eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

One of my earliest projects as the Director of Environmental Education for a public school district in New York was in a middle school English Language Arts classroom. For many schools and districts, integrating environmental topics like this into the curriculum can feel like a heavy burden. The results were remarkable.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. 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”).

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

These tools offer interactive lessons, personalized learning paths, and fun activities that reinforce what students learned during the school year–without making summer feel like school. Its summer learning programs provide structured plans for students in grades K-12, including daily activities tailored by grade level.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2025

The survey of more than of 3,000 students in grades 7-12 offers insights into teens’ plans after high school. The research, Next Steps: An Analysis of Teens’ Post-High School Plans , uncovers evolving trends in teenagers’ attitudes, perceptions, and decision-making about their post-high school plans.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

School shouldn’t just be a place to learn academic skills, but a place for students to practice making meaningful decisions about their learning and lives. In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. Once I got to college, however, my A-student record failed me.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. Most of all, they want tools that align with the values and realities of teaching. They want support for differentiation, not decision-making.

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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

JUNE 9, 2025

Featured speakers and highlighted voices include school district superintendents, professors, podcasters, executive directors, researchers, authors, and more. I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. What should we use?

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Teach Hub

JUNE 27, 2025

When they hit a hurdle in school, they often freeze or, worse, give up. You have the power to help students tap into their full potential, even when they feel like school just isn’t clicking. Using the right teaching strategies can make all the difference. Teaching them about how the brain learns can change everything.

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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. Table of Contents 1.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

What are you using AI for in your school/classroom? Many schools haven’t clearly communicated guidelines for AI use in classrooms. That’s why AI literacy is essential–not just for students, but for families and schools as well. To reinforce SEE principles at home and school, consider the following steps: 1.

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eSchool News

JULY 14, 2025

Integrating technology in CTE isn’t just about fancy equipment; it’s about enhancing teaching methods and expanding opportunities. These platforms often come with features like automatic grading and analytics, which free up teachers’ time to focus more on hands-on instruction and one-on-one mentoring.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2025

Nothing at school affects student success more than a teacher, so adopting effective policies in each of these five areas and building teacher capacity can make a major difference for students. Additionally, many states do not require teacher prep programs to address math pedagogy–or how to teach it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Each new school offered a different name, a different ZIP code and a different student handbook, but the same painful story of Black children being overlooked, mislabeled, forgotten and left behind played out again and again: Black children left behind. I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

If you’re using a school account, the data is covered by the same agreement Google uses for its other education tools. MagicStudent lets students use the tool in a school-safe, student-friendly environment customized by educators. Data is not reviewed by anyone or used for advertising purposes and is not shared with other users.

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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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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. He shared his views on integrating technology meaningfully into the classroom, Teaching methodologies, personalized learning, interdisciplinary instruction, and many more.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Researchers are looking at whether teachers have what they need to thrive in Teaching for Tomorrow: Educators on the Future of Their Profession, part of a multiyear study undertaken by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. They were more tepid when it came to students future performance.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

These platforms offer unprecedented opportunities to personalize learning, refine curriculum development, and support teaching. The future of AI in education must be a shared effort across curriculum providers, district and school leaders, and policymakers.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

That moment in 1915 became the foundation of what is now Elmwood School an institution that, in 2025, proudly celebrates 110 years of inspiring young women to lead with confidence and purpose. The schools leap into the future began in 1978 with the introduction of the International Baccalaureate (IB) Programme.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

Listen to the interview with Laurie Rabinowitz and Amy Tondreau ( transcript ) Sponsored by Alpaca and The School Me Podcast This page contains Bookshop.org links. While the book focuses primarily on literacy instruction at the elementary level, it offers valuable insights and practices for anyone who teaches or works with disabled students.

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eSchool News

JULY 17, 2025

I feel that this is a perfect representation of how schools often deal with new and emerging technologies. From the internet and computers to cell phones and artificial intelligence, schools continue to invest a lot of time and money into figuring out how best to use these new technologies. These include human-made items (i.e.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

That’s where ProEd Global School comes in. Driven by her passion for personalized, inclusive, and globally relevant education, Llana founded ProEd Global School to create an environment where students don’t just learn—they thrive. The school’s recent Cambridge Accreditation has further strengthened its academic offerings.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million English learners in K-12 public schools in the fall of 2021, up from 4.6

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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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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? Solving this motivation problem is tricky.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

where it’s happening, and how we can leverage that for teaching and learning,” said Kellie Ady, Senior Director of Education Strategy and Government Relations for PowerSchool. It’s critical to think about how to better support educators who are using AI, including creating AI policies and guidelines in schools and districts.

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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. In Jordan School District, teachers would ask, “What’s the algorithm for tying your shoes? “Let’s do it!”

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

As AI becomes more widespread in education, more than half of high school students (56 percent) polled think it can go a long way in reducing math anxiety, a new global survey shows. The survey polled 1,500 11th and 12th grade students from across the U.S. What are you using AI for in your school/classroom?

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

Featured speakers and highlighted voices include school district superintendents, professors, podcasters, executive directors, researchers, authors, and more. I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. What should we use?

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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. Teach to a group or individuals. At the middle school, Lexia PowerUp is used as a tool within English Language Development classes.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2025

Exploratorium: Science Snacks The Exploratorium, a renowned museum of science, art, and human perception in San Francisco, offers Science Snacks–free, hands-on STEM activities designed for students in grades 3-12. These five online platforms help transform the break from school into a season of discovery.

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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. Many school districts are turning to comedy as a way of supporting student mental health. “If you were an object, what object would you be?”

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Its a familiar story for many parentswatching their child struggle in school, knowing they are capable but somehow unable to thrive in a traditional classroom. They envisioned a school where children who didnt fit the standard mold could still succeed, not just academically but socially and emotionally.

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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. He shared his views on integrating technology meaningfully into the classroom, Teaching methodologies, personalized learning, interdisciplinary instruction, and many more.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Delayed readers are students whose reading development lags behind typical age or grade expectations. Elementary School Journal, 118(4), 579599. Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade (IES Practice Guide). Handbook of effective inclusive schools: Research and practice.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

And its changed the way I look at my early days of teaching. For most teachers, student teaching is their most valuable preparatory experience , and a strong program gives them armor against burnout. States minimally regulate student teaching, so quality is scattershot. This exposes you to new approaches to familiar challenges.

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