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

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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Teaching Ethics Education Teaching Methods 330

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.

Fairness 111

Fairness Internet Reading Questions 111

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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Ethics Education Intelligence Culture 327

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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Critical Thinking Social Studies Evaluation Fairness 255

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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Secondary Education Fairness Intelligence Learning Spaces 279

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 Fairness 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

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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Math Writing Reading Fairness 175

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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Reading Failure Fairness Testing 162

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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Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 338

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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Science Interdisciplinary STEM Learning 236

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Heres the breakdown: Think Students take a moment to reflect on a question or prompt independently. It Builds Confidence and Gets Students Thinking More Deeply When you ask a question, like Why do you think the character did that? Start with a Strong Prompt The way you ask questions matters. some kids freeze up.

Fairness 77

Fairness Social Studies Questions Science 77

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 103

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 ).

Secondary Education 228

Secondary Education Fairness Intelligence Learning Spaces 228

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 114

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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Internet Fairness Art Activities 252

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

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 296

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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Teaching Education Learning Fairness 258

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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Teachers Schools Disabilities Fairness 215

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).

Discussions 93

Discussions Reading Instructors Lecturing 93

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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Elementary School Elementary School Fairness Schools 172

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

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

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2024

These attributes make them ideal candidates to thrive in science, but the curriculum requires a level of math and reading that makes the science itself hard to grasp. The Magical World of Science I should point out that I’m not the only one asking these questions. This led me to wonder: What’s so fun about science?

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Science Math Students English 171

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The pandemic that 10 months ago transformed daily life left educators with a slate of questions that would have seemed unfathomable just a year ago: How do I teach online? Months after schools began going online, those are still open questions. Can Teachers Read Books Out Loud Online? How do I keep students engaged?

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Counselling Attention Hybrid Learning Writing 181

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Venkat Ratnam developed WhizRead , a multisensory reading support program, out of pure fatherly love. One night, during a reading comprehension assignment, Ratnam’s son got stuck on a particular word: “stagecoach.” As one of Ratnam’s son’s teachers said, even good readers don’t necessarily comprehend everything they read.

Language 167

Language Languages Assignments Reading 167

eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

They really liked being able to send us a message that we could easily read and respond to as well. Teachers also know that were here to answer questions and provide one-on-one support as needed. School-to-home communications is a fairly common sticking point for elementary school districts. Gives us a window into every school.

Communication 184

Communication Schools Fairness Language 184

Edsurge

DECEMBER 7, 2021

And is it fair? I've seen the ways in which students cram, and they have the big SAT prep book and they're reading and they're testing and they're struggling and they're striving, and so much of who they are as a college-bound student is so tied into that test. That's always the question. Is that a good score?

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Testing Fairness Coaching Questions 189

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

The problem is that as an educator, my natural inclination is to provide these students more direct instruction, increased support and even hand-holding at times—but in a society that values individuals who are motivated, persistent self-starters with initiative, that’s not fair.

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Learning Assignments Students Motivation 161

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2024

Our lives in the natural world are driven by a series of existential questions, as well as supporting questions (or just-in-time questions), that help us navigate each moment. Inquiry tries to shift that to questions students can think about, providing them greater agency with the questions that drive the learning.

Social Studies 182

Social Studies Study Learning Laboratory 182

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

There are still many unanswered questions about what that might look like in practice, as colleges try to balance safety through social distancing while making teaching and other campuses experiences meaningful and effective. These were the questions tackled this week during a live online discussion, part of our monthly EdSurge Live series.

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Lecturing Instructors Communication Questions 177

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

States of Matter – Solids, Liquids, and Gases – Second Grade Science Experiments By Andrea Knight Grade: 2nd Subject: Reading, Science, Writing Your kids can dive off the deep end of the science experiment pool by exploring states of matter through baggie ice cream, better butter, and root beer floats.

Elementary School 75

Elementary School Elementary School Science Schools 75

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. So we made it more open-ended.

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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 215

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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Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2020

Or read the partial transcript below, which has been lightly edited for clarity. And I don’t know how they’re going to figure out attendance, because it is completely not fair to expect kids to wake up at 5:00 a.m. You can do it synchronously, you can still ask those questions. So it’s really 5:00 a.m. to go to a class.

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Instructors Fairness Lecturing STEM 151