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. Students, in turn, build literacy skills in context, rather than treating reading as an isolated subject.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2023

About learner agency In CoSN’s 2023 Hurdles + Accelerators Report , we define Learner Agency as: Learner Agency is a combination of the will and the skill to learn. Download the 2023 Driving K-12 Innovation Report: Hurdles + Accelerators to learn more.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its about time that schools dragged math into the modern world, so that it imparts useful skills, Henderson says. That includes how job skills play into math paths for students. As for Hatch Valley High School, Goins reports, students there saw improvement in test scores. Adding applied math courses is also on the agenda.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Testing a solution involves investigating how well it performs under a range of likely conditions. 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.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

While mastering technical skills is essential, students must also develop soft skills like communication, collaboration and critical thinking to thrive beyond the classroom. As the workforce continues to shift, Keeney argues, equipping students with soft skills that can adapt to any career path is more important than ever.

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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. Teachers can quickly generate a pre-test or quiz using an AI-powered education tool like MagicSchool.ai.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

This means students returning to school in the fall will almost certainly have greater variances in academic skills and knowledge than in a normal, non-pandemic year. They estimated that the pandemic will only exacerbate these variances.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Key points: Creating a culture where all students see themselves as capable math thinkers starts with leaders Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world For more news on teachers PD, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership hub One of my first vivid memories of math is of timed tests.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

In order to help make the framework informative and actionable, the district partnered with the ISTE research team in 2025 to develop a diagnostic assessment tool that measures student AI readiness across select skills outlined in the framework. How would it be delivered? What time constraints existed?

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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.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

STEM is incredibly important, specifically for skills like critical thinking and problem solving,” said Dr. Erika Neuman, CEO of iSTEMmentors and a lecturer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, during an ISTELive 24 session. Test your design or prototype 6. Ask a question 2.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2022

The forced disruption was also the catalyst for students and teachers to quickly acquire digital skills that are ripe to be amplified, taking them from consuming skills to creating skills. For example, a visual demonstration of the task that outlines each step, and explores associated behaviors and skills.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The global health crisis forced students out of the physical classroom and into a new virtual world for nearly two grades, and their initial homework and test scores reveal a significant decrease in knowledge transfer, social skills, and core learning habits across a variety of subjects.

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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 (..)

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 24, 2015

This year I decided to overhaul my gradebook and assess students based on their mastery of particular skills, also referred to as standards-based grading. homework, classwork, projects, tests, and projects), I identified the main skills we would be focusing on developing in this class and used those to create my gradebook categories.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Unfortunately, as many as 40 percent of students who take AP exams will earn a 1 or a 2 on those tests, which will not help them test out and earn those coveted college credits. Start talking about the test on Day 1. Let students know that they can expect the test to be rigorous and that, as a result, they need to be prepared.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2024

Test-optional and test-blind admissions in recent years could mean a radical expansion of access to selective colleges. The patchwork of admission test policies in college admissions underscores a larger challenge—and opportunity—for both K-12 and higher education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In fact, one state, Iowa, requires no reading licensure test at all. The data brief, False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction , provides the most up-to-date analysis on the quality of elementary reading teacher licensure exams being used by each state.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The traditional methods of testing and evaluation must evolve to accommodate the capabilities of AI. Demonstrating learning needs to move from testing memorization to showcasing transferable skills. This shift has the potential to make assessments more engaging and more reflective of real-world skills and knowledge application.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Key points: Crafts can help students develop skills needed to succeed in the 21st century 4 key findings on student engagement More gifted students need accelerated paths For more on deeper learning, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Who doesn’t love arts and crafts? Still, classroom crafts have the potential to be something much greater.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

For six weeks, students learn the skills to code, develop virtual software, and find ways to put their new knowledge to the test. “We The city places and pays students each year in a variety of summer jobs and internships where they get hands-on experience that provides them the skills to reach future career goals.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Competence: Students may not feel confident in their writing skills generally or their ability to answer a particular question specifically. Family members might not be fluent in the language of the writing assignments, or they may lack the necessary writing skills to assist their students effectively. Pre-order Available!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

We are no longer keepers and passers of knowledge as we once were. With infinite information at their fingertips, how do we equip this new type of student with the skills to interpret, problem solve, and think critically about the information they encounter when we are not always the ones delivering it to them?

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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? These activities can also be used to encourage collaboration and communication as students work with peers, which can result in the development of interpersonal skills.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

SEL skills can be implemented into any content area; it just takes a little intentionality and planning. By including aspects of SEL in hands-on, inquiry-based activities, we can help students develop these skills organically. So, how do we as educators actively foster these qualities in our students?

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It is a process where students evaluate their work, reflecting on what they’ve learned, how well they’ve understood complex concepts, how much progress they’ve made toward mastering key skills, and where they may need to invest time and energy to improve their concept knowledge and skill set.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2023

Over the course of the three-day event, these highly skilled students were tested on their knowledge of renewable energy, their design and problem-solving skills, and their wind turbines’ energy output by a team of renewable energy educators and industry professionals. Solar Baby from J.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Students were tested before and after they played the game either on a desktop or through immersive virtual reality, with researchers comparing their scores to see whether the game helped the students better grasp the material. All students saw an improvement in their test scores.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The past 18 months tested everyone, and few were more tested than teachers. As a result, teachers gained tech skills during the pandemic, with nearly half of teachers saying their ability to use technology had “improved a lot” during the 2020-21 school year, according to a survey of 386 teachers by the EdWeek Research Center.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

It can give suggestions for how to write a college application essay for those who lack writing skills, too. “This series of surveys further our knowledge on what libraries are doing right and allows us to see where and how we can advocate for better understanding the roles libraries play in the lives of the average person.

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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).

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2022

The COVID pandemic has tested everyone, and few were more tested than teachers. As a result, teachers gained tech skills during the pandemic, with nearly half of teachers saying their ability to use technology had “improved a lot” during the 2020-21 school year, according to a survey of 386 teachers by the EdWeek Research Center.

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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. Some states have eligibility requirements, such as passing a standardized test.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In eighth grade math, the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students was the widest in the tests history. Students who performed the worst on the NAEP test were more likely to be frequently absent from school, Carr noted. That is a crucial skill that students really need for entering middle school.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

Learning does not just mean facts and content but includes a broad range of skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and effective written communication, as well as social and emotional well-being. . Students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and written communication skills are essential for success in college and career.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

The EvolveMe platform gives teens access to and rewards them for completing high-quality, professional career experimentation activities and building transferable skills they can apply to any job.

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Teach Hub

OCTOBER 25, 2024

If you’ve been a teacher for a while, you already know how much standardized tests shape everything from what you teach to how you’re evaluated. These tests seem to influence how you prepare lesson plans, so you may feel pressured to “teach to the test” rather than foster a love of learning.

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