Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Since teachers grade so many papers and assignments, many educators see that as an unacceptable level of error.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 24, 2023

If you’re a history buff, you may already know that Cleopatra had a substantial amount of rizz. History teacher Lauren Cella's "Gen Z Teaches History" series has earned about 30 million views on Instagram and TikTok combined. And I always say, ‘History is interesting.’ I think other people make it boring.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

What was the point of living through history if you didn’t record it? When most people think of primary sources, images come to mind of aged yellowed pieces of paper with old-fashioned handwriting and the highly formal language of days gone by. Unprecedented. Tatjana Soli, author Unimaginable. Recording a Flipgrid video.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2022

Although I love teaching all subjects, I always choose English/language arts and social studies, in part because I love the challenge of engaging young leaners in these important subjects. Not only does Quizizz make learning history fun, but it also helps you to stay focused and manage your instructional time.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

What do you remember from history class? To history teacher Joe Welch, too many of today’s lessons still call to mind Ben Stein’s classic classroom lecture in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Welch, an 8th-grade teacher at North Hills Middle School in Pittsburgh, is charting his own path—one that doesn’t include a textbook.

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eSchool News

JULY 24, 2017

Is there anything a teacher hates more than to look out across his or her classroom and see a group of tired, uninterested, and unmotivated students? Teachers are forced to cover state standards that students may not see any intrinsic reason to learn. What is a teacher to do? What Real Life Can Do for All Subjects.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2021

teacher with a full classroom makeover. Julia Negele , a kindergarten and first grade teacher in the Boston Public School system,” said Margaret Lawrence, vice president of Wayfair Professional. We’re proud to recognize an outstanding local teacher for the first time in the contest’s history and provide Ms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

When a school is fortunate to have exceptional teachers with diverse backgrounds, those teachers can draw on their experiences and interests to create a strong, engaging, and original curriculum. Third graders, for example, have created a Shaker Village, staging reenactments by blending history, mathematics, and language arts.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif.,

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 26, 2015

Teachers can easily differentiate instruction assigning articles written at a range Lexile levels to different groups of students within a single class. Once teachers create an account and set up their classes, they can assign articles and collect student data. Create up to 9 classes!

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Teachers in rural areas are exceptionally creative, working around limited library access, funding restrictions, and the ever-present battle with scaling best practices to support their students. This is a great resource for civics teachers to utilize in the classroom. I wish there was a teacher version of the prizes!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Twelve years ago, when I left a career as a lawyer to become a history teacher, my vision of what a “good teacher” looked like was shaped in part by movies, such as “Stand and Deliver” and “To Sir, With Love,” which depict teachers who overcome institutional dysfunction to connect with students and inspire them to achieve their potential.

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Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

Those lesson plans are actually what stood out to my teachers,” adds Dawson, “They felt like the plans provided the support they needed to implement AR in the classroom without a lot of training.” “The Spierenburg also enjoys seeing this learner-centered approach, where teachers facilitate learning and nudge students forward.

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eSchool News

JULY 25, 2017

However, due to only being second-generation English speakers with some family members who still speak the Indigenous language, many of our students are not proficient in either language. On top of that, Northern Lights has one of the highest teacher turnover rates in the Saskatchewan province. Literacy PD for All Teachers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Teachers’ jobs are about much more than teaching in the classroom or online. EDSITEment offers free resources for teachers, students, and parents searching for high-quality K-12 humanities education materials in the subject areas of history and social studies, literature and language arts, foreign languages, arts, and culture.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

The pandemic has shed light on the need for student agency and inclusion, along with an emphasis on content-rich knowledge to support language learning effectively in literacy, history, social science, and science applications,” said Catherine Cahn, the CEO of Twig Education.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. Teachers often use this routine to deepen students’ engagement with material and to foster complex, critical thinking skills.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2024

When Adriana Cervantes-González started school in California as a child, it was at a time when state policy was determined to get all English-learning students proficient in the language within one year. That includes bilingual teachers, who are in high demand across the country. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

However, there is a critical concern: IEPs require detailed information about students’ disabilities, learning needs, medical history, and academic performance. Small Language Models Educators could utilize technology from Microsoft or Google to build a Small Language Model.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2024

In my case, it wasn’t what the teacher said to me. The reason I even graduated from high school was because my mom ran into my English teacher at the grocery store when I was in 10th grade, and the teacher mentioned that I’d missed class–a lot, actually. I certainly can. It was what she said to my mother.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In September, a teacher in the Hamshire-Fannett Independent School District, in Southeast Texas, was fired when district leaders learned that an eighth grade class was reading a graphic novel based on the diary of Anne Frank. It was an extreme example of the political strain public school teachers are under from parents and activists.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2021

When a school is fortunate to have exceptional teachers with diverse backgrounds, those teachers can draw on their experiences and interests to create a strong, engaging, and original curriculum. Third graders, for example, have created a Shaker Village, staging reenactments by blending history, mathematics, and language arts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2023

Notably, the survey confirms what parents and teachers experience daily: Mathematics is the most challenging subject, with 45.2 percent), history (14.7 percent) and world languages (11 percent) following way behind. percent of students identifying it as their biggest academic hurdle. percent), science (12.3

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2023

We want students to fall in love with reading while building up skills in language and grammar. We try to show them that math and science can be outlets of wonder and imagination, while also grounding them in foundations of history and social studies. This is certainly a worthy goal, but how exactly do we go about teaching this?

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

Switching seamlessly between languages like many bilingual learners do AI-powered translation tools are improving, but they dont match the way multilingual individuals naturally switch between languages in real life. Bilingual students often engage in code-switching, blending languages based on context, audience, and emotion.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Last year, I had the privilege of learning and leading as the 2022 Hawaiʻi State Teacher of the Year and a CCSSO National Finalist. As I traveled across the nation, teachers shared their stories with me. While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

We must know their story, history, and how they are showing up to us. This includes their history, culture, dreams, and any experiences that have shaped who they are today, such as trauma, poverty, or medical needs. Related : What matters most for our special education teachers?

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Teachers can leverage the power of thinking routines developed by Project Zero at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education to help students develop their metacognitive muscles. Reading a Story: After reading a story with a surprise ending, the teacher could guide students to discuss how their predictions evolved as they read.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2024

During my “freshman year” in the classroom, I made it a point to ask colleagues at my school, members of my professional learning community, educators I met at conferences, and others: “What are the best edtech resources for a new teacher to engage students and ignite their curiosity about learning?” Plus, students LOVE AR/VR!

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Josh Davis spent 14 years teaching high school special education and middle school history, so he’s well aware of a few classroom constants. Over and over, he saw teachers resisting technology adoption because they didn’t want to look foolish trying something new in front of students. Recommendations from @jodavisITC.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Here are five strategies teachers can take to make STEM come alive in their classrooms. Teachers can lead activities that allow students to see concepts in action, including simple experiments with household materials to demonstrate principles like gravity, friction, or chemical reactions.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Our highest passing rate ever in the history of the school was fifty-two percent before Covid. In fact, she continues, “There were a couple of kids who said they had never passed the math SBAC test in the history of their schooling, and that 6th grade was the first time.” We are witnessing history, and this is just the beginning.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2018

Video Games Score Points with Teachers on Academic Benefits. As schools continue to legitimize video games, K–12 teachers are realizing it is better to ride this wave rather than fight it , and reframe games as educational tools. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 08/14/2018 - 11:49.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2015

Teachers and students were capable of communicating only with those inside their own buildings. One of the great things about Skype Classroom is the ability to search by lesson, subject, age group or teacher in an effort to connect with classrooms around the world. Mystery Skype calls are a great way to connect with the world. [

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2024

History to Spanish immersion, more students means more funding. We are the only school in the region who started a dual language program,” said Rossina Sandoval, Southwest DuBois County School District’s director of community engagement, in an interview with the Daily Yonder. From Advanced Placement U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

You must have enough teachers, the right technology, and lessons that infuse STEM into all classes including history and English/language arts, just to name a few. A history teacher can take their students to virtually explore a battlefield, versus simply having them read accounts and examine photos.

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eSchool News

JUNE 1, 2017

As an English Language Arts teacher, I love it when I find a new resource that connects storytelling to learning, and the Learning Lab does just that. They were excited to discover objects they “knew” from references in the book.

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