eSchool News

JULY 23, 2025

By focusing on practical, student-centered AI features, schools can ensure they’re investing in technology that actually enhances teaching and learning–not just riding the latest trend. Chapple refers to Sidekick as her “teaching assistant”–a resource that eases her workload without sacrificing quality.

Feedback

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

Educators can adopt similar strategies to design interdisciplinary lessons that promote engagement, creativity, and foundational literacy and STEM competencies across grade levels. I aim to demonstrate how technology integration can be purposeful and manageable by modeling this approach.

STEM

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Researchers are looking at whether teachers have what they need to thrive in Teaching for Tomorrow: Educators on the Future of Their Profession, part of a multiyear study undertaken by Gallup and the Walton Family Foundation. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

Teachers

eSchool News

JULY 11, 2025

The platform uses AI to assess student performance and provide just-in-time support, making it a great tool for teaching scientific practices and critical thinking aligned with NGSS. Through guided analysis and opportunities to submit their own examples, students build essential digital citizenship and media literacy skills.

Social Studies

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. What should we use?

Art

eSchool News

JUNE 12, 2025

Virtual teaching roles appeal to a broader range of candidates, including those in rural areas and professionals seeking a better work-life balance. These programs also allow districts to tap into talent pools beyond their geographic boundaries, increasing the diversity and quality of applicants.

Teachers

Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2025

Liz Garden and I had the pleasure of hosting Amie McElroy, elementary school director at STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) podcast in May. STEM-oriented problem-based learning Happy listening! I am always impressed with what students are doing there!

Problem-Based Learning

Class Tech Tips

JUNE 20, 2025

Liz Garden and I had the pleasure of hosting Amie McElroy, elementary school director at STEM School in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP) podcast in May. STEM-oriented problem-based learning Happy listening! I am always impressed with what students are doing there!

Problem-Based Learning

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Through competitive gaming, students strengthen digital literacy, teamwork and social-emotional skills , while also creating pathways to explore STEM learning and career readiness. By focusing on hurricane-resistant schools, the challenge connected STEM learning to real-world community needs. Focus on teacher support.

STEM

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

While teaching through real-world examples allows students to tackle messy problems that feel relevant, which helps build their desire to learn math, its still vital for teachers to have training opportunities to help them deliver materials well, she says.

Math

eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning. With Gemini, my planning is so fast and easy, said STEM teacher Natali Barretto. I can adapt my lesson plan to the needs of my students, and it can give me more ideas.

Education

eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2025

I’ll share how I used AI to teach, what I didn’t use, how quickly I rolled it out, and tips for success. Igniting STEM Learning Across the Elementary Curriculum : Explore our innovative unit planning approach that ignites student creativity and problem-solving through engineering design. What should we use?

Art

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

From first grade classrooms to high school computer labs, teachers across the state are building confidence in CS instruction and finding meaningful ways to connect it to their everyday teaching. And when I saw that these options were all STEM related, I thought to myself, ‘Let’s do it!’” We learned so much.

Science

k12 Digest

JULY 24, 2025

This documentary centered around Colleen’s vision, chemistry comic book series and her success with teaching college-level chemistry concepts to kids. During Colleen’s 30 years of teaching chemistry, she became aware that her students were struggling with basic concepts, including fluency with the symbols for the elements themselves.

Education

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”).

Exams

eSchool News

MAY 8, 2025

This surge stems partially from COVID-19’s lingering effects. As districts and schools nationwide struggle to find qualified therapists, particularly speech-language pathologists and board-certified behavior analysts (BCBAs), theres a growing demand for these specialized professionals.

Schools

Teach Hub

MAY 2, 2025

For example, If youre teaching a unit on community helpers, create a mini post office, grocery store, or hospital. Grow a plant from a seed to teach about life cycles and responsibility. Real-World Money Challenges Teaching students how money works in a hands-on way helps them build important life skills.

Activities

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. And when you introduce STEM into your classroom, you get some of the coolest projects around! Complete a STEM survival challenge 3.

Middle School

eSchool News

JULY 3, 2025

Empowering teachers with the knowledge and skills to teach math effectively is essential for improving life outcomes for all children,” said NCTQ President Heather Peske. “If Additionally, many states do not require teacher prep programs to address math pedagogy–or how to teach it.

Math

eSchool News

JULY 10, 2025

Building literacy skills Accessing STEM learning opportunities Developing AI skills for learning and careers Identifying postsecondary college and career paths Δ A concerning number of young people don’t have plans for further education or training. Where do students need the most support?

High School

k12 Digest

JULY 28, 2025

We teach our students to speak up for themselves, to ask for help when needed, and to support one another. The school also offers a wide range of enrichment opportunities in areas like STEM, art, leadership, and sports. Teaching That Inspires and Adapts At J. Cooper states, “AI will never replace the human teaching experience.

Schools

Faculty Focus

APRIL 27, 2025

With funding from the National Science Foundations Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (NSF S-STEM) program, we provide scholarships and support students with co-curricular activities to enhance their educational experience. deal with the stresses of graduate school and promote self-care, we hosted group yoga sessions.

STEM

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

In order to be certified to teach dual enrollment courses through a community college, high school instructors must have at least 18 graduate-level credits in the subject matter theyd be teaching, Usher says. A biology teacher, for example, would need 18 graduate-level biology credits.

Instructors

Teaching with a Mountain View

JULY 3, 2025

As you’re planning your activities, decide which expectations you’ll be teaching with each activity. What To Teach on the First Day of School These first day of school activities can help you practice expectations and build initial rapport in the classroom. Community Building and STEM: Save Fred This is a classic teamwork activity!

Teaching

Teach Thought

MAY 18, 2025

See also 50 Project-Based Learning Ideas 50 Ideas For Simple STEM Activities For Kids 1. This STEM activity helps students learn more about propulsion, friction, and even design iteration. Tynker (App/Website) Teaches kids to code with interactive games and challenges. This STEM activity explores stored energy and release.

STEM

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

One in five educators believe that AI is the way of the future and both teachers and students will need to embrace it to succeed, while 17 percent stated that AI can be as valuable as textbooks to teach students concepts. How could or should the math teachers role change as a result of student AI use?

Math

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance. Understanding Student Resistance in the Digital Era Unpreparedness often stems not from laziness or disinterest, but from deeper psychological or contextual barriers that influence a student’s ability to engage.

Critical Thinking

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2025

Target audience: Small or rural school districts with limited access to STEM resources. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. They donate hardware, fund curriculum materials, and sometimes offer training for teachers. These grants can be competitive but often have a broader funding range.

Technology

Faculty Focus

JULY 1, 2025

These data-driven approaches make it possible to transition from reactive teaching to proactive guidance. Understanding Student Resistance in the Digital Era Unpreparedness often stems not from laziness or disinterest, but from deeper psychological or contextual barriers that influence a student’s ability to engage.

Critical Thinking

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

Research increasingly shows that creativity fuels deeper learning, especially in STEM education. According to Amy Patterson, Chief Program Officer at Urban Arts, “We’re not just teaching video games. Coding alone isn’t enough; students must also learn to think systemically, design creatively and build with intention.

Ethics

A Place Called Kindergarten

JULY 24, 2025

A YEAR OF KINDERGARTEN WRITING FROM DRAWING TO CONFIDENT WRITERS Teaching writing in kindergarten can feel like chasing a moving target. Let’s Talk Writing: Which Unit Are You Most Excited to Teach? Some students come in writing full sentences. Others are still learning how to hold a pencil. The answer? Grab the bundle here.

Writing

Elevate k12

MAY 15, 2025

Try This: Imagine youre teaching a new ecology unit to your 8 th grade science class. Use sentence stems to provide extra language support for students to write or share their responses such as: I think means. Language spotlight: Ask students to teach the class a word or short phrase from their home language. A synonym for is.

Language

Teaching with a Mountain View

JUNE 12, 2025

Before the visit, teach your students to ask meaningful questions. Allow them to sign up for speakers they’re most interested in and teach them to ask thoughtful questions. Work with your guest to create a set of clues about their identity. In addition to written clues and yes/no questions, you could also share props.

Writing

eSchool News

MAY 5, 2025

It becomes the anchor for coherent expectations and a common language that supports teaching and learning schoolwide. These reflections are a good reminder that we all have a math identity, and for teachers specifically, our math identity influences the decisions we make in the classroom, like what content to teach and how we teach it.

Math

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Additionally, the importance of emotional intelligence in teaching is gaining recognition. Future Classroom Innovations The classroom of the future is poised to revolutionize education through technology and innovative teaching methods. This kind of connectivity prepares you for an increasingly global workforce.

Hybrid Learning

Teacher Toms Blog

JULY 25, 2025

I receive a fair number of newly published early childhood/teaching books, often unsolicited, with the idea that I'll write a review or otherwise promote it on the blog. Then they make this ludicrous assertion: "The idea of integrating science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) into learning centers is relatively new."

STEM

Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 21, 2025

These easy science experiments for 2nd graders and exciting STEM projects for kids are perfect for igniting curiosity. This set includes teaching posters, nonfiction texts, worksheets, games, and a resource page. Design Fun Experiments for Kids With TPT Add excitement to your curriculum, no matter what subject you teach.

Elementary School