Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Erin Haley, middle school teacher at The Bayshore School in Daly City, Calif.: “YES I don’t believe parents will ever truly understand what it takes to be an educator, until they are in the classroom with 15 to 25 or more learners at the same time. Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.;

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

On a recent walk after spending a day working with middle school teachers on engagement strategies, I was listening to the “We Can Do Hard Things” podcast. I had questions and I wanted to know more. As I learned more about the attributes of the youngest generation, I began to think about the implications for educators.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2020

When visitors step inside Lone Star Middle School, they notice a palpable enthusiasm for learning. Part of Nampa School District in Nampa, Idaho, the school fosters a remarkable culture of collaboration among educators and a dedication to powerful teaching and learning with technology.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

When parents question things like assignments, or the practice of teaching that they see through their lenses, they may not be aware of the overall state of the class, or the range of abilities, disabilities, interests and considerations that go into the planning and teaching.” A brain experiencing trauma learns nothing. I miss my kids.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

Independent academic research of New York City middle school students shows LightSail’s adaptive literacy platform helps sustain, grow reading performance in summer months. They evaluated the technology’s impact on student learning, impact on reader identity, and perceptions of the technology.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. zSpace, Inc.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Such standards can prepare students as they move through middle school and high school and be complemented and deepened by a high school data science course, that some states and colleges now accept as an alternative to algebra 2. In most districts in the U.S., Establishing standards is only the first step, though.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

IKNOW will also provide a real-time student progress monitoring system, telling them, educators and families how long students spoke, how frequently they spoke, number of keywords used, where students may have struggled in the system and other data to help enhance understanding.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2019

When Kimberly Head-Trotter, a teacher at McKissack Middle School in Nashville, Tenn., The combination of projects and ­technology takes engagement to the next level, says Principal Thomas Chappelle of McKissack Middle School. Project-Based Learning Engages K–12 Students with Real-World Challenges.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

Middle school often gets a bad rap. It’s a time when students begin questioning rules and the world around them, becoming increasingly focused on fairness, equity and forming closer, yet fewer relationships. But what if we understood the neurological reasons behind the bizarre middle school behavior we often see?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

“Our schools could never afford a $150 dollar per person per year campaign. Jason Huffman, a principal at Butler Middle School in Pennsylvania, says despite AltSchool’s challenges, he will keep an eye on what they are doing, noting his plans to visit the company.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 11, 2017

Over 20 million educators and students actively use it to teach and learn together, as do administrators who oversee how this tool is used across classrooms and developers who are building educational technology for the next generation. I can assign different levels of questions or quantities of assignments,” says Dalzell.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, our middle school program Career Explorations has embedded real-world, industry-specific soft skill exercises, including applied math, graphics literacy and reading comprehension. It addresses the common student question “Where will I ever use this?” by demonstrating practical applications of knowledge.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2017

Anthony Caccavo is a middle school curriculum coordinator and social studies teacher at St. She says that connection leads her students to be more engaged, and to ask more questions, sometimes as simple as “What’s that?” His goal is to help them to see the academic and creative potential while at school.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2015

In this webinar, you’ll hear directly from Paul Goodenough of Jenks School District. Paul will tell more about the district and about how Google’s education technology helps them to meet their goals and create a successful 1:1 program. Be able to pose their questions to the educators and to Google.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2024

One of the first things I noticed was that all the students had to abide by a strict uniform policy, including shoes, belts and school colors, and middle school-aged children were walking in straight lines through silent hallways. It was as though I was a puppet and Geppetto at the same time. At that moment, it all made sense.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2022

School is not the problem. This statement was shared by a former middle school student of mine during his freshman year of high school. John* was getting all A’s and one B in stark contrast to the B’s, C’s, and D’s received in middle school. Students are the problem.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. Fath found this when she designed a board game called Outbreak for middle schoolers.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

At a time when millions of educators have been thrown into remote learning with no formal training, any answer to that question might seem too good to be true. Middle school teachers often must focus on combating student distraction and loss of focus. And in high school, the chief concern is keeping up attendance.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2023

Everyone has a memory about feeling lost on the first day of school — figuratively or literally. Which is why a child who plays sports at school, or a kid that's in a debate team with a caring educator, will do better in their academics than someone who is isolated from that.” Middle School Blues It’s not just your imagination.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

This time, we chose something different for the middle grades because middle school students are kind of a different band of learners. Middle schoolers need this kind of structure for familiarity.” Lana Wimberly, Milagro Middle School How have teachers responded to the change in pedagogy? Students in Ms.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2022

Shea Smith starts the middle-school digital media class he teaches with a ritual: He asks his students to open up their Chromebooks and answer a simple question, “How are you feeling today?” Even though a question like ‘how are you doing?’

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

And rather than earning points based on the number of subject-matter questions they answer correctly, they advance based on their performance at other gameplay tasks. Earlier, only a third of students playing a game would re-attempt a question they got wrong. But with learning, there’s some anxiety around getting questions wrong.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

“This didn’t mean things didn’t excite us or concepts weren’t intriguing but each one was questioned with how does this help us to achieve our why and is this the best possible way of getting to it,” Bretag told Education Dive. To help stay mindful, here are five questions education leaders should ask during a classroom redesign.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sometimes elementary and middle school teachers come across as apologetic about how “little” they are doing in relation to personalized learning. However, none of this would be successful without a the strong foundation students receive before they enter high school. But they’re doing more than they think.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

If you’re an educator, chances are you’ve heard the phrase “data-driven instruction,” where you’re asked to constantly assess, analyze, and adjust how you teach students. But one word in that phrase often raises a host of questions: What counts as “data”? In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 24, 2021

Who gets to go to the best public high school in the country? That has been a contentious question for a community just outside of Washington, D.C., after school officials made changes to the admissions process for Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology last year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs. When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

For both questions, as it turns out, it depends on who you ask. Joseph South, chief learning officer for the International Society for Technology in Education Striking a Balance So how should districts weave teachers into the edtech process? Technology doesn't replace the teacher.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2017

In California, once home to the nation’s most-prized higher education system, the stress of college starts early. Even at the middle school level, there is pressure,” says Jessica Lura, director of strategic initiatives and partnerships at the K-8 Bullis Charter School in Los Altos, Calif.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

After several decades of experimentation with technology in schools, we continue to face fundamental questions: What role should technology have in the classroom? What are the opportunities for technology to transform both teaching and learning? How often should it be used? Woot Math in an Algebra 1 Classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology (Office of Edtech, for short) issued a Request for Proposal for a better way to help schools evaluate edtech tools before making a purchase and. “[We In 2016, Mary Jo was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list in education.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths? The concept just wasn’t intuitive. That really wasn’t the rule that she was being taught.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Remember that heavy feeling you sometimes got as a kid heading into yet another school day? Middle school Guidance Counselor Rachelle Vallon remembers the feeling, too. But she doesn't want that to be how kids experience school going forward. They are applying the learning to a real-world context.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Advocating for Representation in Education Identity was at the core for many of these fellows, and they sought opportunities to advocate not just for their students identities but also for their surrounding community of parents and alumni. This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

In Oakland, CA, more than 60 students at James Madison Middle School gather to talk about money. In fact, three out of four young adults cannot answer basic financial questions. Understanding wants vs. needs is a popular lesson among middle-school students and can be a low-barrier entry point to starting conversations at home.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

But there are questions about how to accomplish it equitably, making sure that students who can handle difficult math content aren’t having their talents squandered, she argues. Based on her research, the factors that are used to determine how to group students differ depending both on the state and the type of school.

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