k12 Digest

APRIL 26, 2025

Starting in fifth grade, students take a technology class to prepare them for the middle school STREAM curriculum. Mark Osborn, School Principal Faith in Every Moment From the moment students walk through the doors of St. Joseph Catholic Schools goal is to grow, evolve, and innovate while staying true to its mission.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2015

Teachers at Holly Pond Middle School are turning to a popular reality TV show as inspiration to get students interested in flexing their research and presentation skills. The school used public funding to add an eLearning library environment for students this year. TV game show format comes to the classroom.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2017

They are constantly expanding their knowledge, refining their skills, and looking for creative ways to help kids learn. Cox Middle School has embarked on a transformational journey to turn around the school. Lexile levels are climbing, and students are more engaged and motivated to read more now than ever.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Eighth graders who fall below NAEP Basic would have trouble identifying basic literary elements, such as character motivation and the main idea. Reaching the NAEP Basic threshold indicates students have achieved partial mastery of fundamental skills and knowledge for that grade level. That lack of knowledge followed them.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2022

This year’s recipient was Rose Moe, a 6th-grade math teacher at Lincoln Middle School in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District. Broward County Public Schools (BCPS) was selected as District PBL Champion for their commitment to better engage their middle school students. About the Champions.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2022

Such access increases motivation, which is likely to have a positive impact on reading comprehension. My last district was conservative-leaning, and I was often weighing political tension against my own highly knowledgeable, expert, teacher judgment. percent of total books), Asian/Asian American (8.7 percent of total books), Latinx (5.3

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The dynamic nature of PBL maintains student interest and motivation. Learning is about engaging with questions, using knowledge to expand our horizons, and equipping ourselves with the tools needed to meet new challenges as we grow.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Students are introduced to data-science terms and asked to answer questions based on the map, which Wong calls “knowledge checks.” Wong says her team realized through those conversations that high schools and elementary schools had plenty of data-literacy resources to draw from. It was middle school that experienced a gap.

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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. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year. The deadline to enter is January 8, 2024. Chamber of Commerce Foundation.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2021

Wizprodigy is a new and exciting online STEM competition focused on inspiring middle school and high school students across North America to learn coding and to build their own design of a mini Tesla Cybertruck.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Middle schoolers, they warned us, are unable to work at their own pace because they lack academic fundamentals, intrinsic motivation and basic time management skills. This is especially true for sixth graders, they said, who are managing a challenging transition to middle school and lack independence.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

al (2019), Integrative teaching benefits middle-level learners as it potentially increases student engagement, motivation, and achievement. It provides learners with the opportunity to synthesize knowledge by exploring topics and ideas through multiple lenses. Middle School Journal , 50 (2), 1727. link] Moser, K.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2017

Teachers’ top ed-tech priorities are to improve student learning and outcomes, to motivate students and to encourage more engagement in class. “Kids are at the center of who we are and what we do,” said Sean Gaillard, principal of Lexington Middle School in North Carolina, in the survye.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

But beyond simply imparting knowledge, her team has higher ambitions: to bridge the gap between getting students to merely learn about civics—to actual civic engagement. The second type of resources are practice materials focused on content knowledge. But motivation is not enough.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Middle school students are navigating the most vulnerable and self-conscious developmental phase. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Critical Thinking Development in Middle School Education Fostеring critical thinking skills in middlе school еducation is paramount to equipping studеnts with thе intеllеctual tools necessary for succеss.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The drop affected both struggling and proficient readers, and was most pronounced among middle school students. Material targeted to their ability will allow them to feel like they’re making gains, and aligning that material with their interests will help motivate them to practice. Parents also have a role to play here.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

Middle school often gets a bad rap. Middle schoolers are frequently described as defiant, rebellious or melodramatic—and these characteristics often challenge educators. But what if we understood the neurological reasons behind the bizarre middle school behavior we often see? Wells Middle School.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

For example, completing homework requires executive function skills, and the benefits of homework increase as students move into middle school and high school. Fully asynchronous online learning is probably best suited to adult learners who are motivated to apply what they learn to their work.

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Edsurge

MARCH 10, 2025

With increased practice, they become more proficient and confident readers, and because everyone loves doing things theyre good at, theyre motivated to read more and more joyfully. elementary, middle and high schools, and the results were striking.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

While digital skills such as cloud computing competency and basic programming knowledge are critical in tech-driven environments, the bigger picture focuses on analytical skills — or as The Balance SMB puts it, the ability to “confront a problem, think it through, and decisively apply solutions.”. by Doug Bonderud.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2020

It’s a knowledge deficiency that can lead schools—and in turn, students—in the wrong direction. For most of them, however, that wasn’t their real motivation; learning was, and we didn’t feel we were making much progress. Coditum , SummerTech’s Hoboken-based coding lab, earlier this year joined forces with Hoboken Middle School.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

MARCH 4, 2025

It might not seem that theres a middle school reading curriculum out there that fits the bill – but there is. I used this winning combo when I designed the Middle School Reading Achievement Curriculum Collection. As I keep saying, this isnt your standard middle school reading curriculum!

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2024

Twenty-five years ago, Carnegie Mellon University created the first adaptive AI-driven tutor for teaching middle school mathematics, MATHia, which is still one of our flagship products. Schools should consider those things as they adopt AI tools. What can I do with this knowledge? Students today deserve that.

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Edsurge

MAY 18, 2021

Breakthrough SJC is an education nonprofit embedded in an independent school but serving about 300 students across our Orange County, Calif., Our underlying vision is to increase the number of college graduates from historically underrepresented backgrounds by serving students starting in middle school through their graduation from college.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

ISTE: What motivated you to join the AI Explorations PD program? So, I was motivated to take the industry and peer knowledge and then bring it into my classroom. Then, they can develop their interest in taking other STEM courses as they continue in middle school and high school.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

They may feel anxious about failure because they see it as a negative statement on their basic knowledge in a subject or class. Prioritizing a Student-Driven Classroom Many times, if I go into a classroom and tell students what to do, they won’t get excited or motivated to do the project.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

Though there are a number of strong language programs across the country, a 2016 report published by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences showed evidence of declines in foreign language course offerings in elementary schools and middle schools over the years.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Grouping math students to target instruction has become widespread, with students often placed in one of three categories—intervention, advanced, and somewhere in the middle. Intervention students can get stuck in a deficit model of instruction that repeatedly focuses only on they skills and knowledge they lack.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

No doubt, these are excellent sources, but if students aren’t motivated by them, they won’t get a lot out of them. They hear original phrasing, emphasis, and often reactions to dramatic events that — without recordings — would be simply words on paper to most of them, devoid of passion, emotion, and motivation.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

I want to be able to use the knowledge that my teachers have given me. And what motivates me is seeing the students. And what motivates me is seeing the students. I'm excited to go into the schools. That's what motivates me, because I know there are students out there who need my help.

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

I teach in a college and career pathway program for the visual and performing arts in which students spend half of their school day studying the arts at an advanced level, while connecting their knowledge from core classes through multidisciplinary projects. In middle school, that number drops to 78 hours.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

In 2015, as Arkansas implemented new learning standards and an end-of-year test, educators at Paragould School District received discouraging news: Their test scores were significantly below the state average. This transparency gives students ownership of their learning and motivates them to do their best. Their efforts have paid off.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

When she was in middle school, she wanted to try for the advanced math track. Much later, as a middle school math teacher, Robinson would cram before teaching a lesson; she was still hearing that long-ago teachers voice in her head saying she couldnt grasp the material. Robinson had to sort through her own math trauma.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Epic Charter Schools offers online learning to more than 30,000 students in the state of Oklahoma. For years, the school had been searching for ways to reverse the pattern of disengagement, build motivation to complete schoolwork and get students over that finish line at graduation.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2017

What do you do when standing in front of a room full of students who have suddenly surpassed your knowledge level as a teacher with 45 minutes of class time left? What followed was an amazing example of student motivation, creativity, resourcefulness and personalized learning at its best.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

They seek opportunities and time to illustrate scientific and social concepts with a real world understanding and have students apply their knowledge and express their understanding through writing. In this process, administrators should ensure there is a balance of tools that address fact acquisition and practice and knowledge application.

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