eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Across the country, too many children are struggling to read, and too many teachers are struggling to help them. Teacher preparation programs and school districts across the nation have been slow to fully embrace this research base, known as the science of reading.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina are rolling back high school math or English requirements. The proposed or passed changes for all five states: Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida, and North Carolina will result in what looks like more kids succeeding in school, but the gains wont be real.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I recently read 10 to 25 , a new book by David Yeager, one of the leading research psychologists in adolescent development and motivation. That realization has implications not just for how we understand student engagement, but for how we design schools…and why AI alone can’t get us where we need to go. Or basketball. Or Taylor Swift.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

When a high school student uses AI to design a community mural or a college freshman collaborates with peers across continents on a digital storytelling project, it’s clear the boundaries of learning are shifting. With AI, it’s the same: We need to teach students to “read the nutrition label” before they consume AI content.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2025

According to the CDC , 40 percent of high school students report persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness, and 20 percent have seriously considered suicide. At the same time, schools are working to reverse learning losses stemming from the pandemic. What is your priority for the 2025-2026 school year?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Nothing says “the first day of school is almost here” quite like decking the walls and halls of your classroom! Creative and inspiring back-to-school bulletin boards are one of the most effective ways to set the tone for a positive and engaging learning environment. It’s time to say “welcome back” with style.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Burns opening quote is a reminder that teaching is purpose-driven work and that student growth and development depend on supporting teachers and school leaders. In that time, each fellow has managed to speak vulnerably about educational leadership, student engagement and systemic challenges in K-12 education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2025

Read on… Plan Ahe ad: Set Yourself Up for a Career in Electrical and Computer Engineering Regardless of where you are in your life or at what stage, if you have a dream that you want to achieve, you can start working toward that immediately. With median U.S.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. 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? What about 3 hours?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. As a first-year graduate student, I had read Susan Blums Ungrading and was immediately smitten. For example, in an eight-point paper, I assign four points to close reading (See Figure 2).

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

“Back in school, you ever get busted for trying to walk and have some administrator tell you, ‘Son, you can shirk your obligations and try to be different from your peers, but the responsibility of your future is gonna find you!’" I asked my students, “Do you understand why you learn what you learn in school?” history in an urban St.

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GovTech

JUNE 10, 2025

When the new Compton High School opens this fall, high-tech classrooms will function much like college lecture halls, with students reading, taking tests, completing work and even many projects online.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

College of the Canyons, like many institutions, paid extra to integrate the plagiarism checker into its online learning management system, where faculty members had begun to post assignments and reading materials and students were expected to submit their papers. It took me so long to go back to school,” she said with a toddler at her side.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

All you need to add is a classroom full of eager middle schoolers, and you’ve got the best school year ever! Provide relevant reading materials 5. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 19, 2025

Here is an excerpt from today’s New York Times article, How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 students Into the A.I. Future : Her class at Southwest Miami Senior High School had already read about John F. Kennedy and discussed his campaign for “new frontier” economic and social policies.

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Class Tech Tips

MAY 19, 2025

Here is an excerpt from todays New York Times article, How Miami Schools Are Leading 100,000 students Into the A.I. Future : Her class at Southwest Miami Senior High School had already read about John F. Kennedy and discussed his campaign for new frontier economic and social policies.

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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. The 2021 class of high school graduates saw the percentage of low-performing math students tick up even more, to 22%.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2025

Here are the most-read posts for the month: #4: Photoshop for Fifth Graders: The First Step is Word World Environment Day: Living Responsibly with Nature Online Summer Educational Activities How to Inspire High School Students to Pursue a Career in Software Engineering June is Internet Safety Month K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum Need Summer Activities? (..)

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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. We asked them what makes online school so great, and here’s what Madison had to say. My K12 Why What do you like about online private school?

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Are our schools preparing them for this new reality? At Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), educators are determined to make sure both answers are “yes.” While the AI readiness framework covers preK-12, the team began by designing a diagnostic for high school students in grades 9-12. How would it be delivered?

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Guest speaker John Watson is the founder of DLAC (formerly Evergreen Education Group), which has been a leading consulting and advisory firm serving school districts, state agencies, foundations, and companies in the K-12 digital learning field for more than 20 years. The computer-generated transcript is below: Kevin Hogan OK.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2025

When Angela Dominguez took the helm of Donna Independent School District in Texas in 2021, she thought the districts original decision to use most of its federal Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) money to pay for existing fourth- and fifth-grade teacher positions was short-sighted.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. Affirm personal interests by letting students know you cared enough to read their inventories. Teach students how to cite sources.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Do you like it when someone reads a book to you, or do you prefer reading independently? Do you like it when someone reads a book to you, or do you prefer reading independently? You’re walking through school and take an unexpected turn.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agencys decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trumps executive orders on race and gender. Books were pulled from libraries. Black History Month was canceled. Health courses were canceled.

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k12

JUNE 10, 2025

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 Kylah had to say. We asked them what makes online school so great, and here’s what Kylah had to say.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 12, 2025

Then, read the first page to the class and pass it along to the next star student. On the day due, you take the folder and read again your page, then pass along to the star student to read his or her page. Parents, administrators, and students loved it and it cost me nothing to give those special mementos of the school year.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 2, 2025

Keep reading to see some of our readers’ suggestions if you are stuck and looking for something new to hook your kids! Sometimes, those gifted students whip through their work and are left with the traditional “just get out something to read” mantra. Click HERE to grab them and save yourself time!

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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. Middle and High School Hispanic Heritage Month Activities Once students reach middle and high school, they’re ready for more complex topics and assignments.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

The Grandview school district’s headquarters is nearly 1,000 miles away from the White House. He reads every Trump executive order closely so he can make sure his board members know what they mean, and what they don’t. Teachers walk a line as Trump targets DEI Trump promised to get “woke” out of American schools. newsletters.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

I don't specifically recall many of the books, but there was an engrossing one about the Bermuda Triangle and another aspirational one about high school football. I was reading for pleasure. That's how reading has always felt to me. Reading a book to the end requires effort. I still do that. As George R.R.

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Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 15, 2025

Right now, many teachers are seeing a sharp drop in focus during reading and writing (thanks to cell phones) and a growing dependence on AI to think and write. Too much screen time in elementary school is delaying reading and writing skills, weakening focus, and hurting social development." We are already in one." "Too

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

When traditional icebreakers just dont cut it, try switching things up with Would You Rather questions for high school. Ease into the new year with these fun and lighthearted Would You Rather questions for high school students. Try them for a morning meeting, first-week-of-school activity, or SEL check-in.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

His best known work, Deschooling Society , published in 1971 is a no holds barred critique of institutionalized, compulsory schooling, arguing that the overall effect is to alienate most children from their own learning. major illusion on which the school system rests is that most learning is the result of teaching. for their own good."

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 30, 2025

Summer Writing for Teens: Choice Menu with 40 Prompts {June & July} By Secondary Sara Grades: 6th-10th This highly flexible, choice-oriented project gives students 40 prompts across 8 high-interest topics: summer reading, goals & plans, vacation, and memorable moments.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

When I think back on all the crap I learned in high school It's a wonder I can think at all. And though my lack of education hasn't hurt me none I can read the writing on the wall. I often think that I didn't learn to read as much as discovered that I could.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Find everything you need for facilitating great debates in your high school class. From good debate topics for high school to resources for structuring and crafting arguments, you’ll find everything you need for a fiery debate in any subject. Should high school students be allowed to drop out of school when they want?

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