Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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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. 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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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

This list of 8th grade writing prompts is sure to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboards!) ” You’ll also find tips for getting middle schoolers to write in every class. What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Something very unexpected happened at 8th grade graduation. Yes, even math!

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 3 Live Finale: Elementary, middle and high school teams competed in a 30-minute esports showdown, held at the Levan Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University, to design climate-resilient schools. The way the Showdown brought together students from every district and grade level. What stood out most?

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

The Creativity Challenge in Computer Science Education Creativity often declines as students progress through school. A 2021 OECD study found that 15-year-olds consistently show lower levels of creativity and curiosity than 10-year-olds globally.

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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. How do friendships influence school life, and what would school be like without them?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Bilingual Hispanic Heritage Word Search Puzzles | Mes de la Herencia Hispana by Biliteracy Now Grades: 2nd-5th Subjects: Spanish Three printable Hispanic Heritage Month word searches encourage students to find important words, including “diversity,” “celebration,” and “independence.”

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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 high schools give up one year of history in favor of a financial literacy class? 8; CCRA.SL.4

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Research shows that children who are chronically absent from preschool through second grade are more likely to be reading below grade level by third grade. It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too. In short: Schools were not designed to solve a problem like chronic absenteeism.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Longfellow Middle School students are using green screen technology to transport themselves and their classmates to new worlds of learning. They also used the green screens for social studies lessons, taking an epic selfie with the whole class.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2024

When Salvador Quijada, a seventh and eighth grade math teacher at Philip’s Academy Charter School, thinks back on his own journey as a mathematician, he gives credit to one high school math teacher who pushed him to take on AP calculus. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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eSchool News

JUNE 7, 2023

.– K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA released today a new study that takes a deeper look into instructional practices driving high academic growth. Share students and strategies within a grade level Exposing students to more content 5. Provide supplemental learning time for targeted retrieval practice 2.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Yet, at the elementary school level, many teachers haven’t had any specialized education or training in science, leaving them at a loss for PD in STEM. Our teachers across all grade levels have made great strides in developing their STEM content knowledge and teaching skills.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Sign up for our free New York newsletter to keep up with NYC’s public schools. The day before my first day of teaching middle school in 2018, I decorated my Brooklyn public school classroom with quotes from famous people reflecting on the importance of reading. I hoped to inspire my students to fall in love with reading.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. These “outs” become the “ins” for the next grade level. 3 Transparency between grade levels helps teachers identify skill gaps.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2016

Independent academic research of New York City middle school students shows LightSail’s adaptive literacy platform helps sustain, grow reading performance in summer months. Summer slide is cumulative and accounts for more than half of the achievement gap by the time students are in ninth grade. percent minority, with 88.8

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school. Even though many of the ideas in this article have been created for a language classroom, most of them will work for any subject or grade level. Play games.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. They signed petitions and showed up in force at school board meetings to rail against the changes.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. With increasing coursework and extracurricular activities, a structured approach to studying helps manage time effectively, reduces stress, and boosts learning outcomes. These resources can complement your study plan and provide additional support.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

In order to fill the need for these high-wage, in-demand jobs, early STEM intervention and career awareness for students in the middle grades are necessary. Additionally, the median annual wage for STEM occupations in 2023 was $101,650, in comparison to non-STEM occupations at $46,680.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2021

Recent research from Gallup and the RAND Corporation shows that BrainPOP is already one of the most widely used digital learning tools that elementary and middle school educators turn to for teaching students science. In the last year alone, more than 3.1 said Yigal Rosen, PhD, SVP of AI and data science at BrainPOP.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Key points: Virtual reality offers learning beyond just verbal communications 3 AR/VR resources that nurture student curiosity Reaching the 4Cs with 3D and virtual reality For more on VR in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Multilingual students face unique challenges that can hurt their performance in school.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2023

According to the latest report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), fourth- and eighth-grade students’ math scores declined in both grades in most states—marking the largest score decline since the initial assessments in 1990. This year’s World Math Day winners in the United States by grade are: Austin H.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2024

Cyberbullying, increasingly more common, occurred at least once per week in 37 percent of middle schools, 25 percent of high schools, and 6 percent of elementary schools. Attendance and achievement predict students’ probability of graduating high school, which in turn predicts lifetime earnings.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The findings come from a new study from K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA. Led by Dr. Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA, the study zoomed into two schools that have historically shown high growth for diverse populations of students, including through the pandemic.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2015

Thirty-five Jewish Day Schools nationwide are launching the CIJE-Tech MS Program, a new STEM engineering program designed specifically for middle school grades. STEM program from the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education aims to increase engagement.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

They were paired through Big Brothers Big Sisters when Witchet was in fifth grade. The report entitled “ The Youths Relationships Study ” was conducted by researchers at University of Illinois Chicago and published last fall. A subsequent report from this study will examine outcomes over a four-year follow-up period.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

K-12 assessment and research organization NWEA recently released results of a yearlong study examining the effectiveness of a reading fluency intervention targeting struggling middle school readers from historically marginalized populations or those living in poverty. school district in 2022-23.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2015

school district leaders are rethinking traditional approaches to instruction. For the past five years, the district has had a “no zero” grading policy to encourage the completion of all student work. In Meriden, Conn., We put students at the center of everything we do,” said Superintendent Mark Benigni.

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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. In contrast, medical school can overwhelm students with detailed information, like longitudinal reports on multiple-choice question performance throughout the year.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Black/African American students, Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx students, and Native American/Alaskan students are less likely to attend a high school that offers foundational computer science.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

However, a recent study on the Lexia® PowerUp Literacy® (PowerUp) adaptive blended learning program found that PowerUp users outgained non-users by nearly 30 points. times more effective than typical interventions for both EL and non-EL middle school students. In fact, the program was more than 2.5

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2019

Preparing students for college and a career is the mission of every public K-12 school system, and this work begins by establishing a strong foundation for success in the early grades. Students in grades 1-8 take the same assessment at least four times a year, and sometimes five, depending on their grade level.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2018

In fact, studies show that up to 60 percent of all high school students are “chronically disengaged” from their own learning. Cyberbullying has become more and more common, and a remarkable 20 percent of middle school students reported seriously contemplating suicide in a survey conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Literacy is critical for students–and elementary years are a pivotal time These online tools help students develop essential literacy skills See related article: How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction For more news on literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Fall is the best time of year in Montana.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Buchanan County Public School students in grades K-5 (950 students) worked in the program five days a week for thirty minutes a day. One great thing about Fast ForWord,” Hibbitts concludes, “is that the program is suitable for all ages and grade levels, as well as special education students. Read the full report here: [link].

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