eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. Many have struggled to address the same big questions, including what exactly high school is for, and what students should need to do to earn a diploma.

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The Hungry Teacher Blog

MAY 28, 2025

Thats why I started using a six-day middle school research project before I dove into an entire research unit because it gave students a strong foundation for writing. This research project is also a good way to review skills or fill time at the end of the school year. If you have time, conference with students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2025

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom. Middle School and High School are designed for semester or quarter grading periods typical of those grade levels with topics like programming, robotics, writing an ebook, and community service with tech.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

This narrow role was exhausting and disingenuous. I found myself dialing down my teacher self, showing up in ways that neither reflected nor respected my commitment to teaching and learning.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Engaging Middle Schoolers in Math Middle school is when students start wondering, When will I ever use this? Make Math Real with Real-world Connections The best way to hook middle schoolers? Clickers allow students to respond to questions anonymously, so even those who are hesitant to speak up can still engage.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2025

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 7, 2025

Editable ELA Word Wall for Middle School By Erin Beers from Mrs Beers Language Arts Classroom Grades: 5th-8th Standards: CCSS CCRA.L.5, Provide relevant reading materials It’s no secret that 8th grade ELA teacher essentials include the middle school literary canon. 2, 3, 4, 5, RL.7.1, 2, 3, 4, RL.8.1, 2, 3, 4, RI.6.1,

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 9, 2025

Use these ice breakers for high school students on the first day of class or when starting a new semester. Perfect for class members working on social skills or for those too-silent periods, these questions, activities, and getting-to-know-you resources are just what you need to warm things up in class.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 14, 2025

Use these engaging questions and thought experiments to get middle schoolers to open up while practicing writing skills. What middle school class has been your favorite so far? Explore middle school resources That’s where journal writing prompts come in! Do you like sub days? Why or why not?

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

With a dipping economy, a fight about school voucher options and confusion about what the “Montessori” term even means, is Montessori still the “it” trend in the preschool world? The questions arise as one prominent chain of Montessori-inspired schools shrinks rapidly.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 13, 2025

Financial Aid and FAFSA High School Bulletin Board By Counselor Clique Grades: 9th-12th “Slay your way to financial aid” is a premade bulletin board package that provides everything you need to answer the FAFSA and financial aid questions. They should grow with your students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

National Science Foundation, aimed to solve that problem with a drone-focused curriculum for rural middle schools. It seemed “touchy feely” to the digital learning specialist who works in a rural New Hampshire middle school and is known as the “drone lady.” Take Flight, a research project backed by $1.5

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1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

JULY 1, 2025

One of the most common questions homeschoolers ask is: Which homeschool grammar curriculum should I choose? Purchase Options : Analytical Grammar , Christian Book , Amazon GRAMMAR FOR THE WELL-TRAINED MIND Grades: Middle School–High School Approach: Very thorough, formal grammar with diagramming.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Challenge your advanced writers with writing prompts for middle school that go beyond 7th grade expectations. helping students build essential writing skills while making real-world connections your school will appreciate. They also complement cross-curricular themes in middle school sociology discussions.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Hispanic Heritage Month Daily Agenda Slides | Attendance Questions, Editable by Teacher Noire Grades: 5th-8th Themed attendance questions serve a dual purpose in your middle school classes. First, they allow you to combine the act of taking attendance with daily journal or discussion prompts.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 23, 2025

Keep students engaged with a collection of fun debate topics and “would you rather” questions for high school students that they’ll enjoy talking about. Are fries better with ranch or ketchup? Is GIF pronounced gihf or jihf ? Would it be better to be trapped in an amusement park or a library?

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

A 2007 study led by Robert Balfanz at Johns Hopkins found that chronic absence in middle school and high school is often a leading predictor of dropping out. Lenhoff: Its a really good question. It has lasting effects through the upper grades, too. What happens now? Singer: We see the ripples of that here in Detroit.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2025

Its a big question one that many students struggle to answer. However, with the rapid evolution of industries and shifting workforce demands, we must introduce career exploration earlier before students even enter high school. Middle school is a pivotal time when students begin forming their academic and career identities.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Build a culture of curiosity and encourage questioning An environment that encourages curiosity and allows students to ask questions and explore concepts they’re genuinely interested in can significantly enhance engagement.

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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. Addresses the “Middle School Gap” in Computer Science education. ? Blackbird is a user-friendly system that enhances the autonomous learning experience – as well as group lessons.”.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2019

As students watch, help them interpret the films you show, and give them direct invitations to ask questions and think critically about what they’re seeing on the screen. One of the benefits of kids seeing these films in school, versus on their own, is that teachers can help guide and facilitate conversations about these issues.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The all-new Discovery Education Science Techbook for middle school offers a phenomena-driven curriculum that puts middle school students at the center of three-dimensional storylines to investigate the mysteries of the universe. Science Techbook for middle school can be used in either Spanish or English.

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eSchool News

JULY 27, 2022

to support engaging, hands-on science learning for middle school students. Our partnership with OpenSciEd gives middle school teachers access to free, standards-aligned, technology-integrated instructional materials to support this work. OpenSciEd Unit 6.1 features a total of eight lessons.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Illinois’ Shiloh CUSD #1 today announced an expansion of its partnership with Discovery Education that adds a new, cutting-edge resource to the district’s middle school and high school science curriculum.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2021

Kennedy Middle School would pivot to remote learning because of the pandemic. Then, they present the lesson and engage students with questions or quick formative assessments (like exit tickets)—even send feedback to students privately if they need help. We didn't have the tools or the training,” explains Smith.

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2023

The ChatGPT Dilemma In schools across the nation, educators have, once again, had to call into question how technology meshes with teaching and learning with the advent of ChatGPT. A few years later, the discussion changed to an argument about the pros and cons of using a Desmos calculator on their classroom iPads.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2020

Lessons include: Lesson objectives Essential questions Materials–teaching strategies, handouts, and texts Key vocabulary Procedure. The Teaching for Black Lives website published a resource titled Materials from Teaching for Black Lives/Rethinking Schools for Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action.

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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.

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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. Cooperative activities: Question game. When learning a second language, it’s important to teach reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Grammar games. Fly Swatter!

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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 23, 2022

In fact, some of the most powerful learning in my middle school science classroom has happened when I’ve pretended to NOT know the “right answer.” When I was growing up, I assumed that my teachers knew everything, including all of the “right answers.” Now that I’ve been a teacher for 15 years, I know this simply isn’t true.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2024

The “Bored Board” can help give students options and eliminate the question, “ I’m done, now what? Wrong Answers Only: Have students come up with the best wrong answers to a question. This can be a physical handout, but it also works great as a digital tool that can link to text, videos, interactive simulations and more.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 7, 2023

After students have completed moving through the station rotation, I post these self-reflection questions for students to think about and discuss with a partner: On a scale of 1-5 (five being the highest), how well do you think the class did when moving from station to station? questions and helps students get on-task quickly.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 6, 2021

You may need to ask yourself some additional questions: . She currently teaches Language Arts and Technology at a bilingual public middle school. Which of the new tools that you explored this year would you like to not only use again but explore more thoroughly? Which of them didn’t work for you? Why didn’t they work?

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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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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. We worked collaboratively on a shared Google Document so teachers could see the outs for the previous grade, ask questions, and make suggestions.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Secondary students in particular need to be able to see and ask questions during remote STEM instruction, such as during laboratory experiments or when receiving feedback when developing their own solutions to math problems. Related content: How collaboration enables meaningful distance learning.

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