eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2025

Research consistently shows that teacher quality is the single most important school-based factor influencing student achievement–more impactful than race, socioeconomic status, or prior academic performance. That’s why it’s imperative for school and district leaders to rethink and refine how they attract and hire educators.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

They can be working hard to provide the best instruction for their students but become immediately distracted anytime a new technology is introduced. In traditional instruction, teachers spend a great deal of class time teaching students information from these physical resources. These include human-made items (i.e.

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Learning Lecturing Internet Textbooks 243

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

But we often ignore one fundamental truth: Learning takes time, and the time needed is different for every student. Some students grasp algebra in days, while others may need weeks. One student might master a new language with ease but struggle with scientific concepts. This rigidity doesnt prepare students for the real world.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Students who learn to create precise, open-ended, and iterative prompts can use AI to support their cognitive engagement.

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Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 82

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

The researchers partnered with foundry10, an education research organization, to survey 1,510 adolescents between 9 and 17 as well as 2,826 parents of K-12 students in the United States. Afterward, the participant’s mom, who helped them publish the book, discussed the use of AI with the student. Typically, though, it does the opposite.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. Students who learn to create precise, open-ended, and iterative prompts can use AI to support their cognitive engagement.

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Critical Thinking Skills Ethics Academic Integrity 69

Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Whether youre teaching elementary students or high schoolers, this strategy works for everyone. It doesnt require any preparation, and when utilized intentionally, it can completely transform the way students process and engage with the content. The think part of the strategy gives students space to process without pressure.

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Fairness Social Studies Questions Science 80

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. As a student, I found myself disengaged, even though I deeply valued the idea of learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2025

Digital Citizenship–probably one of the most important topics students will learn between kindergarten and 8th and too often, teachers are thrown into it without a roadmap. How do you use it Every time students use the internet, remind them of their digital rights and responsibilities. Then, use one of the recommended projects.

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Teacher Mood

JUNE 1, 2025

When the Grading Stack Becomes Too Much As the classroom quiets and the last student heads out the door, you finally take a breathonly to be met with the overwhelming sight of papers piled high, waiting for your attention. That in order to monitor student learning, we have to review every answer, every response, every paragraph.

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Teach Thought

JULY 11, 2025

Views Facebook Linkedin Print These Learning Strategies Make Students Curious by Terry Heick Understanding where curiosity comes from is the holy grail of education. 5 Things That Make Students Curious 1. 5 Learning Strategies That Make Students Curious I love teaching with analogies.) There are every educator has two minds.

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Learning Students Critical Thinking Game-Based Learning 93

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

Here’s a quick overview of the legalities associated with their use for schools: Legal Risks and Obligations for Schools Using AI Tutors AI tutors are quickly changing how students learn, offering personalized support across different subjects and formats. Who is responsible if an AI gives bad advice or shares sensitive student data?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

This article delves into the complexities of developing and implementing an AI framework that not only aligns with an institution’s unique mission but also addresses the diverse needs of its stakeholders, including faculty, students, staff, and administration.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 17, 2025

This article delves into the complexities of developing and implementing an AI framework that not only aligns with an institution’s unique mission but also addresses the diverse needs of its stakeholders, including faculty, students, staff, and administration.

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Ethics Education Evaluation Fairness 75

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam is the co-founder of the Vietnam Innovative Educators Foundation (VIEF), a professional network of over 157,000 educators committed to advancing technology-enhanced and student-centered teaching practices nationwide. As a student, I found myself disengaged, even though I deeply valued the idea of learning.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

k12 Prospects

JUNE 27, 2025

Why Schools Use RFPs Ensuring Fairness: RFPs create a level playing field where multiple vendors can compete based on qualifications, pricing, and value. Offer Competitive and Transparent Pricing: Schools have budget constraints, so pricing should be fair and transparent with clear cost breakdowns. FERPA, COPPA).

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Teach Hub

JUNE 12, 2025

If you’re trying to get students to really think while they read, not just skim or restate facts, then reciprocal reading might be just the technique you’re looking for. But what it does is something that every teacher hopes for: it helps students take control of their own reading process.

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Reading Discussions Fairness Questions 66

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2025

Perhaps, state and local leaders thought, newly unemployed civil servants might be interested in shifting their professional energy away from processing Social Security benefits and deploying foreign aid and toward teaching students in the classroom. Job fairs were scheduled.

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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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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

For teachers, watching students have those aha moments isnt just special: Its the dream. Fun Experiments for Kindergarten and 1st Grade Stir up some wiggles and wide-eyed wonder through inquiry-based learning where elementary students will marvel their way to big ideas and critical thinking. Ready to make more of those moments?

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Elementary School Elementary School Science Schools 75

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

We defined digital learning as all these instances where students are learning outside of the time and place constraints that you see in a traditional school in a traditional. What we’re seeing much more commonly is students who are mixing on site and online learning. In their schedule. You’re with and.

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Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2025

I work at a Title 1 school; a lot of our students didn’t have the opportunity to attend a preschool program,” says Lundeen, who also serves as a board member for the California Kindergarten Association. “A The uptake of students was a bit slower, but this coming fall it will be all implemented. That chasm could cause future problems.

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Elementary School Elementary School Fairness Communication 112

Cal Matters

JULY 10, 2025

He’d make her stay in the classroom at recess, or tell her to sit on his lap while other students were busy with assignments. But AB 218 is causing current students and taxpayers to pay for crimes that happened 50 years ago, that they had nothing to do with. That’s not fair.” ‘We There has to be a better solution.”

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Our education community across the country is still working to overcome setbacks in student achievement and learning progress , all while facing ongoing challenges such as chronic absenteeism, teacher shortages and burnout, and a noticeable increase in student mental health and behavioral concerns. Heres how: 1.

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k12

JULY 9, 2025

10th grade student and SAC intern SAC Blog Series: Each year, the K12 Marketing Department hires a cohort of high school interns known as the Student Advisory Council or SAC. Let’s get to know these amazing SAC students. This was well-orchestrated by my biology teacher who has an excellent grasp on the way students work.

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English Fairness Schools Students 52

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS. Nine years later, the show premiered.

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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 185

Cal Matters

JUNE 6, 2025

But for the 63 remaining districts, the new formula split the funding they receive from the state into three buckets – 70% based on enrollment, 20% based on the number of students receiving financial aid and 10% determined by “student success” metrics like the number of those who successfully transfer or receive certificates.

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Counselling Fairness Discussions Education 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2025

Today, the Ask a Tech Teacher international team is exploring how flowers inspire students in STEM, art, and ecology, how a bouquet can enhance tech-driven education and classroom joy. Theyre tools for engagement, helping students explore science, art, and community through hands-on and digital means, all while keeping the classroom lively.

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STEM Art Learning Fairness 85

Reading Power Gear

JUNE 24, 2025

As and the school year comes to an end, I thought it would be a good opportunity to share some favourite picture books to help you and your students launch into summer! Your students much prefer to hear your voice than a stranger’s! Colourful illustrations – this book has a real “cozy” feel to it. Love this one!

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Fairness Reading Writing Activities 58

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Rather, its the years-long attempts to make school discipline more fair that earned ire. An executive order signed by President Trump last week frames as discrimination an Obama-era policy to correct disparities in school discipline that end in Black students being disproportionately removed from the classroom. Source: U.S.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

Walking students through the unsettling complexities of the past has never been an easy job. Painting approaches to history in stark black and white can shut down debate and keep social studies teachers from achieving what 94 percent of them report is the most important part of their job: preparing students for meaningful civic engagement.

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History Social Studies Teachers Textbooks 178

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Perfect as bell-ringers, exit tickets, or brain breaks for high school , these five-minute writing ideas are a great way to get students into a writing state of mind right after the bell rings. Have students write to the prompt before class begins. Do you think all students should attend school dances?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

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. 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.

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High School High School Schools Counselling 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 28, 2017

Though fairly new, Sway has taken over classroom production of visual presentations because the result is visually appealing while minimizing the amount of time students spend formatting a project, giving them lots more time to research and write. Using the Sway canvas, students select a theme and then add their notes and research.

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Internet Writing Fairness Middle School 173

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 26, 2017

In Michigan, a student was suspended for using ‘profanity’ in a tweet that encouraged his district superintendent to clear the snow in the school parking lot. In Maine, a high schooler was suspended for tweeting that poor student treatment by administrators meant that “they’re asking to be the next Columbine.”

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Coaching Ethics Fairness Participation 169

eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

Wildwood has students with a wide range of physical and cognitive abilities, as well as students with medical and physical fragilities. We are economically diverse as well, with students from poverty through affluence. We run an open lottery, and our 488 students come from around the city.

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Technology Fairness Schools Ethics 404

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2017

Every moment spent managing and troubleshooting backup issues is time not available for IT’s real job: working with the administration to improve student education. If ever there was an industry that is required to do more with less, it is education.

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