Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

A first grade teacher with no formal CS background, she jumped at the chance to explore how computer science principles could enhance early literacy instruction — and ended up transforming her classroom in the process. “Let’s do it!” Educators recognize the need to cultivate these skills.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2025

Realizing the incriminating nature of pasting large chunks of text, they would use multiple browser windows to look at their AI-generated prompts on one half of their computer screen and use the other half to take dictation in lieu of writing out ideas of their own.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Albuquerque Public Schools is focusing on grant writing and lesson planning. Teachers can use Gemini to create personalized lesson plans in a much shorter amount of time. With Gemini’s help, the district won four grants totaling $100,000, all by using Gemini to aid in grant research and writing.

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. Nam has received multiple international accolades, including the Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist and the Asia Educator of the Year Award.

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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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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 4, 2025

What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? What if you had no language at all and yet there was something you needed to say? Kimmerer asserts, "Plants teach the universal language." Play, like all movement, is an aspect of the universal language. Wouldn't you dance it? Wouldn't you act it out?

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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. Keep writing prompts on hand 6.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

It’s a buzzword I hear often these days on social media, especially in teacher groups where educators are reimagining their futures. PASS Network was going to be a bridge — connecting families to the language, policies and strategies they needed to push for change from within. Writing handbooks. But then, the world stopped.

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Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 19, 2025

You’ll find a list of must-read professional development books for teachers recommended by current classroom teachers, links to free resources to help you grow as an educator, and practical tips for making the most of the upcoming school year (after a long, relaxing summer!). to focus on yourself.

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Reading Skills Teachers Classroom Management 59

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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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Currently serving as the school leader in Vietnam, he brings over a decade of experience in school leadership, teacher training, and educational transformation. Nam has received multiple international accolades, including the Top 50 Global Teacher Prize Finalist and the Asia Educator of the Year Award.

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Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

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’s so fun to see the list grow throughout the year.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 1, 2025

My Journey in Alternative Grading: From Curiosity to Clarity The first time I stood in front of 20 bored freshmen, all alone, teaching a course I had designed, also all alone, I was teaching a general education writing and speaking course at the University of Iowa. As a TA, I even received rubrics with that language. Inoue, Asoa.

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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. Even if a student has never seen the word, they can reason: autobiographer is a person who writes the story of their own life. Language builds on itself.

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Teaching Languages Language Writing 52

Teach Hub

JUNE 13, 2025

If you’re a classroom teacher who wants to help students learn from their mistakes, take responsibility for their actions, and make things right with others, you can start using restorative practices today. Using this kind of language helps students build empathy , reflect on their behavior, and understand how their actions impact others.

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Language Languages Questions Writing 98

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.

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Gamification Learning Motivation Learning Styles 105

eSchool News

JULY 20, 2017

Writing is used to assess student learning more often than it is used to facilitate learning. We talk about writing as a product for assessment, a subject where paragraphs and commas are taught, or a skill that one either has developed or lacks. Rarely do we hear people, even teachers, discuss writing as a process for learning.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. To make that possible, Elmwood invests deeply in teacher training, combining International Baccalaureate (IB) expertise with ongoing professional development in technology and pedagogy. Whitehouse.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 18, 2025

Whether you’re a brand new teacher or returning for your tenth year, there’s nothing quite like Day 1. They make us laugh, offer familiar language we can all borrow (“It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day”), and give us instant access to emotions and situations our students may not yet have words for.

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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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Disabilities Teaching Culture Special Education 91

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Students went through all the steps of creating a video game, including writing the storyline, creating characters, and building the world in which their game takes place. They designed their game using Canva, and they presented their work to a panel of parents and teachers, much like the show Shark Tank.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Ready to ignite your students’ imaginations and sharpen their writing skills? With these engaging 7th grade writing prompts, students will dive into a world of self-expression. They’re developing the skills to investigate real-world topics, explain ideas clearly, and write with purpose.

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Teach Your Kids

JULY 7, 2025

Meet the tutors ➡️ Rowan (Latin and Ancient Greek) A specialist in Latin and Ancient Greek, Rowan loves guiding gifted learners into the fascinating world of classical languages and ideas. She is also a gifted creative writing teacher who can support children in creating their own narrative.

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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

High schoolers write a lot every school day. How can you help them improve their writing skills and have fun at the same time? Thats where daily writing prompts come in! What is the first sign that youre going to like or dislike a teacher? Write a thank-you note to someone in your life. Are pranks funny or mean?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Organized Classroom

JUNE 13, 2025

Even add your own images into the writing (the only caveat to this is that the image must be hosted on the internet somewhere already as you need a URL. 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.

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Teach Hub

JULY 18, 2025

When you think of rote learning, chances are you picture students writing their spelling words five times each or chanting times tables together. But the truth is, when it’s used the right way by us teachers , rote learning can help students thrive. It can build fluency, free up mental space, and even give kids a boost of confidence.

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Learning Math Social Studies Languages 52

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

The official corrected the mistake by writing down the time Ruiz had told him. Consider these definitions that I share in my book, AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders : Cheating is using a tool or resource to misrepresent ones knowledge and skills to receive undue credit for a task.

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Academic Integrity Learning Assignments Feedback 92

Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

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. I've been writing about play-based learning almost every day for the past 14 years.

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Evaluation Writing Motivation Testing 108

1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 1, 2025

Purchase Options : JacKris Publishing FIRST LANGUAGE LESSONS We used FLL levels 1 & 2 alongside of Growing with Grammar for two totally different approaches in the early years. Grades: 1st–4th (Books 1–4) Approach: Classical, scripted, teacher-led lessons with memorization and copywork.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 27, 2025

Create a Word Wall: Have students write down words and quotes that feel relevant to the goals they listed. Vision Board Student Workbook By Danielle Knight Grades: 4th-12th Subjects: English Language Arts Students will create a 15×20 vision board using this eight-section guide. Explore resources on TPT

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k12

JUNE 27, 2025

Students can still receive live teacher support via video calls and online chat forums. Many of K12’s online summer school programs are designed to enable children to take them at their own pace. Most also involve multimedia tools and interactive lessons to keep kids engaged, even on laptops.

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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 also enjoy writing very much. While I don’t write my own stories frequently, I love drafting new ideas for written pieces. My Teachers & Classmates Do you have a favorite subject? Who is your favorite teacher?

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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. Use Hispanic Heritage Month activities that include writing templates, instructional bookmarks, and sentence practice worksheets to focus on writing skills.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

How can you tell if a teacher is going to be nice or not? Beat the Teacher: Compete against the whole class in a trivia contest with topics like pop culture, movies, or your specific subject matter. Trivia Train: Write a topic on the board (such as weather or animals) and have each student name a fact they know about it.

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High School High School Questions Activities 52

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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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 184

Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 22, 2025

Since I'd already demonstrated my own technique, I moved on to other things, leaving the art station in the capable hands of a parent-teacher. Later, while outdoors, I chatted with the parent-teacher, saying something like, "That art project was pretty popular today. Sarah seemed to really like it." I've written since 2009.

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