Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Over the last five years, I have worked hard to teach my students that failure is a gift. This isn’t a new idea, but we still struggle with the idea that failure is a necessary component of success. Embracing failure can seem counterintuitive to students. They are loud, chaotic, and full of failure and growth.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. ESL students won’t be able to succeed at school or college if they can’t use the language well enough: Their grades and overall subject knowledge will suffer.

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Writing Skills Essay Languages 278

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. With infinite information at their fingertips, how do we equip this new type of student with the skills to interpret, problem solve, and think critically about the information they encounter when we are not always the ones delivering it to them? link] Dorland, A.

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Failure Critical Thinking Essay Feedback 297

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is a process where students evaluate their work, reflecting on what they’ve learned, how well they’ve understood complex concepts, how much progress they’ve made toward mastering key skills, and where they may need to invest time and energy to improve their concept knowledge and skill set.

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Evaluation Assignments Failure Participation 428

eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2024

It is during this period that introducing STEM education thus becomes paramount so as to establish a solid foundation of fundamental concepts and problem-solving skills. STEM education places a strong emphasis on creativity and problem-solving–skills crucial for addressing complex challenges in the modern world.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2019

Ideally, knowledge acquisition as an end in itself would be socioeconomically equitable, but the pursuit of knowledge as an end in itself is mostly a tool of the privileged. Without pattern knowledge built on experience, we’re left with several ways to approach problems. The majority intend to train practitioners, not academics.

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Failure Education Languages Language 146

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

We can’t test students on their innovation, but we can encourage them to explore new concepts, look at challenges from all sides, and embrace failures as opportunities to try again with more knowledge. Innovation is more than a buzzword today—it’s something educators strive for in their classrooms, schools, and districts.

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Failure Schools Knowledge Testing 279

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Across the globe, teachers are continually asked to integrate technology into their curriculums to keep up with future-ready skills and in turn they complain that they need more professional development. To support this effort, some schools offer tech-based PD as an added option, which may or may not set it up for failure.

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Failure Teaching Methods Evaluation Curriculum 279

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

In an era consumed with teaching 21st-century soft skills, are games any good at building critical thinking or collaboration skills? I never want to make claims that games writ-large for any kid—under any circumstances—teach these sort of skills.” minimizing failure and providing immediate feedback for students.

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Skills Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning Failure 168

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Imperative 2: Raise the bar with rigorous, transformative, and innovative learning and skills. School leaders should encourage educators to use edtech that promotes skills like creativity and problem solving, which will serve the student no matter what profession they choose.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2020

In an effort to help ensure that students are prepared for fall classes, McGraw Hill is offering new customers a free two-month trial of its ALEKS MathReady program, allowing current and rising college-age students and others to refresh their math skills efficiently and effectively.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

This fall, I will return to the classroom for my second year teaching English at Philadelphia’s Excel Academy South , an accelerated high school experience for students seeking a smaller, more personal setting, intensely focused on elevating social skills, emotional wellness, and academic success. . It was about the outside world.

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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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Skills Failure Learning Knowledge 167

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The game had given them a reason and a context, not only for using English, but also for activating 21st-century skills. Here are six examples of higher-order thinking skills my students developed while creating and playing games: 1. The novices raise their skills very quickly, uncovering ideas even the experts didn’t know.

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Languages Language Skills English 165

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2024

If you don’t have failure built into your maker education and your PBL system, just forget it. Embracing those failures has to be part of your culture.” Do your students feel safe to build? Do your students feel safe to screw up? I don’t want a kid to not try an idea because they won’t get the A.

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Curriculum Failure Essay Art 291

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

The issue is not just that K-12 education lacks challenging work; its that the system actively discourages failure. This wasnt a sign of failure; it was an essential part of learning. The emphasis on grades instead of growth fostered a fear of failure, making students hesitant to take risks.

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Failure Assignments Education Secondary Education 178

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. Solution: I teach English, so I started using mini-lessons for essay writing to break down skills. Lessons learned: Confidence affects effort.

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Essay Failure Students Writing 203

eSchool News

DECEMBER 31, 2018

As schools are adopting and using more digital tools, they are looking for solutions that not only consolidate functions to reduce the risks of privacy or security failure, avoid confusion among teachers and parents, and also better connect and engage school communities. Carolyn Brown, president and co-founder, Foundations in Learning. •

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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2024

Key points: Deeper learning helps immerse students in a more engaging education model Redesigning the educational model after COVID Educational leaders must leverage collaboration for success For more news on district leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub Today’s students need to develop a broad and well-rounded body of knowledge.

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Education Learning Failure Physical Education 301

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2017

School used to be about gaining a shared body of knowledge. If you were clever, paid attention, had good memorization skills and could afford it, you could even progress to college and possibly to graduate school, where your agreed-upon knowledge would qualify you for a profession. I have no verifiable job skills.

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Learning Failure Languages Language 236

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2024

Educators should examine the number of parents who are not knowledgeable about the various methods of communication that are available to them through their school district. We have to realize that while we are in a 21st century digital world, not everyone has the digital literacy skills to navigate the world today.

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Communication Education Failure Math 263

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. Early math skills are associated with higher literacy and higher earnings. That has consequences.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

If struggling students are asked to read and practice at a level that is too challenging, they’re simply being set up for failure. Teachers may need to revisit foundational reading skills and determine specific skill deficits that require remediation. The goal is the mastery of a reading skill while keeping that student engaged.

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Failure Motivation Assistive Technology Reading 199

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

In the 100 years since we sterilized our schools with “scientific management” , there has been vast transformations in the skills that power the workforce and a shockingly small number of modifications to the system we use to educate our children and very few updates to the content we choose to teach them.

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Failure Multidisciplinary Testing Skills 161

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

US News blamed math knowledge for a 33% failure rate by Oklahoma high school seniors on their exit exams. Now, they want to use their kids’ native interest in online gaming to scaffold math knowledge. Each game is designed with unique features to bring out distinct academic and strategic skills in students.

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Math Failure Gamification Knowledge 150

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

The workforce has undergone significant changes, and today’s jobs require advanced skills and specialized training, particularly in STEM fields. The importance of identifying and instructing students at any grade who cannot reach fluency and comprehension because of gaps in foundational skills cannot be overstated.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 331

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2019

When I first wrote these teaching maps, they concentrated on aligning with standards and ticking off required skills. Lesson plans must reflect those skills. Transfer of knowledge is key. Collaboration and sharing is treated as a learned skill. Respond to their varied time constraints and knowledge levels.

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Failure Gamification Textbooks Knowledge 128

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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Failure Motivation Writing Culture 160

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

The person has to be prepared to set aside time to improve skills and understanding of what is required. Degree of technical knowledge and understanding of technology. It also requires a reasonable skill set. Even a person who believes that education needs to change has to then be willing to change.

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Beliefs Failure Schools Blended Learning 190

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. In 2015, 25 states required teacher candidates to pass a basic skills test for admission into a preparation program. By 2021, that had declined to 15.

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Exams Teachers Testing Math 194

eSchool News

JANUARY 12, 2016

The Challenge taught me the importance of the three C’s of science – creativity, collaboration and communication – as well as embracing failure as an opportunity for learning. Video entries will be evaluated based on their creativity, scientific knowledge, persuasiveness and overall presentation. Paul, Minn.,

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STEM Failure Science Communication 170

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. They are knowledgeable. It was a challenge to correct her without having her shut down, declare herself a failure, and move on.

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Teachers Failure Quizzes Knowledge 136

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

She views the seeming “chaos” of making as a tool for students to take ownership of their own learning, adapt to changing circumstances, sit with frustration, develop problem-solving skills, collaborate with others, and exercise creativity. In other cases, they found no evidence that making could teach these skills.

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Coaching Participation Failure Beliefs 180

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. I’ve pointed out the social skills that band, orchestra and choir ensembles build. Fear of failure can lead to a lack of creative thought and progress within communities.

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2018

You own your successes and your failures. If you’re a local, the spot is common knowledge. It requires bravery in the face of repeated embarrassment and failure. Plus, bilingualism has even been found to delay the onset of Alzheimer’s Disease. Language learning gives you power. So, let’s keep teaching language. .

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Languages Language Failure English 157

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2021

Altitude’s services are based on a “learner-centered” pedagogical model that champions helping students develop agency over their learning, designing authentic learning experiences and assessments, and applying skills and knowledge to real life.

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Failure Coaching Evaluation Knowledge 174

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2021

As a bonus, these accelerated learning approaches give a lower priority to repetition or “skill-and-drill” uses of instructional technology. Some standards are so foundational that failure to master them sets a student up for significant struggle later on—hence the term “gatekeeper standards.” Move to a competency-based focus.

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