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Why I Believe We Need to Redesign Schools Around Decision-Making

Edsurge

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. I considered majoring in English since I loved reading, or maybe pre-med for financial stability. My practical immigrant parents talked me out of the first, and a terrible grade on a chemistry midterm out of the second.

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How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process

Teach Thought

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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How AI could save–or sink–creative writing in schools

eSchool News

Ninth-grade English was a paradox for me—both the best and worst year for helping me learn to write. Ninth-grade English was a paradox for me—both the best and worst year for helping me learn to write. Mr. Johnson was willing to provide feedback on drafts. In most classrooms, students don’t iterate on their work.

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Embracing a growth mindset when reviewing student data

eSchool News

As novice sixth grade math and English teachers, weve learned to approach our mid-year benchmark assessments not as final judgments but as tools for reflection and growth. This perspective transforms data analysis into an empowering process; data is a tool for improvement amongst our students rather than a measure of failure.

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John King: ‘The Failure of National Leadership Is Being Visited Upon School Leaders’

Edsurge

So again, the failure of national leadership is being visited upon school leaders who face this impossible dilemma. We ought to be doing more to ensure that at every school, you have the opportunity to not just get English and math but science and social studies and the arts and computer science and AP classes. But we have to be safe.

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I’m a teacher, but I was also “that student”

eSchool News

This fall, I will return to the classroom for my second year teaching English at Philadelphia’s Excel Academy South , an accelerated high school experience for students seeking a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. .

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How to help ESL students improve writing skills

eSchool News

ESL students won’t be able to succeed at school or college if they can’t use the language well enough: Their grades and overall subject knowledge will suffer. You can also reveal the power of journaling to students and motivate them to keep their diaries in English rather than their native language.

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