eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Virginia Beach City Public Schools is the second-largest school division in Virginia, with 55 elementary schools, 15 middle schools, 12 high schools, and a number of secondary/post-secondary specialty centers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. Caleb Brown : My third grade teacher, Ms. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

At Chesapeake Lighthouse Foundation , a Maryland-based Public Charter Organization, we took STEM instruction to the next level by making it the central focus of all of our schools. We are a STEM-based charter school network serving more than 3,900 students in grades K-12 at seven different campuses.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

Tynker’s STEM and PBL courses challenge students with real-world problems in all subjects, including Mathematics, Earth Sciences, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Studies, and Language Arts. 12 STEM courses are included for grades 3-8. STEM Courses and Project-Based Learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2020

Math (everything from elementary school arithmetic to calculus and statistics). Where was this when I was in high school?). Social Studies. When my youngest was in third grade, we used the tutoring service to help him understand the workings of a food chain. Science (Even physics! AP class support.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

The Odeum games focus on Social Studies, Language Arts, and Foreign Languages for grades 6 through 12. An educator can choose a game based on the grade and subject, and either use it as-is or customize it to better suit the class needs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. So it was back to the bookshelves for her.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

Buckle up and join us on this delightful journey through tech-savvy classrooms – from elementary school to high school – we’ll unlock a treasury of innovative ideas guaranteed to amuse the young minds while also preparing them for their future. Let’s dive in!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

This is an urgent and growing national problem, and immediate attention is needed to help these students who likely missed the benefits of an evidence-based curriculum for foundational literacy skills in early elementary school, especially during the COVID crisis. Success will no longer be measured only by grades or course completion.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Linda Dickinson, Media and Educational Technology Instructor, Abbotts Hill Elementary School How does the Vanguard Team mobilize when you start working with a new tool or technology partner like Adobe? Magazine covers demonstrating understanding of various social studies topics.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

“I think every child needs to have some kind of reading intervention,” says Ballone, a former seventh-grade English teacher. “It If it means we need to give students material one, two or three grade levels above what they are reading in order for them to progress, that’s what we do.” By grade five, they were reading on grade level.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? It’s common for her to hear, “Oh, you know, I decided to be an elementary school teacher because I don't want to teach math.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2019

We didn't know who was in charge of the dashboards at each school or what budgets they were all coming out of. If there was a program at the elementary school, and the high school had the same thing, it wasn't always clear to us. 3 Ways Data Analytics Tools Identify and Optimize Software Applications in Schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For 14 years, Laura Johnson has taught a variety of subjects, including social studies, psychology, and music and art appreciation–all virtually within ALVS. She started as a part-time teacher while she was still at a brick-and-mortar school, where she drove 38 miles each way to teach.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

PHOENIX – ASU Prep Pilgrim Rest announced a new partnership with Dreamscape Learn , making it the first elementary school in the country to offer students a dynamic new learning experience that blends the power of experiential pedagogy, cinematic engagement, and advanced virtual reality (VR) technology.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Students are told that “everyone is working to move their number” even higher, says Demetria Tumpkin, a second grade teacher at the school. At South Newton Elementary School In Newton, N.C., Back when she was a third grade teacher at a school in Virginia, Hall put up a data wall in her classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

In particular, my district, JCPS, wanted to boost reading and math for students who were at least one year below the norm for their grade level, and give teachers an opportunity to try new approaches, such as project-based learning. Students selected their adventures in advance from among dozens of choices.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 7, 2025

Well break down the best inquiry-based learning strategies that you can start using today, along with high-quality, low-prep inquiry-based learning activities for any subject and grade level. And inquiry-based learning works at any grade level! Table of Contents What Is the Inquiry-Based Learning Approach?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

And that means equitable resources, intentional efforts to integrate our schools so that kids have the experience of diverse peers and diverse teachers. There was a study done recently of elementary school reading curricula that suggests there are more characters that are animals than characters who are people of color.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. In the process, they also learned plenty about social studies and civic engagement. This is a language that teachers at all grade levels, in all subjects, are able to embrace.”

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

From this base, Chesapeake High School, for example, is experimenting with blended learning throughout the school and allowing teachers more freedom to innovate. The “lighthouse” school —a BCPS term for a school on a two-year plan to reinvent itself—has already seen striking results.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Video is frequently used for announcements, discussion boards, instruction, and even graded assignments within Blackboard via the Kaltura media tools. Written by Meghan , a science and social studies coordinator at an elementary school in Virginia. Defined STEM.

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Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2023

She enrolled in an online undergraduate program to pursue her bachelor’s degree, with plans to become a high school social studies teacher. I do remember being very young and helping one of my aunts, like every year, set up her classroom before school started. She decided to give college another shot.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

I was a seventh grade science teacher, and really found that I myself (as well as other educators in the space) kept coming to an issue of trauma—an issue of self that was never addressed in classrooms. We are going to be building a K-8 elementary school. Starting a school is really, really hard.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Photo Credit: Marisa Kaplan This week I talked with other educators who shared their powerful stories: Elaine Mendez (an instructional coach from Belleville Public Schools) and AJ Bianco (a 7th and 8th grade Social Studies teacher from Harrington Park School)—who learned to make mistakes and show off their nerdy sides.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 29, 2024

Sometimes they are dance moves with music, other times we just play Simon Says (which, even in 8th grade, is still a favorite of my students). For example, Grade A eggs may cost $6.36 Students with learning differences who work with me end 7th grade saying math “used to be” their worst subject. per 2 dozen. .”

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k12

APRIL 14, 2025

Elementary students begin to explore the world around them, ask big questions, and develop the critical thinking skills that make STEM subjects so exciting. At K12, we know that early exposure to elementary school STEM education helps students build confidence, creativity, and a love for discovery that lasts a lifetime.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Nominee: Link Text Becky Alexander, Morris Elementary Nominated by: Istation. Becky Alexander is the principal at Morris Elementary School in Morris, Oklahoma. She has inspired change at the school by leading its faculty and staff to embrace technology and enrich their strategy toward 21st century learning. Use cohorts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Photo courtesy of Montgomery County Public Schools. Name : Chaula Butterworth Age : 54 Location : Rockville, Maryland Role : Paraeducator, general education Current age group : Elementary school, all grades (K-5) Years in the field : Four EdSurge: How did you get here? And then I supported a fourth grade class with math.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

This article is part of our upcoming guide, Social Studies: It's Time to ReInvest. Whereas once they had to wait until honors high school courses, students of all levels are now introduced to primary sources in elementary school. The 1898 photograph of the construction of a London underground station drew me in.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

years of my career at Weehawken High School, where I taught Algebra I (students in grades seven to nine) and AP Calculus (grades 11-12). years, I have been teaching Algebra I and geometry for grades nine and 10 at Becton Regional High School. I started out teaching seventh grade math and did that for three years.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

About 125 students and a faculty team that teaches core classes, such as English, math, science and social ­studies, are assigned exclusively to each neighborhood. “It It becomes a school within a school,” Cryer says. I was just in a fourth-grade classroom. Students have different sitting preferences.

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Priceless Ponderings

OCTOBER 28, 2024

That makes elementary school the perfect time to introduce them to big ideas like leadership, the Bill of Rights, and the important roles government leaders play. Matching Game: Government Leaders fOR kIDS My 2nd grade class loved games, so why not use them as an educational tool? Why Teach Kids About Government Early?

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2025

The students academic levels span an incredible range–from kindergarten-level skills to almost high school-level proficiency. As the principal of a mid-sized urban elementary school, I work hand-in-hand with my teachers to surface and implement the strategies and tactics we believe will benefit the diverse learners in our school.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

But this contest has felt different, says Todd Flory, a fourth grade teacher at Wheatland Elementary School in Andover, Kan. A former high school social studies teacher, Humphries has noticed “more instances of teachers being afraid and reluctant” about discussing the election in this year than in the past.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

We tell the government officials that this is whats happening, and this is what students need, and they dont listen to us, and these are people that have never stepped foot in a classroom, elementary school teacher Billie Arthur said. We have one elementary, one middle, and one high school.

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