eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2019

Biggest challenge: Our school is required to enforce a series of standardized tests every year to assess a student’s achievements and knowledge learned in the grade level. Students were correcting their work as they read out loud, which translated to better writing the next assignment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Read on to see what’s in store for 2019… Berj Akian, CEO, ClassLink. Districts will start to focus on speaking and listening protocols before, during, and after reading to accelerate vocabulary acquisition for fluency. There are also a lot of predictions about improving safety and security.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

When researchers at my company, Lexplore, compared the fall 2019 and spring 2021 assessment results of more than 57,000 Swedish students in grades 2 to 6, they found that students in 2021 were, on average, 10 percentile points, or seven to eight months, behind the 2019 students in reading ability. Parents also have a role to play here.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. 7 Given the screening mandate, some publishers have fashioned screeners out of their reading assessment instruments designed for the typical population. Popularity: OG/MSL is the most popular dyslexia/reading intervention in the U.S.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

All it asks for is the topic, reading level, and any additional criteria teachers might have for their class, like an enhanced focus on accessibility or detailed deep dives into ethical implications. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Education technology is similarly beset by high-profile failures. Knee recounts the tales of several doomed education ventures, including those emerging from Michael Milken’s Knowledge Universe. Read an excerpt from Jonathan A. And yet we know some failure is inevitable when we innovate, be it in medicine or education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity. It has by far been read more than any other blog post that we’ve written. One of the things that is apparent as you start to read about the lecture-versus-active learning debates is that everyone is defining those terms in very different ways.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 5, 2016

I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. I kept on looking at how we could take these skills of being able to read, write, and think, and take them to the next level. Failure also motivates me. EdSurge: How did you get your start in edtech?

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

The program is designed for our employees to build knowledge of what actually happens in classrooms, as well as an understanding of the deep tensions and issues with our educational system. Read the updates too: parts one and two. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

She didn’t try to be my best friend and she didn’t make excuses for my third-grade failures. I started by reviewing knowledgeable websites like Benchmark Education. I read books like James Stronge’s Qualities of Effective Teachers. They are knowledgeable. I had a 4th grader once.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2022

There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Here’s more detail on how students learn fro m failure. This not only makes submitting work painless (and less likely to get lost) when submitted to a public forum, students benefit from each other’s knowledge. Learn from others and share your knowledge.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

While reading these points, rate yourself, and then your perception of the total “mindset position” of your organization, on a scale of 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent). When you read the points, plot your results on the following graph. Degree of technical knowledge and understanding of technology.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Over the years, I’ve used research about how the arts increase math and reading comprehension to defend their existence in the public school curriculum. Fear of failure can lead to a lack of creative thought and progress within communities. I’ve pointed out the social skills that band, orchestra and choir ensembles build.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

The failures of school are taken by most people as proof that education is very costly, very complex, always arcane, and frequently impossible task." Illich pulls no punches and it can be painful to read him, even for someone like me who has spent is career outside the currents of modern education.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

She agreed that something should change: Drop-outs and failures were high in the 200-person class—at about 13 percent. The goal was to highlight key points from the readings and also give a sense of her personality as a teacher. “I The rate of dropout or failure is down from 13 to 5 percent.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Some standards are so foundational that failure to master them sets a student up for significant struggle later on—hence the term “gatekeeper standards.” In younger grades, competency-based acceleration strategies focus largely on reading/writing, phonic development, and the ability to read for learning and comprehension.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

The latter measures student achievement of a particular set of lesson knowledge while the former measures student achievement of the broader class goals. Here are some ways you’ll use it in your classroom: Students read a text passage for, say, a minute. Students write a short two-four minute piece.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

I teach four sections of a reading seminar for first time freshman who have low MAP reading scores from eighth grade. These elements were already familiar to my students, and the purpose of the lesson was to access prior knowledge and confirm understanding before building upon it.

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Edsurge

MARCH 17, 2022

Reading, then, becomes a means of self-affirmation, and readers often seek their mirrors in books. We cannot in one breath condemn the prison-to-school pipeline and then create systems and structures that funnel to failure. Honor and implement the knowledge gained from Black scholars.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

However, in conversations with faculty, many discuss that although they take the time to write or discuss explicit feedback with their students, the students may not read it or if they do read it, they don’t apply the feedback given to future course assignments which can lead to frustration from faculty leading to a ‘what’s the point then?’

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

— Edson Barton, CEO, YouScience The Science of Reading continues to gain momentum in changing how educators approach reading instruction, particularly in foundational skills for Grades K-3. The excitement comes from the possibility of both success and failure.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

The alerts reduced course failures by 27 percent, increased class attendance by 12 percent and increased student retention. The best-crafted letter home—or even email—these days is unlikely to be opened, much less read. RESEARCH BRIEF: A Proactive, Targeted Approach to School Attendance. VIDEO: Smart Mobile Messaging.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Pedagogic experts have spent an enormous amount of time attempting to unravel the definition of ‘educated’ It used to be the 3 R’s–reading, writing, and ‘rithmetic. Their motivation is often failure, and taking the wrong path again and again. Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations.

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

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Anderson had cleared the reading and writing portions of the Praxis Core with ease, but he kept failing the math component. A 2022 report published by that task force revealed that about 1,000 aspiring educators were unable to begin a preparation program each year due to their failure to pass the Praxis Core.

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Time 4 Kindergarten

JUNE 25, 2024

Reading is more than just deciphering words on a pageit's a complex cognitive process that opens doors to knowledge, imagination, and understanding. For educators, parents, and anyone fascinated by the art of teaching reading, diving into the science behind this essential skill can be both enlightening and transformative.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Students in the 21st century enter the classroom armed with a vast array of knowledge just a swipe away on various digital devices. Unfortunately, nationwide scores in math and reading are on the decline—these students often lack the skills to succeed in higher education. Create positive collaborative learning environments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 17, 2015

Try the problem-solving that has worked in other situations–like intuit a solution, look around the screen and see what pops out, and read the manual. A lot of learning happens through failure. With your knowledge and teaching skills, you’ll understand the directions and how they connect to the bigger picture.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2020

This role also has me reading around 20 articles a day and attempting to synthesize what I learned in some meaningful way. There are a couple of apps that gear the lessons to the kids’ knowledge and skills and prescribe interactive content based on their performance. They read Minecraft books and played a Minecraft tag game outside.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2018

Read academic research about how games are making a positive difference in the classroom. Research published in the International Journal of Communication found that teenagers who played games performed better in math, reading, and science. Games Make It OK to Fail Failure is a normal part of learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

Was Reconstruction a success or a failure?” Luis looks at his paper and reads what he wrote, “I think that Reconstruction was a failure because of the Black Codes.” Perhaps it's that sitting in a circle reading from a paper no longer represents the pinnacle of thoughtful debate. Henry starts. No explanation.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 13, 2019

Or read a portion of the interview below, lightly edited for clarity. We pool all their knowledge together, so that they can actually create a useful, unique contrivance within one school year. Learn from failure. And did most of these students come to you with that baseline computer science knowledge? What do you do?

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. To learn more about this framework, read UDL: A Powerful Framework and explore the UDL on Campus website.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

It stands for: Transparency Real World Applications Universal Design for Learning Social Knowledge Construction Trial and Error Transparency refers to making the purpose and requirements for the assignment as clear as possible. To learn more about this framework, read UDL: A Powerful Framework and explore the UDL on Campus website.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 6, 2015

But it turns out too often, no one is tasked with providing that knowledge. Once a problem is solved, ask students to retain that knowledge, transfer it to other classes, and teach their friends. A lot of learning is accomplished by failure. When asked, most educators shrug and point at someone else. Try, fail, try again.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Below are some of the lessons and resources that I wish I knew of when I first went on the job market—a combination of the academic texts you read in school along with practical tools that have been essential to practicing instructional design in the real world. To get serious about education technology, you have to read Seymour Papert.

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