k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. This approach aligns with research on how students develop passion, purpose, and essential skills for college success and workplace engagement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

When she needed a fun end-of-year activity for her first-grade students incorporating Candyland, gummy bears and phonics, Irene Farmer turned to ChatGPT. “It Grading, especially, is viewed with skepticism. At Gwinnett County Schools in Georgia, Executive Director of Instructional Technology Lisa Watkins echoes the shift.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

In 2024, both Oklahoma and Wisconsin lowered what it means for students to be proficient in grade-level content. That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. In middle and high school courses, its really difficult to connect math to the real world, says Lindsey Henderson, policy director of math for the nonprofit ExcelinEd. When would I ever use this?

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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 72

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

The key to engaging reluctant high schoolers is to get them more interested in their own learning. Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. This foundational knowledge includes study skills.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Fortunately, a wide range of high-quality digital tools can help K-12 learners stay curious and build STEM skills throughout the summer months. Brilliant.org Brilliant.org is ideal for middle and high school students who want to deepen their understanding of STEM through problem-solving.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

In a 2023 national survey by Hanover Research, only 27% of American high school students said they felt what they were learning was relevant to the real world. This approach aligns with research on how students develop passion, purpose, and essential skills for college success and workplace engagement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

These essential, durable skills are at the heart of frameworks like ISTE’s Standards for Students and the Partnership for 21st Century Learning’s framework , which emphasize what students need to thrive in school and beyond. The way the Showdown brought together students from every district and grade level. What stood out most?

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian and improv teacher, posed this question to a group of high school students in Northern California at a Laughing Together workshop he was leading. Markus Alcantar, a senior and a peer counselor at Lincoln High School, said his favorite exercise of the workshop was one in which he got to become an apple.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

A first grade teacher with no formal CS background, she jumped at the chance to explore how computer science principles could enhance early literacy instruction — and ended up transforming her classroom in the process. Yet the seamless functioning of these tasks relies on a skilled computer science workforce. “Let’s do it!”

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Science Teachers Critical Thinking STEM 144

Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade? We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2025

All of them, I’ve found, are well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, offering inclusive solutions to the issue of tech tools–taking into account the perspectives of stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to ensure learning is organic and granular.

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Edsurge

JULY 8, 2025

Instead, they expressed these worries to an AI chat system, which schools and health care institutions are increasingly turning to in an attempt to better support youth. Balancing extracurricular activities and school was the largest concern among students, followed by sleep struggles and finding a relationship or feelings of loneliness.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

One could focus on reviewing skills, another on drill practice, and another on a fun math game. Interactive apps like Prodigy , Moose Math , or The Mystery Math Museum make learning fun while reinforcing key skills. Learning stations are a great way to keep them engaged. Model how each station works before sending students to them.

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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 He’s just finished third grade and is different because he has access to tools like that,” says Tannenbaum.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) Use these engaging questions and thought experiments to get middle schoolers to open up while practicing writing skills. Something very unexpected happened at 8th grade graduation. Yes, even math! What would you do?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Earlier this year, I administered a survey to my students, asking them to evaluate my classroom management skills and provide feedback on our classroom. The Moment I Came Around As I reflected on the level of choice I give to students, and the degree of authority I have over them, I recalled my own schooling during fifth grade in Ms.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

The first book series I remember reading was in fourth and fifth grade. We even did it every Monday in my own high school and called it ISR (actually, then it stood for “Intensive Silent Reading” because the 70s were crazy). And 9 th grade seems like a good foundational place to start. So now we go Old School.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bek McRae (@missmcraesteachingtales) Make everyone more comfortable with a “meet the staff” bulletin board Whether students are stepping into a brand-new school or leveling up to middle or high school, the start of the year can feel intimidating. It comes with two “Did You Know?”

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

In order to help make the framework informative and actionable, the district partnered with the ISTE research team in 2025 to develop a diagnostic assessment tool that measures student AI readiness across select skills outlined in the framework. How would it be delivered? What time constraints existed?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? From quick bell-ringers to argumentative ideas, these writing prompts for high schoolers will inspire everyone in your class, from the secret storytellers to the audacious authors. Would you prefer a late start to your school day or an early release?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s the first day of school, and your high school class is quiet. Use these ice breakers for high school students on the first day of class or when starting a new semester. Help them introduce themselves with more engaging ice breaker activities for high school students that range from funny to fascinating.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

In summary Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today’s college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood, marked by fear, loss and a lack of preparation. And they entered college with gaps in study skills and anxiety about social interactions.

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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. The accuser needs to support a claim about cheating with evidence that cheating occurred.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

How can we ensure that all students develop the computing skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven workforce? Computer science should begin early and continue throughout elementary, middle and high school. Computer science is essential, not optional.

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k12

JULY 14, 2025

12th grade student and SAC intern Meet Madison, a leader at her K12-powered high school esports program. I’ve been with my K12-powered school for four years and a competitive player for my high school esports program for three. I was entrusted to lead multiple teams in my high school esports program.

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k12

JUNE 5, 2025

As more teens explore alternatives to traditional college , families are rethinking what it means to launch a successful career after high school. It shows where high school grads can find real opportunities to grow without a standard 4-year college degree. cities offers a helpful guide for non-college-bound graduates.

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1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 1, 2025

It is a family favorite that we used all the way through high school. Grades: Grades 4th–12th (levels vary) Approach: Editing-based. Best for: Families who want a light, practical, story-based approach that reinforces editing skills. Grades: 1st–6th + Approach: Story-based, with missions to complete.

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Curriculum Teaching Philosophy Quizzes Learning Styles 52

k12

JUNE 24, 2025

12th 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. I wasn’t able to lean into that at my previous in-person school. Did you previously go to a brick-and-mortar school? By: Madison B.,

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Schools Grades Students Online Learning 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Vision Board Project & Rubric – Back-to-School, New Year, End-of-Year Activities By Jenn Liu — Engaging to Empower Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Life Skills Teach middle and high school students how to make a vision board using this no-prep, interactive Google Slides lesson!

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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. Right now, I have a fairly light high school course load, consisting of English, science, algebra, and some career-focused extracurriculars.

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English Fairness Schools Students 52

k12

JUNE 16, 2025

The study looked at when these entrepreneurs reached key income milestones, what motivated them, and how their school environment supported the development of skills like independence and creativity. Online school grads score highest in creativity development (65%), slightly ahead of public (64%) and private (62%) grads.

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Schools Motivation High School High School 52

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Discover ways to integrate Hispanic Heritage Month activities into your school day and honor the contributions of Hispanic leaders, artists, athletes, and icons worldwide. Hispanic Heritage Month Teaching Slides by forkin4th Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Character Education, Latino and Hispanic Studies Standards: CCSS SL.2.3,

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k12

JULY 16, 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. We asked them what makes online school so great, and here’s what Mayah had to say. My K12 Why Why did you switch to online school?

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 12, 2025

Story starters for any grade level are a great way to practice writing skills. I remember being in 4th grade, and loving creative writing lessons with my teacher. Packet includes 24 pages, 10 customizable covers for your to personalize, and is perfect for grades 2 and up! Click HERE to grab it now!

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Writing Assignments Reading High School 68

Organized Classroom

JUNE 2, 2025

Great Brain Breaks for Kids All classes from elementary through high school appreciate brain breaks. GoNoodle : My own child has been a fan of GN since he was in grade school. Apps and Websites that Create Lifelong Learners Do you ever have parents who ask how they can help strengthen their child’s skills at home?

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