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eSchool News
JULY 15, 2025
Most students who decided to use generative AI to cheat on one of my assigned essays would do so by plugging my prompt into ChatGPT or Google Gemini, watching the AI generate a complete essay in moments, and then lazily pasting the text into their Google Doc. I was having fun grading.
Faculty Focus
JUNE 1, 2025
I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. I failed to appreciate the value of clear expectations and the inescapable necessity that my students needed to walk out of my class with a grade. Now, as a fifth-year graduate student approaching completion of my degree, I use contract grading.
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Teachers Pay Teachers
JULY 7, 2025
Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade? We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike.
Cal Matters
JUNE 26, 2025
Indeed, many students have taken the bait, if not to write entire essays, then certainly to draft an outline, refine their ideas or clean up their writing before submitting it. And as faculty members grapple with what this means for grading, tech companies have proved yet again that there’s money to be made from panic. I trust you.
Teachers Pay Teachers
JULY 14, 2025
This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) Do you like it when someone reads a book to you, or do you prefer reading independently? Something very unexpected happened at 8th grade graduation. faster than they can say “Where’s the hall pass?”
Teachers Pay Teachers
JUNE 11, 2025
With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays. They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays.
Cult of Pedagogy
MAY 11, 2025
Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real.
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