Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity The first time I stood in front of 20 bored freshmen, all alone, teaching a course I had designed, also all alone, I was teaching a general education writing and speaking course at the University of Iowa. As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. Schapiro, Barbara.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Maintain a steady stash of supplies Anyone who’s taught language arts (or any class, really) has heard “I forgot my pencil” more times than they can count. For students who are testing below grade level, incorporate the CCSS for language arts that are closer to their actual abilities. 2, 3, 4, 5, RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, RL.8.1,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 25, 2025

By Performing in Education Grades: 3rd-12th Teach all types of writing like a pro with this easy-to-follow writer’s workshop bulletin board! There’s also an extension activity with prompts for students to research and write an essay about one of the featured careers. It includes labeled flags, hearts, and a banner.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Use rubrics as a shared language of the route that teachers and students can use formatively to navigate the path toward high-quality work rather than as a summative tool to justify grades. Evaluating the detectability of AI-generated texts among student essays. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , 6 , 100209.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Students can keep a long-term journal to respond all year long, or they can use journal prompts as a springboard into a class essay or assignment. Use them to begin longer narrative essays, begin class discussions, or introduce elements of fiction in your language arts class. What are your goals for high school ?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays. Try these 7th grade writing prompts for journaling, group discussion, or formal essays: Which is better for connecting with friends: TikTok or Instagram? Is social media only for fun, or can it also be educational?

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Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Other investors in the round include Chinese education firm TAL Education Group, Follett Knowledge Fund and Plum Alley Investments, along with LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner and senior vice president Mike Gamson, Deborah Quazzo (founder and managing partner of GSV Acceleration) and Sam Yagan (founder of OkCupid).

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

Instead of heavy jargon or vague categories, use clear, concrete language. Educators never stop learning; check out our available graduate degree programs to hone your skills and promote lifelong learning and academic excellence. For example, My ideas are clear and organized. I used evidence to support my thinking.

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Learning Outcomes Learning Feedback Essay 79

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco, started hunting for a language-immersion child care program when her son was 8 months old. “I So eventually, Leibson turned to a “navigator,” an edtech tool that helps parents sort through early education options. Board of Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2024

Exploring diverse writing exercises, experimenting with different perspectives, and seeking inspiration from various sources can cultivate creativity and enhance essay writing skills, with the option to have professionals write me an essay providing valuable insights and further honing one’s craft. Start small.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 28, 2024

Essay writing is a crucial skill for academic and professional success because it teaches clear, logical, and persuasive communication. In this blog post, we’ll unlock the secrets to successful essay writing and share 10 proven tips to help you level up your writing game. What is Effective Essay Writing?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2024

Explore the benefits and drawbacks of AI in essay writing, including its impact on student learning. Unveil the evolving future of writing education with AI through these suggestions from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. AI and Writing Essays: Pros and Cons, How Will Students Learn to Write if an AI Writes It for Them?

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 28, 2021

Ability to maintain one calendar for teachers who share the same students, which helps to avoid assigning “big assignments” like assessments and essays at the same time. Amy Tobener-Talley has been a bilingual educator for 15 years. She currently teaches Language Arts and Technology at a bilingual public middle school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2024

AI-powered tools have entered the educational landscape, and theyve changed the way I teach writing–particularly persuasive writing. His essay, Money Cant Buy Happiness, included valuable reflections on emotional fulfillment and references to The Great Gatsby, yet his ideas were scattered and the language needed refinement.

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English Writing Teaching Essay 294

eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

It’s generally easy to determine if students have used an AI tool to generate a response to a writing assignment or to generate an entire essay. We have to rethink the full-length essay as the end-all, be-all for assessing student writing skills,” Miller said. It’s intimidating.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 18, 2023

Many students dread IB essays. Read how to draft an IB extended essay below Writing Strategies for an Extended Essay in the International Baccalaureate Program IB is a rigorous two-year project for personal and academic development. But like all educational qualifications , it involves various intricate processes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2017

[ Editor’s note : “My Tech Essentials” is a new monthly feature on eSchool News that highlights the choice of ‘must-have’ technology used by one tech-savvy educator; with the hope that other educators might also find these peer-tested tools useful. Be sure to check back every month for a new “My Tech Essentials.”].

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Essay Education Blended Learning English 209

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. Not only do they learn a language but they also have to deal with other school subjects in it. Think of SAT requiring essay writing or IELTS and TOEFL measuring writing abilities.

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Writing Skills Essay Language 281

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It is that flexibility that is so exciting given the challenges facing educators and educational institutions. What: Teaching techniques designed to meet the needs of a diverse group of learners with varied needs, skills, abilities, and language proficiencies. Consuming new information (e.g.,

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eSchool News

MAY 4, 2017

You take a student’s essay, start reading it, and it doesn’t feel right. You go to PlagiarismCheck , Copyscape , or any other resource to check that essay for plagiarism and…ta da! The essay has obvious signs of plagiarism. The essay has obvious signs of plagiarism. Everything starts with suspicion.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

In my classroom, I teach students computational thinking through free materials from Ignite My Future in School , a partnership between Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education. When they read a new book or prepare to write an essay, their process must begin with finding data.

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Skills Essay Critical Thinking Learning Styles 280

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2017

I feel confident that education will always be needed; but, occasionally I wonder if writing education has value in a computer-driven world. In addition to the design phase, Schwab highlights the use a mastery of language has in a world being ever-tailored to the masses. Being clear and concise has never been more important.

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Writing Technology Education Essay 224

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Yet, in the educational space, AI often stirs fear and skepticism among educators. Misconceptions about AI in education 1. While AI tools can indeed generate answers or essays, this highlights the need to rethink assessment strategies. Instead of banning AI, educators can design assignments that leverage these tools.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

announced the 10 winners in its first Emergent Bilingual Educators of the Year award program. A total of $20,000 in grant donations and $75,000 in subscriptions to the Rosetta Stone® English for Education language learning program were awarded to teachers of English learners (EL). Rosetta Stone Inc. About Rosetta Stone.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Communication as a student in a foreign land depends heavily on knowledge of the language. The Ask a Tech Teacher international team has a few broader issues to think about when considering what barriers face students in foreign lands: Language: The Biggest Communication Barrier for Foreign Students? A new adventure begins for you.

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2017

The university has created a way for automated software to give students in large STEM courses feedback on their writing in cases where professors don’t have time to grade hundreds of essays. Wilson researches the application of automated essay scoring. “I I think people who outright reject these systems forget what the status quo is.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

So, I know firsthand how important equitable access to resources is, and how hard we educators work to set our students up for success. This enhances their educational experience and cultivates a generation of informed, active citizens who are equipped to contribute positively to society. From lessons focused on the U.S.

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Students History Essay High School 336

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

From AI-powered tutoring that adapts to each student’s needs to real-time language translation for multilingual learners, these tools offer endless possibilities. This can be helpful in reverse as well–if students are more comfortable writing in their native language, they can do so, and then the TA can translate it.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

These AI tools help students fine-tune their essays before they connect with a live tutor or before they submit their assignments to teachers. Carnegie Learning’s MATHia gives educators real-time feedback and assessments to help them understand where students are and where they’re headed.

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Feedback Essay Writing Learning Styles 329

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Teach your students to count to 10, order food in a restaurant, or just say “good morning” by using a language-learning product such as Mango Classroom , Rosetta Stone , or Duolingo. Find poetry, essays, memoirs, and short stories by Hispanic and Latinx authors or about Hispanic and Latinx culture to read aloud. Learn Spanish!

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Culture Essay Elementary School Elementary School 273

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Key points: Gen AI is a game changer for all industries due to its ability to produce original outputs Don’t miss out–stay up to date on AI in Education Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? Gen AI is set to revolutionize the way we approach education. Gen AI is flipping this on its head.

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 336

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

Combining PBL with makerspaces (also called maker education) gives educators an infinite number of projects, assignments, and activities that engage students and truly immerse them in learning. Maker education is when a person can demonstrate understanding through the creation of an artifact. Why maker education?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2016

And, on Quizalize, every quiz you find has been created to be both educational and fun. There are even learning resources for English as a Second Language students. Boom Essay’s Grammar Guide outlines the basics everyone should know in order to get their message across clearly and without error. Boomessays.

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Essay Writing English Language 278

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The eSchool News K-12 Hero Awards recognize the dedicated efforts of education professionals across K-12 departments, including IT, curriculum, instruction and administration. The program received an influx of inspiring nominations that highlight the innovation and selflessness of educators in schools and districts across the nation.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2023

No wonder: This language model algorithm is smart enough to produce logical and grammatically correct texts for any prompt. According to a new study from Academic Help , 67 percent of students use AI for creating texts – the basis for their essays and other papers. The issue here is not only about the academic integrity violation.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2018

In higher education, predictive analytics often draw from data that an institution has readily available about its students: grades, attendance, online school-related activity, and even historical and demographic information. According to Strasser, that data is then turned into structured data and given a “correlations risk.”

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In 1990, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) renewed our national focus on the least-restrictive environment. As more and more students were educated with their peers, we started to realize that having all students read the same book and take the same test doesn’t work.

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Disabilities Universal Design Essay Beliefs 280