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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Fairness Testing Grades Essay 198

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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Testing Fairness Multiple Choice Questions Exams 167

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

If the answer to most of these questions is you, the teacher, then you’ve already realized you are doing the lion’s share of the work in your classroom. Teachers have classically done all of these things to keep a classroom operating smoothly. It’s no wonder most teachers are exhausted. I think this is fairly normal.

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Fairness Motivation Communication Grades 412

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. Dependence and dehumanization: Reduced human interaction and negative impact on teacher-student relationships 4.

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Ethics Fairness Learning Intelligence 326

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2025

Key points: Building relationships is important to the overall health of an organization Leading (again) in uncertainty Elevating principals, teachers, and students through shared purpose For more on school leadership, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub We often hear we should run our schools more like a business.

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Education Culture Fairness Knowledge 176

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

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2019

Like districts all over North Carolina, we were also facing teacher shortages. We typically see 40 new teachers in our high schools each year. These include teachers new to the practice as well as those new to our district. The challenge was how to get 700 teachers to buy into that. That was not good enough for us.

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Teachers Fairness Classroom Management Achievement 220

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2017

Some teachers have asked, “How do you have time for this?” ” It’s a fair question. This process is easier to do because I teach on a block schedule and work with a co-teacher. That said, I would conduct grade interviews regardless. These conversations are invaluable.

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Grades Essay Exams English 419

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s a novel idea to consider what teachers want in this time of disruption and corporate education reform, which have by most measures failed our public schools. Teachers have been gagged, muted and forced to wear our poker faces when we speak with parents about their children. Think of teachers as the canaries in the coal mines.

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Teachers Schools Disabilities Fairness 215

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Our AI guiding principles started this process of building an ethical AI mindset, which provided pathways to critically question AI in our system. As we reflect on our work to this point in time, we have identified four spaces (District, School, Classroom/Teacher, Student) in which we have worked to explicitly address ethical AI usage.

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Ethics Education Intelligence Culture 327

eSchool News

MAY 21, 2019

Instructional coaching can be a powerful framework for teacher professional development, but not all coaching is created equally. As a beneficiary of a Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program (TSL) Grant, the Marion County School District has been overhauling its coaching practices, with great success. 1) Focus your PLC meetings.

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Coaching Fairness Questions Grades 271

eSchool News

MARCH 14, 2025

This is a question every educator has faced before. To be fair, its a valid question. In my experience, teachers have two standard replies to this question: Theyll try to explain the subject in detail, which results in a long-winded answer that confuses their students and doesnt satisfy them.

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STEM Fairness Testing Critical Thinking 304

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2019

As teachers, we’re in a unique position to give these films the context they demand. As students watch, help them interpret the films you show, and give them direct invitations to ask questions and think critically about what they’re seeing on the screen. Science Fair. Communication, Curiosity, Perseverance, Teamwork.

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Middle School Middle School Fairness Disabilities 280

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Part I: Transitioning from Whole Group to Small Group In the ever-evolving education landscape, one of the most pressing challenges teachers face is striking the right balance between time efficiency and ensuring equitable learning opportunities for all students. Both of these perceived benefits are important to acknowledge and explore.

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Blended Learning Education Feedback Fairness 419

eSchool News

JULY 21, 2017

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).” Then, she asked her students to think of as many questions as they could about the equation. 3) Write down every question exactly as stated. (4)

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Internet Fairness Students Questions 271

eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2023

This insecurity can lead to many 7-12 science teachers opting not to complete many hands-on labs with their students either because they lack the resources or the confidence to do so. Here are my 3 favorite digital resources that can help support ALL science teachers teaching science lab skills: 1.

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Science Laboratory Fairness High School 271

eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

Our AI guiding principles started this process of building an ethical AI mindset, which provided pathways to critically question AI in our system. As we reflect on our work to this point in time, we have identified four spaces (District, School, Classroom/Teacher, Student) in which we have worked to explicitly address ethical AI usage.

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Ethics Education Intelligence Culture 334

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

“What do you want your teacher to know about you?” Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. I want my teacher to know I’m Smart in Swahili.” “I want my teacher to know I’m Smart in Swahili.” I was Esther’s teacher. Odette guided Esther as she wrote her answers in English. “I

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English Language Languages Teachers 201

Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

It can reduce the onus on the teacher,” Miller says. In January 2022, a review of 17 research studies showed that young kids can learn from “guided play” as well as if they were being directly instructed by an adult or a teacher. Lego has used its signature building-block toys as a basis for play-based activity guides for teachers.

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Teachers Quizzes Testing Learning Outcomes 215

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Claim-Evidence-Question” routine. 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.

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Metacognitive Skills Discussions Art History 360

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

When it comes to products that teachers are using to buoy student success, the stakes are high. That left us at EdSurge to ponder, how are edtech companies making sure their products are working best for teachers, the people responsible for weaving them into lessons each day?

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Teachers Fairness Special Education Attention 215

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It’s a great vision but what does it actually mean for the teachers in the classroom? My husband knows that I work for a software company that does stuff with 3D printing and that we get free tickets to Maker Faire , but that’s usually the extent of his interest in my profession. Today they asked questions. Today they cared.

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History Learning Middle School Middle School 279

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2024

The question is, are we going to have people equipped to fill those jobs?” But we want to do all that in a really careful way and make sure the AI we’re using is fair and unbiased. We want to ensure that with our teachers’ jobs, that the AI enhances, rather than replaces, the role of teachers.

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Skills Laboratory Education Fairness 336

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Like many other urban school systems, Syracuse City School District (SCSD) , where I serve as chief academic officer, has faced a number of challenges: Retaining teachers past their third year of teaching, too many competing initiatives that were unaligned to larger goals, and—most pressing—low academic performance among disadvantaged students.

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Fairness Schools Culture Questions 236

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? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day! So, how do we even begin to tackle this mess?

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Metacognitive Skills Critical Thinking Fairness Testing 300

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

The answer to the first question is easy. The 2016 Report is made possible by Share Fair Nation at go.nmc.org/2016-k12 ). The answer to the second question of what trends are most important in your school/school district requires some work on your part. Rethinking the Roles of Teachers. Scaling Teaching Innovations.

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Secondary Education Fairness Intelligence Learning Spaces 279

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Many primers on ChatGPT are available, but I want to focus on teachers’ and students’ concerns about using it in the classroom. It is well-documented and often repeated in teachers’ professional development that the right type of co-learning can deepen understanding and long-term knowledge gains.

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Essay Plagiarism Assignments Learning 338

eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2015

Anti-testing activists, already knee-deep in their fight to reduce reliance on standardized tests to measure academic and teacher performance, have expressed outrage about Pearson’s monitoring, which they call “spying on kids.” If students are responsible, they are instructed to remove the posts.

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Exams Testing Fairness Knowledge 235

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 1, 2019

If your goal for a lesson, unit, or other instructional activity is to drive deeper student thinking and learning, consider these 8 questions from Section A of the 4 Shifts Protocol. If you’re not where you want to be yet, pick a couple of questions and select your desired answers instead (e.g., Let me know what questions you have.

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Questions Fairness Coaching Critical Thinking 105

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Having been in education for more than thirty years, I can’t tell you how many times I have been asked the question, “How can I help my children retain what they learned? Of course, his message aimed at making teachers great, believing that great teachers were the key to learned students. Learning doesn’t happen by cramming.

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Learning Fairness Knowledge Testing 237

eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Teachers need training on how to rework assignments to incorporate and evaluate the AI generated output. This may beg the question of the need for school board policies around Generative AI. The best way to manage assignments and ethical use is to set expectations and put them front and center in the assignments themselves.

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Academic Integrity Ethics Assignments Evaluation 309

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. Should schools implement a screen time limit that each teacher has to adhere to? Don’t rush.

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Questions Internet Ethics Fairness 103

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 3, 2019

If your goal for a lesson, unit, or other instructional activity is to move toward more authentic, real world work, consider these 8 questions from Section B of the 4 Shifts Protocol. If you’re not where you want to be yet, pick a couple of questions and select your desired answers instead (e.g., Let me know what questions you have.

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Questions Authentic Assessment Fairness Coaching 104

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 6, 2019

If your goal for a lesson, unit, or other instructional activity is to have students drive more of their own learning, consider these 9 questions from Section C of the 4 Shifts Protocol. If you’re not where you want to be yet, pick a couple of questions and select your desired answers instead (e.g., Students / Teachers / Both.

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Questions Fairness Coaching Students 100

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

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Teachers who sat down and let middle schoolers teach them. Teachers in Patterson Unified, like most districts around here, use Google for Education. McWilliams and teachers agreed, but students had to put it on. It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever seen,” said math teacher Nolan Cluff. Tweens speaking with confidence.

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Middle School Middle School Schools Fairness 278

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 8, 2019

If your goal for a lesson, unit, or other instructional activity is to infuse technology more robustly, consider these 12 questions from Section D* of the 4 Shifts Protocol. If you’re not where you want to be yet, pick a couple of questions and select your desired answers instead (e.g., Students / teachers / both. Communication.

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Questions Technology Fairness Coaching 99