Elementary School Essay Language 
Edsurge
MAY 27, 2025
Burns opening quote is a reminder that teaching is purpose-driven work and that student growth and development depend on supporting teachers and school leaders. Before we usher in the 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows, we want to reflect on the important themes our recent cohort of fellows wrote about in their personal essays.
Edsurge
JULY 11, 2025
Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco, started hunting for a language-immersion child care program when her son was 8 months old. “I Some schools laughed her out of the room, telling her that other families applied as soon as they became pregnant.
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eSchool News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Here are eight opportunities for your school or district to celebrate. Teach your students to count to 10, order food in a restaurant, or just say “good morning” by using a language-learning product such as Mango Classroom , Rosetta Stone , or Duolingo. Learn Spanish! Don’t forget to take lots of pictures to share on social media!
eSchool News
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
A total of $20,000 in grant donations and $75,000 in subscriptions to the Rosetta Stone® English for Education language learning program were awarded to teachers of English learners (EL). Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students.
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.
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Stephen Wolfram’s blog post about the need to teach computational thinking in schools. While I don’t agree that the Wolfram Language is superior to every other modern programming language, from C and Java to Python and Scratch, I think he makes some very compelling points. (We published an excerpt of Wolfram’s post here.).
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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