eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2020

Infobase, the award-winning provider of digital reference content to the school and library community, today announced that it has created a variety of distance learning packages to help schools, colleges and universities, and public libraries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Cleveland successfully secured funding to expand to these 25 elementary schools, bringing Hazel services to more than 25,000 additional students in the district. Through persistent efforts, Ms.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in participating states are invited to submit a 500-word essay addressing a community issue. A panel of judges will review the essay submissions and the top 20 students will move on to their local competition to show off their civics knowledge. The submission period is open through January 8, 2024.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Barrow Elementary School, we have a project which takes all these things into account. Flipgrid is the video discussion platform that students use to record a video of themselves reading their persuasive essay. At the David C. People from across the country—and the world—then vote on a winner.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. My elementary school career was pretty positive, and my mom was always there.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Nobody in the “learn to code” movement argues for this, and every educator would agree with Wolfram's analogy that teaching raw coding syntax alone would be like teaching English handwriting without teaching how to write an essay. Also, a serious user would need to pay for usage, making implementation inaccessible in most schools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

In “ The Convergence of K-12 and Higher Education: Policies and Programs in a Changing Era ,” two education professors point out potential benefits of taking a more holistic view to American education (in a volume that collects essays from other academics). There was a time when universities were held in the highest possible regard.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2025

Why Early Childhood Teachers Require a Unique Approach to Tech Coaching By Debbie Tannenbaum I have found that there are many ways to empower even the youngest students to get creative with digital tools, writes Debbie Tannenbaum, a school-based technology coach, in an essay.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

My students enjoyed it so much that since then, we have participated in several including a one-pager challenge where students respond to a New York Times story, a contest where students submit an original podcast and a contest where students can share opinion essays on issues they care deeply about.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

They have to frame their thoughts as a response to some of the finest college application essay prompts, inspired by the very same ones that high school seniors are feverishly working on now! In our fourth year-end personal statement roundup, we’ve again asked thought leaders to share their outlooks on education, but with a twist.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

The opening to this essay , penned by Finck, sheds some light on why I find her work so entertaining. “A I was struck by the tight argumentation in the recent Vox essay, “ The incredible shrinking future of college ,” written by New America’s Kevin Carey.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2024

After all, students quickly spread the word on TikTok and other social media platforms that with a few simple prompts, a chatbot could write an essay or answer a homework assignment in ways that would be hard for teachers to detect. Many teachers at the event weren’t actively worried about being replaced by bots. I have that human connection.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2017

He avoids assessing creative writing altogether by assigning his students to write critical essays about their own short stories. Assess the assessment Kevin Allardice is an English teacher at Mercy High School in Burlingame, CA and the author of the novels Any Resemblance to Actual Persons and Family, Genus, Species.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2022

As a writing fellow, she explored the need for more radical approaches to building school communities that foster innovation, creativity, and empowerment and the importance of teacher voice in decision-making. Deitra Colquitt, co-principal at Pershing Elementary School in St.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On the day of a crucial match-up between South Korea and Germany, I chose to project the game on the TV in class while they pretended to write essays, knowing I had already lost their attention for the day. Students sat with their phones tucked into novels or toggled between multiple tabs in their browsers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2020

This approach fosters the motivation of students which tend to make use of essay help service and tutors to have work done. STEM has turned out to be appealing not only for students but for their parents as well (which lacked a STEM approach during their school years). Still, there are several facts you may want to know about.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2018

Schools have already begun to adopt machine learning initiatives to help teachers and students fill learning gaps, and the results have been received well so far. SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! AI Solutions Drive Higher STEM Test Scores.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

So they’re looking for inspiration from other sectors — including video game design and elementary school classrooms — to keep lectures interesting. Students are already figuring out they can use it to write their essays, and educators are pondering how to adapt.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

Websites: Digital Wish and Adopt a Classroom Adopt a Classroom is similar to DonorsChoose, but instead of picking a particular project, teachers write an essay describing their classrooms and list some things they would like. The submission period starts September 1st, and only teachers working in Title 1 K-5 schools may apply.

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Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

Our English programs are often centered around what we deem worthy—classic, can’t-leave-high-school-without-reading titles. In elementary school, we often insist that students have a chapter book with them at all times.

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Edsurge

APRIL 9, 2019

First up is Mimi Kasner, principal at Francis Scott Key Elementary School in San Francisco. I did not have to rewrite my essays, and from that point on I fell in love with technology, how amazing it is that it can help people to be efficient and also do beautiful work. I actually changed my career pathway.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

While any instruction planning is a form of design, librarians for elementary school audiences, for example, must diligently design engaging storytime lessons to help prompt students to develop listening and literacy skills. The Continued Importance of School Libraries Schools resoundingly feature libraries and digital media centers.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

by Jacquelyn Whiting When a group of tenth graders turned in essays using politically slanted sources, media specialist Jacquline Whiting knew it was time for a lesson on the dangers of bias confirmation. The experience led the school community to recognize the need for mental-health supports. Happy New Year! So she created one.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2017

You've been in school for quite a while now, so, what has your experience been as a student both when you were in K-12 and now in college? Middle school and elementary school were extremely challenging for me. Being able to type a lecture, or being able to type my essays has made all the difference. Excruciating.

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Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

A college-level course, with a few middle school games About 10% of Californias high school students took a community college class in the 2021-22 school year, according to an analysis by professors at UC Davis using the most recent data. She picked intellectual property law. A lot of people say Im assertive, she said.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 14, 2025

12 Narrative Elementary Writing Prompts Like any writing skill, students build the ability to narrate over time. By providing increasingly complex narrative prompts throughout elementary school, you can help prepare them for writing prompts for middle school , high school, and real-world writing situations theyll come across.

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Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

Students will first read a shared text of any length, from a haiku, photograph, painting, or song to an article, essay, short story, or novel. Some educators count it as a summative assessment, similar to an exam, essay, or project. Some facilitators may simply assign the text for students to read prior to the Socratic seminar.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Dennis Allen doesn’t think the five-paragraph essay is dead. In the years before his retirement in May from West Virginia University, the Professor Emeritus did not assign “strict” five-paragraph essays. The five-paragraph essay is a topic long debated by educators, and strong opinions abound. Consider paragraphs.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2024

Over the past nine months, our editors have had the privilege of collaborating with a group of eight talented educators and school leaders who bravely reflected on their lived experiences and shared their truths through a collection of powerful personal essays as part of the EdSurge Voices of Change writing fellowship.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Picture a high school student who balances his studies with a variety of other responsibilities and activities. Maybe he walks his younger siblings to their elementary school each morning, demonstrating a knack for caregiving. Maybe he works at a part-time job when the school day ends, showing his diligence and drive.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2024

69% believe it should be utilized for research in classrooms or at school. On the other hand, only one-fourth (25%) of parents with children ages 5 and up are very confident teachers will be able to identify assignments or essays produced by AI. 48% trust lesson plans and curriculum created with AI tools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

They are also working with local libraries to train parents on how to use school systems to access things such as student-performance and behavior reports on a regular basis. “We Making such a diverse school district work has been an uphill battle, and Sedlacek says they still have a long way to go. “One She is African.

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