eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma. For years, the school had been searching for ways to reverse the pattern of disengagement, build motivation to complete schoolwork and get students over that finish line at graduation.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Proponents say the model improves student outcomes by encouraging more interaction among students and professors, and many studies have been conducted to measure the efficacy of the approach. The study considered 173 studies of flipped learning, as well as 46 previous meta-analyses of the approach.

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Edsurge

JUNE 8, 2021

In a fifth-grade classroom at Monroe Elementary School near Minneapolis, a teacher named Thetis White was recently celebrated, while his students and a camera crew looked on. There are so many people who are motivated and inspired to see change, that think things will be different.”. The check was big—for $50,000.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2023

RIF will continue to align our model based on complementing the science of reading with the critical element of the joy of reading which will be especially important as educators look for ways to motivate and encourage greater frequency and engagement in reading. They were coding, collaborating, and creating. –Dr.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2019

Demographics: Fairfield County Schools is a small, rural, high-poverty school district in South Carolina. The district is composed of five elementary schools and four secondary schools, serving more than 2,600 students.

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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. And what motivates me is seeing the students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The practice is known as “data walls,” and is designed to serve as a motivational tool. 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.,

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Initially the show was launched as an experiment, a summer pilot, to address the “summer slide” in which student’s lose important reading skills when they are not in school. Yet Reading Rainbow quickly proved to be more than a summer program and instantly captured young audiences’ attention and motivated children to read.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Recent studies have shown alarming gaps in Americans’ understanding of our democratic processes and systems. This challenging mathematics course prepares students for further studies in engineering, computer science, data science, and natural sciences, as well as theoretical mathematics. More than one third of U.S.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2019

Take up coding, study nursing or go into engineering , they say. Marcus told me that he’d been viciously bullied during elementary school, peaking in middle school. Hearing this context profoundly changed how I viewed Marcus’ motivations and aspirations. Become a lawyer, or an electrician.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Huinker, who was once Robinsons instructor, argues that math-specific instructional coaches like Robinson are crucial, especially for elementary school students. For instance, an often cited study showed that first-grade teachers with math anxiety passed it to their female but not their male students.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second time to the United States. During those transitions, Martinez was both challenged and uplifted, often by kind teachers and mentors whom she met at school. What motivates them? What worries them?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Many studies have documented the benefits of proper typing technique (McKay, 1998; Owston, 1997; Bartholome, 1996; Bieman, 1996; Hoot, 1986). Confidence using computers which motivates students to do schoolwork. Is elementary school too early—or too late? Zeitz, 2008. Improved creative thought.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

But also because charter schools are concentrated where the media are. home to the policy-industrial complex, almost half of the city’s students attend charter schools. If you’re an education wonk, you have an object of study in your own backyard. But of course, it isn’t a private school. In Washington, D.C.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

When the 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders at Golden Grove Elementary School in Palm Beach County, FL pad around the classroom in their (possibly) smelly socks, everyone cheers. Flashlight reading at Golden Grove Elementary School. Linda Edgecomb National studies bear out Edgecomb’s insights. Source: Linda Edgecomb.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2024

The 10 future teachers we interviewed span different geographies, backgrounds, education experiences and motivations. Some took a traditional path, from high school straight to college and then the classroom. Jacobs said he decided in elementary school, after seeing the passion that his mother — another teacher — had for her students.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

A few years ago, a group at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that paid for notebooks and software for creating a professional development program for elementary school teachers. Ensure that the Technology Enhances Learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Some national studies link four-day school weeks to slumping academic performance for students. Universally, superintendents report that they are motivated to try this because they don't have enough money to pay teachers, Schoales says. While there was some national research, there wasn’t much within the state yet, he says.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

This bilingual (English and Spanish) program motivates and rewards students to achieve full standards mastery and prepare for their state tests without distracting from the learning process. This combination of reward and reinforcement has been proven to be highly effective with elementary school learners. Is it Effective?

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

12 The reviews find that many studies lack scientific rigor. Department of Education’s What Works Clearinghouse for literacy does not contain any study that has a significant positive effect on broad reading achievement for this group. National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). Evidence Based Practice.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

As a music teacher and the coordinator for the Academy for the Fine Arts at Governor Thomas Johnson High School, I consider myself fortunate. As students progress through their education, school becomes a less creative and exploratory place to be and students become less engaged and optimistic about their learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2024

For a while, she actually thought she might go into the hospitality industry — and pursued a related career and technical education (CTE) pathway at her high school. In 10th grade, for some extra cash, Campbell signed up to tutor elementary school students through a literacy program in her hometown of Washington, D.C.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Search Institute has studied these across different categories of relationships that arise in young people’s lives: family, teachers, mentors and peers. In other cases it was a teacher, mentor, coach, sibling or family friend that motivated them to persist. In some cases these caring adults were students’ parents. The takeaway?

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2024

Ethan, a high school junior studying to become a secondary history teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning, was presenting findings from his extensive research to the staff at our school. The students in our academy are motivated, passionate and dedicated to learning more about the field they are interested in.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Using Wakelet, school librarians can work with librarians in their district–or even across the state or country–to draw attention to important resources in the library, offer research tips, and motivate students. Leader – School librarians must lead not only in their library spaces but, additionally, across an array of contexts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2019

SSR also offers a multitude of advantages when it comes to student motivation, preparation for the workforce and, most importantly, comprehension. Psst.intrinsic motivation theorists hate it!) Motivation for reading begins to decline in the fourth grade, and dips to its lowest point in high school.

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Edsurge

JULY 21, 2021

In the state’s 600 elementary schools, there were fewer than 200 Black men teaching. “So So a vast majority of the elementary schools in South Carolina did not have a single Black male teacher,” Jones says. Some Black teachers also studied at universities in Northern states.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

In my view, success with reading doesn’t follow from drill and kill practices that stifle interest and motivation. Rather, it follows from nurturing a love of reading and closing the reading engagement gap—the discrepancy between how students engage with modern digital content and how they engage with traditional texts in school.

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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. Recent studies have shown a huge effect of studying the basics of STEM, as was noticed by Fashina Alade. STEM is an acronym that stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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JULY 24, 2019

Moak’s goal is to ignite a similar passion in her students so that they can see the magic of STEM in their everyday lives—and thereby be motivated to pursue a job in a STEM field. Elementary science instruction often takes a back seat to math and reading and receives little time in the school day. Moak is not alone.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Good video games are incredibly effective at capturing our attention, converting extrinsic rewards into intrinsic motivation, and creating meaningful experiences. If we’re going to make school relevant to today’s students, we must learn to leverage play in new ways. Games fulfill different core psychological needs.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Another was a push to prepare future teachers specifically for those young learners, rather than for elementary schools more broadly. “We Another is to make child care available on campus, as well as other wraparound supports that make it more possible for student-parents to study.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. Written by Federico , the Dean of Innovation at a high school in Florida. Federico’s school has a 1:1 device environment and uses project-based learning elements. MasteryConnect : . TodaysMeet.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

That gave them a sense of agency and motivated them to tackle complex problems. For instance, a study showed that the best "social-dramatic play" where kids take on roles and interact based on rules occurs in classrooms where theres both math and literacy curriculum. Another Word for Fun?

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k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Some find their passion in advanced math and science, others in entrepreneurship, creative arts, or global studies. From elementary school to varsity-level competition, student-athletes learn teamwork, communication, and the value of perseverance. The result? Students who dont just talk about change, but also make it happen.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Proactive leaders tend to have a greater impact on the school community (Cotton, 2003). Studies have shown that when leaders are approachable, there is good communication, and teachers and students can be open, share ideas, and be part of the decision-making process (Quinn, 2002). The Elementary School Journal, 114(2), 225– 251.

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