eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

And I think there’s no question that when you think. John Watson So first of all I want to just echo the point that you’re making in your question, which is in these online settings relationships and student engagement are absolutely critical and I don’t. So that’s one version of the answer to your question.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 25, 2025

I receive a fair number of newly published early childhood/teaching books, often unsolicited, with the idea that I'll write a review or otherwise promote it on the blog. I don't read them all -- indeed, I only tend to read those that come from authors who I know or who previously contacted me.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Do you wish your parents would ask you more questions about your day, or fewer questions? Imagine a world where you could read everyones mind, but no one could read yours. If you woke up famous, what would you like to be famous for?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Keep students engaged with a collection of fun debate topics and “would you rather” questions for high school students that they’ll enjoy talking about. Facilitate a respectful discussion when you bring these controversial debate topics or writing prompts for high school to your classroom Are immigration laws in the United States fair?

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The Life of a Conflicted Teacher

JUNE 10, 2025

We spent hours and hours on the beach, reading, splashing in the water, and to be honest, napping too! I’ll write about our Lyft ride in an upcoming blog, but that was the only thing that made us question our judgement. So, we did the same thing; we booked our trip to Destin. Destin did not disappoint, again.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

The first image many people have of school is a circle of small children, sitting cross-legged, paying attention (or not) to an adult reading a book aloud and showing pictures to the class. A second question has been given almost equal importance: Is reading a book to students online even legal? What Is Fair Use?

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

My children love “would you rather” questions. Would you rather watch a movie or read a book? Would you rather go to the beach or the snow? Would you rather eat a cookie or a brownie? They enjoy being presented with two options and getting to choose one. Would You Rather?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2014

This is an ideal space to post announcements, allow students to ask questions, and encourage students to have discussions about assignments. Part of our class assignment was to complete reading in Fahrenheit 451. Normally, students would have small group discussions about the reading. Use Web Tools to Design a Virtual Lesson.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas found itself in need of a way to score exponentially more written responses on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, after a new law mandated that at least 25 percent of questions be open-ended — rather than multiple choice — starting in the 2022-23 school year.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? So they write a bunch of tests items or questions of different kinds. asks Mark Moulton.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

Early simulations like Reader Rabbit are still used in classrooms to drill reading and math skills. In case you must ‘sell’ this idea to your administration, here are three great reasons why students should use Minecraft in school: Reading, Writing, and Problem Solving. Game playing develops reading skills.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

” It’s a fair question. They can look at the rubric, read the description of what a 1, 2, 3, and 4 look like for each skill. However, I may not always have time to return to a previous piece and reassess it prior to this conversation, so this gives us time to chat about their hard work.

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2024

With AI dominating headlines in all industries, it’s a relatively common question: Is everything about AI? Bias and fairness: Bias in AI systems and troubles ensuring fair treatment 3. Despite its potential, AI in the classroom brings with it concerns: 1.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 29, 2025

Key points: Technology works in service of teaching, not the other way around Teaching ethical edtech for future innovators Leveraging edtech to help students, teachers stay connected through illness For more news on AI, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Artificial intelligence brings opportunities and questions to classrooms worldwide.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

In the Baldwin Union Free School District , educators and leaders are working diligently to avoid brain rot as they strive to teach students how to ask questions, evaluate information sources, and become actively involved in their communities. One of the questions we ask is, Should you share this? Everyone should be doing this.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

EdSurge is hosting a series of spring fairs this April! Before you head to a jobs fair, it's worth taking the time to make sure your resume, LinkedIn profile and business cards are all up-to-date. Hiring managers will wind up with a stack of resumes by the end of the fair. Looking to level up in your career? Boston, April 18th.

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Fairness Internet Reading Questions 107

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. Our AI guiding principles started this process of building an ethical AI mindset, which provided pathways to critically question AI in our system. On the 6th Day of Edtech, our story focuses on ethical AI use.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

So, as an educator interested in technology — after all, you are reading eSchool News — what is the best source for tracking emerging technologies for learning? The answer to the first question is easy. The 2016 Report is made possible by Share Fair Nation at go.nmc.org/2016-k12 ).

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For example, some students will acquire information more effectively by reading a text or article, while others will prefer to listen to an audio track or podcast. The result is a learning experience that is more attuned to individual needs and differences, ensuring each student has a fair chance at success.

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Blended Learning Education Feedback Teaching Methods 419

Edsurge

MAY 14, 2019

Compared with the past, the majority of young adults don’t read for pleasure. In 1980, 60 percent of 12th graders said they read a book, newspaper or magazine every day that wasn’t assigned for school, one study found. Reading has the potential to open doors, expand horizons, and provide escape. It’s not that they can’t.

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Reading Essay Assignments Fairness 167

eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

When we have our STEM Fair each year, parents are amazed by what they see and hear from the students. As students plan investigations to answer a question posed to them, they conduct tests, record and analyze data, and communicate their results. Take a question and turn it into an investigation and project. Science practices.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

And people are taking a fresh look at the question of whether everyone is getting education fairly. After all, the pandemic is forcing some serious reflections about what’s really essential teaching in schools and colleges. Wolfram is steeped in math tools.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2023

What if you’re a new first grade teacher, and you realize the classroom methods you’re using to teach your students to read just aren’t working. The 80-minute documentary is called “ The Right to Read ,” and it is making the festival circuit of screenings, including a showing at the recent SXSW EDU Festival.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

The critical question is, “ What is the right type of co-learning ?” Individual essays, science fair partner projects, group programming assignments, digital and physical art pieces–every single assignment from now on has a silent partner. ” It takes no more than a few seconds to fill out and read.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2016

So, as an educator interested in technology — after all, you are reading eSchool News — what is the best source for tracking emerging technologies for learning? The answer to the first question is easy. The 2016 Report is made possible by Share Fair Nation at go.nmc.org/2016-k12 ).

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Secondary Education Fairness Intelligence Learning Spaces 221

Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. Bovill et al., academic journal article or specific industry press).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

They started by asking a series of questions that were on their minds. The Questions are in bold and my answers in italics : I allow my kids to have “Friends” in Roblox or Instagram and only chat with friends. Read the parental guidelines all social media platforms offer. Let’s start this question with a poll.

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Questions Internet Ethics Fairness 95

eSchool News

MAY 12, 2022

Now, here’s the main question – how can web filtering possibly be of harm for the kids? CIPA clearly states that content “harmful to minors” must be blocked, which sometimes is read as “block everything” by adults. Both opinions have their right to exist, both seem fair.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 14, 2018

This is a common question administrators and educational practitioners ask when considering LMS adoption at the district level. Since young learners are still developing their reading, writing, and fine-motor skills, the notion is they are not developed enough to benefit from using an LMS.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

But they weren’t reading from a textbook. 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.” They were roleplaying.

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History Social Studies Education Knowledge 217

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

Check back soon for the next must-read post!]. When he first signed up for CS50, it is fair to say he was not in the habit of choosing the most demanding courses on campus. to midnight, where students can gather over pizza to discuss problem sets or ask questions—and these nightly events routinely draw upwards of 300 students. “I

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Faculty Focus

MAY 25, 2023

The difficulties in student engagement with instructor-directed reading, both in terms of the amount of reading undertaken and the participation and benefit from in-class discussion around readings, can be a prevalent problem. Bovill et al., academic journal article or specific industry press).

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Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 96

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The list I have compiled below is a must read for school boards, parents, grandparents and anyone who cares about having a well-educated society. Teachers want fair funding for all schools. You may be surprised by this list if you aren’t a classroom teacher. Think of teachers as the canaries in the coal mines. What do teachers want?

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

For instance, it now groups student users who are at the same level of mastery together, to make competition more fair. And rather than earning points based on the number of subject-matter questions they answer correctly, they advance based on their performance at other gameplay tasks. In a game, you are 100 percent OK with failing.

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Gamification Motivation Game-Based Learning Math 205

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

For example, to become better writers, readers, and critical thinkers, Quill.org offers low-income students an AI-powered literacy tutor that provides students real-time coaching and feedback on literacy activities that pair nonfiction reading with informational writing.

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Education Testing Feedback English 297

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. I regularly refer to the Can Do Descriptors , which provide standard guidance to educators for assessing the current language proficiency of students in reading, writing, speaking and listening, and for planning instruction based on what students “can do.”

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English Languages Language Teachers 201

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2017

Click here to read the full app review. Once they select a subject, they’re given a fairly typical textbook-style lesson, with written explanations and vocabulary, worked example problems, and then a series of practice questions. What’s It Like? .

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Math Fairness Textbooks Feedback 139