eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

Key points: The way software is trained has an impact on its ability to detect AI Can technology help schools prevent AI-based cheating? How will schools replace devices bought during the pandemic? For more news on AI detection, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub The emergence of generative AI technologies such as ChatGPT has challenged educators to find effective ways to identify whether the work their students submit is original or AI-generated.

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2025

Social media platforms like Instagram, X and TikTok have become landscapes for learning and increasing awareness of topics like mental health. But for children who are learning how to navigate virtual spaces, the pitfalls are many and hidden. Educators and researchers are becoming increasingly worried how much kids are absorbing the digital information they find online about mental health, which kids are unlikely to fully grasp even if the information is trustworthy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2025

What are parents and teachers most worried about over the summer? That kids will lose their sharp education edge, dulled by sun and sand and something else. Worry no more. Your cure: learning disguised as play. Kids will think they’re playing games, but are actually participating in [mostly] free simulations available in the education field. A note: some must be downloaded and a few purchased, so the link might take you to a website that provides access rather than play.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 2, 2025

Michele Gay, founder and executive director of Safe and Sound Schools, is an internationally recognized leader in comprehensive school safety. After the tragic loss of her daughter, Josephine, in the Sandy Hook School shooting, Michele turned her grief into action, dedicating her lifes work to protecting and educating school communities. As the primary author of the Safe and Sound Schools Comprehensive Framework for Safety Planning and Development, she provides practical guidance across six key

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eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2025

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) last week released a landmark study examining how parents and children perceive and manage online safety. Despite the growing availability of parental controls across digital platforms, the researchbased on a nationally representative survey of 1,000 parents and 1,000 children aged 1017found that just around half of parents utilize parental controls on tablets.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

The number of home-based child care programs is seeing a spike for the first time in five years but experts remain concerned that with a rising child care crisis, there are still not enough programs to meet demand. According to a report from Child Care Aware of America, the number of licensed home-based child care options increased by nearly 5 percent from 2023 to 2024.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 2, 2025

The end of the school year is chaotic for everyone. Many individuals minds are on summer plans rather than schoolwork, but K12 IT professionals are buckling down. Theyre preparing for one of the busiest times of year in the department, while dealing with challenges like tight time frames, too few people, outdated documentation and high turnover rates.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

Key points: We must continue to address potential learning gaps and foster resilience 10 ways COVID changed American schools Five years on: COVIDs impact on schoolsand whats next for education For more news on learning gaps, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, it forced the closure of schools and a rapid shift to online learning.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

Halfway through the semester, it’s not uncommon to notice a shift in your students’ energy levels (Baghurst and Kelley, 2013; Kumari et al., 2021). The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. Some students prioritize subjects they perceive as more directly tied to their major or career, while others simply feel the weight of mid-semester exhaustion.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

In K12 schools, nothing shatters a good reputation faster than a high-profile cybersecurity attack that compromises the personal data of students and staff or steals other sensitive or legally protected information. Compounding the challenge of thwarting cyberattacks is the fact that schools often have limited staff, resources and budget to put toward cybersecurity, even though they are under constant threat.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 6, 2025

Teaching place value to kids in math class can be fun – if you have some hands-on learning activities and visuals, like charts. You can utilize game boards or worksheets. The key really is for students to understand the core of what place value is, which is abstract and much harder to get across when they just “don’t get it.” I’ve always enjoyed teaching math.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

Key points: The threat from phishing attacks is not theoretical–it is immediate What to know about the newest cyberattack putting K-12 schools at risk K-12 cyberattacks threaten dataand students For more on phishing threats, visit eSN’s IT Leadership hub The education sector has become an increasingly lucrative target for threat actors, not only because of the valuable data schools hold–student records, login credentials, Social Security numbers, and financial details–but

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Chronic absence, defined as missing 10 percent or more of school or about 18 school days in a year, is a national crisis. It peaked in the pandemic, when about 31 percent of students nationwide 14.7 million kids were chronically absent during the 2021-22 school year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education. The rate dropped only slightly for the 2022-23 school year, the latest for which national figures are available, to about 28 percent.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 5, 2025

The rise of artificial intelligence in K12 schools has led many institutions to consider the benefits of a private cloud. The CDW Cloud Research Report shows that 50% of higher education institutions run AI applications on private clouds. Private clouds offer enhanced security and privacy controls compared with public clouds, making them particularly well suited for applications that handle sensitive data.

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We are Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

These free Google Slides templates and themes are terrific for teachers at any grade level. Just grab them, customize, and go!

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

BIRMINGHAM, Ala./PRNewswire/ — BirminghamCity Schools (BCS) is spearheading an innovative research initiative to explore the critical link between student motivation and math performance. In partnership with sub-awardees WestEd and MIND Education , creators of ST Math , BCS is driving the development of real- time, data-driven insights to improve student engagement and learning outcomes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2025

Here are the basic skills fifth graders can learn in Photoshop if you’ve prepared them with basic computer skills. I’ve provided links but they aren’t live until publication: Photoshop artwork –already live Photoshop actions –already live Photoshop basics Photoshop filter and rendering tools Photoshop starters–auto-correct with the auto-correction tools–those quick fixes that make a photo look cleaner (coming up) Photoshop crop tool– with the lasso

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of English proficiency, can access learning, participate fully and feel included. Today, emergent bilingual (EB) students, also known as English learners, account for 10.6 percent of U.S. public school students more than 5.3 million nationwide up from 9.4 percent a decade ago.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

How does a school district securely track the status, location and ownership of its thousands of devices at any given moment? It's a huge challenge, especially when budgets are tight and IT teams are small. Beyond the device lifecycle challenges, not knowing the status of digital assets makes it more difficult to manage incident response plans. To solve these challenges, schools need centralized inventory management systems, which can go a long way toward minimizing a districts cybersecurity ris

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

Key points: Investments in student mental health should include purpose-driven care Growing challenges for school counselors impact student outcomes School counselors ID critical shortfalls in student mental health crisis For more news on student mental health, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub Mental health concerns among K-12 students are reaching unprecedented levels.

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Southwest Washington Education

JUNE 3, 2025

The Brookings Institute brings us this primer on school boards and budgets. It’s long so you will need to give yourself about 10 minutes to read. The information and questions are relevant and important. As school districts enter one of their most challenging budget cycles in recent memory, all eyes should be on school boards.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 4, 2025

Science is not confined to laboratories or academic institutions; it can be explored right in the comfort of your home. Engaging in simple experiments allows individuals of all ages to experience the thrill of discovery and the joy of learning. By utilizing everyday materials, you can conduct experiments that illustrate fundamental scientific principles, making the process both educational and entertaining.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2025

World Environment Day , celebrated annually on June 5th, is designed for encouraging awareness and action for the protection of our environment. Established in 1972 by the United Nations General Assembly and first held in 1974, it has grown with participation from over 143 countries. Significance World Environment Day serves as a reminder of our collective responsibility to protect and preserve the environment.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

Key points: Communal spaces help students have a sense of belonging 6 ways to create engaging elementary learning spaces Key steps when designing inclusive spaces in K-12 schools For more on classroom management, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Our charter school, Westbrook Academy, has been serving middle and high school students in the South Los Angeles area for the past six years and stands as a beacon of opportunity for our community.

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We are Teachers

JUNE 3, 2025

Get ideas for teaching Juneteenth with activities for kids that introduce the day when all slaves in the United States were finally freed.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 2, 2025

Finding educational websites that are appropriate for the age of the students and are interesting enough to hold their attention can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Keep reading to see some of our readers’ suggestions if you are stuck and looking for something new to hook your kids! In my classroom, I was always looking for something appropriate for early finishers that was a good use of their learning time.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

On a Wednesday afternoon, a school district director emailed to say she might be late to the first community of practice session. She explained she was giving a board presentation that evening, right before the session. Her story isnt unique; its emblematic of the complexity educational leaders face as they navigate responsibilities, unforeseen demands and the need for human connection.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

Key points: Teachers need tangible, meaningful, and sustained support Better pay, benefits can boost teacher retention To boost teacher morale, reimagine the teacher role For more news on teacher stress, visit eSN’s SEL & Well-Being hub America’s K-12 educators are more stressed than ever, with many considering leaving the profession altogether, according to new survey data from Prodigy Education.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Over the last two years, Ive witnessed the rise in students use of generative AI as whole. Not surprisingly, more students are using generative AI to assist them in writing. In an undergraduate business communication course that I oversee, the percentage of students who declared their use of generative AI for a writing assessment (i.e. business proposal) increased steadily over four semesters from 35% in 2023 to 61% in 2025.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

"Plants tell their stories not by what they say, but by what they do. What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? What if you had no language at all and yet there was something you needed to say? Wouldn't you dance it? Wouldn't you act it out? Would your every movement tell the story? In time you would become so eloquent that just to gaze upon you would reveal it all.

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John Spenser

JUNE 4, 2025

Teaching has always been challenging, but right now it feels heavier. In this piece, I share a conversation with Mike, a fifth-grade teacher whos feeling the weight of tech distractions, AI-written essays, student apathy, and the pressure to do it all. The usual quick fixes. The post Deeper Learning is a Better Path Forward appeared first on John Spencer.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

Tired of talking about AI? That’s too bad. The technology remains the most impactful force in education. The challenge becomes avoiding all the Claptrap. Thankfully, that’s where Denise Pope , Co-Founder of Challenge Success at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, comes in. I had the chance to explore the current AI state-of-play from her perspective.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. At the same time, COVID-19 forced many seasoned instructors to grapple with assessing their students, making alternative assessment more mainstream. My first attempt at alternative assessment didnt go very well. I failed to appreciate the value of clear expectations and the inescapable necessity that my students needed to walk out of my class with a grade.

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Southwest Washington Education

MAY 31, 2025

The Heritage Foundation shares this article with us (although the original was published in The New York Post). Teachers Unions Bent the Education Dept. to Their WillShut It Down To Throttle Their Power | The Heritage Foundation Key Takeaways No matter how many staffers are hired, achievement gaps remain.

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We are Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Most kids play the game responsibly, but a few love to cause trouble with Kahoot hacks. Here's what teachers need to know to stop cheating.

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GovTech

JUNE 6, 2025

The company's new Advanced Phishing feature is tailored to identify the kinds of phishing emails that impersonate school officials, parents or vendors, and learns from real-world attacks to improve its accuracy.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 3, 2025

New technology in the classroom is always super exciting for the teachers who get the joy of adopting new materials! This is often short-lived when the educator realizes how much planning will be devoted to not only incorporating the devices into the curriculum effectively, but also topics come up such as behavior management, care of the units, rules for student use, internet safety, and more!

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