Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 15, 2025

With low-prep setup, challenging concepts, and the coolest finished projects ever, these class projects for middle school engineering classes are sure to inspire the next generation of future engineers in your class. Table of Contents 1. Make an indestructible cell phone case 2. Build the sturdiest bridge in class 3.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Its allowed schools to open up competing career pathways in the back end of high school, whether students pursue calculus for science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers or instead learn data analytics or quantitative reasoning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2025

Another exploratory study from Computers & Education that involved elementary and middle school students found that collaborative digital game design promotes knowledge creation and supports diverse learning styles, making it a strong method for inclusive education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2025

The digital divide exacerbated these losses, as students from disadvantaged backgrounds often faced limited access to technology and adequate support systems. Early research on the pandemic’s impact revealed significant learning losses, with students on average losing ground in reading and mathematics.

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2025

The technology remains the most impactful force in education. Thankfully, that’s where Denise Pope , Co-Founder of Challenge Success at the Stanford Graduate School of Education, comes in. Tired of talking about AI? That’s too bad. The challenge becomes avoiding all the Claptrap.

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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. In a ninth grade class, he researched the earning potential for a STEM degree (“so much more money”) and the demand for mechanical engineers (“exploding”).

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. For more than a decade, McLaren and colleagues have brought games like this to Pittsburgh area schools to test their technology and learning theories.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Jay McTighe, Author and Consultant, McTighe and Associates (Columbia, MD) Andreas Schleicher, Director for Education and Skills, OECD (Paris, France) ISTE Distinguished District Award This award honors school districts that demonstrate effectiveness and innovation in using technology to improve student outcomes and engagement.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Use Math Apps to Spark Engagement Technology can be a game-changer for keeping young students engaged in math. 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?

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 3 Live Finale: Elementary, middle and high school teams competed in a 30-minute esports showdown, held at the Levan Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University, to design climate-resilient schools.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Advocating for Representation in Education Identity was at the core for many of these fellows, and they sought opportunities to advocate not just for their students identities but also for their surrounding community of parents and alumni.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

This approach helps students see themselves as creators, not just consumers, of technology. Developed by Urban Arts in collaboration with Minecraft Education , the program offers middle school teachers professional development, ongoing coaching and a 72-session curriculum built around game-based instruction.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Districts arent just experimenting with a few technology or agriculture pathways anymore; theyre building entire CTE-focused programs and schools, designing curricula aligned to workforce trends and giving students more ways than ever to find purpose and opportunity after graduation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2025

Today: K-12 Technology Curriculum Overview The K-12 Technology Curriculum is Common Core and ISTE aligned, and outlines what should be taught when so students have the necessary scaffolding to use tech for grade level state standards and school curriculum. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

A nonprofit organization for career and technical education (CTE), SkillsUSA serves more than 413,000 middle school, high school, and college students and instructors nationwide. Business partners make it possible for us to achieve our mission of preparing students for career success, Whitehead says.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2025

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Despite the many barriers to dual enrollment programs that still exist, several states and school districts are working harder to spread the word to get more students interested in trying them. In some districts, students learn about dual enrollment in middle school, so they are already prepared to dual-enroll once they reach high school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2025

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2025

Be sure to visit the old post (almost 15 years old) for some amazing comments from keyboard enthusiasts I get this question a lot from readers and purchasers of my technology curriculum : How fast should kids type? This I tell them is the ‘big kids’ program, one they’ll use throughout Lower and Middle School.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

To explore how this school partnership is taking shape, EdSurge spoke with Antigone Davis , global head of safety at Meta , and Dr. Kevin Martin , principal at Parkway Northeast Middle School in Missouri. Kevin Martin How has this partnership program impacted your school community?

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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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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Lillard also believes the programming most recently experienced a surge in large part due to what she calls the “charter school movement,” where families forgo the traditional public school path and instead choose publicly funded, privately run charter schools based on their families’ needs.

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k12

JULY 18, 2025

Luckily, with some preparation and guidance, you can ensure your young learner enters the classroom—and later, the workforce—confident and comfortable with computers and other standard technology. This might seem straightforward, but what constitutes a computer skill evolves in tandem with technology. What are computer skills?

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

The agency also removed content on sexuality from its middle-school health classes, including chapters on sexually transmitted diseases, abuse and neglect, sexual harassment, human reproduction and the menstrual cycle. Books were pulled from libraries. Black History Month was canceled.

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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. Would you rather take a class with more technology or minimal screen time? helping students build essential writing skills while making real-world connections your school will appreciate.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

I do think that there are things that teachers stay away from because they are afraid that it will get them into some sort of trouble and one of the things is current events, says Samantha Futrell, a middle school social studies teacher in Richmond, Virginia. We feel so polarized right now.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Happy Atoms , developed by Schell Games , helps middle-school students develop an intuitive sense about molecules by building them with physical models and then exploring their properties through an app. One of its games is a VR app about the joys of brushing your teeth.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

By fourth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their classwork and will seek out ways to use it for that purpose. overview of Alice by Middle School students. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. Fourth Grade — Shortkeys. Hour of Code: Scratch Jr. Hour of Code–Why Not.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 28, 2017

Lately, when I join technology education forums, one of the most talked-about webtools is Microsoft Sway. It is best-suited for Middle School and older, though I’ve seen lots of youngers successfully create engaging presentations. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. How to get started.

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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. This is an area where technology could play a bigger role in helping to collect in real time why kids are missing.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2017

Young students see brightly-colored bookshelves and reading areas, where middle school students have lab tablets and desktop computers. Just as the atmosphere in the classroom changes to suit the students’ age and learning requirements, the technology in the classroom also has to accommodate the learning requirements of that age group.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2017

K-5 (237 pages) and Middle School (80 pages), 100 images, 7 assessments. K-5–print/digital; Middle School–digital delivery only. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. 2-Volume Ultimate Guide to Keyboarding. Student workbooks and videos sold separately. __. Where do you get it.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2025

However, with the rapid evolution of industries and shifting workforce demands, we must introduce career exploration earlier before students even enter high school. The Case for Starting Career Exploration in Middle School Many states are now mandating career exploration as early as eighth grade, for good reason.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Even incorporating history, such as the evolution of technology or major scientific breakthroughs, can contextualize STEM subjects in ways that feel relatable and meaningful. STEM storytelling combines language arts with STEM, enhancing students’ understanding of scientific impact through a historical or personal lens.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

As the school year gets underway across the nation, many schools and districts are launching new technology initiatives and programs designed to improve teaching and learning. Bordentown Regional Schools. Find the first part here.]. Amy Wright, Computer Teacher / STEM Coordinator.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2016

Today’s students, being technology natives, expect the same kinds of engagement in the classroom as they seek out online. Here are 7 ways technology is enhancing and expanding STEM education in our school district. Technology helps students acquire scientific literacy and hands-on experience.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

Despite recent advances, women remain underrepresented in the workforce in many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. K-12 schools have been working to cultivate and encourage girls’ interest in STEM, and narrow the gap in girls’ participation in science courses. I, too, used to have that mindset.

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