eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

Key points: K-12 GenAI adoption rates have grown–but so have concerns A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on GenAI, visit eSN’s AI in Education hub Almost 3 in 5 K-12 educators (55 percent) have positive perceptions about GenAI, despite concerns and perceived risks in its adoption, according to updated data from Cengage Group ‘s AI in Education research series, which regularly eva

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2025

Summer STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics), is a week-long, overnight camp at USNA each year for students currently in the 7th-10th grades. Here’s information from the USNA website: Engineering is all about creating, building, and making things better! So what does it take to be an engineer? If you like math and science, you are off to a great start.

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Cal Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

Guest Commentary written by Chuck Bonham Charlton H. Bonham is the director of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. This week, a public federal process determined there will be no commercial salmon fishing off Californias coast for the third year in a row. Its a grim milestone for our state. While we will see some recreational ocean fishing, were at the low-water mark.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 18, 2025

Did you know that about 19.2% of students ages 12-18 experience bullying during the school year? While that number is staggering, its the reality many students face daily. Bullying has been a longstanding issue in schools, and with the rise of technology, cyberbullying has added another layer to the challenge. It seems like every time you turn on the news, theres another heartbreaking story about bullying and its impact.

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Teacher Toms Blog

APRIL 18, 2025

I was at Archie McPhee's in Seattle , the best store in the world, when I suddenly found an impossibly tiny boy at my knees. He said, eyes wide, "You're here." It took me a moment, but I finally recognized him as one of my two-year old students. Seeing him out of context had thrown me a bit. Here, out in the world, he stuck me as so much younger than he did at school, not just smaller, but less mature, less assured.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 18, 2025

High school is a time for students to grow and explore, and one of the best ways for them to navigate this journey of self-discovery is through goal setting. By setting clear, actionable goals, high schoolers can take concrete steps toward figuring out what they want to do or achieve and developing the skills theyll need to get there. Use these meaningful goal-setting activities for high school students to help them answer the question: What is a good goal for high school?

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We are Teachers

APRIL 18, 2025

This week on We Are Teachers, we tackle the balance between being firm and kind when it comes to classroom management.

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We are Teachers

APRIL 18, 2025

Check out our new word game, Word Lab, now available on We Are Teachers. Can you guess the 3-letter, 5-letter, and 7-letter word of the day?

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Jodi Durgin

APRIL 18, 2025

Are you looking for a festive way to boost reading excitement this spring? These printable Easter Bookmarks are the perfect low-prep addition to your classroom celebrations, reading centers, or early finisher bins. With cheerful designs featuring bunnies, eggs, and marshmallow Peeps, students will love coloring and personalizing their own bookmarks.

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Shelley Gray Teaching

APRIL 18, 2025

As teachers, we know that strong mental math skills are foundational for developing number sense and math confidence. One strategy that can make a big difference for students is making a friendly number. This simple yet powerful strategy helps students approach calculations with flexibility by adjusting numbers to ones that are easier to work with. The best part is that this strategy can be used from very early years to middle years and beyond.

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Jodi Durgin

APRIL 18, 2025

Are you looking for fun and engaging activities for the days leading up to Easter? These Peep activities engage students in a fun seasonal topic, while covering important literacy and math concepts and skills. The resources range from a graphing activity (where students survey their classmates and graph who likes Peeps) to a descriptive writing activity (where students use their senses to describe peeps and then write about them).

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From the Pond

APRIL 18, 2025

Hello lovely, how are you? Ive been busy at my desk this week, tucked away with a cup of tea and a sketchpad, getting some special things ready for Easter! If youve been following along on Instagram or caught the latest email newsletter, you mightve seen a few sneak peeks of whats been happening behind the scenes. Its been such a joyful creative week, and I wanted to pop in and share a little update with you here too!

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GovTech

APRIL 18, 2025

Student privacy expert Ross Lemke says schools need more FERPA training, better cybersecurity and careful vendor vetting to prevent doing a potential lifetime of harm by failing to protect their data.

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Cal Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

In summary Wickey Two Hands was supposed to be the first person tried for camping in Fresno. Instead, after the city and county poured resources into his case, it was dismissed at the last minute. Wickey Two Hands sat at the defense table on a recent Thursday morning, holding in his lap the red baseball cap hed doffed out of respect for the judge. The 77-year-old homeless man was supposed to be the first person tried in court under an ordinance Fresno passed last year making it a crime to camp i

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GovTech

APRIL 18, 2025

At the ASU+GSV AI Show, a former IES leader and those who have benefitted from its work discussed the value of education research and what to focus on when rebuilding ed-tech research systems.

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eSchool News

APRIL 18, 2025

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. HVAC projects to improve indoor air quality. Tutoring programs for struggling students. Tuition support for young people who want to become teachers in their home communities. These were some of the ways Maryland schools were using what remained of the states federal pandemic relief dollars.

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GovTech

APRIL 18, 2025

The sheriff cited major errors in tickets and the inability of people to appeal their citations as reasons for cancelling the program, which flagged more than 407 paid violations per day, seven days a week.

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Cal Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

In summary A California Republican state senator finds his crime bills getting a warmer welcome this year. Democrats say theyre just responding to their voters. Republican state Sen. Brian Jones has been trying to block sex offenders from being released from prison through Californias elderly parole program for several years. Last week, for the first time, his bill to do so made it out of its first committee.

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Cal Matters

APRIL 18, 2025

Wickey Two Hands holds a poster made by his supporters after his case was dismissed at the Fresno Superior Court on April 10, 2025. Photo by Adam Perez for CalMatters It was supposed to be a trial that would be closely watched by California homelessness advocates, public defenders and legal experts. But instead, the case was thrown out by the judge leaving some stakeholders wondering whether it makes sense to arrest homeless people at all.

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