eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2024

It was an entry point for me to begin thinking about what a rich profession teaching is, along with how students develop their early reading skills, especially when they are learning multiple languages at once. Here are three best practices that are effective regardless of the languages your students speak at home.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

Project overview: Reading, recording, and reaching the world As an ESL teacher, Ive always looked for ways to make literacy feel meaningful and empowering, especially for students navigating a new language and culture. Her work demonstrated not only strong literacy skills but also digital fluency and a growing sense of self-expression.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2025

For English Language Learners (ELLs), its more than an expressive outlet. From their desks, they can encounter masterpieces from diverse time periods and traditions, helping them appreciate art as a universal language and a reflection of the human experience. Student work and real-world impact The impact is best seen in student work.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

In a landscape where English proficiency and reading levels vary widely, it’s essential that we provide high-quality, credible resources that offer both language accessibility and academic rigor. Students, in turn, build literacy skills in context, rather than treating reading as an isolated subject.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2023

Learning a new language is challenging, requiring a student to master four basic skills–listening, reading, speaking, and writing–from scratch. Not only do they learn a language but they also have to deal with other school subjects in it. Above-average writing skills are a must here to succeed.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

As districts and schools nationwide struggle to find qualified therapists, particularly speech-language pathologists and board-certified behavior analysts (BCBAs), theres a growing demand for these specialized professionals. This surge stems partially from COVID-19’s lingering effects.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

We have an extremely diverse student body, which means foundational skills and native languages are varied and distinctive. While many students are proficient in other languages, these languages may not share the same alphabet or sounds as English. Teach to a group or individuals.

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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

MAY 20, 2025

One student might master a new language with ease but struggle with scientific concepts. Whether you are mastering a skill for work, learning to cook, or training for a marathon, you adjust your pace based on progress–not the ticking of a clock. Ask any teacher, and they will tell you that the pace of learning is not universal.

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eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

That means students this year did not need to achieve the same mastery of knowledge and skills as kids in previous years. Florida is actively looking at removing graduation requirements which include passing a 10th grade English Language Arts assessment and a statewide algebra test.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

With small class sizes, individualized instruction, and a focus on executive functioning, social-emotional growth, and life skills, AEF offers a unique educational experience tailored to each students needs. These platforms allow students to practice skills at their own pace while giving teachers real-time insights into their progress.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Rubric Criteria Research on a problem Solution design Communication and collaboration California English Language Arts Writing Standards Grade 7 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence. Step 3: Use a mastery-based scale and describe each criterion at each level of mastery in student-friendly language.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 28, 2024

Soon, the tone of the workshop changed, and the group of middle schoolers was on its way to gaining proficiency in the fundamentals of full-stack development and adding one more coding language to their repertoire. Few mistakes are corrected.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Britannica School is user-friendly and comprehensive, which makes it an ideal tool for building student confidence in their research skills. They need to develop their research skills before they are ready to evaluate content from across the world wide web. Related : 4 tools to help students build post-COVID research skills

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Debi Ryan insists that bad days are few and far between in her line of work as a school-based speech language pathologist. Ryan has worked in a public school setting for about two decades, following a stint in the medical track of speech language pathology. She calls her job soul-filling, and she has anecdotes to back it up.

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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. Clear verbal and nonverbal communication build trust and respect, making students feel heard and helping them more effectively develop motor skills.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Personalized learning and student resources are the focus in the Ottawa Catholic School Board , where teachers use Gemini to give students differentiated experiences for needs such as special education, English as a second language (ESL) and advanced learners.

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

Common issues include deficits in phonological awareness (Kilpatrick, 2015), limited exposure to language-rich environments, and instructional mismatches. Foundational skills to support reading for understanding in kindergarten through 3rd grade (IES Practice Guide). Preventing the Matthew Effect in early reading. Foorman, B.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For more than a decade, University of Kansas researchers have been developing a virtual reality system to help students with disabilities, especially those with autism spectrum disorder, to learn, practice and improve social skills they need in a typical school day.

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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. 2022; Nuessel and Marshall, 2008; Vidal and Nordgren, 2024).

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

I shared strategies designed to develop self-regulation skills, sustain effort and persistence, and recruit interest. Within the principle of representation, there are three guidelines: 1) perception, 2) language and symbols, and 3) comprehension. Language and Symbols. Representation. Perception.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

Learning a Language: Acquiring a new language involves mastering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural nuances. Each student progresses differently based on prior knowledge, learning preferences, and exposure to the language. Teachers can use this one-on-one or small group time for a range of tasks.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

This free online program is part of an ongoingsocial impact collaborationfocused on supporting young people and those furthest from opportunity to build the AI skills necessary to thrive in today’s AI economy. According to Randstad research , demand for AI skills in job postings has surged by 2,000%.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Teachers can create choice boards for various purposes, including a skill or strategy board. The beauty of a skill-based or strategy-based choice board is that students can use it repeatedly over time. English Language Arts Graphic Organizers. Reading Strategies Choice Board.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

STEM can help with English language development by allowing students to engage with language in a variety of ways. Part of “doing STEM” means learning to speak the language of STEM. For MLs, grappling with STEM terms while also navigating a new language can make it extra challenging.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 24, 2020

StudySync is committed to helping teachers find balance in their lives by providing them with a robust multimedia ELA platform that simplifies lesson planning, automatically differentiates tasks for learners at different skill levels and language proficiencies, and blends online and offline engagement to help students develop as thinkers, readers, (..)

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Key points: Scaffolds help ELLs learn the language and master academic content This ESL teacher ensures students learn the language–and feel the love How edtech is transforming bilingual education in the U.S. Math Though math is often seen as a universal language, the academic vocabulary can create significant barriers for ELLs.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2025

The report, “ Lost in Transition: Fixing the Skills Gap ,” released at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting , warns of a potential global “skills chasm” between employer needs and employee capabilities, and urgently calls for a fundamental shift in approaches to learning and skills development.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

For English learners, acquiring language proficiency opens the door to thrive across all subjects. However, learning a new language can be a long, difficult process that requires courage, resilience and trust from students who initially might feel vulnerable and out of place.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Teachers working with younger students or second language learners can create a choice board with sentence frames to provide students with additional support as they give each other focused feedback. Based on what a student sees in the work they are reviewing, they may be drawn to one option on the choice board over another.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 1, 2021

What will students understand (content knowledge) or be able to do (skills) at the end of the lesson or learning cycle? The standards guide teachers as they design learning experiences for students; however, the standards are not written in student-friendly language. Can you craft success criteria that you can measure progress against?

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2024

The bottom line: When students are confident in their writing skills, they will be less tempted to run directly to AI to generate a writing assignment. Offering students different options through which to demonstrate their understanding and their writing skills is another way to discourage them from automatically using AI. “We

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

Consider reorganizing your documents by topic, unit, skill set, or time period and color-code them for easy access. She currently teaches Language Arts and Technology at a bilingual public middle school. This can be a tedious task, so I recommend doing it in small bursts with frequent breaks. .

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

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. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Educators ranked supporting students mental health and social skill development among the issues that have the lowest potential for AI to have a positive impact, according to the survey of more than 1,300 K-12 and higher education educators in 19 countries, including the U.S.,

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 9, 2020

StudySync is committed to helping teachers find balance in their lives by providing them with a robust multimedia ELA platform that simplifies lesson planning, automatically differentiates tasks for learners at different skill levels and language proficiencies, and blends online and offline engagement to help students develop as thinkers, readers, (..)

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

million people (equal to the population of France), speak a language other than English at home, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. When it comes to taking tests not in their first language, these groups can be at a notable disadvantage – especially for tests that influence a test-takers’ future.

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