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Integrating technology in CTE classrooms

eSchool News

This excerpt originally appeared in The World Needs CTE: Building a Future-Ready Workforce , published by iCEV , and is republished here with permission. Key points: Embracing technology in CTE classrooms helps ensure that students are learning in a context that mirrors the evolving world of work Students learn the basics of AI as they weigh its use in their future careers Career-connected learning builds a more employable, future-ready generation For more news on CTE, visit eSN’s Innovati

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Teaching Creativity and Durable Skills in an AI World

Edsurge

When a high school student uses AI to design a community mural or a college freshman collaborates with peers across continents on a digital storytelling project, it’s clear the boundaries of learning are shifting. Classrooms are no longer just spaces for absorbing information; they’re becoming creative studios where students use technology to solve real-world problems.

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Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students

Faculty Focus

In a digitally-driven world, artificial intelligence (AI) has become the latest technology that either will save or doom the planet depending on who you speak with. Remember when telephones (the ones that hung on the wall) were dubbed as privacy invaders? Even the radio, television, and VHS tapes were feared at the beginning of their existence. Artificial intelligence is no different, but how can we ease the minds of those educators who have trouble embracing the newest innovation in emerging te

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Is Online Schooling a Good Fit for Teens?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Even before COVID burst on the scene and drove many schools into online versions of themselves, remote teaching had been gaining popularity. Driven by reasons like flexibility, personal needs, and accessibility, the positives associated with online schooling were convincing many to take a second look. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has done that with this article on– Is Online Schooling a Good Fit for Teens?

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5 resources to build stronger classrooms through PLCs

eSchool News

Key points: PLCs drive meaningful teacher growth and student success Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on PLCs, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub K-12 teachers often seek meaningful ways to grow professionally, refine instructional strategies, and improve student learning outcomes.

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How ZIP Codes Determine a Child’s Future — and What We Can Do to Fight Back

Edsurge

Let me take you back to my Brooklyn. Before the block became a movie set for gentrified dreams, it was something else entirely. It was home. In the late '90s, I would walk to my zoned elementary school, a big red building, where the faces reflected my own. I was raised in a residential building that mirrored the borough itself: diverse, vibrant and full of life.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. Students in higher education also deserve nurturing spaces that focus on utilizing their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led.

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Using AI to reimagine teacher preparation for scale, equity, and reflective practice

eSchool News

Key points: AI coaching helps make high-quality pre-service teacher observations a reality A look at one school’s innovative approach to PD Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? For more on AI coaching and careers, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub With growing teacher shortages nationwide, particularly in high-need subject areas and underserved communities, educator preparation programs (EPPs) have a big task at hand: prepare more pre-service teachers to enter K-12 class

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First Week of School: What Matters

Brown Bag Teacher

If you’re feeling overwhelmed thinking about your first week of school , I want you to know: you’re not alone. The first week brings a mix of anticipation, pressure, and hope. Whether you’re a brand new teacher or returning for your tenth year, there’s nothing quite like Day 1. It’s full of potential and also, if we’re being honest, a bit of chaos.

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Practical Strategies for Interdisciplinary Teaching in Today’s University

Faculty Focus

Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. Climate shifts, health crises, social divides, and tech changes do not fit neatly into one subject area. They need tools from many fields to tackle these issues. This teaching helps students blend ideas, think deeply across fields, and work well with people from varied backgrounds.

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50 Powerful Instructional Strategies Examples for Every Classroom

We are Teachers

Looking for new and exciting instructional strategies examples to help all of your students learn more effectively? Get them here!

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Gen Z educators embrace AI tools more often than Gen X

eSchool News

Key points: Most educators want AI policies that strengthen the human side of education Ensuring academic integrity in the AI age You’re using ChatGPT? A true story about why AI literacy starts with us For more news on educators and AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub While educators demonstrate enthusiasm for AI’s efficiency and accessibility benefits–especially younger educators–they have a desire to preserve the human element in teaching and would like clearer guidance on A

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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

On the surface, reluctant learners look like teens who don’t care about your lesson. They may zone out, act up, or make any excuse to get out of the classroom. But their reluctance has less to do with what’s happening in class and more to do with their identities as students. The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. Students in higher education also deserve nurturing spaces that focus on utilizing their personalized strengths and needs to foster increased academic and social development. A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led.

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Morphology Instruction in Upper Elementary: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Teach It

Brown Bag Teacher

As upper elementary teachers, we know that word learning can’t keep up with word exposure. By fourth and fifth grade, students encounter thousands of new words across content areas—many of them multisyllabic, abstract, and Greek or Latin in origin. Take photosynthesis , geography , interruption , or autobiography. These are not “sight words.” And they’re not just big—they’re meaningful.

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Young minds: New teachers’ impact on equitable science learning

eSchool News

Key points: The study could impact future teacher training as it pertains to science Strategies to help girls stay engaged in STEM learning How hands-on learning deepens STEM engagement For more news on science learning, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub New elementary teachers who promote equity in science are proving highly effective at engaging students, no matter their background, a new University of Michigan study shows.

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Calming Melodies: Relaxing Music for the Classroom

Teach Hub

There’s something about walking into a classroom where soft music is playing in the background and students are sitting calmly at their desks. Students’ voices are lower, their movements are slower, and the energy in the room just immediately shifts. The simple touch of relaxing music for the classroom can make a world of difference in how students focus, feel safe, and stay regulated throughout the day.

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Artificial Intelligence and Critical Thinking in Higher Education: Fostering a Transformative Learning Experience for Students

Faculty Focus

In a digitally-driven world, artificial intelligence (AI) has become the latest technology that either will save or doom the planet depending on who you speak with. Remember when telephones (the ones that hung on the wall) were dubbed as privacy invaders? Even the radio, television, and VHS tapes were feared at the beginning of their existence. Artificial intelligence is no different, but how can we ease the minds of those educators who have trouble embracing the newest innovation in emerging te

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Students Are Struggling With Math. What Are States Doing Wrong?

Edsurge

Five years ago, Alabama's math was literally the worst. On national assessments from 2019, the state was ranked last in the country for math performance. Across the state, only 22 percent of students were proficient in math — a percentage that was lower for Black and low-income students. And 28 elementary schools in the state did not have a single proficient student.

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Digital learning is different

eSchool News

Key points: Digital learning experiences help prepare students for future success With classroom tech, meet students where they are 4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork For more news on digital learning tools, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub In the animated film Up , the character Dug is a talking dog with an interesting mannerism.

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5 Questions Every Instructional Coach Should Ask Their Princpial This Summer.

Teacher Cast

Prepare for your summer meeting with your principal by asking strategic questions that align your coaching goals with the school's vision, share past successes, and ensure support from the entire leadership team for a successful start to the school year. The post 5 Questions Every Instructional Coach Should Ask Their Princpial This Summer. appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Network.

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27 Clever Ideas for Teaching Measurement of All Kinds

We are Teachers

Try these fun activities to give kids practice with standard and nonstandard measurement, including weight, length, and capacity.

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Does Rote Learning Still Work? The Answer Might Surprise You

Teach Hub

When you think of rote learning, chances are you picture students writing their spelling words five times each or chanting times tables together. It often gets brushed aside as an old-school method that doesn’t belong in today’s classrooms. But the truth is, when it’s used the right way by us teachers , rote learning can help students thrive. It can build fluency, free up mental space, and even give kids a boost of confidence.

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How Kai Cenat saved my high school English class

eSchool News

Key points: When students are engaged and having fun, they’re less likely to ask AI to do the work for them A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction Opportunities in failing: Why K-12 education needs more productive struggle For more news on teaching trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Like many teachers since the public release of ChatGPT, I’ve encountered frustration.

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Preparing for Phone-Free Fall, Iowa Educators Have Already Seen Results

GovTech

Principal Jessiah Gilchrist said Cedar Rapids Taft Middle School has had a policy in place since 2020 restricting the use of cellphones, and he said it's been "so effective.

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States Hope Fired Federal Workers Will Flock to Fill Teacher Vacancies

Edsurge

When sweeping announcements were made earlier this year that a swath of federal workers were slated to lose their jobs in the nation’s capital, neighboring state and city governments — Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. — began to make the best out of a tough situation. Perhaps, state and local leaders thought, newly unemployed civil servants might be interested in shifting their professional energy away from processing Social Security benefits and deploying foreign aid and toward teaching

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Six Ways to Empower Students to Own the Classroom Community

John Spenser

When AJ Juliani and I co-wrote the book Empower, we focused on the ways that students could own the learning process. It’s the core idea of shifting from being teacher-centered toward being more student-centered. We often talk about what it means to move from compliance. The post Six Ways to Empower Students to Own the Classroom Community appeared first on John Spencer.

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Real talk: What it really takes to lead successful grading reform

eSchool News

This post originally appeared on the Otus blog and is republished here with permission. Grading reform is messy, but it’s worth it. That was the central message from Jessica Espinoza and Alice Opperman of Emerson Public Schools (NJ), who shared their decade-long journey implementing standards-based grading during their session at ISTELive+ASCD 2025.

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August Writing Prompts

The Moffatt Girls

Back-to-school season is here, and we know how important it is to start the year off on the right foot. Our August NO-PREP Journal Writing Prompts are designed to make those first days of school smooth, fun, and filled with creativity. Whether you’re teaching kindergarten or early primary grades, these writing prompts are the perfect way to build routines, boost confidence, and get to know your new learners!

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Transforming Learning: A Deep Dive into BenQ’s New Google-Integrated Classroom Solutions

Teacher Cast

At ISTELive, BenQ showcased innovative classroom solutions prioritizing integration, security, and usability for teachers. Their interactive displays, now EDLA-certified, enable seamless Google Workspace access and are protected by AWS. Key features include easy sign-in, wireless casting, lesson importation, and interactive tools, fostering engaging learning environments for students.

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Top Ten Tuesday – Summer “Book Hooks” for Beginning Readers

Reading Power Gear

Summer is in full swing! Classrooms are closed but books are OPEN! Summer is the perfect time to settle down on a towel, beach chair, or hammock and get lost inside a great story! This week, I’m featuring some favourite books and series perfect to hook beginning readers! Primary teachers and teacher librarians – you may find a few new “book hook” titles or series for your classroom or school libraries.

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Centralized IT governance helps improve learning outcomes

eSchool News

Key points: IT and curriculum teams should collaborate to ensure that technology initiatives align with educational goals Here’s what will drive K-12 innovation in 2025 10 tips for using analytics and adaptive tech in schools For more news on IT initiatives, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub As school districts continue to seek new ways to enhance learning outcomes, Madison County School District represents an outstanding case study of the next-level success that may be attained by centralizin

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Free Artificial Intelligence Tools

Teach Thought

From Afforai to Litmaps to ChatGPT, here are 26 free tools that support research, writing, and teaching for K–12 and higher ed educators and students.

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Tech Tip #27: My Taskbar Disappeared

Ask a Tech Teacher

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. I share those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: My taskbar disappeared. What do I do? A: Push the flying windows key (it’s located between Ctrl and Alt on the bottom left of your keyboard).

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Zones of Regulation Activities To Help Kids Manage Their Emotions

We are Teachers

Teach students to identify and manage big feelings with these Zones of Regulations strategies and activities.

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K12 Earns High Marks for Excellence in Online Public Education

eSchool News

RESTON, Va.(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — K12, a portfolio brand of Stride, Inc. has been recognized for its steadfast commitment to quality education. In a recent review by Cognia, a global nonprofit that accredits schools, K12 earned an impressive Index of Education Quality (IEQ) score of 327, well above the global average of 296. Cognia praised K12 for creating supportive environments where students are encouraged to learn and grow in ways that work best for them.

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Computer Skills for Online Students: Build Confidence and Boost Success

k12

Online school students use computer skills to access classes, communicate with teachers, conduct research, review materials, and turn in assignments. Computer proficiency equips children for academic success and prepares them for life beyond the classroom. Luckily, with some preparation and guidance, you can ensure your young learner enters the classroom—and later, the workforce—confident and comfortable with computers and other standard technology.

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