k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Since 2009, he has taught History, English, and Theology in the United States, and has since expanded his expertise to the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Business studies in China. We use clear rubrics, reflective feedback, and skill progression models that prioritize growth over grades.

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Learning Critical Thinking History Secondary Education 130

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

The development of Discovery Educations newest content is based on feedback from the companys school-based partners and makes teaching and learning even more relevant, interesting, and personalized for users of Discovery Education products. The Superpower of Story: A Virtual Field Trip to Warner Bros.

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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 190

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

For instance, at B.School, we designed a cross-subject project around the theme “Our Green Neighborhood,” where students from Grades 3 to 5 explored science (recycling, energy use), math (data collection), and language arts (report writing and public speaking) through hands-on fieldwork and community interviews.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

Armed with markers and paper, they work collaboratively to connect concepts like anxiety, depression, and trauma responses, discovering links they might have missed studying alone. I provide specific deadlines for initial contributions and peer feedback to maintain momentum.

Active Learning 65

Active Learning Activities Learning Minute Papers 65

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Download it here: [link] In higher education, we often track student success through grades, credit hours, and retention rates. Each semester, the surveys were refined based on student feedback and changing classroom dynamics. But behind those metrics are untold storiesnarratives of resilience, confusion, silence, and strength.

Disabilities 53

Disabilities Course Design Lecturing Students 53

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. The Rise of Online Learning Online learning has increasingly become a staple in education, with studies showing that over 30% of students now prefer it over traditional classroom settings. A study from the U.S.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Many studies have looked at ways to ensure the quality of online courses, providing general suggestions for best practices in the online environment (McNeal & Gray, 2021). At our institution, low-tech and familiar options like phone calls and photos worked well to meet students’ needs for immediate feedback with a low level of stress.

eLearning 69

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 69

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Many studies have looked at ways to ensure the quality of online courses, providing general suggestions for best practices in the online environment (McNeal & Gray, 2021). At our institution, low-tech and familiar options like phone calls and photos worked well to meet students’ needs for immediate feedback with a low level of stress.

eLearning 67

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. solving a case study, evaluating evidence, or designing a project).

Assignments 66

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 66

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Part library, part innovation hub, part quiet study nook, it offers flexible zones where students can choose how they learn bestwhether thats brainstorming with peers, diving into solo study, or using digital tools to bring projects to life. The recently reimagined Learning Commons is a perfect example. A recent highlight?

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Beliefs 210

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Start the year off with foundational lessons based on CCSS from the previous grade (or even the grade below that) to ensure students have the tools they need to succeed. This foundational knowledge includes study skills. Take extra effort in ensuring that reluctant learners take advantage of these opportunities.

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. There were plenty of studies replete with data on engagement, reading strategies, and Lexile scores. And 9 th grade seems like a good foundational place to start. That way they don’t have to worry about the grade. Next, I skimmed the research.

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Reading English Grades Attention 76

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

So when we were seeing research studies or classroom examples of culturally sustaining pedagogy, they tended to focus on race or language or culture, and disability wasn’t sort of fleshed out. Children’s] books can be useful no matter the grade level that you’re working with,” Rabinowitz says.

Disabilities 91

Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real. In classrooms where teachers emphasize performance goals (errorless performance on tasks, points, and grades), students are more likely to cheat. Writing and reasoning get better with feedback and effort. Im here to help!

Academic Integrity 92

Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. solving a case study, evaluating evidence, or designing a project).

Assignments 61

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 61

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. Informational Writing Choice Board (Distance Learning) By Swain in the Middle Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS W5.2,

Writing 52

Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

This initiative helps students strengthen their academic foundations, develop better study habits, and build resilience. Small group instruction ensures that students receive individualized feedback, while structured classroom settings create a supportive atmosphere where they can develop confidence and independence.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

Check that language support is integrated into grade-level content delivery, not delivered as a pull-out replacement or remediation block. Review your staffing assignments across core subjects (ELA, math, science, social studies) to ensure each teacher is certified in the subject and grade level they’re teaching.

Special Education 94

Special Education English Languages Language 94

Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

And they entered college with gaps in study skills and anxiety about social interactions. Photo by Louis Bryant III for CalMatters Grade inflation in high school contributed to those pandemic-era gaps, said Lesley Davidson-Boyd, associate vice president of California State University, San Bernardino. They’re just not showing up.

Math 88

Math English Lecturing High School 88

Teach Hub

JUNE 10, 2025

Maybe your child wants to boost their math grade, read a certain number of books, or finish the year with fewer missing assignments. Keep evenings manageable so they still have time and energy to study, finish homework, and get a good night’s sleep. Sit down and come up with a realistic goal together.

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Students Math Assignments Learning Styles 74

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Fun Debate Topics Persuasive Speaking Activity Middle School, High School By Lindsay Ann Learning Grades: 6th-9th Subjects: English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening Standards: CCSS SL.9-10.4, Should grades matter a lot when it comes to a student’s future career? Should students be allowed to grade their teachers?

High School 52

High School High School Schools Counselling 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In short, it has never been more critical to understand how to support students on the path to reading proficiency by the end of 3rd grade. school districts that have adopted Reading Horizons Discovery , their foundational literacy curriculum for grades K–3. The science can and should guide curriculum design.

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Study Achievement Evaluation Curriculum Design 275

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2020

I’m going to make the same confession to you that I made to my assistant principal a few years ago: I don’t like grading, I’m not good at it, and I’m not interested in getting better at it. Related content: 3 ways to ease grading with blended technology. This question, “What are we going to do about grades?”

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Grades Feedback Study Questions 239

eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The platform’s curriculum for grades PK-2 is designed according to research-based best practices for effective early literacy instruction and focuses on systematic, structured phonemic awareness and phonics instruction. About IXL Currently used by 16 million students and in 96 of the top 100 U.S.

Secondary Education 257

Secondary Education Grades Art Languages 257

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. I just get up and grade papers. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. The other mom looked sympathetic.

Feedback 218

Feedback Peer Review Teaching Writing 218

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2020

Studies suggest, for example, that grades can frustrate students’ intrinsic motivation and make them more focused on how they’ll be measured than on the material they should be studying. During a crisis, an insistence on grading could send the wrong message to students who are struggling to cope, Stommel fears.

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Grades Questions Instructors Motivation 217

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

York found that TeachFX listened to her very carefully, and generated a detailed feedback report on her specific teaching style. I rarely ever get feedback on my teaching style. And the data usually boils down to student grades,” York explains. We did a study of 100,000 hours of audio of non-TeachFX users.

Feedback 218

Feedback Teachers Languages Language 218

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2021

Teachers are freed from orchestrating a lesson and able to conference with learners about their progress, provide feedback on work in progress, or conduct side-by-side assessments. A review and practice board is an alternative to a traditional study guide. Students have more control over the pace at which they navigate the tasks.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Feedback Activities Universal Design 546

Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2023

With the time it takes to score and give feedback on student work deterring many writing teachers from assigning lengthier writing tasks, and with the long turnaround time most students wait to receive grades and feedback, there is significant timesaving and learning potential in an AI helping grade student work.

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Grades Essay Teachers Feedback 180

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2023

And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. As Talbert soon discovered, there’s a whole world of so-called alternative grading systems. Robert Talbert is a math professor, so numbers are his thing.

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Grades Exams Feedback Testing 198

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Typically, information presented to students is either qualitative or too broad, such as during parent-teacher conferences or through course grades. These forms of feedback often focus on assignments and homework prior to college, where feedback becomes scarce.

Multiple Choice Questions 274

Multiple Choice Questions Feedback Students History 274

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 29, 2016

I believed that team teaching and sharing the same population of students in a shared space would allow us to make important cross-curricular connections, delve into more meaningful project-based learning, and provide more individualized support and feedback. We approach feedback and assessment as a team.

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Teaching English Feedback Assignments 386

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. a unit of study or grading period) can help students form relationships with classmates and feel more connected to a learning community. Welcome Task or Bell Ringer. ” Exit Ticket.

Blended Learning 546

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Discussions 546

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities? One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities.

Feedback 159

Feedback Motivation Evaluation Education 159

Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The reality is that writing support complements classroom instruction and is beneficial for all writers, no matter their grades or the quality of their writing. Tutoring practices that include non-evaluative feedback and mindful approaches support writers’ growth holistically. I listen to writers’ voices and goals; I’m their audience.

Evaluation 119

Evaluation Feedback Writing Languages 119

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The PLCs are composed of teachers who teach similar grade levels and/or subject areas. Teachers in one subject area, at one grade level, or teaching in one community are likely to face unique challenges and have different interests. This feedback can help the PLC to continue improving this particular strategy, technique, or model.

Teachers 427

Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

As I’ve worked with educators all over the country, I’ve heard countless anecdotes of book study groups where people have come together to explore ideas and support one another to implement the strategies in the classroom. In each lesson, or Cycle as they call them on LINCspring, you’ll be introduced to the topic through a “spark” video.

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Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Learning Coaching 363