k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

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. Gina DiTullio holds a doctorate in Executive Leadership from the St.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Key points: Lowering the academic bar is a disservice to students and families Leading (again) in uncertainty Five years on: COVIDs impact on schoolsand whats next for education For more news on educational progress, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We are living in an Ozempic era. Policymakers have to make a choice.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2025

Screens, social media, and short attention spans have reshaped the challenge of literacy instruction, leaving many educators searching for tools that can meet students where they are, without lowering the bar. For years, graphic novels were dismissed as light reading or just comics. One of the most overlooked answers? Graphic novels.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

BOSTON – In California, third- to fifth-grade students at 525 schools using Lexia Core5 Reading (Core5) from Lexia , a Cambium Learning Group brand, made significantly higher literacy gains compared to their peers in 4,362 schools that did not use the program. For more information, visit lexialearning.com.

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Teacher Cast

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The Science of Reading is revolutionizing literacy instruction, providing educators with evidence-based strategies to enhance student outcomes. This approach focuses on the essential components of reading development and leverages scientific research to inform teaching practices.

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eSchool News

JULY 22, 2025

Visuals for terms like evaporation, cell wall, or friction give students a foundation before they encounter these words in complex reading or classroom discussions. English Learners benefit from the layered input–hearing narration, reading subtitles, and seeing key concepts illustrated–all at once. For students like Ms.

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k12 Digest

JULY 24, 2025

For decades, chemistry has been considered a “gatekeeper” course within STEM education, with nearly 50% of college students failing, withdrawing, or dropping introductory chemistry courses (ACS, 2020). This challenge mirrors what would occur if students were expected to read novels without first mastering the alphabet.

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

NWEA research notes that students can lose up to two months of math skills over the summer, and reading abilities can also decline, particularly for students from underserved communities. For younger children, PBS Kids also provides games and shows that reinforce foundational skills in reading, math, and critical thinking.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2025

During an ISTELive 25 session , Janeen Pizzo, a teacher educator at SUNY Brockport, and Dr. Natalie Svrcek, an associate professor at SUNY Brockport, offered strategies to help students collaborate and engage in discussions. After reading, students can share their responses via Padlet in text, image, and video.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

She insisted on having the latest World Book Encyclopedia set every year, instilling in me a love of reading and inquiry. In a landscape where English proficiency and reading levels vary widely, it’s essential that we provide high-quality, credible resources that offer both language accessibility and academic rigor.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

This phenomenon has garnered increasing attention from educators, researchers, and policymakers due to its substantial impact on student achievement and educational equity. Research indicates that students typically lose between one to two months of reading and mathematics skills during summer vacation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Innovations and Education, eSchool News’s podcast on the latest and Greatest and Everything, Ed Tech. I’m assuming from, you know, reading your work and and others that it’s not like cyber security has gotten any less worrisome, right? Is is the curse as it goes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

This AI, VR, and AR exploration zone is where innovation meets education in a dynamic virtual learning environment. Here’s a sampling of the dynamic live and virtual ISTE and ASCD sessions educators can attend: 1. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

These students can make meaningful gains when provided with targeted reading intervention strategies tailored to their needs. Still, educators can offer early literacy support and help for struggling readers using evidence-based reading instruction. What is a delayed reader?

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Teach Thought

JULY 9, 2025

Views Facebook Linkedin Print All Educators Have Two Minds by Terry Heick In his essay Two Minds , Wendell Berry, unsurprisingly enough, offers up two tones of thought produced by two kinds of ‘mind’—Rational, and Sympathetic. It’s no surprise that these two minds exist in education as well. Proficiency from curiosity.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

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. Gina DiTullio holds a doctorate in Executive Leadership from the St.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

If you’re trying to get students to really think while they read, not just skim or restate facts, then reciprocal reading might be just the technique you’re looking for. But what it does is something that every teacher hopes for: it helps students take control of their own reading process.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2025

I would be wary of most educational professionals over 30 who are highly invested in the goings-on of Kai Cenat. About halfway through my unit on The Great Gatsby , I started asking students to provide video responses of their reactions to the latest read chapter. Instead, I decided to follow the lead of Kai Cenat. And Mr. Beast.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

From personalized practice questions to interactive explanations, many education-focused AI tools are designed to aid, not undermine, student learning. How it helps: Design thinking and communication skills are key components of education. It lets students listen to their reading instead of (or in addition to) consuming it visually.

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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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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Reams have been written about the challenges with general education at US colleges and universities. Students often view general education requirements (gen eds) as “hurdles” to overcome on their way to the learning that matters to them. The sentiment is especially cacophonous in online education. Why am I doing this?”

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. One of the biggest ways AI can help educators is with customizing content to land with any student at the level they need. That decision must be clinical.”

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2025

Jean-Claude, one of the recipients of the prestigious 2025 Impact award, highlighted three key ISTE takeaways: co-design in educational technology, learner variability supporting neurodiversity, and AI integration. Click through for the details:

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

The targeted program focused on foundational skills – phonemic awareness, letter naming, and oral reading fluency – and delivered remarkable results: 99% of participating students improved their overall composite early reading assessment scores from pre- to post-test.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Across the country, too many children are struggling to read, and too many teachers are struggling to help them. There are decades of research involving thousands of students and educators to support a structured literacy approach to teaching literacy.

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eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2025

Students’ AI usage can range from summarizing content to full-scale writing support, which begs the question: What can educators do if they suspect an assignment is authored by AI?

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

Key points: Digital resources can make learning more effective and enjoyable for students 4 edtech tools that can transform student teamwork A critical shift in digital instruction in 2025 For more news on digital resources, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub As education evolves, the classroom is no longer limited to books and blackboards.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Reading before bed? But not everybody feels this way about reading. My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

We would go to one platform to look at their reading data, another for their behavior data, and yet another for math. Likewise, one type of data is not sufficient either, so our educators consider both quantitative and qualitative reference points. We look at it. We do something with it at all levels of our organization.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Montessori education emphasizes hands-on, self-directed learning with natural materials, fostering independence and curiosity. For parents and educators who follow or are interested in the Montessori approach, which emphasizes hands-on activity, self directed learning, and natural curiosity, this article will come in handy. No problem.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

By integrating advanced tools and digital resources, CTE educators can better engage students and mirror the high-tech environments they will eventually work in. AI is also making its way into CTE and education at large. This isn’t technology for technology’s sake–it’s about enhancing learning and skill development.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

This AI, VR, and AR exploration zone is where innovation meets education in a dynamic virtual learning environment. Here’s a sampling of the dynamic live and virtual ISTE and ASCD sessions educators can attend: 1. Join us to explore the future of education with AI.

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eSchool News

MAY 22, 2025

Recent math scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) show that a quarter of fourth graders lack even basic math skills. In fact, research shows that math scores predict future earnings better than reading scores. Early math skills also predict student success in other subjects like reading and science.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Kibeam is redefining early childhood literacy education with the launch of Kibeam Wand : a first-of-its-kind, screen-free, AI-powered handheld device that reinforces foundational reading skills through immersive storytelling and play-based learning. children struggle to read proficiently. Berkeley School of Education.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2025

Launching a fully-online elementary education program In the Fall of 2022 , Georgia public schools hired just over 10,000 new teachers, while the state’s public and private universities had just 5,000 students complete teacher preparation programs that year.

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eSchool News

JULY 23, 2025

But this summer it is the host to InstructureCon25 , held by Instructure, the company behind Canvas, one of the most widely used, cloud-based learning management systems (LMS) in both K-12 and higher education. It also enables educators to engage other AI solutions. eSchool was there to get the scoop.

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eSchool News

JULY 23, 2025

Key points: Useful AI in education often goes beyond surface-level automation Building an educator’s AI toolbox You’re using ChatGPT? But as AI becomes a marketing must-have, educators and school leaders must separate meaningful functionality from superficial hype. Not all AI is created equal.

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