Edsurge

JUNE 20, 2025

While edtech vendors race to integrate AI into every aspect of teaching and learning, educators are drawing clearer boundaries: AI should save them time, not replace their judgment. Most of all, they want tools that align with the values and realities of teaching. They want support for differentiation, not decision-making.

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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

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. She’s dedicated to the program.

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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

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. References: Caine, R. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K. link] Gozuyesil, E., & Dikici, A.

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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. Instructions: 1. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I recently read 10 to 25 , a new book by David Yeager, one of the leading research psychologists in adolescent development and motivation. Kids teach themselves astonishingly complex things through trial, error, iteration, and YouTube. Our job isn’t to teach them how to learn. Watch what happens when a kid gets into Minecraft.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Creating a classroom in the service of social justice (The Metropolitan Center for Urban Education, 2008) requires a profound understanding of the impact of human diversity on teaching and learning (Cushner et al., Replace and/or supplement outdated readings. When they ask what this means, share these suggestions!

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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. Professional growth doesn’t have to be overwhelming… it can fit into your summer routine as a rewarding way to improve your teaching.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 8, 2025

While the book focuses primarily on literacy instruction at the elementary level, it offers valuable insights and practices for anyone who teaches or works with disabled students. You can listen in the player above, read the transcript, or take a look at the summary below. However … it was rarely taken up in concrete examples.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I walked into classrooms where ninth graders were reading at a third-grade level. In those environments, creativity was often seen as defiance, and culturally relevant teaching was just as perilous. That quiet defiance — teaching banned literature — changed me. Teaching has always come naturally to me.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

Morphology is the study of morphemes —the smallest units of meaning in language. Explicit Teach one affix or root at a time. Language builds on itself. Pick 10–12 roots and affixes to teach over the semester. It helps students decode the language of science, math, literature, and beyond. What Is Morphology, Really?

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

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Teach Hub

MAY 16, 2025

Whether youre teaching elementary students or high schoolers, this strategy works for everyone. Use it in math to talk through different ways to solve a problem, in science to make predictions, in reading to dive into character choices, or in social studies to unpack big ideas like fairness or impact.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Teaching 8th grade ELA can be a uniquely rewarding experience, as long as you’ve got the right tools. Provide relevant reading materials 5. Keep a copy of your teaching philosophy nearby 8th Grade ELA teacher Essentials You Didn’t Know You Needed Seamlessly transition 8th grade ELA students to high school 1.

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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. Instructions: 1. Choose a song in Spanish (e.g., 

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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. References: Caine, R. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K. link] Gozuyesil, E., & Dikici, A.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2025

There are simple coding games that teach sequencing and logic in a way that mirrors Montessori’s step-by-step learning approach. If a child is learning about animals, they start by playing with toy models of animals, matching them to cards and reading books on them. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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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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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. Additionally, the students broadened their vocabulary by learning language thats critical to their academic success.

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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. Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Make Language Visual with Graphic Organizers Graphic organizers arent just cute.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 10, 2025

We tag-teamed – every morning, I taught all the math, reading, and writing, and in the afternoon he would teach science and social studies. We read approximately 5,000 picture books together during snack time, finished 10+ novel studies together, and I even created an entire unit based on going to four different Pumpkin Patches.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2025

You’ve been teaching for five years and love what you’re doing. So, you don’t bother to keep your resume up-to-date or expand your teaching skills other than what is required for your position. Sample lesson plans, artifacts Upload a full lesson plan that is typical of what you teach in classes.

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

The Nuance Of Teaching & Learning Research on student motivation illustrates that student motivation is driven largely by the intrinsic desire to accomplish goals: “The fifth family of social–cognitive constructs that has been a major focus of research on student motivation is goals and goal orientation. .”

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Instead of relying on rigid teaching methods, AEF Schools tailor their curriculum to each student, ensuring academic progress while strengthening executive functioning, social skills, and real-world problem-solving abilities. At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Choose high-interest books and materials for reading activities, and encourage students to choose how they’d like to finish final projects.

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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. Affirm personal interests by letting students know you cared enough to read their inventories.

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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. And if youre teaching 2nd grade science or working with small groups, consistency is your best friend. Think bold, colorful visuals with kid-friendly language. Its about setting the tone for your entire school year.

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Reading Power Gear

JUNE 17, 2025

Ashley promises to wait with her uncle by the train tracks, in remembrance of what was lost and she promises to never forget the their culture or language. A dual-language edition in English and Mi’gmaq. An excellent read-aloud about nature, conservation, and Indigenous Peoples. Happy reading, everyone!

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Now, the COVID pandemic thrust schools into emergency remote teaching mode virtually overnight. In this conversation, we explore how today’s remote learning differs from that pandemic era emergency teaching. Now give me a version of that course for a student who’s a little bit behind on their reading skills.

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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. "I like you just the way you are."

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k12

JUNE 24, 2025

However, my coolest high school classes are probably my forensic science course, my 3D animation course, and my practical math course, which teaches me how to complete important life math like filing taxes and understanding credit. I love to read! I’ve been creative since a young age, and reading has always helped fuel my creativity.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 30, 2025

From preventing summer learning loss to building core skills to planning ahead for the homeschooling year, weve gathered summer teaching resources that parents and caregivers can use to support learning at home and turn summer into a season of discovery and enrichment. Theres good news though: a little enrichment can make a big difference.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month is an excellent opportunity to teach students about influential Hispanic figures from the past and present. 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.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

How do you decide whether to keep reading a book or to stop reading it? Nature Walk Journal; Nature Scavenger Hunt; Nature Journal Prompt; Outside Guide By Teach Go Green Grades: 3rd-10th Subjects: Environment, Science Guide high schoolers through a writing walk with a nature walk journal. What about 3 hours? What would you do?

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2025

He reads every Trump executive order closely so he can make sure his board members know what they mean, and what they don’t. An Iowa district backed out of a long-running event that promoted reading Black authors even as other school districts maintained their participation. Every aspect of running the district is more complicated. “We

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

When Marisha Speights first started as a speech language pathologist in preschools serving affluent families in Nashville, Tennessee, she used the typical screening and assessment measures that she believed and was taught worked well. It was, I dont think this child has a speech or language issue, but the test says theyre at risk.

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