eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2025

Another challenge is that many hints in textbooks and software programs are one-size-fits-all. Scores from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress illustrate some of these differences in alarming detail. Even a hint that shares the answer can be educational if it helps the student think. Hmm, the answer is 26.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

The ability to have central perception brought back into your set of tools for education is critically important,” said Roland Mattern, eSight’s director of sales and marketing. There’s a huge social aspect to education, as well–seeing expressions on teachers’ and fellow students’ faces is a major part of communication,” Mattern said.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

According to this survey , 42% of Americans disliked math classes during their K-12 education. Making Math Fun for Young Students Turn Math into Learning Stations Textbooks alone wont cut it for young learners, they need movement, hands-on activities, and variety. Lets be honest, math doesnt have the best reputation.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

It seems like luck that I eventually found my way to a lifelong profession as a K-8 educator, which has kept me eager to grow within it, unlike the spin-the-wheel decision-making I had during college. When I taught fifth grade at a school in Nevada, I had to follow the curriculum in the provided textbooks, and there was no room to deviate.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

In fact, in my practice as an educator who teaches U.S. Some said yes, or gave textbook answers such as, “So we can be successful in high school,” or “to grow our brains.” As teens grow into young adults, their desire to assert their own authority grows. history in an urban St. But many, when pushed, said no.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This article includes a free, open-access resource for educators: What Your Students Arent Telling You: Listening, Learning, and Leading with Empathy. Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. Textbook format and cost mattered.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Something broke in American education these past years. You might argue that the traditional classroom still plays an essential role in education, but the rapid growth of online and hybrid models suggests otherwise. This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles?

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

And its exactly how Elmwood thinks education should feel in the 21st century. Educators dont just keep up with innovationthey lead it. And when you combine strong values with smart tech and a global curriculum, you get more than a good education. Its about building understanding through firsthand experiences, not just textbooks.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That vision became AEF Schools , a place designed for students who needed something differenta structured, supportive environment where learning goes beyond textbooks and tests. AEF takes a different approach to education, one that meets students where they are and gives them the tools to succeed.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 18, 2025

Add Real World Connections : Ditch the textbook-only numbers, and bring in real stats like stock prices, sports data, or local budgets. From interactive tools to visuals, these essentials for a high school math classroom help you teach beyond the textbook. This is your year to slay math education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2025

Health leaders, educators and farmers throughout the country are growing increasingly concerned about the impact to childrens nutrition after the U.S. Research has shown that a lack of nutritional meals can impact the cognitive and mental health development of children, especially those in early childhood education, from birth to age 8.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Give students examples of proper citation formatting including for AI tools and textbooks and expect students to use them throughout the school year. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , 6 , 100209. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , v7:1-10. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2025

Summer is a great time to reset your personal pedagogy to an education-friendly mindset and catch up on what’s been changing in the ed world while you were teaching eight ten hours a day. Explore the dangers of stress in the classroom and in an educator’s personal life, and understand how this stress affects students.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2025

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. And experts say it’s part of a broader effort to undermine public education. The future of libraries, education, access, and representation is at stake,” she writes. Voters in a Texas district ousted a school board president who prompted book bans.

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k12

JULY 24, 2025

Your child’s education lays the groundwork for success in their college experience, career, and personal life. So, it’s no wonder that parents are rethinking how their kids receive a K-12 education. Students attend classes led by certified teachers, follow a curriculum aligned with state education standards, and have classmates.

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Southwest Washington Education

JULY 5, 2025

Sweden has been reconsidering the role of digital tools, such as tablets, in its education system, particularly in response to concerns about declining reading comprehension skills among students. The country has historically been a leader in digital education, with tablets being a common sight in classrooms for over a decade.

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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. Textbooks clearly are diminishing in influence, the AHA report states. Or, rather, they were until a few weeks ago.

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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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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

In just over a decade, 20 independent education companies have raised more than $2.7 billion in funding and are shaping the way education is evolving for students from grade school to higher ed. Some 25 years ago, three textbook companies heavily dominated the business of providing materials to public K through 12 schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2017

Parents, lawmakers, and even some educators have spoken out against this trend, arguing that excessive classroom technology could end up doing more harm than good, but the foundations for most of these arguments are unsupported by empirical evidence. Distractions. Some parents argue that technology poses more of a distraction than anything.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

These days it seems most school-wide blended learning programs are taking place not in traditional public education, but in charter schools—for one big reason: Charter schools are able to essentially start from scratch. Parents remember bells ringing, textbooks, and the teacher as ultimate authority.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Joining Soumakian were Stuart Burt, chief technology officer for Royse City ISD; Doug Brubaker, an assistant superintendent at Garland ISD; and Tom Murray, a former educator and tech director who now helps coordinate the Future Ready Schools project for the Alliance for Excellent Education. What are some of the challenges there?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Textbooks play a central role in discussions around higher ed affordability , and publishers have long been cast as the villain, pulling in high profits as textbook prices rise. These days some publishers are trying a new sales model they say will save students money: textbook subscription services. higher education product.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2024

There’s a new battle raging in the long-running war over costly college textbooks , one that may strike a serious blow to the textbook subscription programs promoted by publishers and criticized by student advocates. Searching for Savings The business of textbooks elicits strong opinions from nearly everyone in higher education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Immersive learning experiences are a new type of educational experience that can be used in place of traditional lectures and classrooms. It’s designed for learners who are interested in hands-on experiences, problem-solving, and discovery over non-traditional methods like reading textbooks and listening to lectures from a professor.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2022

High textbook costs continue to prove a barrier to college for some students, with some studies showing that many students skip textbook purchases even if they worry it’ll harm their grades because of the price tag. It has created a market dynamic where some educators prefer to pay for what they view as a superior learning experience.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2022

As new VR technologies emerge, educators at all levels are finding new applications to augment the classroom experience – and for good reason. VR allows educators to move past pages in a textbook to create totally immersive experiences that stimulate and inspire students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2022

If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that we must invest in educational technology. When schools use technology to improve the quality and quantity of educational content, learners will thrive. In addition, students can bring objects out of textbooks and off computer screens to provide hands-on learning opportunities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2023

Key points: AI can provide new opportunities and allow us to see things differently AI tools can help create learner profiles to give educators a more accurate impression of students Learning now is so much more than making notes from a textbook and critiquing other people’s ideas. In many ways, AI is an extension of ourselves.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2023

The propensity for students to use ChatGPT to cheat has raised concern amongst educators and even prompted several school districts, ranging from New York City Public Schools to the Los Angeles Unified School District, to issue a ban of the chatbot.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

Amazon Web Services (AWS) in early January announced 15 startup companies selected to participate in the inaugural AWS Education Accelerator. Announced in October 2023, the AWS Education Accelerator supports edtech startups who are innovating to enhance the teaching and learning experience and improve educational outcomes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2021

Thursday, June 10, 2021) – CITGO Petroleum Corporation and Discovery Education today announced the winners of the 2021 Fueling Education Challenge. The winning 2021 Fueling Education Challenge winners are: First Place: Camellia S., Silver Spring, Md.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2022

Today’s education doesn’t need to be limited to the walls of a classroom. It shouldn’t be exclusive to kids who attend schools stocked with new textbooks and state-of-the-art laboratories. students are entering a time where equity in education has the potential to be closer than ever before. Rather, U.S.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. What is one positive effect technology has had on education?

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2019

Effective and accessible financial education has historically been absent in U.S. Unfortunately, not every state has a requirement that students take some form of a financial education course prior to graduating. All students, regardless of background, can benefit from a high-quality financial education.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Discovery Education —the global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms—today announced the acquisition of the popular K-5 science and STEM curriculum Mystery Science. Mystery Science is Discovery Education’s latest acquisition.

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