eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A shortage of trained teachers in Oregon is leaving school districts short-handed, so replacements without educational backgrounds are being recruited from other professions to fill the gap. This school year at Umatilla School District, two science teachers are embarking on a new career after years of real-world experience in the subject.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2016

The Innovation Lab , at New Jersey’s Fair Haven school district , is our 5th and 6th grade STEAM creation. Today, we use FH Gizmos to expose Fair Haven students to entrepreneurship. In our elementary school, FH Gizmos is a third-grade-run pop-up store. In school, subjects are traditionally taught in silos.

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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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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. And some barriers are not just about meeting learning goals.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

In middle school, I participated in Future City , a STEM competition for middle schoolers. Influenced by my own experiences and the philosophy of my school, competition became a staple in our classroom culture. Another student cried when they didn’t get stickers on their test, even though they tried their best.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

Even though they will move on to a different teacher the following year, or even other schools, they will be in the same grade cohort for many years. Next up is Abigail Joseph, a middle school director of learning, innovation and design at the Harker School in San Jose, Calif.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. By third grade, when most schools have systemic end-of-year summative tests, your students will be ready.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

CoCo is still in its beta phase, being tested out by educators from 65 different countries. For instance, it now groups student users who are at the same level of mastery together, to make competition more fair. In the meantime, CoCo’s venture-backed counterparts are testing out their own theories on what motivates students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Unlike the typical public high school, this program is selective, meaning classes are much smaller. Students must be high achievers in middle school with recommendations from math and science teachers, in addition to high test scores. Pedersen says the lack of testing allows more time for laboratory experimentation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Plus, he adds, its common for tracking to focus on narrow factors such as test scores that don't account for discrepancies in opportunities to learn math that accrue throughout a students academic career. But their families have managed to give them a jump-start through additional after-school programs, tutors and other resources, he says.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

I’ve had many jobs as an educator over the past 16 years, but at my core, I’m a 7th-grade middle school teacher. Join us at one of our jobs fairs! Nowhere is that more true than in schools. I use this lens as a decision making test before saying yes, and as a barometer to ensure I’m still on the right track down the road.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2017

So in 1998, he and seven colleagues launched an animated e-learning platform designed to engage elementary and middle school students in math, reading and Spanish curriculum while supporting teachers with assessment tools. School & Home Connection: Home access extends learning beyond the classroom. What’s next for Istation?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s no secret many parents are frustrated with public schools. Are kids learning to think or just to pass tests? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 6, 2019

In fact, with some supervision, I tasked two middle school students to unbox and set up the printer, and in less than 15 minutes , we were printing our first test object. During testing, I printed several objects, some in high resolution and others in standard. That’s what my middle school football coach told me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

To be fair, kids who use technology regularly at home do have both a baseline set of skills and a fearless enthusiasm for anything with a screen and a power button. I’ll never forget when the Director of Technology at my school decided kids didn’t need keyboarding lessons until middle school. Of course you do.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Count Connie Scalzetti, a middle-school teacher at CICS West Belden in Chicago, among the believers. Allowing students to move on when they’re ready—or revisit something when they need support—is giving everyone a fair chance at being successful.”. In the middle school, students leverage the.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2016

Many of them would enjoy the creative problem-solving of engineering—and they won’t know unless they choose, enjoy, and stay involved in engineering coursework during middle and high school. Encouraging diverse participation in STEM in middle school is crucial. That’s the teacher’s job. Engage your community.

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Edsurge

JULY 26, 2016

However, test-takers were overwhelmingly white and male, according to data from the College Board, which administers the AP test. Nationwide, AP computer science is becoming more popular, and new initiatives aim to make it more inclusive as well. In 2015, the number of students taking the AP CS exam increased by nearly 24 percent.

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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. They were immediately taken with the museum’s learning model and wanted to incorporate elements of it into their classrooms at Simon Baruch Middle School 104.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Name : Jami Rhue Age : 48 Location : Chicago Title : School librarian and media specialist Current age group : PreK-8 Years in the field : 23 EdSurge: How did you get here? Jami Rhue : I never thought of librarianship until I went to a job fair for Chicago Public Schools, and they were looking for school librarians.

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

Past Teachers-in-Residence include a middle school science teacher, a kindergarten teacher and a performing arts teacher, but for this year’s program, the library specifically wanted to bring on a civics teacher to build out its digital collection of civics-focused curriculum materials. I think the power of civics.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

People say, “How can you possibly defend that we should be looking at standardized test scores when technology doesn’t help those things?” It’s not fair to expect that technology will improve the core business of education.” But that IS why schools exist, to teach those content and skills! I just don’t see that. This isn’t new.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

And So what we say in Palmdale is we’re having conversations with every community, every school, and how do we handle that? And so as an example, we are testing we. In the inner city, they needed even more, and So what happens is at this middle school stage, we allow the students we actually require the students to put.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2018

It’s no secret many parents are frustrated with public schools. Are kids learning to think or just to pass tests? Consider a pedagogy that transcends rote memorization and the stock drills often found in today’s classrooms, expects critical thinking that teaches how to learn anything — not just school subjects.

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Critical Thinking Failure Evaluation Fairness 89

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 30, 2015

Just 26 percent of ACT test-takers are prepared for college. Peek Into a STEM Classroom: Hoover High School. Pleasant Middle School. LC – I lead an annual STEM excellence fair and bring other teachers, community members in that way. STEM Education Award for Inspired Teaching video.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 12, 2025

To make your expectations tangible to students, consider using learning contracts, which students can sign and keep on hand throughout the school year. Your students may be an energetic bunch, be easily riled up before a test, or still full of energy after recess.

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k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Establish School Hours Set clear learning hours that mimic traditional school timings, with blocks allocated for live classes, independent study, breaks, and meals. Solution: Test all equipment before the school year starts. Encourage interaction during live classes and group projects.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

So I think it's a fair question that many people have. Of those 1500 organizations, a lot of them certainly are providing "traditional college advising" to 11th and 12th graders, a lot of test prep like Let's Get Ready. So they'll host like shared fairs or shared opportunities for like fly-in programs or stuff.

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Coaching Communication Essay High School 91

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

So I would say in that regard, I've met some of these students last year when they were visiting, and some of the students I may have met when they were in middle school because they come to visit us. And we would think back to when the pandemic hit and many institutions suddenly became test optional. DP: Mm-hmm. DP: Right.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

No matter what you do you are still going to be accountable for the test score.It Carl Brownlee, middle school teacher Here’s a popular movie plot: Great teacher goes into a troubled neighborhood and turns around a low-performing school. During the 2015-16 school year, only 0.7

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2024

Many teachers that I have talked to don't like to call parents,” says Crystal Frommert, a middle school math teacher at a private school in Houston. “We So you will be a parent at your job doing your daily work, and you will get an alert on your phone that your son or daughter made a 72 on a test — which I think is horrific.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

The middle school my older son goes to did not respond as well. They were reminded to show extra care and concern toward my child, and to let me know if there were signs of distress or behavioral changes. My child’s classroom teacher actively communicated with me by text.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 13, 2016

a quiz to test knowledge. It is well-suited to Middle School civics classes. Once students are familiar with the Supreme Court, test their new knowledge with the games. It’s put out by Congress for Kids who has a great reputation for providing age-appropriate learning about the US government. things to think about.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2025

The state of Florida has adopted this CLT test, which is a test of classic literature, and theres a lot of mythology on it. Schools are built on a mass production concept. Standardized testing doesnt adequately assess the depth of a students understanding and potential. You want them to think the way you want them to.

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