eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Theres a sense that it demands more time, more resources, and specialized knowledge. For many schools and districts, integrating environmental topics like this into the curriculum can feel like a heavy burden. What I always tell districts is, You dont need to do something extra.

Interdisciplinary 279

Interdisciplinary Social Studies Art Study 279

k12 Digest

MAY 15, 2025

Knowledge grows in bits. The implications stretch far beyond convenience or novelty- they represent a fundamental shift in how knowledge transfers from source to student. Todays educational chatbots analyse learning patterns, identify knowledge gaps, and adjust difficulty levels in real time.

Education 130

Education Learning Knowledge Feedback 130

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2025

The Digital Education Council defines AI literacy as “the essential knowledge and skills needed to understand, interact with, and critically assess AI technologies. ” Organized around five dimensions of AI literacy, each dimension features three competency levels to define and characterize mastery.

Ethics 228

Ethics Critical Thinking Intelligence Evaluation 228

eSchool News

MAY 20, 2025

From project-based activities that encourage students to apply their knowledge to real-world problems to digital learning platforms that create personalized learning paths, models that focus on learning and are not bound by traditional time barriers foster an immersive learning experience rather than an assembly-line approach to education.

Learning 278

Learning Art Fairness Critical Thinking 278

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Saying Tell Us, instead of Tell me, validates each student’s role as both a learner and giver of knowledge. This one-word change signals to students that their contributions matter not just for the teacher’s approval, but for the collective learning of everyone in the room.

Culture 274

Culture Feedback Language Languages 274

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

When teachers include too many criteria in a rubric, they may unintentionally assess skills or knowledge they do not spend significant time helping students master. This helps them to focus their efforts on the skills and knowledge that are most important. This feedback can help students improve their skills and knowledge over time.

Fairness 545

Fairness Assignments Feedback Evaluation 545

Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

UDL recognizes that every class comprises a wide range of learners with various needs, skills, experiences, knowledge, and interests. Every student, regardless of variability, deserves the best opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge regardless of the learning landscape.

Universal Design 545

Universal Design Blended Learning Learning Motivation 545

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

Professionals who prefer part-time work in school districts and prefer to work full time can expand their experience in various practice settings such as outpatient facilities and early intervention or specialty centers, creating a full-time job across multiple settings and expanding their knowledge and experience.

Schools 245

Schools Special Education Language Languages 245

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

This method, however, may inadvertently create myriad barriers for students with hearing impairments, memory challenges, attention deficit disorders, insufficient background knowledge, or who lack familiarity with subject-specific or academic vocabulary. This encourages brainstorming and prediction.

Lecturing 431

Lecturing Knowledge Assignments Writing 431

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Mind, brain and education science combines knowledge in the fields of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education to inform methods of teaching and explore the impact of those strategies on learning, helping to transform the field of education. work with a partner to light a bulb using the materials provided for you).

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The goal of a playlist is to move students from point A (where they currently are in relation to content knowledge, skills, or a multi-step project or process) to point B (firm learning goals). To create a personalized path, teachers need to understand where students are starting. That requires data.

Blended Learning 542

Blended Learning Coaching Feedback Knowledge 542

eSchool News

JUNE 4, 2024

Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Let’s practice two-digit addition. These kinds of exercises can help students make marginal gains in reading, math, and general content knowledge, but they don’t address the root of the problem: learning how to think and how to learn. Why focus on critical thinking?

Critical Thinking 337

Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Knowledge Achievement 337

Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

The same class may have students who don’t have the necessary prior knowledge or language skills to understand the information presented. The teacher may use academic or subject-specific vocabulary unfamiliar to a student with limited background knowledge or who is not a native English speaker.

Blended Learning 545

Blended Learning Learning Universal Design Disabilities 545

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

How can we create a learning environment where each student feels confident applying the knowledge and skills they’re acquiring? This approach often fails to recognize and accommodate the diverse ways students understand and express their knowledge. This could be a specific skill, concept, or knowledge area.

History 380

History Art Essay Physical Education 380

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

These hallowed halls of knowledge host sellable information, from Social Security numbers and medical histories to mental health records and bus routes on outdated systems, making them tempting targets for attackers. Chaos in classrooms: Edtechs Android problems Tagged by the U.S.

Local Government 269

Local Government Counselling Intelligence History 269

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Students come into our classrooms with different life experiences, prior knowledge, and language proficiencies. Beginning with an access prior knowledge activity, diagnostic, or pre-assessment can help us better understand what students know, understand, and can do before we design a sequence of lessons or a unit. MagicSchool.ai

Learning 455

Learning Students Knowledge Math 455

eSchool News

MAY 2, 2025

As schools, districts, and policymakers grapple with the realities of a rapidly evolving workforce that requires discipline-specific knowledge, high-tech know-how, and hands-on skills, there is a growing recognition that the traditional approaches to preparing students for the real world no longer suffice.

Education 160

Education STEM Knowledge Skills 160

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

Such preliminary insights, whether through pre-assessments, diagnostics, or activities aimed at accessing prior knowledge, can illuminate the diverse range of skills, abilities, and needs within a classroom. This variation in student capabilities underscores the importance of letting these insights guide lesson design.

Blended Learning 373

Blended Learning Coaching Writing Knowledge 373

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

For students to be truly prepared for their futures, they need academic knowledge, technical expertise, and workforce skills that translate directly into the workplace. Employers seek candidates who not only have technical knowledge, but also have problem-solving skills, adaptability, and communication skills.

Gamification 296

Gamification Quizzes Knowledge Textbooks 296

eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2024

Once they learned the skill set and content knowledge needed to be a principal – let’s call it School Leader 101 – then that was it. They aren’t always sequential and sometimes – especially if a leader lacks some new content knowledge or a particular skill set –they relearn or upskill themselves as needed. Completed and let’s move on.

Learning 349

Learning Knowledge Skills Activities 349

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In the coming year, that broad trend will continue, with a shift to looking beyond knowledge building as schools, districts, and states begin improving capacity and creating systems aligned to the science of reading. It is a body of research from multiple disciplines that helps us understand how people learn to read.

Science 321

Science Reading Education Knowledge 321

eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

. “By partnering with the Digital Leaders Academy, we are helping to bridge the digital divide and ensure that students in Ridgewood Community High School District 234 are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in the evolving workforce.”

High School 130

High School High School Schools Knowledge 130

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

This uncertainty can be daunting, but one thing is clear: Foundational knowledge in computer science will be essential, no matter what paths they choose. How can we ensure that all students develop the computing skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven workforce?

Science 104

Science Ethics Education Students 104

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This knowledge is essential to effectively harness AI’s potential in a way that truly benefits our students. If we simply plug a standard or topic into an AI-powered tool to generate an activity, a set of depth of knowledge (DOK) questions, a vocabulary list, or an assessment, it saves us time.

Blended Learning 389

Blended Learning Knowledge Feedback Universal Design 389

eSchool News

JULY 15, 2024

In exploring the pros and cons of AI instruction versus human educator instruction, a hybrid model emerges that leverages the strengths of both to maximize learning and knowledge retention. As educators and technologists, we must critically assess the strengths and limitations of both AI and human educators to optimize educational outcomes.

Ethics 317

Ethics Education Learning Quizzes 317

eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Creative projects help students connect new information to prior knowledge through critical thinking and problem solving. With the use of technology, students are better able to apply their knowledge in different ways and be creative in their learning. Why creativity? Creativity is an essential skill for all students to have.

Technology 317

Technology Critical Thinking Assignments Motivation 317

eSchool News

APRIL 9, 2024

Prioritizing high-frequency words can lead students to believe that reading is a practice where they must memorize words rather than using their phonics knowledge to sound the words out. When students use their phonics knowledge to decode unknown words, they will run into words with irregularly spelled parts.

Education 336

Education Knowledge Reading Skills 336

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Expressing their views about AI and math instruction, more than 64 percent of teachers say that its best used in coordination with human education from teachers to help students create a bridge between prior and new knowledge.

Math 247

Math Participation Feedback High School 247

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The survey notes that an overwhelming 88 percent of parents believe that knowledge of AI will be crucial in their child’s future education and career. However, despite this belief, 81 percent of parents either don’t believe or are not sure that AI is even part of their children’s curriculum.

STEM 295

STEM Secondary Education Ethics Beliefs 295

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Designing for Deeper Learning The sign of deeper learning is the ability to transfer or apply knowledge and skills to new and novel contexts. Cognitive The cognitive domain refers to the content knowledge and skills students must acquire to engage in deeper learning.

Blended Learning 458

Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 458

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

He knows that having students engage with one another across neighborhoods, nations, and even continents builds cultural understanding, appreciation for diversity, global knowledge and global engagement– learning outcomes we have defined and measured –as well as general academic skills.

Critical Thinking 363

Critical Thinking Knowledge Learning Outcomes Skills 363

eSchool News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Most academic interventions focus on core knowledge and basic skills: Lets practice two-digit addition. These kinds of exercises can help students make marginal gains in reading, math, and general content knowledge, but they dont address the root of the problem: learning how to think and how to learn. Why focus on critical thinking?

Critical Thinking 268

Critical Thinking Metacognitive Skills Education Knowledge 268

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Beyond that, the classes help students see that they have the skills and knowledge to pursue a college degree, he says. The program also targets knowledge and training gaps in local schools. It can also help students explore deeper-level content before they get to college.

Instructors 120

Instructors Math Study High School 120

eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

Generating truly new ideas (instead of just remixing old ones) AI is great at rearranging existing knowledge, but it doesnt create truly original ideas. Retaining knowledge like a human learner AI experiences catastrophic forgetting, meaning that as it learns new information, it forgets previously learned data unless explicitly retrained.

Intelligence 307

Intelligence Education Language Languages 307

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We’ll demystify the complexities and empower you with the knowledge and skills needed for success. From artificial intelligence and advanced surveillance to mobile security management, this summit will equip you with the knowledge to address todays most pressing school safety challenges.

Ethics 317

Ethics Critical Thinking Fairness Knowledge 317

eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

Teachers say the current lack of engagement in learning in K-8 leads to: Increased behavioral issues (61%) Poor retention of what they learned (56%) Lack of confidence in subject matter (50%) Surface level knowledge of materials (50%) Increased absenteeism/tardiness (48%) Inability to apply learnings in the real world (43%) Not being prepared for (..)

Student Engagement 311

Student Engagement Education Students Knowledge 311

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

In inquiry-based classrooms, teachers guide students through the research process and allow them to share their knowledge on their chosen subject. They’ll be confident in the knowledge they have gained about a topic of their choosing. It opened up engaging dialogues about how far the medical field has come and where it might go.

Reading 325

Reading Assignments English Math 325