eSchool News

JULY 26, 2022

AMERICAN FORK, Utah, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — YouScience , the leading student engagement platform that leverages data science to improve student success and bridge the divide between education and careers, today announced the release of a new national report, ” State of The Future U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2016

These advancements mean students have to be ready to learn and work on a global scale. And luckily, with a mobile device and the internet, it’s fairly simple to help students get on the road to developing a global mindset. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

When I first became principal, I was compelled to explore all aspects of what it meant to be a 21 st -century learner in an international baccalaureate context: as a global citizen, as a collaborative co-creator of knowledge, as a caring human being. We are economically diverse as well, with students from poverty through affluence.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Instead, we must delve into the nuanced characteristics of various Large Language Models (LLMs) and student-facing AI to discern how their unique capabilities can be leveraged to achieve diverse educational objectives. It helps students build awareness about the numerous high-wage, high-growth career pathways in media and entertainment.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Digital inclusion and accessibility: Embrace digital tools while ensuring they are accessible to all students, regardless of socioeconomic background or ability. Schools should invest in providing devices and reliable high-speed internet access for students who lack these resources at home.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

These advancements mean students have to be ready to learn and work on a global scale. And luckily, with a mobile device and the internet, it’s fairly simple to help students get on the road to developing a global mindset. Over 2,000,000 students each day are engaged in collaborative project work worldwide.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even if a student doesn’t select a career in STEM, the soft skills they will learn at a STEM-focused school (critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and more) will serve them well in whatever they choose to do in life. We are a STEM-based charter school network serving more than 3,900 students in grades K-12 at seven different campuses.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

With so much publicity, it is reasonable to assume that all students from middle school through post-secondary are aware of its power. Many primers on ChatGPT are available, but I want to focus on teachers’ and students’ concerns about using it in the classroom. Let students grade each other’s contributions?

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eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

Key points: Real-world relevance makes STEM learning more personal for students 12 lesser-known K-12 STEM education resources Using free resources to connect the environment to education For more on STEM concepts, visit eSN’s STEM & STEAM hub Why are we learning this? To be fair, its a valid question.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Most districts are realizing that straightforward banning of ChatGPT and other tools only keeps the students without home access and data plans from using A toolsets. Academic Integrity Statements are a good place to start with districts setting expectations for students. Can students just give this lip service?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? How can teachers determine their power standards and assess student mastery in a way that’s both fun and effective? See it in action (30-second video) with students sharing what they learned about food webs in 5 words (or less).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2024

No one denies it can make student testing more efficient, faster, possibly leading to better educational outcomes for all learners. AI has the potential to revolutionize education for better or worse–jury’s still out on that.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The commission will review research and industry data and hear from education experts as it develops recommendations for southern states around using AI in teaching and learning, developing AI-related policies, and preparing students for careers in AI. We want to make sure student data stays safe.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

On a memorable morning in my high school civics class, the students—seniors, full of energy—learned about the formation and function of our legislative branch. 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.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. Seeing other students who seem to get by well enough makes her feel isolated. These feelings can affect how far students are willing to pursue math. So what does that mean for students with this anxiety?

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2015

One lawyer defends the practice of monitoring students on social media sites after high-stakes testing. If students are responsible, they are instructed to remove the posts. If a sufficient number of questions are exposed, test results are stripped of fairness and validity and are rendered meaningless.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

That is, the best of access to knowledge and the best of recall. Of course, his message aimed at making teachers great, believing that great teachers were the key to learned students. He believed if teachers followed them, they would be great teachers and their students would become great learners—maybe even lifetime learners.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. High school students have classes they need to worry about. They may be playing sports. They might be pursuing other hobbies or interests.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

CS50 assumes no prior knowledge or skill in computer programming, yet it’s extremely demanding. Despite its rigor, CS50 regularly attracts thousands of students each year. Why is Professor Malan’s course so popular, even with students who don’t plan a career in computer science—and even though it requires a lot of work?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Solving them may require training young scholars to be “ wicked students ,” to use a phrase from Paul Hanstedt, director of the Washington & Lee University teaching and learning center. The first step in reconciling these tensions is to anchor some of these claims in data from the student side of the equation. They sure do!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Last spring, students at our school, Two Rivers Public Charter School in Washington, DC, were busy creating solutions in response to challenging problems as part of semester long projects that we call expeditions. Students in pre-K busily painted wooden structures that would become Little Free Libraries in a neighborhood near our school.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

How Project-Based Learning Is Helping Students Build 21st Century Skills. MORE FROM EDTECH: Learn what research says about how 3D printers affect student learning and engagement. Exposing Students to 'Real-World Topics' and 'Authentic Experiences'. This requires significant teacher-student interaction at a group level.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2023

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? How can teachers determine their power standards and assess student mastery in a way that’s both fun and effective? See it in action (30-second video) with students sharing what they learned about food webs in 5 words (or less).

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2020

This is the second of a three-part series looking at how social-emotional learning strategies can support teachers of students with learning differences during the pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak disrupted daily life for virtually every educator, parent, and student in the U.S. You can read part one here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Students are expected to collaborate and share online as young as kindergarten when they read digital books or draw pictures using iPad apps. Accomplishing this so it serves educational goals isn’t as much about knowing how to use the tools as constructing knowledge in an organic, scalable way. Pick something slow at first.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Yet, despite well-intentioned efforts to disrupt systemic inequities in who gets admitted, universities are reverting back to standardized assessments in the hopes of being able to better predict which students will be successful in their environment and graduate on time.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. In the see phase, students are encouraged to make objective observations about what they see in front of them.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

Math and reading achievement also were associated with science achievement in those grades, which suggests that improving math and reading skills in lower-performing students might help improve their science achievement gaps. General knowledge gaps between racial/ethnic minority and white children were already large at kindergarten entry.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2022

This year’s finalists and honorable mention recipients feature outstanding innovations from young scientists – fourteen students ages 12 to 14 – who submitted a one-to two-minute video communicating a solution to an everyday problem in their community or the world and the science behind their solution.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 6, 2025

Ruba shares how concept-based inquiry shapes her work with teachers and students, encouraging deeper thinking, empathy, and purposeful action. Ruba also reflects on our work together implementing Universal Design for Learning and blended learning models, and the impact these approaches have had on teacher practice and student engagement.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.” All resources are available through YoungScientistLab.com.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

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

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As the nation’s premier middle school science competition, the annual 3M Young Scientist Challenge invites students in grades 5-8 to compete for an exclusive mentorship with a 3M scientist, a $25,000 grand prize, and the chance to earn the title of “America’s Top Young Scientist.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

they have no idea that reading is much more difficult for them than it is for other students. The current technology is web-based, but his grandfather’s goal has survived the decades: increase students’ ease and comfort with reading—something that remains elusive to a shockingly large part of the population.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

The term “at risk” is loosely defined and using it as a umbrella descriptor for struggling students is a slippery slope. After three years working with this student population, I can say with confidence that it’s a loaded term and its overuse often causes it to become a self-fulfilling prophecy for kids who can be successful.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

Not to mention, my experience struggling to like science gives me a unique insight into a parallel problem that I am observing among the students in my classroom. Many of my students have a deep sense of curiosity, a wealth of creativity and an awareness of the world that I lacked when I was in school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Too often, students–and teachers–believe learning comes from success when in truth, it’s as likely to be the product of failure. Common Core expect students to write-edit-resubmit. After submittal, give students a set amount of time to redo and resubmit their work. Observe students as they work.

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