k12 Digest

JUNE 30, 2025

Eric Francis Manu is a world-renowned authority in international diplomacy, protocol, and cross-cultural intelligence, trusted by royalty, dignitaries, celebrities, and C-suite leaders across the globe. But today, artificial intelligence (AI) is introducing a new dimension: predictive learning, behavioural analytics, and cultural simulation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

That’s a game-changer for differentiation,” says Kim Zajac, a speech and language pathologist at Norton Public School in Massachusetts. Platforms like Diffit and MagicSchool AI are helping teachers scaffold reading materials, translate documents and highlight vocabulary — all in a matter of seconds.

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eSchool News

MAY 19, 2025

teachers work with diverse groups, often with varying language backgrounds and ability levels, in both indoor and outdoor settings. This technology was introduced more than 30 years ago to provide low-volume, highly intelligible speech throughout a classroom.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Now, educators are trying to navigate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the field. As insights from neuroscience increasingly inform educational practices, we are seeing old theories and practices, such as whole language, challenged and new approaches more aligned to the science of learning emerge.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Instructions: 1. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

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k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

As we witness the rapid evolution of educational technology, the convergence of bite-sized learning modules with intelligent virtual tutors is creating unprecedented opportunities for personalised education. This fundamental truth about human cognition has finally found its perfect technological match in the form of microlearning.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

What if you had no language at all and yet there was something you needed to say? As is intelligence. Kimmerer asserts, "Plants teach the universal language." Play, like all movement, is an aspect of the universal language. "Plants tell their stories not by what they say, but by what they do. Wouldn't you dance it?

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Built on the company’s patented Intelligent Adaptive Learning platform, DreamBox Reading captures data from student answers, strategies, and behaviors to personalize learning in real time. This adaptivity ensures that students are met where they are with just-right instruction and fun activities.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

At Khan World School, a partnership between ASU Prep and Khan Academy, students have shown learning growth as high as 2 to 5 times national norms in math, reading, and language arts. The next big educational innovation won’t come from more intelligent AI. These are not marginal improvements. They are step-function leaps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Some good starters include: Drawing apps mimicking crayons or pencils Puzzle or logic games without background noise or timers Audio stories to practice listening and language If it encourages creativity, decision-making, or discovery, it’s a good option. If it only keeps a child glued to the screen, it’s not.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?” On Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models for Education.”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini are increasingly prevalent in higher education, raising questions about how students can engage with AI meaningfully. On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?” On Opportunities and Challenges of Large Language Models for Education.”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 5, 2025

The initial enthusiasm for learning a foreign language may wane as other courses with demanding assignments compete for their attention. This is the moment when a language instructor must pivot, shifting the classroom dynamic to reignite curiosity and motivation. Instructions: 1. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Language barriers can have a profound impact on these students academic performance, classroom engagement and social connection. Traditional supports for emergent bilingual students, such as peer translation, bilingual aides or simplified language, often fall short in busy classrooms where time and resources are stretched thin.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Now, educators are trying to navigate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the field. As insights from neuroscience increasingly inform educational practices, we are seeing old theories and practices, such as whole language, challenged and new approaches more aligned to the science of learning emerge.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

generate questions, review/structure answers) Beyond verbal language, visuals are an important facet of communication and students need to be prepared for more multimodal communication tasks at the workplace (Brumberger, 2005). ” In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 23268-23275. ” (2003).

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k12 Digest

JUNE 24, 2025

A key part of this approach is the ASDAN curriculum, which is designed to develop practical skills, social integration, and emotional intelligence. Beyond ASDAN, the school provides a wide range of personalized support services, including individualized learning plans, speech and language therapy, and counseling.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

generate questions, review/structure answers) Beyond verbal language, visuals are an important facet of communication and students need to be prepared for more multimodal communication tasks at the workplace (Brumberger, 2005). ” In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, vol. 23268-23275. ” (2003).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

It might be your ability to speak Russian or use sign language. Definitely mention if you can teach robotics, drones, or programming languages. This might be your familiarity with International Baccalaureate, Habits of Mind, or Depth of Knowledge. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective. Many students face challenges not due to a lack of intelligence but because they struggle with organization, time management, and emotional regulation.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

Conscious Discipline – A useful framework for fostering emotional intelligence and creating a calm, focused classroom culture. 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Classroom – Strategies for creating immersive, language-focused classrooms to boost learning outcomes. called it eye-opening, and Jessica W.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Just as we teach the alphabet, structure, vocabulary and syntax, we must teach the language of computers. When evaluating a computer science curriculum, its important to consider how it approaches artificial intelligence. Computer science is essential, not optional. Every student deserves access; its a fundamental part of literacy.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. But not everybody feels this way about reading.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Use rubrics as a shared language of the route that teachers and students can use formatively to navigate the path toward high-quality work rather than as a summative tool to justify grades. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , 6 , 100209. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence , v7:1-10. Keller, S.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

The concept of AGI, artificial General intelligence, and I know that that in some circles that term gets banded around a lot, others are just are not as familiar with. If it doesn’t already exist, we’re not far from being able to say OK, now give me a version of that course for an English language learner. It’s the.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

When Marisha Speights first started as a speech language pathologist in preschools serving affluent families in Nashville, Tennessee, she used the typical screening and assessment measures that she believed and was taught worked well. It was, I dont think this child has a speech or language issue, but the test says theyre at risk.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Should texting language be in the dictionary? 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 the United States implement mandatory naps for everyone up to age 18? 8; CCRA.SL.4

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 9, 2025

Heres the sign-up link if the image above doesnt work: [link] The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

As artificial intelligence, personalized learning platforms, and algorithm-driven content become more common in classrooms, students must understand how data influences what they see and how they are assessed. Data is only helpful if we can interpret it accurately and use it effectively to support learning. The same goes for students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

A network of small public high schools in New York City is exploring whether artificial intelligence can change the way teachers receive feedback about their classroom instruction. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. newsletters.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

and LEHI, Utah — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people worldwide, announced it has acquired Emmersion , the Utah-based leader in certifying language ability through artificial intelligence. Accurately establish language skills with AI. SAN MATEO, Calif.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Need for AI Literacy in Education The rapidly evolving space of artificial intelligence (AI) requires school and district leaders to make sense of how emerging technology applications, including those that use generative AI (Gen AI), are being integrated into schools and districts across the United States. Read The U.S.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

In this day and age, almost every aspect of our lives is influenced in some way by artificial intelligence. Read Securly's Whitepaper: New technologies to ensure student safety in the digital age Natural language processing can also be applied to other aspects of student mental health and social-emotional learning.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

But despite its rapid advancements, AI still struggles with many aspects of human intelligence, especially when it comes to nuance, creativity, and real-world application. Here are 10 areas where AI falls short–and why human intelligence remains essential. But it does not experience emotions or understand human relationships.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2025

Surprisingly, learning a foreign language has a set of guidelines that–if followed–are pretty good predictors of success. For many, the challenge of learning a foreign language like English may seem daunting, but with the right strategies, the process can become both efficient and enjoyable.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

Decades of research have shown that effective readers have a solid and automatic knowledge of how to translate the sounds of our language to the print that represents those sounds. Another misconception is that struggling readers aren’t trying hard enough or must be less intelligent than their peers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Through his expertise as a professional development strategist, he has supported districts in the implementation of Generative Artificial Intelligence in their schools. Small Language Models Educators could utilize technology from Microsoft or Google to build a Small Language Model.

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