eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

In most cases, students had learned conversational English but had never really engaged with the alphabet. This wasnt just an English Learner issue, but it was one that required a separate focus. This wasnt just an English Learner issue, but it was one that required a separate focus. Teach to a group or individuals.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2023

My second-grade teacher made me love Ramona Quimby. I’ve never forgotten my multiplication tables, thanks to my fourth-grade teacher. My fifth-grade teacher taught me to confidently project my voice (much to my husband’s chagrin when I’m on video calls!). My English literature teacher inspired me to write a book.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis? My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As an art teacher, I always say that my teaching style relies on that one-on-one connection with each student in order to help them build their confidence to prepare them for an engaging, hands-on learning experience. This past year has been, without a doubt, the most challenging one of my entire teaching career.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Key points: Building an app for kids came with unique challenges A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI tools for kids, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub A recent survey found that 88 percent of U.S.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 17, 2022

How do teachers feel about their work? What factors cause teachers to feel fulfilled by this work? Emotional engagement encompasses a teachers’ feelings about, degree of dedication to, and emotional response to their work (Perera, Vosicka, Granziera & McIlveen, 2018; Klassen, Yerdelen & Durksen, 2013).

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2024

To help these families acclimate, Testerman earned her license to teach English learners two years ago. What she’s learned is that the job requires more than helping children and families learn English and find their way. How do you go about teaching English to non-native speakers? What inspired you to become a teacher?

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Key points: Video-based coaching offers insight on teacher practices and makes feedback more effective I’m a first-year teacher. A group of 350 4th-, 5th-, and 6th-grade teachers were split into groups. To get teachers comfortable with recording themselves, we put them in control of their own videos.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2024

Thinking back to her days as a bilingual teacher to fourth graders, Crystal Gonzales recalls that some of the suggestions offered by curriculum materials to adapt lessons for English learners were downright insulting. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. They were very simplified,” she says. Not very rigorous at all.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2025

The Ask a Tech Teacher international team has put together a list for you. For many, the challenge of learning a foreign language like English may seem daunting, but with the right strategies, the process can become both efficient and enjoyable. I didn’t know this, wish I did in the years I struggled through Russian.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Through partnerships with networks of schools, Bank Street College of Education has designed degree programs that add a mentoring component to the combination of coursework and coaching all aspiring teachers receive as part of their degree. One of our programs supported new teachers learning how to teach English as a second language.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Project Zero team presents a clear rationale for each routine (in English and Spanish), providing an explanation of the purpose of each routine as well as an explanation of how to apply the routines. It also simplifies the workflow for teachers because all of the students’ work is in a single location.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2025

Yes No Yes, but with careful guidelines set by teachers Δ One-quarter of ELA, math, and science teachers used AI tools for instructional planning or teaching in the 20232024 school year. Teachers and principals in higher-poverty schools were less likely to report using AI tools relative to those in lower-poverty schools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

Indiana is requiring new teacher training. A similar number of states administer weak licensure tests, the report said, creating uncertainty about how well prepared teachers are. A similar number of states administer weak licensure tests, the report said, creating uncertainty about how well prepared teachers are. newsletters.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

In phase three, they used a paraphrased version of content created by GPT-4o, similar to how many students might try to fool their teacher by paraphrasing the work of an AI generator. The researchers recruited five people who were experts at using generative AI and also in analyzing language, such as teachers, writers, and editors.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

We wrote recently about some of the reasons that may be keeping teachers from pursuing the bilingual educator route, despite the widespread need for teachers who can instruct English learners. All districts in all three metro areas report a shortage of bilingual teachers. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading. This shortcoming means that, every year, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they are ready to teach reading.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. I fell in love with English and U.S This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2024

Yet nowadays the need for Spanish-speaking teachers in the United States is as strong as ever, with districts around the country struggling to hire them fast enough. In Texas , where roughly 40 percent of residents are Hispanic, nearly 1 million students in public schools are English learners who speak Spanish at home.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Scaffolds help ELLs learn the language and master academic content This ESL teacher ensures students learn the language–and feel the love How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S. Why translations alone aren’t enough ELLs need opportunities to practice English in meaningful contexts.

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English Language Languages Social Studies 315

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Why should teachers use rubrics to assess student work? Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair. Using rubrics helps teachers stay focused during the grading process and ensures that grading is objective, consistent, and fair.

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Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Several of the teachers I coach have asked about strategies they can use to engage students during the asynchronous time, so I wanted to share some reading resources I developed. Teachers can create choice boards for various purposes, including a skill or strategy board. English Language Arts Graphic Organizers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

history teacher Travis Malekpour hesitated assigning his students work in the classroom that required a computer. That seismic shift made devices more accessible to students than ever before — and has now pushed some teachers to fold technology more often into their lesson plans. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

How do we ensure students achieve proficiency with the English language while receiving a rich and comprehensive education? Thanks to computer-driven translation, AI, and advanced classroom tools, we stand to put every student on a path to success with the English language and beyond. Today’s technology presents us with answers.

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EFL Magazine

JUNE 4, 2025

Teaching English in North Macedonia with The Peace Corps Being a Peace Corps volunteer in North Macedoniaand working in the education sector has been a one-of-a-kind, transformative experience. The Peace […] The post Teaching English in North Macedonia with The Peace Corps appeared first on EFL Magazine.

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2021

However, many effective teachers have consistently been sensitive to and culturally aware of student backgrounds. with my parents having just arrived from Cuba, speaking no English. My teacher made it clear through her words and actions that she was invested in me and my success. It also may be surprising to learn that most U.S.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Teachers can use Gemini to create personalized lesson plans in a much shorter amount of time. With Gemini, my planning is so fast and easy, said STEM teacher Natali Barretto. Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Teachers can view the entire collection on the Project Zero website , where each routine is described in detail (e.g., purpose, application, launch) in both English and Spanish. Important notes : The title of each thinking routine is linked to a detailed PDF created by Project Zero describing the routine and how teachers can use it.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In that moment, even before I entered my teacher preparation program, I confronted a troubling reality: in education, there would always be scripts I’d be expected to follow. As a beginning teacher, however, it wasn’t my sexuality that initially cast a shadow over my work - it was the expectations embedded in yet another script.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In the United States, English is the main language used in classrooms. All the students’ scores improved after playing the game, and multilingual students performed as well as their English-speaking peers. education system, students mainly communicate their ideas through English,” said Ding. In the U.S.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2024

What if why you choose to become a teacher determines how successful you will be in the role? What if, similarly, we learned about the motivations of aspiring K-12 teachers, and used that to predict how effective they will be and how long they will stay in the classroom? Why, in spite of the headwinds, do they become teachers?

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2024

When he was in high school, Zachary Farley latched onto the idea of becoming a teacher. But Farley, who had been learning Mandarin for a few years by then, was serving a class of kindergarteners enrolled in a Mandarin-English dual immersion program. Zachary Farley : The earliest memory I have of a teacher was in first grade.

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Languages Language Teachers English 203

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2025

We also teamed up with Leading Educators , a nonprofit organization that supports high-quality instruction, to transform professional learning for our teachers. This sense of purpose around a shared strategic goal has elevated our principals, teachers, and students alike. Here are three key lessons weve learned throughout this process.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Public schools reported having six teacher vacancies on average in August, based on responses to the School Pulse Panel by the National Center for Education Statistics. Special education, physical science and English as a second language were some of the most difficult areas to fill. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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Teachers Special Education English STEM 206

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

When I was at TCEA last week, a teacher approached me after one of my sessions to ask if I had ever written about my experience planning interdisciplinary projects. I realized that I had not written specifically about the process of planning a project with teachers who taught other subject areas. interdisciplinaryproject.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

During those transitions, Martinez was both challenged and uplifted, often by kind teachers and mentors whom she met at school. This fall, Martinez will become a bilingual teacher for students in kindergarten through eighth grade in Morgan Hill, a small city near San Jose, California, as part of the next Teach for America cohort.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Project overview: Reading, recording, and reaching the world As an ESL teacher, Ive always looked for ways to make literacy feel meaningful and empowering, especially for students navigating a new language and culture. The result? A library of student-led recommendations that brought books–and readers–to life.

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