eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

Across the country, too many children are struggling to read, and too many teachers are struggling to help them. Teacher preparation programs and school districts across the nation have been slow to fully embrace this research base, known as the science of reading.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

Discovery Education , the creators of essential PreK-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced significant enhancements to the online, adaptive literacy program DreamBox Reading. This adaptivity ensures that students are met where they are with just-right instruction and fun activities.

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eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

Having conducted well over a thousand observations of K-12 teachers over the last 15 years, I have noticed there is one piece of feedback I have given more than any other–and it involves a seemingly minor word change. Multiple times in any class period, teachers call on students to contribute to the lesson of the day.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

One of the most exciting announcements this year is Encore Data Products’ expansion into the Translation and Interpretation category with the introduction of IRIS Pen scanners , a powerful tool that helps break language barriers in the classroom and supports diverse learning needs.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

The way teachers use the AI tools in their classrooms–open conversations around acceptable use help students use AI tools for meaningful learning instead of for cheating. It lets students listen to their reading instead of (or in addition to) consuming it visually. Also critical?

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eSchool News

MAY 26, 2025

These students can make meaningful gains when provided with targeted reading intervention strategies tailored to their needs. Still, educators can offer early literacy support and help for struggling readers using evidence-based reading instruction. What is a delayed reader?

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2025

We would go to one platform to look at their reading data, another for their behavior data, and yet another for math. Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support.

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eSchool News

MAY 27, 2025

To help fill the gap we began using two products, both of which were recommended by a teacher who had used the literacy programs at a previous school. Here are five different ways our students and teachers are benefitting from our online literacy platform: Meet students where they are. Teach to a group or individuals.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

I’m picturing a lot of family time, slower mornings, and leisure reading in my future, but I also like to spend some time brushing up on my teaching skills each summer. Whether you’re a brand-new teacher or an experienced professional, you’re sure to find something just for your needs. to focus on yourself.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Reading before bed? But not everybody feels this way about reading. My own brother — who is incredibly intelligent, younger than I am, and has already paid off his house (what?!?!) — once told me, “I never read anything unless I absolutely have to.” Every single day we seem to move closer to a society that simply doesn’t read.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? What if the key to unlocking motivation isn’t something intrinsic to students, but something found in their relationships with peers, teachers, mentors, and communities? We’ve tried improving curricula.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Replace and/or supplement outdated readings. Provide electronic files of reading, resources, presentations, and other materials. When they ask what this means, share these suggestions!

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. Some just want to read a good book and be seen for who they are, not as a stereotype waiting to be saved. It’s a buzzword I hear often these days on social media, especially in teacher groups where educators are reimagining their futures.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

A good classroom management system, a novel list, and a set of writing prompts go a long way to set students and teachers up for success. We’ve gathered our favorite 8th grade ELA teacher essentials, including tips for brand-new teachers and seasoned veterans alike. Provide relevant reading materials 5.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

Here are thoughts from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: Blending Montessori and Technology: Finding the Right Balance in Early Childhood Education These days, it seems that all toddlers master how to swipe across a screen before they learn to tie their shoes. What About Teachers? What is the intersection of the two?

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

I’m here to share my advice to new homeschool parents (or veterans) from the perspective of a veteran teacher and someone who has homeschooled. We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. It was a dream!

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Dr. DiTullio was a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and is an esteemed member of both PDK International and the Pi Lambda Theta International Honor Society.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

The program gives educators one possible model to follow as they look to reverse the trend of declining student proficiency in reading. They designed their game using Canva, and they presented their work to a panel of parents and teachers, much like the show Shark Tank. It was a good experience for both the kids and the teachers.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

I read Susan Blums Ungrading as a first-year graduate student and was immediately smitten. As a first-year graduate student, I had read Susan Blums Ungrading and was immediately smitten. As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. My first attempt at alternative assessment didnt go very well.

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Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Thats especially true when youre supporting multilingual learners (MLs), who are navigating both academic content and a new language at the same time. Offering multiple ways to share thinking reduces anxiety, supports language development, and builds confidence over time. A synonym for is.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

As upper elementary teachers, we know that word learning can’t keep up with word exposure. Morphology is the study of morphemes —the smallest units of meaning in language. Language builds on itself. It helps students decode the language of science, math, literature, and beyond. These are not “sight words.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

Most of the teachers at your school have been there years — even decades — and you have no doubt that, too, will be you. For example, if you’re a tech teacher, join ISTE. It might be your ability to speak Russian or use sign language. Check teacher job boards like Edjoin and Teachers-Teachers.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

Different learners with different teachers, through different assignments, completed in lieu of different learning styles, with the overwhelming influence of incredibly different personal lives—through this environment of disparity, the letter grade attempts to be the one thing that is universal. .” Academic) A good grade?

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Use SEL check-in strategies to check up on struggling kids in your class who seem less interested in the instruction, including teacher-to-student journals for learners to keep you up to date on their lives. Shift to a student-centered classroom It’s no secret that teacher-centered classrooms are on the way out in the 21st century.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

Drawing from their own experiences as educators, as well as the voices of over 20 classroom teachers, their work explores the concept of disability-sustaining pedagogy , an approach that goes beyond access to help students with disabilities take pride in who they are. To be disability-sustaining, teachers need to go beyond single examples.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers use direct, explicit instructionbreaking down complex concepts into manageable stepsso students can grasp new ideas without feeling lost or overwhelmed. These platforms allow students to practice skills at their own pace while giving teachers real-time insights into their progress.

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Organized Classroom

JUNE 13, 2025

While this is probably more suited for students in grades 3 and up, I could see even a Kinder teacher use this as a group project to start talking about story elements. Reading and Language Arts Power Pack 11 reading and language arts resource sets that pack a punch!

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Priceless Ponderings

MAY 25, 2025

As a science teacher, especially in the elementary grades, teaching these rules isnt just about safety. Ive got you, teacher friend! Top 10 Simple Science Safety Lab Rules for the Classroom Heres a kid-friendly list of science safety lab rules I like to teach at the beginning of every year: Always listen to your teachers directions.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. The pressure students feel to get high grades and the pressure for teachers to give them are both real.

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

So whether you’re a district leader, tech director, or classroom teacher, I think you’ll discover how schools are strategically implementing remote options to be something that you might want to think about for your own work. Mimic a lot of students and families and teachers realized that emergency remote learning.

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k12

JUNE 27, 2025

Core classes, such as reading and science, are taught, but so are subjects like sculpture and breakdancing. It’s common to find condensed, focused summer courses in: Math Science Reading or English History Summer school curriculum isn’t designed to balance multiple courses. Reading the curriculum is one place to start.

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

If you read that and immediately thought of Mister Rogers, you're probably a child of the 70's. I'm sure that many teachers, when asked, would say they like the kids they teach, but the entire job of "teacher" in the standard sense is to shape the child in front of us into someone else. Teachers are supposed to mould children.

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

Even teachers would try to take parts of my lunch away if they deemed it not healthy enough. I love to read! I’ve been creative since a young age, and reading has always helped fuel my creativity. I like to read lots of different books, and my library is huge because of it. Who is your favorite teacher?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

You can also celebrate this important month by showcasing Hispanic history, culture, and the Spanish language in your curriculum, no matter what class you teach. Hispanic Heritage Month is an excellent opportunity to teach students about influential Hispanic figures from the past and present.

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