eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) last week released a landmark study examining how parents and children perceive and manage online safety. Despite the growing availability of parental controls across digital platforms, the researchbased on a nationally representative survey of 1,000 parents and 1,000 children aged 1017found that just around half of parents utilize parental controls on tablets.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Chronic absence, defined as missing 10 percent or more of school or about 18 school days in a year, is a national crisis. It peaked in the pandemic, when about 31 percent of students nationwide 14.7 million kids were chronically absent during the 2021-22 school year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. The rate dropped only slightly for the 2022-23 school year, the latest for which national figures are available, to about 28 percent.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

How does a school district securely track the status, location and ownership of its thousands of devices at any given moment? It's a huge challenge, especially when budgets are tight and IT teams are small. Beyond the device lifecycle challenges, not knowing the status of digital assets makes it more difficult to manage incident response plans. To solve these challenges, schools need centralized inventory management systems, which can go a long way toward minimizing a districts cybersecurity ris

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 4, 2025

Science is not confined to laboratories or academic institutions; it can be explored right in the comfort of your home. Engaging in simple experiments allows individuals of all ages to experience the thrill of discovery and the joy of learning. By utilizing everyday materials, you can conduct experiments that illustrate fundamental scientific principles, making the process both educational and entertaining.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of English proficiency, can access learning, participate fully and feel included. Today, emergent bilingual (EB) students, also known as English learners, account for 10.6 percent of U.S. public school students more than 5.3 million nationwide up from 9.4 percent a decade ago.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 4, 2025

In summary To earn a teaching credential, students are required to complete a one-year program combining coursework and 600 hours of classroom experience. A new bill would provide money to pay them for that work. When Brigitta Hunter started her teaching career, she had $20,000 in student loans and zero income even though she was working nearly full time in the classroom.

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John Spenser

JUNE 4, 2025

Teaching has always been challenging, but right now it feels heavier. In this piece, I share a conversation with Mike, a fifth-grade teacher whos feeling the weight of tech distractions, AI-written essays, student apathy, and the pressure to do it all. The usual quick fixes. The post Deeper Learning is a Better Path Forward appeared first on John Spencer.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

STEM isnt just the latest teaching topic: Its an innovative, cross-curricular way to strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. And when you introduce STEM into your classroom, you get some of the coolest projects around! Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more.

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EFL Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

Teaching English in North Macedonia with The Peace Corps Being a Peace Corps volunteer in North Macedoniaand working in the education sector has been a one-of-a-kind, transformative experience. The Peace […] The post Teaching English in North Macedonia with The Peace Corps appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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We are Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Add color to the ocean with these ocean coloring pages. This pack of three includes a whale, octopus, and jellyfish all ready to color!

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EFL Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

Poster Ideas for English Class As I depend more and more on technology in the classroom, despite the potential for a technical problem or two to throw a wrench into […] The post Poster Ideas for English Class appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2025

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. June 4th-6th: Buy any K-8 School License get 2 free print books of the grade level you purchased with this code: 2FREEPRINTBOOKS (Please note: domestic or freight-forwarders only–no international shipping) Usually, you get one desk copy for each grade level included in your school license.

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GovTech

JUNE 4, 2025

Defunding the California Education Learning Lab would eliminate research and crucial support programs to help both K-12 schools and higher education in California adapt to artificial intelligence.

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Imagination Soup

JUNE 4, 2025

Ready for what’s new in early readers and chapter books? You’ll find new titles and some not-to-be-missed sequels, including books in the the Pumpkin & The post What’s New in Early Readers & Chapter Books, June 2025 appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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GovTech

JUNE 4, 2025

For educators, creating lifelong learners is part of the job. A glance back at novel ideas and once-new uses of technology, even minor ones, reveals how innovative thinking and problem solving can echo through time.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

Key points: For students, prompt engineering is gateway to inquiry and digital fluency The 5 dimensions of AI literacy More districts eye AI training for teachers For more news on AI prompt engineering, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Prompt engineering–the ability to craft precise, thoughtful inputs for AI tools to produce effective outputs–is quickly becoming an essential skill in modern education.

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GovTech

JUNE 4, 2025

An impending report from the Governors Advisory Council for Student Safety and Well-Being will include guidance on how schools can implement student phone policies, as well as examples of legitimate exemptions.

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

Key points: There are many tools–some free–to help bridge literacy gaps Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture For more news on AI and reading, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub The hallway was unusually quiet, the kind of stillness that settles once the school day ends.

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GovTech

JUNE 4, 2025

A technology conference hosted by Thompson School District in Colorado offered ideas for tools and lessons that teachers could take back to their classrooms, including how they might use AI to promote critical thinking.

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