eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Here in Cicero School District 99, students are getting an extra 30 minutes of reading or math instruction every day, which adds up to around three additional weeks of school. The year before the pandemic, 22% of students in the district met or exceeded Illinois’ English language arts standards, while 16% cleared that bar in math.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

To be fair, its a valid question. If youre teaching math, a local architect can expound on how angles and equations literally shape the homes in which students live. I challenged my 5 th grade students to create a solution using the engineering design process. This is a question every educator has faced before.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2017

Grades : 3-12. Pros : Provides tons of data to teachers and students, and competency-based progression is far better than grades. Cons : Math content is mostly traditional, decontextualized and dry. As kids get through lessons, sectors of their competency pie grow to reflect their emerging skill. Price : Free to try, paid.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

For Scott Looney, there’d be no hesitating: He would have every school switch from traditional grading to competency-based evaluations. Whether they call it competency-, mastery-, or standards-based grading, the movement aims to improve students outcomes sans As, Bs, and Cs. They just make sense.”. The MTC is not alone in its mission.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Research indicates math, reading achievement in early grades also influences later science achievement. Their science achievement gaps remained fairly stable from third grade through eighth grade. Morgan, an associate professor of education policy studies at Pennsylvania State University.

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natbanting

APRIL 28, 2021

In 2015, my students and I founded an annual math fair in my school division. Inspired by mathematical play, the fair grew from humble beginnings into a staple of my mathematical calendar. Some schools opted to set up the fair in a central place and have classes come play one at a time. NatBanting

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games. Kids all across the country are already having fun with math.”.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash long-standing disparities in math. In 2014, the district pushed algebra to ninth grade from eighth grade, in an attempt to eliminate the tracking, or grouping, of students into lower and upper math paths.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Math teachers: This is for you. Here are some great suggestions from efriend and math afficionado, Matt Kim: Before I was ever a high school math teacher, I was always a hardcore technophile. It really is an exciting time for technology in education and the tools available to us to use today in our math classes is no exception.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

One student, standing up and projecting his voice, declared: “Virginia objects to New Jersey demanding that She give away Her fair and right voice in the new government. Therefore, it is right and fair we have more influence on the actions of government.” We have a larger population. A student on the opposing side retorted: “No way.

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Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. If youve ever wondered whether you really have to grade everything the answer is no. But Isnt That Cheating?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Over the 10 years of the Read on myON collaboration, hundreds of thousands of children from birth through 8th grade have had free access to the myON platform. It’s been an honor to work with Hillsborough County and their many dedicated partners for the last decade,” said Todd Brekhus, chief product officer at Renaissance. About Renaissance.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

The original version of this article appeared in Grading for Growth. I gave only feedback on student work, with no grades on any assignment. In that whole last paragraph, notice that I didn’t say anything about grades. And again—none of this had anything to do with grades. The grades got out of the way and let us learn.

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Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

You Can Use It Anywhere, With Any Grade Think-Pair-Share isnt tied to one subject, it works anywhere. Use it in math to talk through different ways to solve a problem, in science to make predictions, in reading to dive into character choices, or in social studies to unpack big ideas like fairness or impact.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

We must ensure students have the basic reading and math competencies they need to succeed in any trade. While 2019 NAEP scores show just under half of white fourth-grade students were reading at or above proficiency, the number drops to 18 percent , or roughly one in six, for Black students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

They also were required to pass a test on national and state civil rights laws and professional ethics, as well as a rigorous state test required for the grade-level and subject-matter area. ”‘ Both teachers already had bachelor’s degrees in science, which were required to obtain the three-year license.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Cultural norms have long dictated the foundation they need to ­survive in ­society and the workforce — reading, writing, math and science. . Project-based learning and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education give students the tools to solve real-world problems while also building their critical-thinking skills.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2017

It started with an underwhelming science fair—the type we’re all familiar with: students standing next to handmade posters, listlessly describing their projects, usually alone. Students are able to say, ‘Oh I’m good at math; I don’t need these other skills.’ Not your typical science fair . Some tips from the pros 1.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2022

It’s the start of the second week of the school year and my son’s virtual first grade orientation is scheduled for 10:15 a.m. I was late to my son’s first grade orientation, not because I wanted to be, but because between the hours of 8 a.m. Some of us have multiple children across different grade levels or even schools.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2016

Instead, they power up glowing iPad screens and swipe and tap their way through math problems, the day’s reading or interactive content. In high school math teacher Joe Sowinski’s classes, technology has changed class structure. The Pennsylvania Legislature is joining the U.S. image via AP ].

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Edsurge

APRIL 11, 2019

Making Space Located 30 miles north of Chicago, Lake Forest Country Day School (LFCDS) is an independent school that serves students from pre-k through eighth grade. We’ve run stations at Maker Faires, demonstrated tools for teachers at professional development conferences and taught CAD Design at student conferences.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The survey also took measure of kids’ interests in science, technology, education and math. Despite the positive outlook, only 51 percent of participants in fifth through 12th grade said they were on track to graduate.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

that would use a technology-based language development and literacy program to English language learners (ELLs) in grades K-6.Approximately On the 2015 AzMERIT statewide benchmark exam, only 2 percent of ELLs passed the language arts section, and 6 percent passed the math section of the exam.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

While there’s focus on getting kids to socialize, school leaders and administrators also have one eye trained on the slipping reading and math scores in their districts. These improvised or newly created tabletop games do have to go through a fair bit of testing before being introduced as a lesson plan.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Oregon teachers wish they didn’t have to give their students Smarter Balanced English and math tests because the tests take too much time, have confusing directions and are unfair for students who don’t have computers at home or who have inadequate technology at school. A new survey reveals discontent with length, logistics.

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

Yet more professors seem to be turning to the format these days, as teaching loads and class sizes grow, since multiple-choice quizzes and tests can be easily graded by machines. It allows faculty to really streamline their grading time,” says Darby, of Northern Arizona.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

One recent whitepaper linked the practice to preparing kids for the long road of schooling ahead , in which progress is measured through standardized testing starting in third grade. The same analysis found kindergarten teachers were about 15 percent more likely to use math and reading workbooks at the end of the decade.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2022

Currently, a senior in high school has the same device as a student in first grade, regardless of their programming. Then, put yourself in the shoes of a 10-year-old who can't read on grade level, has no concept of math and is expected to do word problems in real-world scenarios with vocabulary they don't understand.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

Written by Theodora , a 5th grade teacher from California. Theodora: I was looking for the next step in using CGI (Cognitively Guided Instruction for Math) with technology. I feel strongly that in order to truly understand what they are doing in math they need to be able to verbalize how they solve things.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Ithaka S+R , and a group called Transforming Post-Secondary Education in Mathematics , or TPSE Math. This isn’t a totally new experience for Boakye, who says he took a self-paced math course from the college last year. The courseware could also save professors time, since it automatically grades assignments. The mission?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Or initiative to math? One of our favorites: Helping sixth-grade earth science students develop empathy by incorporating a perspective-taking lesson on Red Cross disaster relief efforts during the 2015 Nepal Gorkha earthquake; the lesson uses source video and materials from the IFRC, US Geological Survey, and BBC. Grades and Subjects.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2016

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, E-Line Media, and founding sponsor the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) aim to motivate interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) among youth by transforming their natural passions for playing video games into designing and creating their own.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

I may not recall who taught me which specific reading or math concept, but I vividly remember how these educators made me feel. In third grade, they even started writing goals on paper in a plastic sleeve to keep and reuse weekly and to display on or in their desks. At Gem Prep: Nampa we take pride in the feeling we create.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2024

In it, Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy, which has been building a tutoring tool with ChatGPT, sits watching his 15-year old son Imran learn a math concept from a talking version of the chatbot running on an iPad, which can also see what the student is typing on the tablet. It was making math errors. It could be used to cheat.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2024

Unlike content standards for math or science, where there is more uniformity across states, social studies standards can vary significantly from one state to another. Introducing Traverse, a digital-forward, inquiry-driven social studies curriculum for grades 6-12. HQIMs are standards based, inquiry based and allow for differentiation.

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