eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

Key points: Movement helps boost student engagement in learning Using free resources to connect the environment to education Empathy, adaptability, and real-world readiness: Supporting students in 2025 For more news on movement and learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub When one thinks about using technology to support learning, the typical types of spaces we think of are traditional classrooms, media centers or STEM labs.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2025

The state of early care and education today is, in a word, unsustainable. Thats what a recent survey of 10,000 early childhood educators found, and its what providers continue to share anecdotally. With the pandemic in the rearview and the accompanying funding it brought the field now a fading memory many early education providers find that they cannot keep up with rising costs, staff shortages and low morale.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. In recent weeks, weve seen federal and state governments issue stop-work orders, withdraw contracts, and terminate employees in the name of government efficiency. When it comes to research, however, nothing is more inefficient than canceling studies that are already underway.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 31, 2025

World Backup DayMarch 31st Every Year March 31st is called World Backup Day. At least once a year, I remind you to backup your data files to an external drive (like a flash drive). This is one that isnt connected to your local computer so cant be compromised if you get a virus. Cloud drives are good, but once a year, do the entire collection of data files to what is called an air gap driveone separated from any internet connection.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2025

Ready to Hire, part of the skills training business of Cengage Group , a global edtech company, today released its Gen Z in the Skilled Workforce report – which surveyed 525 Gen Zers (age 18-29) currently working in or considering entry-level roles in manufacturing, skilled trades and healthcare – to better understand how they discover and evaluate career pathways.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MARCH 31, 2025

Awhile back, a reader left a comment on the Facebook page asking, "If I have $200 to make our playground look a little more like your schoolyard, what should I get?" First off, $200 is a pretty good budget for a project like that, mainly because most of the coolest stuff we have in our outdoor classroom we acquired at little or no cost. In my course Creating a Natural Habitat for Learning (see below) we'll spend six weeks digging into every aspect of this question, and more, but in the meantime,

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Class Tech Tips

MARCH 31, 2025

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in March 2025… AI Goes to School , Micah Miner (education) The Learners Apprentice , Ken Kahn (education) The AI Assist , Nathan Lang-Raad (education) The AI-Powered Classroom , Andy Douglas (education) They Called Us Enemy , George Takei et al. (history) Gatebound , Daniel Jackson (fantasy) The Traitor , Ava Glass (thriller) The Night Agent , Matthew Quirk (thriller) Exhalation , Ted Chiang (science fiction) The Ashen Hand of Kessrin , Alex Robins (

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MARCH 31, 2025

Every student, whether learning online or in a traditional classroom, will eventually encounter a subject or concept that doesnt click right away. Maybe long division feels like a puzzle missing a piece, or reading comprehension isnt coming as naturally as expected. Sometimes, its about mastering a tricky topic. Other times, its about building confidence, focus, or stronger study habits.

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A Year of Reading

MARCH 31, 2025

Thank you to Two Writing Teachers for creating an amazing community of writers and a safe, welcoming space to write and share. Goodbye Slice of Life March Challenge…hello National Poetry Month Poem-a-Day Challenge! This NPM, I will be writing acrostic poems using words from the Banned Words List at the Pen America Website. It’s up to us to keep the truth in American history, and in science.

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