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Lights, camera, literacy: Student-created book reviews inspire a global reading culture

eSchool News

When teens take the mic Recent studies show that reading for pleasure among teens is at an all-time low. students read for fun almost every day–down from 31 percent in 1984. In the UK, the National Literacy Trust reports that just 28 percent of children aged 8 to 18 said they enjoyed reading in their free time in 2023.

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Is AI Taking Over or Joining in?

k12 Digest

They probably helped, collaborated, led on tasks, supported with projects, but if you used their skills to do every aspect of your role, then you probably didn’t need to be there at all. It isn’t valuing the working out, or the process, or the reading and referencing. Think of the best colleague you’ve ever worked with for a moment.

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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change

Edsurge

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. Now I realize it is not only about being there for them, but about passing on the skills I have gained to live with my neurodivergence.

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My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity

Faculty Focus

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. As a first-year graduate student, I had read Susan Blums Ungrading and was immediately smitten. For more complicated assignments, I assign each point an objective, and each objective introduces a new skill or concept.

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Is AI Taking Over or Joining in?

k12 Digest

They probably helped, collaborated, led on tasks, supported with projects, but if you used their skills to do every aspect of your role, then you probably didn’t need to be there at all. It isn’t valuing the working out, or the process, or the reading and referencing. Think of the best colleague you’ve ever worked with for a moment.

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8th Grade ELA Teacher Essentials: 11 Top Teaching Tools

Teachers Pay Teachers

Provide relevant reading materials 5. Have a stack of middle schooler-approved novels for students who left their book at home, don’t like the book they chose from the library, or need a more calibrated book choice for their reading level. Table of Contents 1. Maintain a steady stash of supplies 2.

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Catch them Learning: A Pathway to Academic Integrity in the Age of AI

Cult of Pedagogy

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. Integrity describes a commitment to ensure ones completion of a task accurately represents the knowledge and skills one actually possesses.