Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Its a middle-grade math game in which aliens come to Earth to learn about decimal fractions. McLaren was preparing to replicate the study in schools in the fall with a different math game. A major aspect of this research was developed to understand existing deficits in how elementary and K-12 teachers engage with parents.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis? My goal became connecting students to nature through their passions and connecting teachers standards-driven curriculum to nature through environmental literacy.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

Created to Address the “Middle School Gap” – Blackbird Teaches Real-world Computer Science Skills, Aligned to Educational Standards. Not just because of distance learning but because of the logical step to advance skills from block coding to programming,” said Ben Durham , technology teacher for Portland Public Schools.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

As students return to class this fall, K–12 teachers and administrators face many challenges—and math instruction is high on the list. Educators now face the daunting task of making up for lost instructional time from the COVID-19 pandemic, while at the same time, addressing drops in math achievement and teaching grade-level content.

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eSchool News

MARCH 18, 2024

The problem for many struggling math students is that often those “universal” numbers and symbols hide in surrounding contexts of unfamiliar vocabulary, settings, and narratives. In the process, math can actually become a universal thread to connect many types of content and learners. Math is joyful! Math is joyful!

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2019

Math gets a bad reputation for no good reason. Learning math can be challenging, and teaching it can be equally challenging. But tools like math software can help educators make the topic more palatable and relatable for students. We asked five educators to share their favorite math software with you. ” —Dennis A.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2018

To meet current math standards like the Louisiana Student Standards for Mathematics or the Common Core State Standards, it is no longer enough for students to simply memorize how to do something. In Caddo Parish (LA) Public Schools (CPPS), our schools are very diverse, and nearly 70 percent of our students are economically disadvantaged.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. Or even newer math ?) So I’ve been wondering: What do we know about the science behind good math education?

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Lets be honest, math doesnt have the best reputation. Its been one of the most disliked school subjects for decades. According to this survey , 42% of Americans disliked math classes during their K-12 education. For many, math feels like swimming upstream. Keeping math relevant and interactive is key.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more. Construct a thermal insulator device Concepts to Cover in Middle School STEM Prepare for the future with STEM activities for middle school 1.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As many of our interactions move online or become increasingly integrated with the digital world, teachers and the universities that prepare them need to shift as well. I spent 10 years working in classrooms as a substitute teacher, but I decided to advance my career by becoming a certified middle school math teacher.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

As the back-to-school season unfolded in New York, the city’s teachers set up their classrooms how they usually do: by putting up posters, reading through curriculums, sharpening pencils, and, for roughly a decade , charging Chromebooks. Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

First Educational Version of a Programming Language Enables Middle School Code Education – Bridging the Middle School Gap. PORTLAND, May 12, 2021 – Blackbird today announced the official release of the world’s first educational version of JavaScript.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but its a tough job. So I feel like I have to apologize: Sorry, Im talking to you about math. Robinsons job is really about helping educators to sort through what she calls math trauma, an aversion caused by their own bad experiences in the subject.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Charlotte, NC Discovery Education , the creators of indispensable K-12 learning solutions used in classrooms around the world, today announced an exciting new slate of standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025 that will inspire teachers and engage students.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The seven teams – Carnegie Learning, Carnegie Mellon University, Eedi, Rising Academies, the University of Colorado Boulder, Khan Academy, and the University of Florida – are committed to harnessing the potential of AI and machine learning to develop innovative, affordable interventions to enhance middle school math education.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2024

This understanding has deepened through my collaboration with Kathy Renfrew, whose journey from a self-proclaimed science-phobic classroom teacher to renowned STEM educator and leader illustrates the transformation that happens when educators break down traditional subject-area barriers and create truly interdisciplinary units.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Conventional thinking says that literacy must be the primary focus, and that when literacy scores rise, they will pull up math scores alongside them. As a result of this literacy-first focus, by the time ELLs become proficient readers in English, they are often many years behind in math. ELL teachers are focused on reading and writing.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Middle school students in grades 6-8 flex their civics knowledge for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes. Chambers of commerce across 27 states will host in-person contests in their communities this school year. We encourage students, parents, and teachers nationwide to visit our website and sign up today.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2018

million English language learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Supporting ELLs requires a commitment to a shift in practices that involves the entire school and also branches out to the community. For many of the 4.5

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The lack of computer science technology educators in middle schools continues to be a genuine crisis, especially considering the critical role of STEM education in preparing students for future careers. If you’re a computer science educator, you go teach in high school or university. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

On its face, the cell phone policy at Forest Hills High School seems clear: Phones cannot be used in school and must be turned off during the day, unless a teacher allows them as part of a lesson. And in the wake of high-profile school shootings, some parents feel safer being able to reach their children at any time.

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eSchool News

APRIL 11, 2024

The answer to that question, it turns out, depends a lot on two things: how your school identifies students for advanced math, and where you live. principals said their elementary or middle school offered algebra in eighth grade, but only to certain students. Algebra is often considered a gateway class.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2024

When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. Before then, Holmes had always earned good grades in math — mostly As — and when he found out his friends were in honors math, he felt he belonged there too. When America’s math performance is lagging , it could have big consequences.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The answer, as in many situations, lies in math. Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. And that's how people learn math. You’ll be training for at least a year, slowly building up your endurance. How do you prepare for that?

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eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2020

As a language arts teacher at a partial STEM Magnet middle school in Southern Georgia, I have the opportunity to teach an amazing group of students; their willingness to expand their educational horizons amazes me every day. So, how do I keep my math, science, and STEM-minded students engaged in the language arts?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2022

Every lower-grade teacher I know has huge numbers of students who love math but the older they get, the more those numbers shrink until by Middle School, they’re anemic, at best. The solution according to some students, is to instill the cerebral skills that support math prior to kindergarten.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Providing science and math content online can be relatively straightforward, but engaging students in true distance learning requires more than just transmittal of information. Math made meaningful. Related content: How collaboration enables meaningful distance learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Looking at these projects, it’s clear that some kids have been so motivated to make beautiful graphs that they’re going out to learn math that most kids don’t learn until college,” says von Oy. “We These aren’t concepts found in most high-school math textbooks. Math isn’t just the regurgitation of formulas.

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eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2019

As a middle school Spanish teacher, my #1 goal is to have my students fall in love with learning a language the way I did in middle school. Middle-school students are developing skills and interests for the future; giving them choices offers them the opportunity to discover what they are passionate about.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Kennedy Middle School would pivot to remote learning because of the pandemic. Her Title I school in Riviera Beach has a growing population of English language learners. Many students also have significant deficits in reading comprehension, literacy and foundational math skills. What was that transition like for teachers?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. Those “aha” moments were often accompanied with a gleeful, “I get it!” The brain makes sense of the world, and mathematics, through culture.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological launched three new sets of K-8 digital resources for remote teaching this fall: Smithsonian Science for the Classroom @HOME, Smithsonian Science and Technology Concepts Middle School@HOME , and Building Blocks of Science 3D@HOME. Professional Learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

According to a 2024 study from the Community College Research Center at Columbia Universitys Teacher College, dual enrollment increased by 46 percent from 2015 to 2021, and another 18 percent from 2021 to 2023. Some areas may not have enough qualified teachers to offer them.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

I worked in juvenile probation for eight years before becoming a teacher, so I’ve seen the potentially devastating effect of the emotional issues that kids deal with. When I became principal, talking to my staff, my teachers, the families, and the community was an eye-opener for me. SEL for students, teachers, and ‘parent partners’.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

So, where does this come into play for me as a math teacher? For as long as I can remember, I have loved everything about math—especially teaching young people and seeing the lightbulb come on in their eyes. In fact, the Saxon math curriculum my teachers used when I was in middle school over 25 years ago leveraged interleaving.

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