eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

The Feds influence over school districts had implications beyond just funding and data. Eliminating The Office of Education Technology (OET) will create significant gaps in educational technology research, validation, and equity assurance. Kris Astle, Education Strategist for SMART Technologies, discusses how industry self-governance, third-party organizations, and increased vendor responsibility might fill these gaps, while emphasizing the importance of research-backed design and implementation

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k12 Digest

APRIL 3, 2025

Nikki Henry is the Chief Communications Officer for Fresno Unified School District, leading public engagement for over 70,000 students and 10,000 employees. A strategic leader, she has transformed the districts communications from reactive to proactive, fostering transparency and trust. Nikki played a key role in guiding Fresno Unifieds strategic planning and is passionate about humanizing the districtwhat she calls The Fresno Unified Family.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Key points: Educators should build a classroom culture that values learning over compliance 5 practical ways to integrate AI into high school science A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction For more news on AI and assessments, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In recent years, the rise of AI technologies and the increasing pressures placed on students have made academic dishonesty a growing concern.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2025

As designers drew up plans to revitalize the visual arts complex at California State University, Fullerton, they hoped to create a space that would encourage students to stay on campus as much as possible. Many of Fullertons students commute to campus from home. That means they need comfortable places to do homework, meet with professors or talk to classmates.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Key points: Streamlining school communication empowers all district stakeholders The dos and donts of parent-educator communication Female district leaders target back-to-school priorities For more on school communication, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub As technology trainers, we support teachers and administrators technology platform needs, training, and support in our district.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2025

As technology evolves, its important for schools to adapt to and integrate necessary changes. While artificial intelligence reigns as one of the most overt and exponential examples of digital transformation, there have also been changes in cybersecurity, connectivity and devices. K12 IT leaders at CoSN 2025 in Seattle stepped up to talk about the ways theyre handling, and even pioneering, changes in their school districts.

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Imagination Soup

APRIL 3, 2025

Get ready to laugh, chortle, giggle, and chuckle with these best funny books to read aloud to your kids. These are the funniest, funny picture book favorites that your growing readers will love! The post The 80 Funniest Funny Picture Books for Kids appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Cassie Stephens

APRIL 3, 2025

Hello, friends! Sunday, March 30th was Vincent van Gogh's birthday! I love Vincent and the story of his life. He was one of my favorite artists to share in the art room. When I was writing my book Find Your Way , a decide-your-direction art adventure, I knew I wanted to include van Gogh. I wrote Find Your Way to read to my students while they worked.and they were always fascinated with his artwork and his life.

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Imagination Soup

APRIL 3, 2025

Introduce children to animal rescue with a good rescue story about dogs, cats, and other animals that have been rescued and adopted. (Even elephants, pigs, skunks, and squirrels!) The post Dog, Cat, and Other Animal Rescue Stories for Kids appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 3, 2025

There comes a time in every teachers career when those tried-and-true learning strategies that once worked no longer seem effective. There could be several reasons for thisyou might be teaching a new grade level, your students may not be as receptive, or the strategies just dont feel as relevant anymore. Whatever the reason, its a sign that its time to refresh your toolbox with new approaches.

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Imagination Soup

APRIL 3, 2025

If you're looking for the best children's books of fairy tales for kids, find what you need on this big list of wonderful picture books , chapter books, and middle grade books of popular fairy tales for children; magical stories that are filled with humor, suspense, magic, and adventure. The post 60 Best Children’s Books of Fairy Tales for Kids appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Organized Classroom

APRIL 3, 2025

This section is for class sizes of 28 or more students. While all the photos show options for 28 students, feel free to place additional students on the end of groups, or add additional groups, if needed. Short and straight diagonal lines are the focus of this classroom desk arrangement. Students are at an angle to get a different perspective of the room.

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Imagination Soup

APRIL 3, 2025

If your kids are like mine, they love fairy books like these favorite books for all ages, including picture books, chapter books, and middle grade. The post 20 Magical Children’s Books About Fairies appeared first on Imagination Soup.

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Teacher Toms Blog

APRIL 3, 2025

"No climbing to the top!" When our daughter was in kindergarten, her school installed an amazing rope-and-steel climbing structure. The kindergartners were forbidden from climbing to the very top, which meant that adults were always hovering around the thing, "reminding" the children when they got too high. One day, I asked her if she was loving the new climber.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Can we teach entrepreneurship? This is a question that has vexed entrepreneurship scholars for generations, and it still is a question that is relevant today (Klein & Bullock, 2006). The Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises (1949) who is one of the main precursors of the field, argued that entrepreneurship is neither taught nor learned, for entrepreneurs see the world differently than others, perceiving what others dont, breaking new ground where others are just doing what has been done befor

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English Teacher Margarita

APRIL 3, 2025

Picture via English Grammar & more Of course you remember the verb To BE Here is the Past Form: Picture via Roco English Teacher Take this Questionnaire Was/Were Practice: 1 , 2 , 3 There was, there were: 1 , 2 , 3 Further Practice in previous entries like last year's (songs, too) Remember!

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From the Pond

APRIL 3, 2025

Triangle Ears and Easter Cheer Easter Bilby Drawing and Writing for the Week Before Break If you're looking for a sweet, simple way to combine Easter fun with writing, art, and math conceptslet me introduce you to our new Easter Bilby Directed Drawing and Writing Pack. The Easter Bilby is a charming Australian alternative to the traditional Easter Bunny, and this pack helps young learners explore the bilby through drawing, writing, reading, and creativity.

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Hey, Mike Alpert!

APRIL 3, 2025

Hey folks! We’re back from a lovely week off. The family got over being sick and we made it outside quite a bit. Good times were had by all. (I highly recommend tulip farms this time of year). I feel ready for the final push to summer! Happy spring break to those of you who are soaking up some well-deserved rest this week, and hang in there to everyone who is still counting down the days (you’ve got this)!

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 3, 2025

Can we teach entrepreneurship? This is a question that has vexed entrepreneurship scholars for generations, and it still is a question that is relevant today (Klein & Bullock, 2006). The Austrian economist Ludwig Von Mises (1949) who is one of the main precursors of the field, argued that entrepreneurship is neither taught nor learned, for entrepreneurs see the world differently than others, perceiving what others dont, breaking new ground where others are just doing what has been done befor

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Hey, Mike Alpert!

APRIL 3, 2025

Hi friends, Well, you just got a little peek behind the curtain of my weekly routine. I usually spend the day rolling through school craziness, then chip away at the newsletter in the evenings and schedule it to send out Saturday morning. But after four solid years… I finally hit “send” instead of “schedule.” There’s a first time for everything, right?

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Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 3, 2025

Todd Zakrajsek, Director, ITLC-Lilly Conferences on Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning & Adjunct Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel HillEarly in my teaching career, I remember agonizing over what to do on the first day of class. I wanted to start on a positive note, get students excited about the topic, show them engagement was central to the course, and set the tone for what I hoped we would accomplish.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2025

Growing up in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, Anushay Anjum loved school but was especially enamored with the sciences. Biology, physics, chemistry, information technology she enjoyed them all and had her sights set on a career in engineering. But Anjum also felt the drag of discouragement in a society that, as she describes it, as one where the conventional wisdom deemed health care a discipline focused on caregiving as the only acceptable field for women within science, technology, engi

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