eSchool News

JULY 21, 2017

The math lesson on variables began with a simple prompt. 3) Write down every question exactly as stated. (4) As Dan Rothstein, executive director of the Right Question Institute, tells the story: “The teacher presented the following equation: 24 = (smiley face) + (smiley face) + (smiley face).” 4) Change any statements into questions.

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Internet Fairness Students Questions 271

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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Math Schools English Reading 285

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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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Math Fairness Assignments Multiple Choice Questions 105

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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STEM Fairness Students Critical Thinking 167

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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History Social Studies Education Knowledge 217

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APRIL 30, 2025

Credit: [link] Blooms That Inspire Learning Certain flowers shine in educational settings: Sunflowers : Bold and bright, perfect for math and art projects. Daisies pressed into virtual journals spark creative writing, with tech tools preserving the results. Daisies : Simple and sturdy, great for science dissections.

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STEM Art Learning Fairness 88

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. We often neglect to tell students that reading, writing and communicating are just as necessary to success as technical skills,” Longcor explains. “In

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Art Language Languages STEM 161

Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2022

This is a class where I try to help students move from a rigid, “there’s only one way to do it and there’s always one correct answer” approach to math into a more nuanced view. I can say with certainty that, based on 15 weeks of observing my students present, write, work, and grow, nobody should have earned a failing grade.

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Feedback Fairness Grades Assignments 186

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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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 215

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

There’s even an option to write stories together. As one educator writes about their experience with the tool, there are no individual user profiles, no way to collect likes and no followers — basically, no emphasis on comparison. Like Boddle, Shoelace uses game-based content, but to teach reading comprehension instead of math.

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Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Enchanted Learning Activities From Enchanted Learning , one of the older but respected names in classroom printables, find crafts, printables, short printable books, a general collection of activities, spelling and writing activities, math worksheets, US symbols activities, quizzes, and more.

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Activities Quizzes History Fairness 158

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

EdSurge is hosting a series of spring fairs this April! Insider tip #2: Do have a generic resume for jobs fairs or to add to your jobseeker profile. Did you rapidly improve test scores during your time as an 8th grade math teacher? DON'T: Drone On, But Do PROD Here, then, is your resume-writing acronym: PROD.

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Writing Fairness Curriculum Design Testing 80

Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Because of that, I’ve been adamant that there is a clear need to build an inclusive family partnership system that provides all families with a fair opportunity to be as involved as they can be in support of their child’s school experience. The dual role of educator and parent is a precarious balance to maintain and often feels impossible.

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Teachers Fairness Participation Grades 186

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Winner: C-STEM — tools to learn math through robotics ( see my review ). Honorable Mention: Zap Zap Math — math app with games and drills ( see my review ). Winner: Revision Assistant — assistance with student writing ( see my review ). Then we looked for the following qualities: how dependable is it.

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Math Fairness Writing STEM 0

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

From Enchanted Learning , one of the most respected names in classroom printables, find crafts, printables, short printable books, a general collection of activities, spelling and writing activities, math worksheets, US symbols activities, quizzes, and more. Games and online activities. Learn about each President.

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Activities Quizzes Fairness History 158

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

But it got so many write-ins that I took the unusual step of adding it and it became the runaway favorite. Developers are doing an amazing job building apps to support math. Both of these are excellent choices for your school writing program: Winner: Grammarly. Then we looked for the following qualities: how dependable is it.

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Fairness Writing Math Curriculum 134

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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Testing Teachers Math Essay 124

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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Intelligence Teaching Assistants Laboratory Assignments 201

Edsurge

MAY 10, 2018

If you want to write comments, knock yourself out, but you don’t have to write the kind of comments you did before to justify the grade,” she says. Defending Multiple-Choice To be fair, not everyone is so down on multiple choice. There are rules to writing good multiple-choice questions.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Quizzes Assignments 157

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

They even find new clients by attending fairs and setting up and maintaining a website that advertises their services. Whether they are creating a sculpture or solving a math problem, students can show steps taken and moments of struggle or breakthrough by taking pictures, recording a time-lapse video or writing a blog.

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Art Learning Skills Math 159

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MAY 23, 2023

Math Assignments: Showcase different types of graphs and their uses, explain how to solve a particular math problem step-by-step, or highlight important mathematical formulas. History Assignments: Showcase the key events and figures of the American Revolution or present a timeline of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Assignments Learning Science History 148

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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Culture Elementary School Elementary School Students 140

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

From working professionals to teenagers, people around the world expressed fervor that ChatGPT could also save time for writing tasks. Using AI to create tailored learning In a not-too-distant-past, math teachers complained that calculators would make students worse at basic arithmetic. So, what really happened?

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Plagiarism Ethics Intelligence Education 134

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Then we looked for the following qualities: how dependable is it. how versatile is it for time-strapped teachers. does it differentiate for the varied needs of students and teacher. do educators like it (fairly subjective, but there you have it). how did it work when exposed to your students. was it easy to use and intuitive to learn. Winner: Canva.

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Fairness Classroom Management Reading Math 104

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Technology firms are investing heavily in new learning tools to help teachers improve their STEM and STEAM curricula, a welcome endeavor for education experts looking for ways to improve STEM pedagogies to better engage students in science, technology, engineering and math content. .

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STEM Essay Education Coaching 133

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2019

We set norms and ground rules, we gave each person involved a fair opportunity to speak and we followed that darn script. But other times, our meetings were less formal—she just wanted to talk about her dog or share her writing. That is not how we approach peer mentoring at Westgate. So, what makes our peer mentor program so different?

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Counselling Confidentiality Middle School Middle School 165

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APRIL 8, 2016

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing in a fun, agile way that appeals to students. When your students write with comics, they’ll follow a few simple rules: Each panel includes detail to support the plot, characters, and setting.

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Writing Students Plagiarism Fairness 90

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

It works well for giant projects like museum displays, science fair projects, but it also works well for weekly vocabulary assignments,” says Robyn Tanksley, third-grade teacher at the Sexton Mountain Elementary School in Beaverton, in a video about Adobe Spark. . Miller writes about technology for CIO.com.

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Schools Fairness Testing Elementary School 121

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes. Luttrell, R., & McGrath, K. Richard, S.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 111

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2019

It only says something about whether students have yet attained the reading, writing, and math skills they will use to gain knowledge in college or career training; it makes no statement about what they are capable of learning.” The people who started this system were in their own minds idealists,” he told EdSurge.

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Testing Essay Blended Courses Skills 160

Whiteboard Blog

MARCH 31, 2024

For example, platforms like Carnegie Learning use AI to offer math instruction tailored to individual student performance. Ethical Considerations Bias and Fairness : AI systems can inadvertently perpetuate biases present in their training data. Student Autonomy : AI should support, not replace, the students learning journey.

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Writing Ethics Schools Intelligence 52

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Assignment: Exploring Leadership Through Superheroes In this assignment, students are asked to compare five leadership styles—autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire (sometimes called free-rein style), transactional, and transformational—with the leadership qualities of at least three superheroes. Luttrell, R., & McGrath, K. Richard, S.

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Assignments Teaching Ethics Fairness 92

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

Douglas Moore In 2010, Tesoriero and her colleague Amanda Solarsh, a middle school science teacher, stumbled across an opportunity to write curriculum at NYSCI. NYSCI, born at the 1964 World’s Fair in Corona, NY, is on a mission to put its visitors at the center of each hands-on learning experience.

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Science Learning Schools Gamification 145

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FEBRUARY 12, 2019

From Enchanted Learning , one of the most respected names in classroom printables, find crafts, printables, short printable books, a general collection of activities, spelling and writing activities, math worksheets, US symbols activities, quizzes, and more. Games and online activities. Learn about each President. President for a Day!

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Activities Quizzes History Fairness 88

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AUGUST 1, 2019

It can be used at home, in school, or as an extracurricular tool for teaching STEAM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). Lessons are each about five hours and cover topics like road safety, math, art, and nature studies. What I really like about Robo Wunderkind.

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Mobile Devices Math Art Curriculum 94

Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

I don’t love math. Dr. Brandee Ramirez Like if you have if you have one, one teacher who’s not using it and one teacher who is, I just don’t think that’s fair. And so she found that the hardest thing for these students was to just even write a prompt. I did that for a year and realized, you know what?

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Schools Coaching Fairness Technology 195

Shelley Gray Teaching

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Luckily, there are a lot of math read alouds available to teachers. Your students will love this fun Fraction Math Project! Sir Cumference and the Fraction Faire by Cindy Neushwander Sir Cumference and the Fraction Faire is an excellent book to demonstrate equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. Find it here.

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Fairness Math Reading Writing 52