eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Math is a fundamental part of K-12 education, but students often face significant challenges in mastering increasingly challenging math concepts. Many students suffer from math anxiety, which can lead to a lack of confidence and motivation. Gaps in foundational knowledge, especially in early grades and exacerbated by continued pandemic-related learning loss, can make advanced topics more difficult to grasp later on.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

In a world where teachers are short on time and artificial intelligence has become inextricably entwined with students daily lives and future career opportunities, K12 schools need solutions that give staff and students straightforward access to AI tools. The latest Chromebook Plus models do just this. Released last October, the update to this budget-friendly Google device was created with the teacher in mind.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Key points: When students fail productively, they become better learners Explicit instruction: Students need more of it 3 ways to engage students in productive struggle For more news on productive struggle, visit eSNs Innovative Teaching hub Throughout my education, I have always been frustrated by busy work–the kind of homework that felt like an obligatory exercise rather than a meaningful learning experience.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 2, 2025

Dr. James Pedersen is currently the Superintendent for the Essex County Schools of Technology which is an award-winning school district located in New Jersey. His career in education spans over twenty-nine years and includes a variety of instructional and administrative positions. He has had the opportunity to teach as an Adjunct Professor at Montclair University, Centenary University, and Delaware Valley University where he works with aspiring leaders and doctoral students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2025

National Library Week isan annual celebration highlighting the valuable role libraries, librarians, and library workers play in transforming lives and strengthening our communities. In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 2, 2025

Think about how often you use your cellphone. Maybe youre using it right now to read this article. Cellphone bans in the K12 classroom can complicate teachers roles, especially if the entities putting these restrictions in place dont consider how they work in practice. But are they the right move for student well-being and engagement? Merve Lapus, vice president of education outreach and engagement at Common Sense Media, urged CoSN 2025 attendees to think about these and other factors in a Tuesd

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2025

Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet harnessing it to drive meaningful change remains a challenge. A 2022 UCLA-MIT Press study found that higher education struggles to capture and leverage data for impact. This digital disconnect isnt just a result of outdated systems; its about the complex web of cultural, organizational and infrastructural barriers that leave many institutions data-rich

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Organized Classroom

APRIL 2, 2025

Having a solution for creating your own portable DIY dry erase boards is easy and fun! Of course, you could buy a set of white boards. Or go to Home Depot or another home improvement store and have them cut you shower board into smaller pieces to use. Or perhaps you prefer to use a large picture frame from the dollar store for your DIY project. All good ideas.

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Teacher Toms Blog

APRIL 2, 2025

In 1971, architect Simon Nicholson wrote an article for a magazine called Landscape Architecture entitled How Not to Cheat Children: The Theory of Loose Parts. Perhaps it wasnt the first time that the phrase loose parts play was used, but it was this manifesto that in many ways kicked things off. In the half century since its publication, the idea has grown, first slowly, and then suddenly in recent years as more and more early childhood educators have embraced Nicholsons theory a part of their

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John Spenser

APRIL 2, 2025

About a week ago, ChatGPT rolled out a major update to its image generation and suddenly my feed was flooded with AI-generated images in the style of Studio Ghibli. While the results are impressive (yes, it finally gets hands and text right) but also pretty. The post Centaurs, Cyborgs, and Coffee-Bearded Logos – Seven Ways AI Is Changing Creativity appeared first on John Spencer.

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English Teacher Margarita

APRIL 2, 2025

Picture & Lesson available via Easy English Path Lessons via Genially: Relative Pronouns: Who, Which, That AND Where Practice And WHOSE: Pic via Vocabulary Home Remember: Noun (possessor)+WHOSE+Noun ("possession") Whose or other Relatives?

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The Life of a Conflicted Teacher

APRIL 2, 2025

Here we are again, two days late, at the end of the road for Two Writing Teachers’ “Slice of Life Challenge” #agoodthingornot I’m not sure. I have a few positive and negative takeaways from my own writing (not their challenge; this is and always will be awesome). My positive thoughts: I’ll have written for over half the month, a step in the right direction.

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