eSchool News
MAY 21, 2025
Key points: Comprehensive action plans should start in schools and extend into homes Data gaps negatively impact academic progress and attendance Maybe its time to change up high school to improve student attendance For more news on absenteeism, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Empty seats have become a common sight in our nations classrooms.
k12 Digest
MAY 19, 2025
Dr. Gina DiTullio holds a doctorate in Executive Leadership from the St. John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York.
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Edsurge
MAY 21, 2025
As the education world grapples with a post-pandemic academic recovery that has stalled in some regions , a new research paper is taking the measure of key players in students success: their teachers. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Researchers are looking at whether teachers have what they need to thrive in Teaching for Tomorrow: Educators on the Future of Their Profession, part of a multiyear study undertaken by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 29, 2025
Cellphone policies are on the rise in K12 education, with 77% of public schools prohibiting cellphone use in class, according to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Why ban phones? According to the NCES report, 53% of school leaders say the devices have a negative impact on academic performance. School administrators also worry about the potential for isolation as kids connect with screens rather than each other.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 13, 2025
Top Grant Sources to Bring Technology to Under-Resourced Classrooms In todays classrooms, technology is more than a supplement its a necessity. From digital literacy tools to interactive learning platforms, access to reliable technology helps level the educational playing field. However, for many under-resourced schools, affording updated tech remains a major hurdle.
John Spenser
MAY 21, 2025
In classrooms across the country, something subtle but powerful is taking shape. Amidst the distractions, the surface-level shortcuts, and the pressure to speed everything up, Ive seen students quietly shift from passive to active. They’ve gone from compliant to curious and from distracted to dialed. The post Teachers Are the Champions of Depth in a Culture of Distractions appeared first on John Spencer.
eSchool News
MAY 12, 2025
Key points: Building community in the name of sustainability is a core component of the environmental movement How this educator integrates Dungeons & Dragons into the curriculum How I came to love phenomena-based science instruction For more news on teaching trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As a teacher and advocate for environmental education, Ive seen students around the country feeling eco-anxiety.
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Edsurge
MAY 12, 2025
When would I ever use this? Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think its because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, totally outdated , math lessons just dont seem to pull students in. Solving this motivation problem is tricky. It also connects to other issues, such as the rigid class sequences that some experts warn block certain students from advancing in math and that exclude courses lik
EdTech Magazine
MAY 1, 2025
Cyberthreats impacted 82% of K12 schools in the past year and a half, with a high rate of attacks targeting human behavior among the reported approaches. In particular, phishing scams continue to threaten school cybersecurity, as noted in a Consortium for School Networking report. In addition to using deceptive links in emails, attackers are now trying to use QR codes to obtain personal credentials and other information.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 21, 2025
These are simple features ( including frames, quadrant colors, photo effects like snow) that add sophistication and professionalism to a finished product. This is a good addition to a Photoshop unit. It doesnt take much time to teach and its wow factor is off the charts with students. from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Copyright 2025 askatechteacher.com All rights reserved.
Cal Matters
MAY 21, 2025
In summary Faced with increasing financial aid fraud, the board of Californias community colleges is considering ways to charge students an application fee and tighten its identity verification process. Students are pushing back. Under scrutiny from state and federal lawmakers, Californias community colleges are trying to crack down on financial aid fraud.
eSchool News
MAY 22, 2025
Key points: It’s time to build smarter systems that reduce teacher burdens and increase student engagement To boost teacher morale, reimagine the teacher role Key strategies for education leaders to boost morale For more news on teacher burnout, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub The current education crisis isn’t just about the need to support student academic recovery–it’s also about teacher retention.
k12 Digest
MAY 15, 2025
Carl Morris, Co-Founder of educave, draws on extensive insights gained while building and scaling other EdTech and Education businesses, such as The Online School, EDAI, and Carfax Education. Through these experiences, Carl developed a deep understanding of what founders require to navigate the unique challenges within the Education Industry and achieve sustainable growth.
Edsurge
MAY 5, 2025
Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. One such game is called Decimal Point.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 28, 2025
Security preparedness is important for everyone working in a K12 environment, especially for those in school leadership. Cybersecurity and physical security incidents alike require a rapid response to mitigate damage. Nearly 80% of IT professionals agreed that incident response was helpful to their organization, according to research from CDW. Despite the benefits, security training may not be at the top of every K12 leaders to-do list.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 19, 2025
Here are 50 animal websites for grades K-5, everything from Dinosaurs to the wildly popular Wolfquest ( click here for updates ): 3D Toad3D science study Adaptationsgame Animal Adaptations Animal games Animal Games II Animal games II Animal Games III Animal Habitats Animal homes Animal homes Animal Homes II Animal Homes III Animal puzzle games–cool Animals AnimalsSan Diego Zoo Videos Barnaby and Bellinda Bear Bembos Zoo Build a habitat Build a habitat II Butterfies and habitats Classify an
Catlin Tucker
MAY 12, 2025
Technology is a distraction. It just makes my job harder. My students cant focus when theyre online. I hear comments like these in almost every professional learning session involving technology. I don’t think teachers are frustrated with technology itself. Theyre frustrated with the way its being used, especially when it fails to create meaningful or engaging learning.
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2025
Key points: They’re not just comics–graphic novels have secret literacy powers Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture Offering books with favorite licensed characters can engage young readers For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Walk into any classroom today and youll hear a familiar refrain from teachers: How do we get kids excited about reading again?
k12 Digest
MAY 28, 2025
Its a familiar story for many parentswatching their child struggle in school, knowing they are capable but somehow unable to thrive in a traditional classroom. For a group of dedicated parents in 2003, this concern turned into action. They envisioned a school where children who didnt fit the standard mold could still succeed, not just academically but socially and emotionally.
Edsurge
MAY 15, 2025
Gen Z may be the first generation to have childhoods rife with screens and defined by having a second life online , but some of their cohort might also be first to say that connectivity has its downsides. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. New data from the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Gen Z teens say social media harms people their age , and roughly the same share say they spend too much time scrolling.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 13, 2025
Every security team knows that multifactor authentication is a powerful weapon in the fight against credential theft, ransomware and data breaches. Often, corporate IT teams have go-to solutions that they can roll out quickly and easily such as text-messaged codes, standards-based one-time password apps (such as Google Authenticator) and proprietary software token applications but all of these MFA approaches assume a business environment.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 6, 2025
Here are a bunch of online resources for Screenshots, Screencasts, Screenshares, Videocasts, and a Lesson Plan click here for updates to the list ): Screencasts Chromebook native tool- -video on how to use Educreations –whiteboard and screencasts Hippo –extension for Chrome; screencast, voice, webcam recorder Icecream Apps –screencasts and screenshots Loom– Chrome extension; record your desktop, an individual tab, and or your webcam My Screen Recorder –screencasts e
Class Tech Tips
MAY 19, 2025
Here is an excerpt from todays New York Times article, How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 students Into the A.I. Future : Her class at Southwest Miami Senior High School had already read about John F. Kennedy and discussed his campaign for new frontier economic and social policies. Now Ms. Lowd asked two dozen 11th graders to open their laptops and type a prompt into Googles Gemini chatbot: Act like President Kennedy.
eSchool News
MAY 13, 2025
Key points: Digital infrastructure is the backbone of teaching, learning, and operations Leadership is key to protecting student data privacy in 2025 10 tips for using analytics and adaptive tech in schools For more news on IT trends, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub If the Supreme Court decides Universal Service/E-Rate is unconstitutional, losing E-rate funding would have a catastrophic impact on the vast majority of school districts, according to CoSN ‘s 2025 State of Edtech District
k12 Digest
MAY 19, 2025
Dr. Gina DiTullio holds a doctorate in Executive Leadership from the St. John Fisher College of Education and brings almost 30 years of diverse experience in the field of education. Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. She currently serves as the principal of Austin Steward Elementary School #46 in Rochester, New York.
Edsurge
MAY 16, 2025
During the pandemic, school districts amassed an enormous amount of digital tools sometimes out of necessity, sometimes out of urgency. But with pandemic relief funding winding down and pressure mounting to demonstrate educational impact, many districts are now facing a new challenge: cleaning house. According to LearnPlatform , U.S. school districts used an average of 2,739 edtech tools during the 202324 school year.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 7, 2025
Amid growing resource constraints and the increasing complexity of technology environments, K12 schools are turning their attention to managed service providers for IT. MSPs, in simple terms, offer personnel and resources to complement educational organizations internal IT teams. MSPs typically offer IT services such as network, server and storage monitoring and management; cloud migration; and disaster recovery.
Teach Thought
MAY 4, 2025
Here are 30 ideas to promote creativity in learning, including tapping into multiple intelligences and using emotional connections.
We are Teachers
MAY 19, 2025
This bundle of visual schedule templates includes a daily schedule, work-reward board, daily routine, first-then board, and binder schedule.
eSchool News
MAY 29, 2025
This post originally appeared on Linewize’s blog and is reposted here with permission. AI is fast becoming the tool that we soon wont be able to do without. And yet, only a quarter of districts in the U.S. have released a formal AI policy to help guide their communitys usage, making it harder to know where exactly the boundaries of appropriate usage sit.
Faculty Focus
MAY 18, 2025
Preparing the next generation of graduates in a 21st-century, diverse, and international classroom requires a pedagogical shift to recalibrate ones practice. A faculty vision of inclusive pedagogy informed by equity and social justice transcends bias and makes diversity functional and beneficial to all students. Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching a
Edsurge
MAY 2, 2025
A new study shows trust is the most important factor for parents when choosing child care, with many leaning toward at-home programs or relying on their families, friends and neighbors. But researchers are concerned there is not adequate support in place for those systems to flourish, with the majority of legislation focused on bolstering child care centers.
EdTech Magazine
MAY 30, 2025
As schools increasingly adopt artificial intelligence tools for learning, the right security measures must be in place. While there are exceptions, such as Georgias Gwinnett County Public Schools, most school districts dont have a CISO or an AI expert on staff to make decisions on AI security procedures. AI is being pushed into schools as necessary without all of the fundamentals in place, says Clara Lin Hawking, cofounder and executive director at Kompass Education.
Teach Thought
MAY 27, 2025
This Blooms Digital Taxonomy helps teachers evaluate and design digital tasks like ChatGPT use, blogging, podcasting, and more. The post A Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy For Evaluating Digital Tasks appeared first on TeachThought.
GovTech
MAY 15, 2025
State and local entities had already begun to receive grant awards to teach digital skills and provide connectivity and devices for underserved people, including K-12 students, when the program was canceled last week.
eSchool News
MAY 5, 2025
Key points: Students’ contributions matter for the collective learning of everyone in the room 3 pillars for building a positive classroom culture Why support for students and a strong school culture are key For more news on classroom culture, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub As educators, we know that small moves make a big difference, but I personally hadnt thought about the impact of just one word.
Faculty Focus
MAY 11, 2025
The Age of AI is Upon Us. Generative AI is changing the landscape of higher education, in both good and bad ways (Balch, 2023). In a world where AI skills and fluency will be necessary and marketable, colleges and universities have made efforts to embrace AI in the classroom (e.g., Balch & Blanck, 2025; Butulis, 2023; Parks & Oslick, 2024) and to provide their students with instruction and practice in using AI in productive and ethical ways (e.g., Schoeder, 2024).
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