eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2025

In the eighth grade, he started working on a math program that uses AI to provide just-in-time feedback and contextual hints. Among students who scored below the national average, the majority–68 percent in grade four and 75 percent in grade eight –are economically disadvantaged.

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Math Metacognitive Skills Motivation Knowledge 176

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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Math Participation Feedback High School 247

Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I failed to appreciate the value of clear expectations and the inescapable necessity that my students needed to walk out of my class with a grade. For the next four years, I used Kevin Gannons grading contract to implement more structure and Barbara Schapiros third space to reflect on what worked for me and my students.

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Grades Evaluation Assignments Instructors 74

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

In fact, every teacher is a reading teacher. Science, social studies, and even math teachers can access informational texts aligned to Texas standards directly through the platform’s educator tools. Each year, through our professional learning partnership, we introduce over 160 new teachers to the suite of digital tools.

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Languages Language English Math 277

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

The end of the year is not just a time for wrapping up grades and packing up classrooms–it’s also a powerful opportunity for growth and renewal. Teachers might ask themselves: Which lessons sparked curiosity? How did the teacher respond to challenges–whether student behavior, shifting expectations, or personal stress?

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Schools Motivation Science Teaching 234

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

Furthermore, it’s a powerful tool for developing literacy skills and content knowledge in a way that resonates with children across grade levels and learning styles. The platform lets you filter texts by grade, Lexile level, or topic.

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Quizzes Social Studies Learning Students 159

eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub For years now, the promise of AI in education has centered around efficiency–grading faster, recommending better content, or predicting where a student might struggle.

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Ethics Intelligence Feedback Questions 215

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

Here are just four edtech tools that can help transform teamwork in the classroom : Padlet: One of my first go-to tools is Padlet–its super easy to use and works great for grades 3-12. I especially like using it for collaborative timelines, maps, and peer feedback.

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STEM Students Feedback Knowledge 245

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. Nam has received multiple international accolades, including the Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist and the Asia Educator of the Year Award.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

For the first time, teachers and students can create, prepare, and organize lessons from anywhere on their personal laptops or tablets and instantly project them onto the LG CreateBoard when class begins. Teachers can also import existing files (including *.notebook notebook and *.flipchart

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Quizzes Education Social Studies Feedback 140

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Teachers often seem to have eyes in the back of their heads. Teachers sometimes call it radar , and we use it every day. Thirteen years in, I credit this radar with much of my success as a teacher. I lost sight, specifically, of how teachers develop the radar necessary for classroom management. But its not instinctual.

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Classroom Management Coaching Feedback Teaching 176

k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Teachers can develop and design their own applied learning course(s), such as AL Business & Finance, AL Synthetic Biology, AL Engineering, AL Big Data Analysis, AL Epidemiology, AL Social Entrepreneurship, AL Creative Writing, and AL Fashion Design. Teachers are designers, not just facilitators. It’s contagious.

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Learning Critical Thinking History Secondary Education 130

Elevate k12

JUNE 27, 2025

Replacing our previous teacher rater model, the new audit process was designed to provide a more holistic view of the LIVE classroom environment, including the overall technology, teacher, Classroom Coach, and student experience. Teachers rated as more engaging in the CEAs consistently earned higher student satisfaction scores.

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Coaching Feedback Achievement Evaluation 98

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 190

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

Technology is not neutral,” says Joshua Jonas, a curriculum and instruction researcher at Baylor University and former high school teacher. “It When one of Tannenbaum’s first-grade multilingual learners discovered he could create videos using Wixie instead of doing traditional math worksheets, his entire attitude toward learning transformed.

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Culture Multidisciplinary Evaluation English 136

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Among the latest enhancements made to DreamBox Reading are:  Expanded Access to Adaptive, Personalized Learning for Older Readers: DreamBox Reading now supports grades PreK-5, thanks to recently added content.

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Reading Education Intelligence Schools 130

Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

When you scroll through social media, you’ll see perfect grades, perfect families, perfect everything. If students are not getting the encouragement they need from home, then they need to get it from a teacher or a peer. What struggling learners need is specific feedback they can use to actually improve.

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Teaching Failure Students Feedback 94

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

a motivational reading program designed for third graders–but easily adaptable for other grades as well. Paper pockets held fun incentives like extra recess, sitting in the teachers chair, or the rare treat of writing with a pen. Our goal was simple: inspire lifelong readers through the power of play and consistent encouragement.

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Motivation Reading Achievement Feedback 168

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. And dont forget: involve students.

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Grades Evaluation Students Achievement 159

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. If youve ever wondered whether you really have to grade everything the answer is no.

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Students Peer Review Math Assignments 52

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Lastly, student feedback should be incorporated into the design and refinement of flipped classroom practices.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 88

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

AI-enabled systems such as adaptive learning platforms, chatbots, and generative tools like ChatGPT can provide students with on-demand explanations, simulate peer discussions, offer low-stakes quizzes, and give instant feedback. Lastly, student feedback should be incorporated into the design and refinement of flipped classroom practices.

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Critical Thinking Student Engagement Lecturing Quizzes 94

Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

As a teacher, that makes engaging students in math a real challenge. IXL.com is a popular online math practice tool that many teachers swear by. Plus, they give teachers instant feedback on student understanding. Some students struggle to see how numbers fit together, while others find it plain boring. The good news?

Math 88

Math Textbooks Quizzes Participation 88

Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Examine course syllabi to make sure policies (late work, absence, participation grades, etc.) Ask a colleague to informally observe your teaching and provide constructive feedback on your work of being an inclusive teacher. Implement a universally designed framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people.

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Accessibility Disabilities Learning Disabilities Special Education 95

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

Most of the teachers at your school have been there years — even decades — and you have no doubt that, too, will be you. Include not only the step-by-step, but samples, artifacts, assessment strategies, feedback from students and parents, and reflections from you after it’s completed. Save them until requested.

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Teaching Philosophy Knowledge Feedback Languages 81

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

As the seminal punk band so adequately expressed for millions of teens across the country, no one represents the concept of authority better than their teachers and administrators. In most classrooms, the management boils down to, “I’m the teacher, so I’m in charge.” I’m the fun teacher! Naturally, this bummed me out.

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Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 115

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. 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. Dr. Jennifer P.

eLearning 69

eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 69

Faculty Focus

JUNE 24, 2025

Students do not learn much just sitting in classes listening to teachers, memorizing pre-packaged assignments, and spitting out answers. 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. Dr. Jennifer P.

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eLearning Students Assignments Feedback 67

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. She champions equitable instruction for all learners.

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Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 66

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Use SEL check-in strategies to check up on struggling kids in your class who seem less interested in the instruction, including teacher-to-student journals for learners to keep you up to date on their lives. Once reluctant learners know that success is in their control, you’ll find their grades starting to rise.

High School 52

High School High School Beliefs Schools 52

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Consider these definitions that I share in my book, AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders : Cheating is using a tool or resource to misrepresent ones knowledge and skills to receive undue credit for a task. Many teachers have attempted to deter cheating with AI by threatening greater consequences.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

Drawing from their own experiences as educators, as well as the voices of over 20 classroom teachers, their work explores the concept of disability-sustaining pedagogy , an approach that goes beyond access to help students with disabilities take pride in who they are. To be disability-sustaining, teachers need to go beyond single examples.

Disabilities 91

Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

To learn more, EdSurge spoke with three members of Olney Independent School District (OISD) in Texas: Alyssa Betts , district emergent bilingual coordinator; Veronica Fobbs , seventh grade science teacher; and Elianis T., Now, I understand my teachers better. an EB student. Fobbs: It has helped with messaging.

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English Language Languages Assignments 134

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. To make that possible, Elmwood invests deeply in teacher training, combining International Baccalaureate (IB) expertise with ongoing professional development in technology and pedagogy. Whitehouse.

Schools 210

Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Beliefs 210

Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. And 9 th grade seems like a good foundational place to start. As most teachers know, when students have choice, there is more buy-in. Totally fine.

Reading 75

Reading English Grades Attention 75

Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level. She champions equitable instruction for all learners.

Assignments 61

Assignments Art Critical Thinking Motivation 61

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? Research indicates that students thrive in environments where teachers act as facilitators rather than mere dispensers of knowledge.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 128