Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Before we usher in the 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows, we want to reflect on the important themes our recent cohort of fellows wrote about in their personal essays. Learn to ride the wave. She said, You have anxiety. Just accept it. This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

Passionate about global citizenship and inclusive education, Joshua integrates innovative strategies to enhance engagement and learning behaviour. If WE can use AI to write our letters, plan our lessons, and assess our students, then why can’t our students use it to help them write an essay or two?

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Teach Thought

JULY 9, 2025

Views Facebook Linkedin Print All Educators Have Two Minds by Terry Heick In his essay Two Minds , Wendell Berry, unsurprisingly enough, offers up two tones of thought produced by two kinds of ‘mind’—Rational, and Sympathetic. You might plan lessons and units by asking yourself, why this instructional strategy?

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John Spenser

JUNE 4, 2025

In this piece, I share a conversation with Mike, a fifth-grade teacher whos feeling the weight of tech distractions, AI-written essays, student apathy, and the pressure to do it all. The post Deeper Learning is a Better Path Forward appeared first on John Spencer. The usual quick fixes.

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

As adults, we’ve learned that life can throw curveballs, and sometimes, we’ve to push ourselves to overcome the challenges that lie ahead. Talk about how famous people like Albert Einstein, Whoopi Goldberg, and John Lennon all had learning disabilities but overcame them with hard work and dedication and still made history.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

I once had a student create a narrated photo essay instead of a traditional paper—it was powerful, reflective, and demonstrated full mastery. The post When ZIP Codes Teach: How Geographic Inequity Shows Up in Our Classrooms appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. The ZIP Code Effect.” American University.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 10, 2025

I once had a student create a narrated photo essay instead of a traditional paper—it was powerful, reflective, and demonstrated full mastery. The post When ZIP Codes Teach: How Geographic Inequity Shows Up in Our Classrooms appeared first on Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning. The ZIP Code Effect.” American University.

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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. As teaching and learning increasingly shifted online throughout the early 2000s and 2010s, Turnitin became more embedded in classes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

This starts with taking useful courses whilst still in high school, so that you have to right credentials to get into the university you like, then it’s getting used to online learning, just in case you want to visit an online university and then understanding the future of what you need beyond a BA undergraduate degree like a masters.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

There are multiple pathways to holding students accountable for their evidence of learning; one is to focus on cheating, the other is to focus on integrity. A claim about integrity is supported by a learners ability to transparently document and reflect on the learning process and explain or expand on their results.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

Blum (2020) argues that grades provide minimal feedback, they deemphasize learning, and what they actually measure is inconsistent (10-14). In Asao Inoues (2022) labor-based grading model, he defines labor as the engine that runs all learning. You cant learn without laboring (76). References Alternative Approaches to Assessment.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 13, 2025

Passionate about global citizenship and inclusive education, Joshua integrates innovative strategies to enhance engagement and learning behaviour. If WE can use AI to write our letters, plan our lessons, and assess our students, then why can’t our students use it to help them write an essay or two?

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

For many families, online learning opened the door to new possibilities in education. There are proven tools, techniques, and activities that can enhance the engagement and effectiveness of online learning for students. Supporting your child’s engagement helps them thrive academically and strengthens their enthusiasm for learning.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

You can fill in learning gaps before they’re confronted with even harder material next year! Once they’re used to writing a paragraph or two every day, writing five paragraphs for a standard essay won’t seem so daunting! State your standards and objectives at the start of the lesson “What are we learning today?”

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Teach Hub

JULY 9, 2025

When they see characters struggle, fail, learn, and grow, it validates their own experiences. Are people inherently good, or is goodness something we learn? Why It All Matters Understanding literary themes isn’t just about acing a test or writing an essay. They learn to walk in someone else’s shoes.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

We were all there to learn, make mistakes, and create a trusting community. In this mode, the professor’s authority, preferences, expertise, and goals (“learning outcomes”), even body, take center stage. Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

We were all there to learn, make mistakes, and create a trusting community. In this mode, the professor’s authority, preferences, expertise, and goals (“learning outcomes”), even body, take center stage. Grades, policies, and standards are employed as tools not just for learning but for controlling behavior and projecting authority.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 18, 2025

Veterans Day, celebrated every year on November 11, is an opportunity for your class to honor real-life heroes, learn about the meaning of service, and have fun with hands-on activities. It’s a great addition to a social studies lesson. Along with a fun fact hunt, kids create an acrostic poem about Veterans Day.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2025

Many of the challenges of using AI in education center on the type of learning approach used, accuracy, and building trust with the technology, said Nhon Ma, CEO of Numerade an online learning assistant that uses AI and educators to help students learn STEM concepts.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

10 8th Grade Social-Emotional Writing Prompts Social-emotional learning is a way for students to find their place in the world around them while staying in touch with their own wants and needs. They can even use them as longer argumentative essay topics during an argument writing unit! What would you do?

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

These standards promote academic excellence, critical thinking, and a learning environment that empowers all military-connected students to excel. Reading restrictions could impair their critical thinking skills and what they learn about different communities. The plaintiffs paint another picture of DoDEA.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

They’re literary detectives, diving into research and using evidence to create well-organized essays. Informational Writing Choice Board (Distance Learning) By Swain in the Middle Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS W5.2, These prompts are perfect for opinion essays, silly debates, or creative what-if scenarios.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

MAY 28, 2025

From identifying credible sources to using information inside an essay, its a process that takes a lot of practice. Students will continue to apply what theyve learned and finish completing their graphic organizers and answering guided questions. Or take some time to conference with students about their projects or essays.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. What is the most memorable topic youve learned in high school?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 19, 2017

When teachers used digital educational games in the classroom, students raised test scores by more than half a letter grade in only three weeks, according to a study from researchers at Vanderbilt University and partners at Legends of Learning , a research-driven educational game platform. Click here to learn more!

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 26, 2025

Marshall Sahlins' highly influential 1968 essay "The Original Affluent Society" made the point that despite claims to the contrary, technological advancement does not liberate us from work. Instead of learning from them, we labeled them as backwards and lazy and sought to correct these flaws. What will I do? I've written since 2009.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Lem Diaz But Garcia notes that there are positions in the field of computer science where someone may only be writing code, and knowing how to write a five paragraph essay may not be very relevant. There is a big difference between essay writing and technical writing.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

“Everyone’s worried about people having to learn how to code,” notes Eileen Murphy. Teachers can choose a lesson in the program, which guides students through a multi-step process to analyze the reading materials and write a response essay. Writing is the way you learn to read, and the way you express an understanding of other content.

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Teach Hub

MAY 19, 2025

Assessment is an essential part of instruction and plays a key role in every students learning journey. When used intentionally and thoughtfully, assessments can do so much more than measure learning; they can improve it. Setting clear, student-friendly learning targets sets the foundation for strong assessments.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Technology is an incredible resource for learning. Within our 1:1 framework, we start by planning our units and lessons with the International Baccalaureate (IB) framework in mind, thinking about how our students will learn best. I have been teaching in a 1:1 classroom for four years at Washington Yu Ying Public Charter School.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

Schools asked Leibson to write essays about her son’s “learning style” — before he could even talk — and demanded specific details about Leibson’s connection to families already attending those programs, such as listing out the last time she saw them and what they did together.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

More than that: If students often ask ChatGPT to generate essays or make those essays longer , their writing and communication skills will suffer. Possessing the ability to craft coherent essays, students negate the value of writing as a process responsible for critical thinking. Essay outlines provide structure to texts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2024

Creative writing techniques can make essays more engaging and original while maintaining the required objective structure. However, it’s possible to use creative writing ideas to help you come up with a unique essay. However, essays are more objective, as they require facts and evidence to support your claims.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen firsthand the anxiety that students experience when it comes to writing their college essays.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2024

Is using AI in your essay writing unethical and a potential reason your teacher may debate your work’s authenticity? This is the same concern that has been posed about essay writing services and the people who use them. However, boundaries become murkier when it comes to AI and its role in writing essays.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 5, 2021

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. Blended Learning: Combat The Challenges of the Whole Group Lesson.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Key points: ChatGPT is here to stay, and it’s wise to now consider it a part of learning In fact, every assignment moving forward must be graded with ChatGPT in mind See related article: How educators can navigate AI-driven plagiarism You may have heard of ChatGPT. The essay was primarily or entirely structured and written by ChatGPT.

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