eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To date, FEV Tutor has delivered more than 60,000 hours of live one-to-one instruction to 7,000 students in 116 schools in JCPS. The online tutoring sessions are available to students in grades 3-12 and focus on the core subjects of math, English, science, and social studies. Adell, principal of Newburg Middle School.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

These skill-building, multi-player games help students build critical skills in math, language arts, and social studies in a fun and entertaining way.   10 new learning games from Arcademics.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) is equipping each of its 30,000 middle school students with a laptop this year in the district’s latest move to make its classrooms more tech-savvy. Robinson Middle is even using them to create animated movies. A new arts class at Jay M.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Specifically, district leaders and teachers sought a digital resource aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards, supportive of hands-on learning, and accessible to the district’s English Language Learners. Currently, the company’s Social Studies Techbooks are used in middle school classrooms districtwide.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

Code.org ’s free online courses teach programming languages or how to create games, apps, and websites. Lesa Wang, STEAM teacher, Marymount Lower Middle School, New York, NY. Related: 20 ideas for teaching coding in math, science, social studies, and ELA. The students are eager to and enjoy working with Milo.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Virginia Beach City Public Schools is the second-largest school division in Virginia, with 55 elementary schools, 15 middle schools, 12 high schools, and a number of secondary/post-secondary specialty centers.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

As a part of an ongoing initiative to enhance the health and wellness resources available to its students and families, the Baldwin Union Free School District (UFSD) is proud to launch the Baldwin Schools Wellness Center and to be among the first school districts in the nation to establish such a resource directly on campus at no cost to families.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

Erin Haley, middle school teacher at The Bayshore School in Daly City, Calif.: “YES But I’m betting many do have a newfound appreciation for teachers and schools and what we do for kids.” Noppinger, eighth grade math teacher at Dumbarton Middle School in Towson, Md.: “I YES THEY HAVE!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Learning Upgrade , an ed-tech company providing digital, differentiated literacy curriculum designed for English language learners (ELLs), launched a mobile app to increase accessibility and expand offerings to a wide range of English learners.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2020

Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.: “I Claire Peterson, middle school teacher at Pat Neff Middle School in San Antonio, Texas: “This isn't the same. Jill Armstrong, social studies teacher at Greenup County High School in Greenup, Ky.: “The

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

Educators across core subjects use lessons such as Build a movement, where students learn how data and algorithms impact something that ‘goes viral’; Outbreak, where students analyze how a virus spreads and can be contained ; and Emoji Essay, where students use abstraction to explore language and communication. “

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

There are certification tracks on Google, Microsoft, Apple, SMART, among other topics, like online assessment, STEM, ELA, Math, Social Studies, and PBL. The program is designed by educators for educators to provide targeted, assessment-driven instruction, reinforcement, and support in math, reading, and language arts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

No other subject comes close in terms of difficulty, with English ​​(16.8%), history (14.7%), science (12.3%) and world languages (11%) following way behind. Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). of all subject searches and underscoring the need for assistance.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two years later. It’s not just the Language Arts or Reading teacher’s sole responsibility to teach literacy. Art / Music.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Districts will increasingly recognize that traditional parent communication methods are insufficient, especially for English Language Learners and families requiring additional support. More districts will create dedicated family engagement roles and invest in tools that provide real-time classroom insights.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

In response to this growing need, Tynker’s comprehensive, fun, game-based curriculum has been used by more than 50,000 schools to introduce students to computer programming. Tynker’s drone curriculum offers a structured approach to get elementary and middle school students flying drones in minutes. Tynker’s Drone Curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

These apps come in all shapes and sizes, catering to various subjects including math, language arts, science, and social studies. The fusion of technology with traditional subjects paves the way for well-rounded education experiences that keep middle schoolers engaged and eager to learn.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Kahlfeldt has touched on the census many times in his 15 years as a middle school social studies teacher at Winfield School District 34 (22 years total as an educator). He also shares how his zesty attitude toward social studies makes lessons on the census—and many other topics—pop for his students.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2020

Personalized Notes Claire Peterson, teacher at Pat Neff Middle School in San Antonio, Texas: “Words are always good to hear. Kind Words, Thanks and Acknowledgement Jill Armstrong, social studies teacher at Greenup County High School in Greenup, Ky.: Gifts are sweet, but I keep every note I get. Every handmade card.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2023

My middle school choir teacher recorded and released an acclaimed gospel album. My high school English teacher starred in commercials and made a name for herself as a voice actor. In 2017, while teaching fifth grade language arts and social studies, I took my love of radio and started a podcast on teaching and education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

But he says colleagues have also adapted the platform for other traditional subjects including science and social studies. It becomes relevant to them when you turn your class into a game,” says Isaacs, a 50-year-old teacher at William Annin Middle School and Ridge High School in Basking Ridge, N.J.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Students in Actively Learn have access to a variety of support features such as scaffolding notes, embedded media, translation into more than 30 languages, an embedded dictionary, text-to-speech and dyslexic mode. Right now, it’s used primarily in our four middle schools and three high schools.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2017

On the second day of his current job, as principal of nearby Lexington Middle School, he discovered that a social studies teacher was also using the game. Fractions Multiplication Math Figurative language Animals Order of operations Equivalent fractions Adjectivies Division Grammar. He happily obliged.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2018

Students are required to have PLPs beginning in 7th grade, but many schools start the process sooner. Mount Anthony Union Middle School (MAUMS) begins the process in sixth grade, giving students a head start on understanding the concept, process and language they will use moving forward.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

It was 2006, and Miller—then an investigative reporter in the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times—had just spoken to 175 sixth graders at his daughter’s middle school about his job as a journalist and why it mattered. The journalists were one part of that.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

Users receive access to study groups and a question bank of tens of thousands of questions. Materials on the platform are available in multiple languages, including English, Hindi and French. The app covers subjects that range from science to social studies to economics.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Though she didnt initially see herself ever becoming a school librarian, Rhue has come to love the dynamism and variety of her job. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. That's why I incorporate American Sign Language.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Educators across core subjects use lessons such as Build a movement, where students learn how data and algorithms impact something that ‘goes viral’; Outbreak, where students analyze how a virus spreads and can be contained ; and Emoji Essay, where students use abstraction to explore language and communication. “

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

The next semester those four teachers repeated the same PD process and present their sample lessons to the other core content teachers in their school. Middle-school teachers in the pilot became so excited that the middle school produced twice the number of lessons using Google Slides than the high school.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In the process, they also learned plenty about social studies and civic engagement. She wears a number of hats as middle school teacher, instructional coach, and author (@tweenteacher). She leverages social media and blogging to reflect on what works and shares her insights with colleagues.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 16, 2017

In school, this means that a student’s performance in one subject area, such as algebra, does not correlate to his performance in another, such as foreign languages. Revision Assistant Prompts and Rubrics —writing prompts for middle school, high school, and college. Resources to Make Writing Personal.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

APRIL 21, 2025

By middle school, your students are starting to discover their places in society. From social media to community resources to economic inequality, sociological issues affect them and their families every day. What is the most significant social movement from the last 100 years? Explore middle school resources

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Edsurge

APRIL 14, 2020

The largest library in the world contains more than 168 million items, with materials in some 470 languages, and is located in Washington, D.C. I taught there for 19 years, and taught pretty much anything that would keep me employed within social studies. The Library of Congress, situated right behind the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Programs are geared to the particular learning of Elementary and Middle School, and Middle and High School with games and lessons aligned to state and national standards like Common Core, TEKS and MAFS. IXL is one of the most widely-recognized and popular educational websites for literacy and math.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

He is an absolutely fantastic social studies teacher who's figured out that he can take Minecraft, which is every 12-year-old’s favorite thing, and do 80 percent of his instruction with it. My kids are 90%+ Title I, and many are English Language learners. I don't just trust the software company when they say, "This is awesome."

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

When I realized many of my students knew a lot about Ataturk but nothing about other famous figures like Nelson Mandela or Anne Frank, something inside me would not settle for just teaching these kids a language. I began to slip little anecdotes about these figures into my lessons. A kid pointed it out.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

We have seen amazing schools across the country, but really didn't see the level of identity development or cultural relevancy present in any of these models—especially not ones that later went off to do civic engagement for their middle school students. Starting a school is really, really hard.

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