eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2025

And yet, we are facing yet another heartbreaking report on student performance in reading. While most, if not all, of these are likely factors, and the analyses of why will continue, the prominent question for many of us is: Why, with so many states now signed on to the science of reading, do we still have this significant literacy crisis?

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Edsurge

JUNE 15, 2021

Yet today’s edtech leaders often ignore or choose to forget this history, argues Audrey Watters, a longtime critical observer of edtech, who calls it “historical amnesia of the past.” Watters traces the history of these pre-computer-age gadgets in her new book, “ Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning.”

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

This is especially true of history texts, which attempt to distill complex and contrasting events into simple, linear narratives, often at the expense of nuance and unpleasant truths. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history. It’s not, ‘Oh, this also was going on.’

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, former teacher and now education consultant, has suggestions for apps to help the history class: Essential Tech Tools for the History Class. As a history teacher, I used the summertime to experiment and attend online professional development technology sessions and tech camps.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2022

This model makes available ebooks and audiobooks on-demand in the Sora reading app to as many students as needed, with or without codes. Digital On-Demand Class Sets give schools the flexibility to allocate budget for assigned classroom reading even in situations where classes and rosters are not finalized.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Key points: Encouraging reading is a top priority, no matter how the material is presented Boycotting book fairs no more Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub I love a good classic. After all, I named my son Holden.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2025

Today, Beanstack announces the addition of Book Talks with Benny, an AI-powered teachers assistant that promotes reading integrity without the need for quizzes or grading. Within Beanstack, admins can view the chat history for flagged log entries of their rostered students, including an analysis of student responses.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2021

I’ve experienced the phenomenon of reading a text, but when I get to the end of a page or the bottom of the article, I have no idea what the text was about. I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. Yes, my eyes technically scanned the words, but I wasn’t thinking about what I was reading.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

Early simulations like Reader Rabbit are still used in classrooms to drill reading and math skills. If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. Game playing develops reading skills. Players have one goal: To survive.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Not only does this affect their ability to communicate effectively, it also affects their reading skills, because writing and literacy are closely linked. Writing improves students reading fluency. What systematic writing instruction looks like Learning how to write should go hand-in-hand with learning how to read.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2021

For example, in honor of both Black History Month and the recent Mars Rover landing, my 4th grade students read Counting on Katherine , which follows the story of Katherine Johnson and her contribution in mathematics to the NASA space program.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

See related article: Khan Academy Boosts National Civics Bee At this point, we have all heard about the learning gaps in math and reading scores these past few years. history and civics standards. Develop a curriculum that incorporates the reading of U.S. History & Civics in America’s Schools (2023).

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. History and was embarrassingly eager to participate in class debates and discussions. newsletters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2022

When you fall in love with prehistoric fiction, read Book 2 of the trilogy, Laws of Nature before the launch of Book 3, Natural Selection, on October 19th. Then, join the launch party on Oct. 25 and find out the answers to your pressing prehistoric people questions: What did our ancestors do all day?

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

I sought to bring that same joy of reading to my high school history and English students. All our students should have access to a school library and a certified librarian to help improve reading levels and foster critical thinking and source analysis.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

As an assistant principal in a public school in Manhattan, I have begun to use explicit instruction more in my own teaching and have focused on explicit instruction in my professional development with the history and physical education teachers I supervise. They needed modeling, practice, and feedback.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2023

Gone are the days when a school librarian’s job was defined by shushing, rocking, and reading. While reading out loud and building a love of literacy is still a foundational part of their job in a school, school librarians wear many, many hats and touch many lives in the course of a day’s work. their favorites.

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2023

Whatever you read comes from someone with a particular history, perspective, and set of interests. There are some simple exercises we can use to combat both our natural instincts and the rising tide of digital misinformation. Explore context. Ask yourself: Who is this person? Where are they coming from, literally and figuratively?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

As part of the teachers’ advisory group for America250 and as one of the fellows in the America 250 NC Freedom Fellows’ inaugural cohort, I got incredible tools and resources that help students understand our state’s unique and diverse history and the important role it played in the American Revolution. From lessons focused on the U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

Thus began the most disruptive period in the history of American education. A McKinsey report predicts that because of the pandemic’s disruption to America’s schools, students will lose 8-12 months of math, and the forecast for reading loss isn’t much better. Like Keller, he left school in mid-March and has not been back since.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2023

Reading skills are the gateway to success in every classroom subject. The need to read is not limited to English Language Arts classes; literacy skills are essential in math, history and all other content areas. Not being able to read has a profound effect on our self-esteem, social-emotional skills and imagination.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

While novels are engrossing for some students, teachers who use a variety of texts and media sources engage more students and address a broader range of topics and reading standards. These connections make students more interested in the stories they read, enhancing their overall classroom engagement. The day went quickly.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom. Anyone who reads my blog knows that I love a good choice board ! The better the questions, the easier it is to guess the correct answer. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2022

PISA , the OECD’s Programme for International Student Assessment, measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics, and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. The OECD has started working to refine its assessments to measure competences beyond the core literacies of reading, mathematics, and science.

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eSchool News

JULY 6, 2023

History and civics scores declined significantly between 2018 and 2022. history—and only one in five were at or above the proficiency level in civics. In May, NAEP reported that eighth grade students’ U.S Only 13 percent of eighth graders were at or above the level that NAEP categorizes as proficient in U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

But we couldn’t bear to leave you without some worthwhile reading and listening material during this wintery week, filled with short days and long nights. Read more from Marisa here. Read more from Daniel here. Read more from Emily here. Like educators and students across the U.S., Maybe you will, too.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2025

Despite some improvements notably in fourth-grade math the national results were pockmarked by widening gaps in student performance and declines in reading scores, including the largest share of eighth graders who did not meet basic reading proficiency in the assessments history.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

10, 2022) – Renaissance , the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is honored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the community reading initiative Read on myON , a first-of-its-kind partnership between Renaissance and Hillsborough County Public Schools. We look forward to continuing to support them for many years to come.”.

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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This program gives my class access to digital texts and news articles that are adapted to each student’s independent reading level. They are extremely proud when they are able to chart the increases in their Lexile levels as their reading comprehension skills improve.

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eSchool News

JULY 4, 2023

History, and speech and debate classes, I’ve found that ChatGPT provides opportunities to engage the students in class activities. Our student learning is anchored around Harkness discussions, an educational approach in which students discuss class readings, course material, and other texts. I welcomed our first “speaker,” ChatGPT.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

As a former high school teacher and current content author for AP History and Social Sciences, I’ve learned several key strategies to help your students earn the AP scores they need to assist them in their academic careers—and retain the material that they have learned.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 27, 2023

In addition, we incorporated the multisensory Orton-Gillingham approach for reading instruction, which has shown great success with many of our students. We must know their story, history, and how they are showing up to us. Opening the Learning Journey We believe in an intentional focus on literacy, numeracy, and assistive technology.

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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.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of reading first-hand accounts, watching video clips of an event, or listening to impassioned speeches, students read a laundry list of information when they encounter tertiary sources. I asked them to select a moment in history from the last 17 years and conduct a Google search to learn about that event. TypesofSources.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 8th most-read story focuses on the need for more Black educators–especially Black male educators.

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