eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Then, students participate in easy to prepare hands-on labs that use simple science supplies commonly found in classrooms or at home. Currently, the company’s Social Studies Techbooks are used in middle school classrooms districtwide.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

When it comes to middle schools and high schools, the average classroom looks more like a typical startup office than the traditional classroom of the past. Today, schools across the country look to educators to customize lesson plans to the learning requirements of their unique classrooms and students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Plenty of students find social studies lessons a bit dull. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher. Is that right?

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Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2021

Participating in a simulation of the Constitutional Convention offered them a structured experience to practice the skills necessary for civic discourse—listening, discussing and compromising. With an increased emphasis on improving test scores in reading, writing, math and science, social studies fell to the wayside.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

A couple of weeks ago during a coaching session, a middle school teacher I work with described a fun math activity. Middle school students are navigating the most vulnerable and self-conscious developmental phase. She asked her students who were learning remotely to build blanket forts.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Brunswick City educators in grades K-12 will accelerate the creation of authentic digital classrooms by integrating Discovery Education’s Science Techbook into instruction, while middle school educators will begin integrating Discovery Education’s Social Studies Techbook into teaching and learning. subsidiary.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

Civilization by Sid Meier—More than 35 million units sold worldwide; kids apply social studies lessons. The sample size was large enough—more than 1,000 students in seven states and in schools with differing student bodies, socioeconomic factors, and geographical locations—to answer the hypothesis in a statistically significant manner.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2021

In the latest phase of this multiyear collaboration, all district middle school students will receive access to a dynamic digital social studies textbook. To empower educators to provide middle school students these essential skills, the district selected Discovery Education’s? Social Studies?Techbook.?Featuring

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2023

Brainly’s users also seek help in science (18.84%), social studies (17.2%), and English (16.3%). and English teacher Mary Ann Rafferty from Williams Middle Magnet School in Tampa, Fla. of all subject searches and underscoring the need for assistance.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

By the conclusion of the unit, students will participate in a debate, utilizing their research skills to argue for or against deforestation, exploring its implications for resources and products in relation to their daily lives. Rethinking content teaching at the middle level: An interdisciplinary approach. link] Moser, K.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The Bay Area Music Project started in 2014, as an after-school pilot project at Maya Lin, an art-integrated, magnet school in Alameda, California. There was hardly any funding that first year, so the 40 students who participated learned to use a free instrument—their voice.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

The top reasons selected include the opportunity to participate in hands-on learning (44 percent) and the ability to complete such programs faster than they could earn a college degree (41 percent). Fortunately, were seeing more people embrace other choices like trades.

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2017

Ariana Garcia doesn’t take a break as she goes from tutoring a small group of students to teaching a social studies class at the Great Oak Charter middle school in New York City. Under the residency program, participants work alongside a full-time licensed teacher in the classroom.

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Teaching Social Studies Teaching Assistants Participation 139

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. Harrell says the company has steered clear of privacy concerns by the fact that students do not need to create an account to participate in a Kahoot game.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 21, 2015

“I like that it teaches you more about science, social studies and reading,” said the 12-year-old Ooltewah Middle School student about the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) training program called Learning Blade. “The early numbers show a tremendous return on investment.”

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

As parents wrote in their petition: "Do not take away the reward for rigor, hard work, and participation in the classroom!" This school system is hardly alone in drawing controversy over changes to grading systems. It recognizes the individual journey of every student.

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Grades Assignments Schools Testing 215

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Isaacs’ unusual class structure comes courtesy of Classcraft , a company based in New York and Sherbrooke, Quebec, that helps educators teach teamwork, good behavior and their regular classroom lessons through the guise of a school-yearlong fantasy game. Helping Classcraft on its own adventure to reach more schools is a $7.5

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Textbooks Classroom Management Social Studies History 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A study conducted in Prince William County, Virginia, provides insights into how individual students can benefit from tracking their own academic progress. Middle school social studies teacher Erin Merrill implemented a system where students use a data notebook to track their mastery of specific standards.

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High School High School Study Exams 167

Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2018

Take Mount Anthony Union High School (MAUHS) in Bennington, VT, where some students are gaining valuable practical experience outside of school at local veterinary clinics, manufacturing companies, law enforcement agencies and other local businesses. Seventh grade social studies teacher Amy Moriarty is one of those cheerleaders.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2017

This spring we are launching 900 middle school science games on our content platform. Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development, whose research team worked with us to produce a controlled study that would conclusively report whether game based-learning increased student achievement.

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2020

The startup previously participated in Facebook’s FbStart program for growing mobile startups. The app covers subjects that range from science to social studies to economics. That’s the hope, anyway, for the founders of this startup, currently in beta testing and targeted toward high school and middle school students.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

HUPP: We are one of 50 schools from across the country participating in the Dynamic Learning Project with Google and Digital Promise. We also just finished renovating our high school with new interactive displays and collaborative furniture. EDTECH: Tell us about the latest innovative programs at Cornell.

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Schools Social Studies Science History 154

eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Sean entered Locust Grove Middle School as it was implementing “competency-based” learning, which tailors schooling to each child’s ability. In 2014, students who participated in the computerized component of the program had 2 percentage point higher pass rates in math, English and reading than students who did not.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

After a few of the district’s schools participated in a pilot program with the digital reading platform Actively Learn, Stanley got a look at teacher surveys and other program details. “I Right now, it’s used primarily in our four middle schools and three high schools. I was impressed,” says Stanley.

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Reading Teachers Learning English 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

This leads to inattentiveness and lack of class participation. Secondary and middle schools in Ontario, Canada , are banning the use of cell phones during classes effective from September 2019. While more than 80% of the respondents did not want their children to take their phone to school.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2022

For 14 years, Laura Johnson has taught a variety of subjects, including social studies, psychology, and music and art appreciation–all virtually within ALVS. She started as a part-time teacher while she was still at a brick-and-mortar school, where she drove 38 miles each way to teach.

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Education Exams Motivation Elementary School 271

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Academic competitions can be exciting and rewarding additions to your school club options. For upper elementary and middle school students, these challenges not only promote academic growth and productive struggle but also social connections. There are several my students participate in every year!

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Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

k12 Online Schools

APRIL 26, 2025

Comfort with Technology Students should be comfortable navigating online platforms, submitting assignments digitally, participating in video calls, and troubleshooting minor technical issues. Communication Skills In an online setting, students must proactively communicate with teachers for help, clarification, or participation in discussions.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

In comparison, young American voter registration is much lower and participation spiked in 2018 — when 28 percent voted , a record percentage — though it’s dipped since then. But Jung and her co-authors found that the mandates did not increase voter participation. Youth are motivated to participate , she says.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2024

Being in a small school, they needed help taking on extra elective sections, so I also started teaching eighth grade art in my fourth year. Finally, this year, I’ve added sixth grade math, so now I have a hand in all three grade levels at our middle school. What has been the most challenging and rewarding part of your job?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Despite hailing from diverse urban, rural and suburban school communities across 18 states and D.C., a shared experience that repeatedly came up was the frequency and weight of casual, everyday racism they encountered as Asian Americans, many of which had gone unacknowledged for years. There is a way we can connect."

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2022

“We need to talk about the trauma of teaching through a pandemic,” urges Christopher Bowen, a STEM curriculum specialist for Johnson City Schools in Tennessee. As Bronx middle school teacher Roxanne Leak put it during an interview, “It’s unfortunate. Teachers are leaving.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Languages 189