eSchool News

MAY 22, 2025

The comprehensive study of more than 8,700 school districts found that “districts with high post-pandemic absenteeism had slower recovery,” with higher increases in absenteeism in low-income districts contributing to widening achievement gaps. ” The numbers are staggering.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

Studies show that teachers spend 7-12 hours per week searching for or creating instructional materials, pulling from state websites, teacher-created worksheets, and free or purchased digital content. worksheet materials) However, most AI tools in education today are not designed with curriculum integrity in mind.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

How it helps: For struggling readers, English-language learners, or busy students who want to maximize their study time, Speechify makes content more accessible. It lets students listen to their reading instead of (or in addition to) consuming it visually.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2025

Literacy, empathy, and social-emotional growth Studies show that graphic novels can improve reading comprehension, vocabulary acquisition, and even empathy. Far from dumbing things down, they stretch the brain in unique and powerful ways.

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

The impact of technology on the human brain is still being studied, but there is a body of research which is decades old and has increased its capacity to inform education with advances in medical imaging technology. The effect of Brain Based Learning on academic achievement: A meta-analytical study. McClintic, C., & Klimek, K.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 10, 2023

A single review game or study guide does not provide “spacing” or repeated exposure to vocabulary, concepts, or skills. The person generating a review game, practice problems, or study guide does the critical thinking. Spacing Spacing refers to the practice of spreading out study sessions over time.

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k12 Digest

JULY 1, 2025

Since 2009, he has taught History, English, and Theology in the United States, and has since expanded his expertise to the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Business studies in China. Sgourdos also holds CAGS from the University of Notre Dame and Harvard Business School.

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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.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Studies show that by the time students reach middle school, summer learning loss can accumulate to create an achievement gap of up to two years between socioeconomic groups. The effects of summer learning loss extend beyond immediate academic performance.

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eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2025

Key points: Tiered AI policies can help educators define appropriate classroom AI use Study: AI detection software varies in effectiveness How students are really using AI tools: What schools need to know For more news on AI usage, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Ninety-two percent of students now rely on AI in some form, and 88 percent have (..)

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eSchool News

JUNE 20, 2025

Whether studying the Civil Rights Movement or learning about ecosystems, students can explore real artifacts, images, and primary sources from the Smithsonian’s vast collection. Students can explore virtual exhibits, complete inquiry-based lessons, and create their own digital portfolios.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Helping students review for an exam often takes the form of a study guide or review game. The teacher has to do the lion’s share of the work compiling a list of items to include on the study guide or creating questions for a game. The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

The quasi-experimental study found the number of students reading on benchmark increased 213% after a year of Ignite Reading tutoring. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Research and Reform in Education have followed approximately 2,000 Massachusetts 1st graders enrolled in the program.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

The Buck Institute for Education (dba PBLWorks ), a national provider of professional development for high-quality Project Based Learning (PBL), is launching PBLWorks TEACH , a web-based application with ready-to-use, standards-aligned, Gold-Standard PBL projects for middle school math, science, English Language Arts, and social studies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

When asked for their best advice when it comes to AI and math education, for example, 61 percent of educators polled suggested that students view AI as a mentor or study partner rather than a crutch, while nearly half (49 percent) see value for students in using AI for help with the process of learning math concepts, rather than to give answers.

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eSchool News

JULY 8, 2025

The platform covers all subjects–from vocabulary and reading strategies to science, social studies, and math–through catchy songs and interactive lessons. Flocabulary : Flocabulary combines instructional content with hip-hop and multimedia to help children learn in a way that’s culturally relevant and fun.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

At the Human Computing Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, McLaren develops digital learning games to study how effective they are in the classroom and beyond. McLaren was preparing to replicate the study in schools in the fall with a different math game. One such game is called Decimal Point.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

In addition to feeling they are shortcutting learning, 50 percent of students report not knowing how to get the most benefit from AI in their studies. Organizations may be expecting a future workforce that is AI-ready, but 67 percent of surveyed students feel they are shortcutting their learning by using AI.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2025

Our highly trained tutors provide students with 1:1 tutoring in foundational literacy skills each school day, helping them go from learning to read to reading to learn.

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Reading Achievement Grades English 321

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

They found that many of the teens in the study were aware of the concerns and dangers surrounding AI, yet didn’t have guidelines to use it appropriately. But in this study, there seemed to be few social disparities. Throughout the study, some parents didn’t seem to fully grasp AI’s capabilities, Rubin adds.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2025

In fact, it was the ideal of education as a vehicle for equity and democracy that drew Finnish officials to study the United States education system in the 1970s. Even while the nation was grappling with desegregation and civil rights, there was a belief that public education could be a great equalizer.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2025

With a universe of educational applications available, the study highlights how the proliferation of individual, poorly integrated digital tools in many districts is impacting students, parents, teachers, and district leaders.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The insight comes from the 2024 AI in Academia Study by Copyleaks. Key findings from the study include: Frequent AI usage Thirty-four percent of educators use AI very frequently to draft or review assignments, showing high adoption among educators. The report offers a comprehensive look at AI’s role in education.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2025

“Tech-Free Teaching Assistants” — Create a six-week program in which older students serve as tech-free mentors during study halls and free periods, modeling productive work habits and leading phone-free activities. These TAs receive leadership training and help younger students develop alternative study strategies.

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eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2025

A recent study found that digital mental health apps like Counslr can play an important role in expanding access to mental health support, especially for school communities. Most users turned to Counslr through on-demand sessions, showing just how valuable it is to have someone available in the moment when support is needed most.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Educators in Miami-Dade County Public Schools use Gemini to generate quizzes and answer keys, and students are creating study materials aligned to concepts they’re struggling with for personalized tutoring and support.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

The culture and climate of the social studies classroom has changed, and the way teachers teach social studies has to change with it. The modern social studies classroom should now be a classroom full of student inquiry and choice. They need to be able to place their findings in the overall context of the course.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Not only do these courses offer students a jump-start on credits once they get to college, but they also equip them with skills like time management, critical thinking and study habits that researchers say encourage them to enroll and stay in college. Students in these courses enroll in college at higher rates, according to the study.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education empowers individuals to become well-rounded to handle complexity, diversity, and change by providing broad knowledge of the world and in-depth study in a specific area. In liberal arts, this helps students delineate the scope of their studies and understand the limits of their knowledge.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Available within Discovery Education Experience, the essential companion for engaged K-12 classrooms, this new content supports instruction in a variety of disciplines including ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Careers Exploration.

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eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

Science, social studies, and even math teachers can access informational texts aligned to Texas standards directly through the platform’s educator tools. Making literacy seamless, not separate One of the most impactful shifts I’ve seen in recent years is the growing understanding that literacy is not confined to English Language Arts (ELA).

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

This study is the first to investigate the impact of Core5 at scale in California schools,” said Lexia President Nick Gaehde. Our study evaluated Core5’s impact on more than one million California elementary students’ ELA achievement during the 2022-23 school year. “Our points higher than their peers at the non-Core5 schools.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

The company recently completed a major evidence study across 242 sites and 25,000 students, showing significant improvements in English language arts, reduced disciplinary issues, better school culture, and 2.5 fewer absent days per student.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

Study the existing literature on the intersection between childrens learning and advanced tech features. In the early stages of developing any educational AI app for children, you have to be highly critical of existing offerings–why are adult apps not suitable for young minds?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

We also knew that by creating a modern, multipurpose space from an existing facility we’d be able to meet those needs while also using the space for staff meetings, academic clubs, Bible study, and other uses. We have two study carousels, which are one-person units where a student can sit and have a quiet space.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2025

When teens take the mic Recent studies show that reading for pleasure among teens is at an all-time low. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) , only 14 percent of U.S. students read for fun almost every day–down from 31 percent in 1984.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Alabama state law previously required students to take at least four years each of English, math, science and social studies to graduate from high school. The state is now calling that track the Option A diploma. I wouldnt have the credits, Giles realized.

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