eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2023

These skill-building, multi-player games help students build critical skills in math, language arts, and social studies in a fun and entertaining way.   A new drag-and-drop question type that develops students’ critical thinking skills by helping them build evidence and concepts into models. 

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

As part of this new relationship, Discovery Education is supporting the district’s continued transition to modern learning environments by empowering the district’s middle school educators to more deeply engage students in science instruction with its Science Techbook.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In the process, they also learned plenty about social studies and civic engagement. The first was defining,” he says, with experts generating a laundry list of skills and competencies considered essential for students’ future success. He currently serves as CEO of EdLeader21 , a national network of Battelle for Kids.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Specifically, district leaders and teachers sought a digital resource aligned to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards, supportive of hands-on learning, and accessible to the district’s English Language Learners. Currently, the company’s Social Studies Techbooks are used in middle school classrooms districtwide.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

It’s no secret that learning a second language, building on communication skills and absorbing other cultures are important components of success today. In order to best prepare its students to compete in a global world, Missouri’s Nixa Public Schools (NPS) is implementing a new world language program for all students grades 2-6 this fall.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

Move is the district’s latest in an attempt to boost students’ tech skills. North Carolina’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) is equipping each of its 30,000 middle school students with a laptop this year in the district’s latest move to make its classrooms more tech-savvy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

Money, time, and skill are the obstacles teachers jump through to use new classroom tools. Lesa Wang, STEAM teacher, Marymount Lower Middle School, New York, NY. Related: 20 ideas for teaching coding in math, science, social studies, and ELA. Our robot, Milo , has been a great addition to our school team.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

Achieve3000 is the leading literacy solution in blended learning programs today, specializing in cloud-based, differentiated learning solutions for school-aged youth as well as adult learners. Virginia Beach already started using Smarty Ants for PALS-identified students in its elementary schools as of February 2016.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

We asked education experts to share their thoughts regarding student success priorities in 2025 (find 50 edtech predictions for 2025 here )–discover what they had to say: Across the country, there is growing consensus and demand for high school transformation. –Dr. .

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2024

Studies show that students who are healthy both physically and mentally are more likely to excel in all aspects of academic achievement, including academic performance, education behavior, and cognitive skills and attitudes. Some of the district’s innovative initiatives encompass the school-to-career-based programs—e.g.,

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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

MAY 5, 2020

Teachers also said they wish the public knew just how hard they work, how much of themselves they pour into their teaching and some of the lesser-known skills and savvy that teaching requires. Kim Booth, sixth grade teacher at Coleman Middle School in Duluth, Ga.: “I A brain experiencing trauma learns nothing. I miss my kids.

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eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2021

The pioneering program empowers educators to teach computational thinking, which are the critical skills that help students solve real-life problems and challenges by expressing them in a way that computers can solve. K-12 students, a full year ahead of schedule. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections.

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Digital Promise recently spoke with educators from Lone Star Middle School in Nampa, Idaho, an HP Spotlight School. HP Spotlight Schools are part of the Reinvent the Classroom initiative , a collaboration between Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft and Intel, recognizing Powerful Learning with technology.

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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. She led with great skill in the classroom. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

STEM isnt just the latest teaching topic: Its an innovative, cross-curricular way to strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Check out STEM activities for middle school that are sure to catch teenagers attention and inspire them to learn more.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2018

In Oakland, CA, more than 60 students at James Madison Middle School gather to talk about money. Reaching Students Digitally The need to improve financial skills and capacities is not unique to any one state or school district. The conversation is robust. One student shares his family’s experience saving for emergencies.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Jill Weber, Cheney Middle School. We all strive to develop students with the skills necessary to be successful after high school graduation. The National Council for the Social Studies urges us to find ways for our kids to “take informed action” based on what they have learned.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Good history education empowers students to actively engage with the past they study, rather than being passive receivers of historical narratives. When students learn to ask deep questions, analyze texts and construct evidence-based arguments, they are equipped with skills that reach far beyond a history classroom.

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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. Among the skills the district has identified as essential to preparing students for future success is civic literacy. Social Studies?Techbook.?Featuring

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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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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 12, 2019

For social studies educators, a presidential election year is a big deal. I’ve always relished these times because they’re part of what makes social studies special. Social studies teachers must support their students as they encounter: Major attacks on journalism. Evolving forms of media delivery.

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eSchool News

JULY 12, 2016

In response to this growing need, Tynker’s comprehensive, fun, game-based curriculum has been used by more than 50,000 schools to introduce students to computer programming. Tynker’s drone curriculum offers a structured approach to get elementary and middle school students flying drones in minutes. Tynker’s Drone Curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

Elementary School – Interactive Learning Apps Picture your elementary school classroom filled with excited young learners, their eyes glued to their screens as they explore new ideas and grasp essential skills through educational apps. Another fantastic example is Lightbot.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2017

The very first year I taught middle school science, I found myself teaching more reading lessons than I had ever expected—and that didn’t change when I switched to a middle school math classroom two years later. Social Studies / Current Events.

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Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

When we set out to design an engaging kickball unit for our middle school students, we asked ourselves how we could learn from the 2002 A’s. Data Goes to the Gym As a self-confessed nerd, my memories of middle school kickball are of being picked last and worrying about taking errant kicks to the face. How, you ask?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2019

It’s a window into other disciplines—and life skills—and teaches you how to learn and get along. The second year, it launched a violin program with instruments that were rescued from a dumpster at a nearby middle school. That’s what Lorrie Murray, executive director of the Bay Area Music Project , told EdSurge earlier this fall.

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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. Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths? The concept just wasn’t intuitive. That really wasn’t the rule that she was being taught.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The approach is more prevalent in some “pockets” of the country, Townsley says, particularly New Hampshire , Maine and Wisconsin , with more recent adoptions in schools in Connecticut , New Mexico and Oregon. Completing homework and meeting deadlines are important life skills that should be fostered at school,” he said.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This distributed model of learning took off and has grown over the years to a network of nearly 300 Fulton County educators who are pioneering new approaches to education technology use, testing new tools and helping others in their schools and communities do the same. The technology is seamlessly making that happen in the background.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

If executed correctly, students become intrinsically motivated to apply a new skill to the real-world, or provide their own solution to a problem. By combining math instruction and new software, students applied their math skills to an authentic scenario. CAD software can enhance authentic engagement.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Kahlfeldt has touched on the census many times in his 15 years as a middle school social studies teacher at Winfield School District 34 (22 years total as an educator). He also shares how his zesty attitude toward social studies makes lessons on the census—and many other topics—pop for his students.

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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. Next year, I just want to teach,” Garcia exasperatedly tells EdSurge. We want good people here, we want to have this pipeline,” says McGregor.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years. Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. Like many people who learned new skills during the pandemic, I immersed myself in Black history, pedagogy, and education reform.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The pioneering program empowers educators to teach computational thinking, which are the critical skills that help students solve real-life problems and challenges by expressing them in a way that computers can solve. K-12 students, a full year ahead of schedule. according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections.

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