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.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Its about language, too.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Department of Education dubbed speaking a second language a “superpower” when it announced plans last year to support multilingual education with grants. In states like California and New York , students speak as many as 150 languages. Arabic, the second-most common home language, comes in with a mere 2.5

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

We’ve also appointed a bilingual tutor as a liaison to answer questions from families in their native language. To meet the needs of the district, Carnegie Learning is expanding their offerings in Gadsden ISD with new K-12 math and literacy, SAT and PSAT preparation to their portfolio of services.

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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. work with a partner to light a bulb using the materials provided for you).

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

. – June 23, 2022 – Students in Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) who participated in online tutoring sessions with FEV Tutor , the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, demonstrated accelerated rates of growth relative to national norms in both math and reading on the NWEA MAP Growth Assessments. About FEV Tutor.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Students also use Gemini for real-time academic help, such as asking follow-up questions and details about a particular topic. Gemini also explains concepts and lesson material to students in simple and different ways if students don’t have access to a teacher–for instance, during homework or over a holiday break.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Students come into our classrooms with different life experiences, prior knowledge, and language proficiencies. Using AI to Generate Pre-Assessments Imagine a high school math teacher is about to embark on a new unit about algebraic equations. generate a list of 5, 10, or 15 questions they can include in their pre-assessment.

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A Place Called Kindergarten

MAY 31, 2025

If you're a kindergarten teacher looking to build strong number sense, encourage mathematical thinking, and foster classroom discussion, KINDERGARTEN MATH TALKS are your secret weapon. These quick, engaging prompts are the perfect way to kick off your math block with purpose and routine. What Are Kindergarten Math Talks?

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Students, too, interact with data daily, whether analyzing graphs in math class or using feedback from educational platforms to guide their learning. Do they know how to question a graph they see on social media? In math , students can move beyond computation to analyze real-world datasets.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2024

It begs the question, What is the value of racing through material if students don’t understand or retain it? Learning a Language: Acquiring a new language involves mastering vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and cultural nuances. Despite this reality, most learning is teacher-paced, not student-paced.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The community college’s math department didn’t consider it a math course. Although statistics was an accepted general education math course at institutions around the state, and the class used a valid inquiry-based pedagogical strategy, the math faculty nevertheless felt that the course needed to cover more algebra.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Math professor Martin Weissman is rethinking how his university teaches calculus. Called Math 11 A and B, these classes, which students take as freshmen and sophomores, constitute a “leaky pipeline,” Weissman says. There are math requirements for those majors. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

There are a variety of reading and math apps and websites that cater to gamification, and even provide the opportunity for differentiation. IXL language arts also incorporates gamification, but it is a paid subscription (free 30-day trial). Let’s start off with reading apps and websites.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2021

Jo Boaler started her teaching career in inner-city London—in a culturally diverse school population with roughly 250 different languages spoken—she was tasked with teaching math to students assigned to the bottom track. We want a curriculum to be multidimensional—to have kids experience maths in lots of different ways.

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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. Another compared the length of videos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Common Core–Math Lesson Plans 141 pages, 20 projects, over 114 Common Core standards, for K-8. 33% off right now through February 3, 2024 How to Achieve Common Core with Tech is a four-volume series that focuses on using technology to meet Common Core standards in Language, Writing, Reading, Speaking/Listening (not yet available), and Math.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

The use of AI in teacher coaching brings up similar questions. But some teachers said they still had questions about how accurately the technology can capture subtle classroom interactions, how useful its data will be, and whether it will be skewed by biases. I would like to see it in action.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Common Core–Math Lesson Plans 160 pages, 20 projects, over 114 Common Core standards, for 9 grades (K-8). On sale until February 4, 2023 How to Achieve Common Core with Tech is a four-volume series that focuses on using technology to meet Common Core standards in Language, Writing, Reading, Speaking/Listening (not yet available), and Math.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2022

— IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 13 million students, announced that the Pennsylvania Evidence Resource Center (ERC) has added IXL Math and IXL English Language Arts (ELA) to its list of evidence-based resources. ” How Pennsylvania educators use IXL’s award-winning platform.

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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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

For math, measurement and geometry activities like building models or plotting data can turn abstract numbers into something students can visualize and manipulate. Teachers can guide students in designing their own models related to class lessons, from creating geometric shapes in math to building replicas of simple molecules in chemistry.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2023

That call started the years-long process of reworking how the university’s life sciences department teaches math. This ultimately led to a new introductory life sciences math course, Mathematics for Life Sciences (the LS 30 series). The students have voted with their feet, Van Valkenburgh adds. A Barrier to STEM?

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

The variety of products they create causes many teachers to question how they should assess this work since it takes many forms. Let’s say the objective of a learning cycle is to help students to craft a strong argument, compare and contrast a plant and an animal cell, or use the formula for volume to solve real-world math problems.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

These biases manifest in various ways, such as underestimating Black students math abilities and providing less encouragement. Hind Haddad, an Arabic language teacher in Columbus, Ohio, experienced many microaggressions as a Muslim educator. This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Educators throughout the state can now administer the diagnostic as a beginning-of-year and mid-year assessment to measure students’ overall grade-level proficiency in math and English language arts based on Virginia’s Standards of Learning. To learn more about the IXL Diagnostic, please visit [link].

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The deal provides 83 elementary schools and 17 high schools with access to IXL’s award-winning program to supplement instruction in math and English language arts. With more than 75 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helping schools successfully boost student achievement.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Math Problem Solving: After introducing a new problem-solving strategy in math class, the teacher could ask students to share how their approach to solving math problems has shifted. This encourages them to monitor their comprehension and adapt their thinking as new information is presented.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

” This is a critical question that teachers should ask themselves as they design the parts of their lesson. Simply type the question and options you want to appear on the Mentimeter slide and project it. Math teachers can have students share photos of a math problem. Students can use any device to select an option.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 6, 2020

If teachers want to start the day with a quick check-in, I recommend presenting a question for pairs to discuss in a two-minute talk format. A two-minute talk gives two students two minutes to discuss a simple question or chat about a current event or issue. They describe what students will be doing in each part of the lesson.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2024

Teachers ask questions to encourage students to dig deeper, and then provide the variety of texts they need to conduct their research most effectively. The subject matter helped students make connections across subjects, including science and math, adding to their engagement and excitement.

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eSchool News

MARCH 28, 2025

Yes No Yes, but with careful guidelines set by teachers Δ One-quarter of ELA, math, and science teachers used AI tools for instructional planning or teaching in the 20232024 school year. For instance, close to 40 percent of ELA or science teachers said they use AI, compared to 20 percent of general elementary education or math teachers.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

As part of the collaboration, MCPS is expanding its use of IXL Math to personalize learning for students taking Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry courses. ” Montgomery County Public Schools, home to 211 K -12 schools and 160,000 students, initially adopted IXL Math in 2023 to support 36,000 students in grades 6-8.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

IM 360 is the organization’s largest-scale curriculum upgrade to date, designed in response to the expressed needs of educators and learners in the K–12 math community. ” The IM 360 curriculum continues to be coherent and accessible to all. . ” The IM 360 curriculum continues to be coherent and accessible to all.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Our district serves 44,000 students and employs more than 6,000 staff who share many of the same concerns as our colleagues across the country: our schools range in size, our communities are diverse and rapidly changing and our students face challenges of poverty, trauma and language acquisition. What should we retire?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Has the math brand become toxic? That was the provocative question posed by Conrad Wolfram in a blog post earlier this summer. His critique, in a nutshell: math instruction has become too fixated on computation—solving for x , for example—and removed from real-world applications and data. What is it, in a nutshell?

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