k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. Now, educators are trying to navigate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the field.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

That early access to knowledge helped shape who I am today, and I carry that legacy into my work leading library services and digital learning for more than 30,500 students in the heart of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. She insisted on having the latest World Book Encyclopedia set every year, instilling in me a love of reading and inquiry.

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Languages Language English Math 277

eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons. Furthermore, it’s a powerful tool for developing literacy skills and content knowledge in a way that resonates with children across grade levels and learning styles.

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Quizzes Social Studies Learning Students 156

k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

Interdisciplinary 247

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 247

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. The program also targets knowledge and training gaps in local schools.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. Now, educators are trying to navigate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the field.

Science 130

Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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Laboratory Social Studies Education Middle School 189

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

This study is the first to investigate the impact of Core5 at scale in California schools,” said Lexia President Nick Gaehde. Our study evaluated Core5’s impact on more than one million California elementary students’ ELA achievement during the 2022-23 school year. “Our points higher than their peers at the non-Core5 schools.

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English Languages Language Art 169

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

They found that many of the teens in the study were aware of the concerns and dangers surrounding AI, yet didn’t have guidelines to use it appropriately. But in this study, there seemed to be few social disparities. With AI, though, no one yet fully understands how it works, so parents can’t pass that knowledge down. “In

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

Interdisciplinary 145

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 145

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2025

Bringing this learning to students offers a unique and individualized experience that equips students with skills and a foundational knowledge of different vocational careers. Theyll get to explore if they want to be an auto mechanic, Howard said.

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Students Social Studies Skills English 168

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

A University of Pennsylvania study from 2024 found that students using AI for math prep scored lower. Constant content reviews ensure AI stays relevant to current medical knowledge. Incorrect answers or misleading feedback may create confusion or lower academic performance.

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Disabilities Ethics Schools Plagiarism 139

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Launch STEM learning with bottle rockets Bottle rockets are a STEM classic that combine engineering, math, and the principles of rocketry. Complete a STEM survival challenge Take engineering, measurement, and other math concepts to the real world with engaging survival challenges. 1, 2, 3, 4; 7.G.B.4, 4, 5, 6; 6.EE.C.9; 1, 2, 3, 4; 6.RP.A.1,

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Middle School Middle School STEM Activities 52

Lab to Class

JULY 3, 2025

Research on Attention to Interactions A newly released study showed that this preference for watching and paying attention to social interactions rather than individuals is not a new human development, but one shared with our genetic relatives, chimpanzees.

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Lecturing Attention Discussions Questions 52

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Consider these definitions that I share in my book, AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders : Cheating is using a tool or resource to misrepresent ones knowledge and skills to receive undue credit for a task. However, it is evidence that you havent internalized that knowledge or those skills yet.

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Academic Integrity Learning Feedback Assignments 92

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

For decades, the federal government believed getting more students interested in science, math, and technology was a national security priority. Together, they were studying how parents can advocate for improvements in their children’s math education and what teachers can learn from them. It’s really for any kid with a barrier.”

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STEM Science Middle School Middle School 225

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Let them explain what they know with expository writing prompts, which can range in topic from everyday activities to subject-specific knowledge and career exploration information. With 40 research question cards, this resource allows every student in your class to have a different persuasive essay topic.

High School 52

High School High School Writing Essay 52

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Other investors in the round include Chinese education firm TAL Education Group, Follett Knowledge Fund and Plum Alley Investments, along with LinkedIn’s CEO Jeff Weiner and senior vice president Mike Gamson, Deborah Quazzo (founder and managing partner of GSV Acceleration) and Sam Yagan (founder of OkCupid).

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Textbooks Essay Writing English 271

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards. If you’re practicing math skills, use one of the many online math programs. But that quickly became cumbersome. Augmentation. In fact, it may not even be a poster.

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Technology Math Curriculum Evaluation 181

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2017

In fact, if you look at the list of traits valued in popular education programs such as Habits of Mind and Depth of Knowledge , the reasons why parents unschool their children mirror the traits included in these lists. They start where their knowledge begins and work through to completion. What is it.

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Motivation Curriculum Math Knowledge 162

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

When students are truly engaged in inquiry, they are able to construct deep knowledge and understanding rather than just passively receiving the information. This is particularly true when it comes to the study of mathematics. Youcubed Math Tasks : This resource is full of inquiry-driven math inspiration.

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Math Students Knowledge Study 265

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

. — IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 14 million students, announced that it has been added to Utah’s K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant list by the state’s STEM Action Center.

Math 285

Math STEM Learning Textbooks 285

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2022

If you thought the safe answer was math, then you’d be right. As a student, I didn’t like math much either. Now, as an educator, I can see the inherent difficulties to teaching math to K-12 students. Now, as an educator, I can see the inherent difficulties to teaching math to K-12 students. The art of math.

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Math Art Knowledge Questions 246

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

BALTIMORE, Maryland — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, has unveiled the findings of a Johns Hopkins University study that affirms IXL Math’s effectiveness in boosting student achievement. ” Visit our research page for more information about IXL’s studies.

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Math Achievement English Evaluation 256

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Recent studies have shown alarming gaps in Americans’ understanding of our democratic processes and systems. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year.

Math 261

Math Middle School Middle School Essay 261

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

Providing the Spark Jenessa Peterson, director of learning engineering at the Learning Agency, touched off the discussion in a Google Group run by her organization with the question: Is A/B testing between two benign conditions without participants' knowledge OK? Peterson asks on the message board. something that doesn’t impact literacy.

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Ethics Knowledge Testing Learning 207

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2024

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students' learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. As a result, students' agency, knowledge and ability to transfer the concepts of mathematics suffer.

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Math Teaching Attention Students 212

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The answer, as in many situations, lies in math. Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. And that's how people learn math. You’ll be training for at least a year, slowly building up your endurance. How do you prepare for that?

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Problem-Based Learning Math Education Learning 195

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject. Math As Humanities?

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 192

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

But Barclay — a former Virginia math educator of the year — thought back to his own experience with a discouraging middle school teacher and decided to think through what the student was saying rather than dismiss it. Or even newer math ?) So I’ve been wondering: What do we know about the science behind good math education?

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Math Teachers Textbooks Critical Thinking 206

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2025

When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. That has consequences.

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Elementary School Elementary School Math Teachers 199

Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2024

Sabrina Colon, a first-year student at University of California, Merced, remembers when math first became a problem. She says she’s not a math person, but she was able to pass her high school math classes without too much trouble, earning Cs. The teachers just expect her to understand the math right away, she says.

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Math Exams Students Testing 210

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Complex Problem Solving: Tasks that involve higher-order thinking and problem-solving, such as math word problems, scientific experiments, or coding projects, often require different amounts of time for students to analyze, understand, and solve. Below is a list of academic tasks that benefit from variable time on task.

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Teachers Art Feedback Writing 481

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. For Fisher, its important to mingle math and play. Too often, math teachers present information through lecturing and worksheets to students, forcing learners to decipher the context and usefulness on their own.

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Math Students Art Textbooks 174

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.

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History Physical Education Art Essay 382

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This encourages them to synthesize their knowledge, form their own interpretations, and express their perspective on the matter. Math Problem Solving: Students make claims about solutions to math problems, provide evidence by showing their work, and ask questions about different problem-solving strategies.

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Questions Metacognitive Skills Ethics Math 415

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Learners can more effectively assimilate and interrogate new concepts by connecting new information to prior knowledge, extending ideas beyond initial comprehension, and pinpointing areas of challenge or uncertainty. Math Problem Solving Connect: Relate a new math concept to a daily life scenario or a previously learned concept.

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Metacognitive Skills Discussions Art Math 334