eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

The way teachers use the AI tools in their classrooms–open conversations around acceptable use help students use AI tools for meaningful learning instead of for cheating. Suitable for: All grade levels–from elementary children designing a poster about dinosaurs to high school students putting together a multimedia history project.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support. We adjusted our resources, and this year, 96 percent of K-5 students met typical growth in English language arts.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2025

I was having fun grading. When teachers give their students opportunities to record their thoughts on video, we offer them a chance to communicate effectively in a modern medium, which has always been a hallmark of English Language Arts. As I reviewed their responses, I had a feeling that I cannot recall the last time I felt.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

To help fill the gap we began using two products, both of which were recommended by a teacher who had used the literacy programs at a previous school. Here are five different ways our students and teachers are benefitting from our online literacy platform: Meet students where they are. Teach to a group or individuals.

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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. A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. But is that enough to prepare new teenagers for 9th grade? Table of Contents 1.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Teachers must align instructional content with state and national standards, prepare and organize materials, and thoughtfully structure collaborative learning experiences to ensure effective learning outcomes. Identify the intended grade level and the specific ISTE Student Standards the lesson will address.

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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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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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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

In a ninth grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“exploding”). The law that nixed the exit exam had broad support from the Washington teachers union, state education officials, and parents. Lawmakers passed it unanimously. Now over 89% do.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Delayed readers are students whose reading development lags behind typical age or grade expectations. Common issues include deficits in phonological awareness (Kilpatrick, 2015), limited exposure to language-rich environments, and instructional mismatches. What is a delayed reader? Journal of Literacy Research, 51(3), 271289.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2025

Insights from recent surveys highlighting that, while parents may report low interest in school-based COVID recovery programs, like tutoring and summer school, many have not received information from schools about whether their children are meeting grade-level academic expectations. Tools like text messaging can help keep families informed.

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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 Last year, Jenks did a pilot with Talking Points, a family engagement and communication platform that offers automatic translation in the language a family chooses. “We

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Language barriers can have a profound impact on these students academic performance, classroom engagement and social connection. Traditional supports for emergent bilingual students, such as peer translation, bilingual aides or simplified language, often fall short in busy classrooms where time and resources are stretched thin.

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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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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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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

You’ll find a list of must-read professional development books for teachers recommended by current classroom teachers, links to free resources to help you grow as an educator, and practical tips for making the most of the upcoming school year (after a long, relaxing summer!). to focus on yourself.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. It’s a buzzword I hear often these days on social media, especially in teacher groups where educators are reimagining their futures. I even hosted a virtual workshop for teachers to help them do the same. Where intervention was nonexistent.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Create community guidelines for discussions that include intention and impact/anti-bias language. 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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Here are thoughts from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: Blending Montessori and Technology: Finding the Right Balance in Early Childhood Education These days, it seems that all toddlers master how to swipe across a screen before they learn to tie their shoes. What About Teachers? What is the intersection of the two?

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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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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

I’m here to share my advice to new homeschool parents (or veterans) from the perspective of a veteran teacher and someone who has homeschooled. Homeschool Curriculum Options One of the most challenging decisions for new homeschool parents is choosing a curriculum (we have the same dilemma as teachers!). It’s absolutely critical.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

The way the Showdown brought together students from every district and grade level. With its success, regional leaders are already planning the next phase, emphasizing teacher training, broader participation and enhanced support. Confidence: English Language learners improve through hands-on projects. Focus on teacher support.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Letter grades are indeed first subjective evaluations of knowledge proficiency, but once they are passed to the hands of the students, they become game components, passed around as proof of the completion of some task, or the achievement of some desired goal (mastering a standard, fulfilling the requirements of an assignment, etc.)

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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. For example, if you’re a tech teacher, join ISTE. It might be your ability to speak Russian or use sign language. Check teacher job boards like Edjoin and Teachers-Teachers.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Allow private messages to the teacher for students who feel unsure about spelling or grammar.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

She believes that schools should not just educate minds but also build communities where students, parents, and teachers work together to create meaningful change. Beyond ASDAN, the school provides a wide range of personalized support services, including individualized learning plans, speech and language therapy, and counseling.

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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.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

As upper elementary teachers, we know that word learning can’t keep up with word exposure. By fourth and fifth grade, students encounter thousands of new words across content areas—many of them multisyllabic, abstract, and Greek or Latin in origin. Morphology is the study of morphemes —the smallest units of meaning in language.

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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.

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Reading English Grades Attention 75

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Meanwhile, educators across regions and grade levels estimate roughly half (47 percent) of their students are using AI for schoolwork. K-12 and higher education educators rank among the lowest globally for AI adoption, use among both groups has increased over the last year. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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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.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

It is about protecting student rights, sustaining academic quality, and making legally defensible decisions with fewer resources, fewer teachers, and more pressure than ever before. Many districts rely on these funds to strengthen instructional quality in core classrooms and to support new or out-of-field teachers. Document everything.

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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.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Beliefs 210

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers use direct, explicit instructionbreaking down complex concepts into manageable stepsso students can grasp new ideas without feeling lost or overwhelmed. These platforms allow students to practice skills at their own pace while giving teachers real-time insights into their progress.

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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,

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