eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

ISTE+ASCD announced the recipients of the 2025 ISTE+ASCD Impact Award, Distinguished District Award, Distinguished Educator Preparation Program Award, and 20 to Watch Award. ” ISTE Impact Award This award recognizes individuals who make significant contributions to transforming learning and improving education systems on a broad scale.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

Heather Schwartz, a RAND researcher and the primary investigator of the study, noted that the middle and high school years are when students end up on advanced or regular math tracks. A majority of those students identified that way as early as elementary school.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

The technology remains the most impactful force in education. Thankfully, that’s where Denise Pope , Co-Founder of Challenge Success at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, comes in. Tired of talking about AI? That’s too bad. The challenge becomes avoiding all the Claptrap.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at a turning point. What once lived on the margins of academic planning is now front and center in national conversations around workforce development, education equity and student well-being. As a former CTE educator and now working on CTE at Pearson , Ive watched this evolution up close.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

But this wasn’t your typical sporting event; students were navigating block-based worlds, racing against the clock to design sustainable, hurricane-resistant schools. This was the South Florida Showdown , the first Minecraft Education tri-district esports challenge of its kind. For the students, it was more than a game.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

A nonprofit organization for career and technical education (CTE), SkillsUSA serves more than 413,000 middle school, high school, and college students and instructors nationwide.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

This data has broadened education researchers understanding of dual enrollment programs, including how access varies from state to state and which subjects are the most crucial for dual enrollment. Educational leaders may not reach out to underserved schools or underrepresented communities, so students dont know about them.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Its been one of the most disliked school subjects for decades. According to this survey , 42% of Americans disliked math classes during their K-12 education. Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? For many, math feels like swimming upstream.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 22, 2025

Homeschooling offers a unique opportunity to tailor your child’s education to their specific needs and interests. Enter TPT — a place where you can turn for fresh ideas, resources, and tips from experienced educators. You become their biggest advocate as they grow in subjects like math, science, and English. Table of Contents 1.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1. Editable ELA Word Wall for Middle School By Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS CCRA.L.5, 2, 3, 4, 5, RL.7.1,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Is it okay for teenagers to leave school early if they have a job? Do you believe the United States should spend more money on the military or on education? Explore middle school resources That’s where journal writing prompts come in!

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The ACLU, representing the students and their families, on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in the U.S. These standards promote academic excellence, critical thinking, and a learning environment that empowers all military-connected students to excel.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Project & Rubric – Back-to-School, New Year, End-of-Year Activities By Jenn Liu — Engaging to Empower Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Life Skills Teach middle and high school students how to make a vision board using this no-prep, interactive Google Slides lesson!

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

This story about math recovery was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. The idea had come from Ed Baker, district math coach at Tennessees Weakley County Schools. How students do in middle school can predict how they do in life.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Discover ways to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month activities into your school day and honor the contributions of Hispanic leaders, artists, athletes, and icons worldwide. Hispanic Heritage Month Teaching Slides by forkin4th Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Character Education, Latino and Hispanic Studies Standards: CCSS SL.2.3,

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

But, yes, at the end of the day, if more people, more Americans understood what teachers are teaching in history classrooms, theyd have a very different attitude about how to fix some of the problems of public education. It creates a lot more work for educators, Futrell says. We feel so polarized right now.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

When traditional icebreakers just dont cut it, try switching things up with Would You Rather questions for high school. Ease into the new year with these fun and lighthearted Would You Rather questions for high school students. Try them for a morning meeting, first-week-of-school activity, or SEL check-in.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Nearly two-thirds of Americans can’t pass a basic financial literacy test, and data from the Federal Reserve show that consumer debt hit an all-time high in early August. First, educators need to understand the landscape when it comes to implementing state-wide financial literacy standards. For youth, the outlook is not much better.

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Catch my Words

JULY 13, 2025

Back to Middle School Logic Puzzles I just posted a new resource on TpT. This back-to-school logic puzzle includes a six-part multi-grid logic elimination puzzle and an enrichment writing prompt to push for higher-level thinking. Multi-grid puzzles work the same as single-grid puzzles, we just complete more puzzles at once.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Department of Education as well as other federal departments, with support from the Entertainment Software Association. The gathering was also a warm-up act for a two-day Institute of Education Sciences research conference. The next round of Phase I applications to the Department of Education’s SBIR program are due January 25.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

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. It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2025

As someone who has worked in education and career development for years, Ive seen firsthand how critical early career exploration is in shaping students futures. However, with the rapid evolution of industries and shifting workforce demands, we must introduce career exploration earlier before students even enter high school.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2020

In September 2018, my school district approved the creation of my FH Knights esports team –the first middle school esports team in the country. Over the last two years, I’ve learned a lot about running an esports team and the value of esports in education. Esports is a great way to teach soft skills.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Encourage cross-disciplinary connections STEM education doesn’t exist in a vacuum–many real-world applications overlap with other subjects. As students progress through middle school, STEM learning should focus on building curiosity, confidence, and foundational skills that students will carry with them through high school and beyond.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2016

Here are 7 ways technology is enhancing and expanding STEM education in our school district. One exciting way we’re infusing technology into STEM education is through our district’s Innovations Labs. To date, we’ve installed these labs in one K–8 school and two middle schools.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. PORTLAND, April 14, 2021 – Blackbird, creators of the world’s first educational version of JavaScript, today announced the official launch of the Blackbird education platform.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2024

In elementary school, there’s frequent outreach. A recent report found that this wanes somewhat throughout middle school, and, by the time students reach high school, many schools subscribe to the belief that the need for school-to-home communication diminishes.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Illinois’ Shiloh CUSD #1 today announced an expansion of its partnership with Discovery Education that adds a new, cutting-edge resource to the district’s middle school and high school science curriculum.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Until now, the story of how COVID affected who got their high school diploma went something like this: Graduation rates dipped a little for the class of 2021, but recovered the following year. Where a student lived and what policies their school followed during the pandemic affected how likely they were to graduate from high school.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Sassy–short for Sasquatch, the mythical creature thought to roam Northwest forests–joins the collection of other AI technologies developed by the Journalistic Learning Initiative , a nonprofit organization co-founded by Madison thats committed to empowering students and teachers with educational programs and resources.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

First Educational Version of a Programming Language Enables Middle School Code Education – Bridging the Middle School Gap. PORTLAND, May 12, 2021 – Blackbird today announced the official release of the world’s first educational version of JavaScript.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

PITTSBURGH, PA – Carnegie Learning , a leader in artificial intelligence for K-12 education and formative assessment, today announced that its blended core Middle School Math Solution received perfect scores in a new report published by EdReports.org. ABOUT CARNEGIE LEARNING, INC.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

With this partnership, schools that work with Maplewoodshop will now also have the opportunity to utilize the Carpenters International Training Fund (CITF) Career Connections curriculum from NCAF. About Maplewoodshop Maplewoodshop is a leader in teaching woodworking to elementary and middle school students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The annual report comes from Code.org , the Computer Science Teachers Association , and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance and offers a comprehensive analysis of national progress in providing computer science education. public high schools offer foundational computer science (up from 57.5

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