eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2015

Innovation can’t be tested or graded — but it can be built up. Innovation is a trait that I desperately want to instill in my students, and many teachers I talk to seem to share that goal. It also means that teachers need to take the time to learn about their students’ interests. But rest assured, it is possible.

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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

MARCH 23, 2017

What if we could empower our teachers to turn student assessment into a process of learning instead of a focus on measurement? Further, what if this mindset change led to an increase in student achievement on tests? The technique involves testing students twice: once individually and once in groups. Achievement Gains x 3.

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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

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Passive learning, on the other hand, means students passively receive information–for example, students might use a Chromebook to take a test or submit assignments in a learning management system. A majority of teachers report engaging students in active learning with classroom technology.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress. So how are we supporting change?

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eSchool News

MAY 24, 2023

Teachers were faced with the idea that 21st-century technologies would fundamentally alter the way students learn and just as importantly, adjust the way teachers would need to facilitate instruction. 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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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2021

BrainPOP Science helps teachers inspire the next generation of scientific thinkers while navigating fundamental shifts in teaching and learning science, technology, and engineering. In the last year alone, more than 3.1 million students have completed at least one science activity on BrainPOP’s platform.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

NEW YORK – Brainly, the AI Learning Companion TM used by 15 million monthly active users, announces the release of Test Prep, the latest AI-powered innovation designed to improve test scores, boost student confidence and reduce anxiety. students confirming they don’t give themselves enough time to study for their tests.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

A shortage of trained teachers in Oregon is leaving school districts short-handed, so replacements without educational backgrounds are being recruited from other professions to fill the gap. ”‘ Both teachers already had bachelor’s degrees in science, which were required to obtain the three-year license.

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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. Quizizz – I love this tool the best because it tests accuracy instead of speed. Some teachers use Tic Tac Toe sheets for weekly homework assignments.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Responding to a critical gap in technology education, CompTIA Spark has launched free technology curriculum specifically for middle grade classrooms, grades 5-8. It aims to support teachers so that they can teach the critical skills students need to succeed in whatever path they choose.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Students were tested before and after they played the game either on a desktop or through immersive virtual reality, with researchers comparing their scores to see whether the game helped the students better grasp the material. “In the U.S. The study included 97 seventh grade students in an urban middle school in Indiana.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 31, 2017

It is painful when all of the effort that teachers and students put into teaching and learning becomes summarized by standardized test results—especially when hard-working students that have demonstrated massive growth over the course of the year receive poor scores. His score reflects badly on me as a teacher—and I guess it should.

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2016

In today’s educational environment, students are encouraged to apply what they’ve learned, not just on tests, but during multifaceted, multimedia projects that bring relevance to lessons and help students realize how their learning is used every day in the real world. The ‘Big Picture’. “If

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part story looking at how one school is piloting MIT research on playful assessments to measure student growth. And perhaps most novel, instead of traditional tests, they’re using “Sparkle Sleuths,” one in an emerging set of assessment tools to measure their mastery. As the teacher in the room, I know.

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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

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The beauty of playful assessment, she says, is that it can be done without interrupting the rhythm of learning, thereby alleviating student anxiety around testing. Teachers are evaluated on those standardized tests. So they’re trying to offer teachers an alternative. They have high anxiety about it, too.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

I vividly remember my English teacher, Mrs. Grant, bringing a stack of 20 well-read copies of A Wrinkle in Time out from the closet for everyone in the class. She would read a chapter or two out loud during class and later we would read independently until it was time to take a test or write a report on what we learned.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Eleven years later, as I walk through the halls in a middle school/high school setting, I see students sitting on a tile floor crowded around a device trying to type, communicate, take videos, and record their voices with background noise and distractions often interrupting their progress. So how are we supporting change?

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

For more than a decade, McLaren and colleagues have brought games like this to Pittsburgh area schools to test their technology and learning theories. 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

OCTOBER 22, 2024

  – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) named Sirish Subash, a 9 th grader at Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Snellville, Georgia, the winner of the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge, the nation’s premier middle school science competition.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

A few classrooms down, Baselice’s colleague Jonathan Nardolilli teaches middle school mathematics using a board game he created himself to instruct students about the different angles created by parallel lines intersecting a transversal. It can reduce the onus on the teacher,” Miller says. That’s frustrating.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 24, 2023

I believe that the low supply of STEM professionals can be attributed to significant barriers to entry originating in educational settings–this is to no fault of teachers and administrators, but how the educational system is structured. Some of the challenges facing schools and teachers include: Lack of STEM educators and diversity.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. The Hannibal School District #60 employs nearly 600 staff members, including nearly 260 teachers.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 7, 2019

A Challenge-Based Learning model pioneered by Apple is now helping teachers engage middle school students in deep learning through projects that combine developing questions, investigating scientific phenomena, and solving problems in their classrooms, schools, and communities.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2015

As students plan investigations to answer a question posed to them, they conduct tests, record and analyze data, and communicate their results. They’re actually “doing science,” not just memorizing terms and concepts for a test. I have students design structures and then test their designs on a simple shake table.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

With the rise of digital tools, teachers now have innovative ways to assess learning that provide deeper insights and engage students more meaningfully. Unlike traditional tests, Wakelet empowers students to demonstrate understanding in a personalized and reflective way. Assessment should be as dynamic as learning itself.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In eighth grade math, the gap between the highest- and lowest-performing students was the widest in the tests history. The new NAEP scores have landed as conservatives push to expand private school choice, public schools grapple with budget cuts, culture war skirmishes persist, and chronic absenteeism remains at historically high levels.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

A few years ago, Chrissy Romano-Arribito began to experience something that may sound familiar to a lot of teachers: burnout. Romano-Arribito is an EdSurge columnist and has spent about 27 years in the classroom teaching everything from first grade to middle school in her home state of New Jersey.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is especially true with literacy, where it’s all too easy to lose track of student progress and performance as students make their way through elementary and middle school. Better reading test scores. We had growth data in every elementary school like we’ve never seen before.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 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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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2015

Innovation can’t be tested or graded — but it can be built up. Innovation is a trait that I desperately want to instill in my students, and many teachers I talk to seem to share that goal. It also means that teachers need to take the time to learn about their students’ interests. website traffic) to No.

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Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

And perform worse on tests. Of course, like every other subject, the true test and value of civics and history extends far beyond academics and assessments. Of course, like every other subject, the true test and value of civics and history extends far beyond academics and assessments. Yet simplicity is the point, says Saxberg.

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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. Poor teacher support and inadequate training, researchers suggest, may be contributing. Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2024

All around my room are reminders of my identity as a 6’2, 280-pound Black and Puerto Rican man, husband, father, math teacher and basketball coach. I want to feel seen for the many contributions I make in my classroom, school and community. I am in my classroom listening to Lofi beats, pondering what has been and what is to come.

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