motivate Adult Learners – Three Essentials appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Honors for edtech leaders across the country are always a highlight of one of edtechs most influential events of the year. The innovations shared and insights delivered are what drive the best strategies for districts in the months and years to come. Below are some details: The CoSN Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes the achievements of one CoSN member who has provided exemplary support to the organization over the past year.

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We are Teachers

APRIL 10, 2025

Wondering what gifts a teacher really wants? Find out here! Check out this roundup of the best gifts for teachers in every price range.

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Organized Classroom

APRIL 10, 2025

The best classroom teachers play music throughout the day: slow music to work, brain breaks to break up the day , and more. Using a classroom speaker amplifier is good for students who might not have perfect hearing, or perhaps they are sitting next to a noisy hallway. Having a way to amplify whatever you wish for the students to hear can actually improve unwanted behaviors in the classroom too!

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Teacher Toms Blog

APRIL 10, 2025

You're walking. And you don't always realize it, but you're always falling. With each step you fall forward slightly. And then catch yourself from falling. Over and over, you're falling. And then catching yourself from falling. And this is how you can be walking and falling at the same time. ~Laurie Anderson I found myself remembering these lyrics as I watched a baby toddle along the sidewalk, walking and falling at the same time.

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GovTech

APRIL 10, 2025

A customized lab at Woodhaven Upper Elementary School in Michigan gives students access to computers, 3D printers, laser engravers, drones, robotic kits, programming software and digital design tools.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. The greater the access to higher education, the more dynamic a curriculum must be to effectively and equitably educate and elevate the learning experiences of all students.

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GovTech

APRIL 10, 2025

Two former secretaries of education, a former university president who worked with the Department of Education and a former Department of Justice official said recent education funding cuts distract from solving real issues.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 10, 2025

Responsibility is one of those essential life skills that every child needs to learn. But lets be realmany kids today struggle with it because it’s just easier for parents and teachers to do things for them. Teaching responsibility involves more than just having children finish a task. It is about encouraging them to make thoughtful decisions and take pride in achieving things by themselves.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 10, 2025

Efforts to expand access to higher education have resulted in higher enrollment rates and degree attainment rates making higher education an option that is open to more students than ever before. The greater the access to higher education, the more dynamic a curriculum must be to effectively and equitably educate and elevate the learning experiences of all students.

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GovTech

APRIL 10, 2025

More than 400 students who participated in the Congressional App Challenge demonstrated their award-winning work this week at the U.S. Capitol. The apps they designed combined technical prowess and personal experience.

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Cemd

APRIL 10, 2025

This week’s Market Insights explores instructional coherence between core and supplemental materials, moving from materials adoption to alignment. N ewsletter Highlights: New Series: Instructional Coherence in Action: Insights and Opportunities Market Signals Blog: Unlocking Instructional Coherence Through Curriculum Insights On-Demand Webinar: A New Curriculum Era: Aligning Math Instruction With Quality, Equity, and Innovation What We’re Reading: Gallup | Defining ‘Quality

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GovTech

APRIL 10, 2025

The nonprofit Digital Promise launched the Responsibly Designed AI Product Certification this week to help school leaders select AI-driven ed-tech tools that meet specific requirements for student learning and safety.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 10, 2025

Weve all been there, staring at our stack of data from recent assessments and wondering how to make the most out of it. Score breakdowns, performance bands, growth indicators, percentiles, etc. theres so much information, but the hardest part is often knowing where to start! Inside those numbers, though, is one of the biggest opportunities we have as teachers.

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Teacher Mood

APRIL 10, 2025

Lets be honestphonics instruction can get repetitive fast. As teachers, were always walking the line between giving our students enough practice to master a skill without losing their interest in the process. Thats why I started using multisensory phonics activities like stampingand let me tell you, its been a total game changer. Whether youre teaching short vowels, blends , digraphs, or more advanced patterns like silent e and vowel teams, stamping activities are a simple way to get your kids a

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k12

APRIL 10, 2025

Online learning allows families to shape education around their needsbut that freedom comes with additional responsibilities. Without an in-person classroom structure, it can be easy for students to lose focus or fall behind. Thats why building effective study habits is so important. Good study habits help students stay organized, motivated, and confident in their learning.

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Brown Bag Teacher

APRIL 10, 2025

The end of the year includes few weeks of school that seem a rollercoaster. One minute youre watching your students crush their math goals or giggling over an inside joke from months agoand the next youre racing to finish testing, organizing field trip forms, and wondering how on earth its already May. The energy is high, routines are shaky, and emotions are all over the place (for students and teachers).

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A Year of Reading

APRIL 10, 2025

This NPM, I am writing acrostic poems using words from the Banned Words List at the Pen America Website. You can find my poems each day on Poetrepository, IG stories, and BlueSky. April 1 Diversity April 2 Climate Crisis April 3 Transgender April 4 Biases April 5 Activism April 6 Community April 7 Pronouns April 8 Gay April 9 Hate April 10 Elderly Irene has this week’s Poetry Friday roundup at Live Your Poem.

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Southwest Washington Education

APRIL 10, 2025

This article comes to us from ZeroHedge Fund. Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness The Supreme Courts 2018Janusdecisionasserted that no teacher or any public employee has to pay a penny to a union as a condition of employment. While the unions have made it very difficult for teachers to leave, it is certainly doable.

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2025

For thousands of public school students, the ringing of the final bell doesnt signal an end to their day. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Instead, they might shuffle into the cafeteria or computer lab for an afterschool program. Its where theyll spend a few hours with teachers or tutors doing their homework, socializing with their friends, and doing arts or science projects.

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Cal Matters

APRIL 10, 2025

In summary This researchers project joins at least 30 others across the University of California system that have been terminated by the National Institutes of Health. Those multi-year awards were worth more than $173 million. A California neurologist whos among the nations top researchers on dementia has been swept up in President Donald Trumps purging of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, adding to the growing cadre of research science terminated because of the administrations edicts

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Cal Matters

APRIL 10, 2025

In summary Schools had until March 2026 to spend remaining COVID relief money. The U.S. Department of Education cut those funds, amounting to about $200 million for California K-12 schools. The Trump administration overstepped its authority when it cut short pandemic relief grants for K-12 schools, a move that cost them hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a lawsuit filed today by California and a dozen other states.

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