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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? So why do students turn to it for news?

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How Trauma Impacts the Well-Being of Black Women Educators

ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2024

Navigating school spaces is a journey and students’ needs are ever changing. While educators are leaving the field at unprecedented rates , many districts are scrambling to meet the needs of all their students. These peaks and valleys molded me into a resilient educator and established my why as a teaching professional.

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. The researchers do think that flipped learning has merit — if it is done carefully.

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Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

As school boards prepare to approve their budgets for the fall, many are grappling with how to make up for the yawning chasm left by the loss of federal pandemic-relief dollars. In many cases, that means educator layoffs are coming.

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. York was hooked, in part because she says her school administration simply doesn’t have the time to observe teachers while tending to several other pressing concerns. “I

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

ED Surge

JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.

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How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

ED Surge

APRIL 29, 2022

Considering the ongoing traumatic upheaval on school communities in recent years, and the unrelenting pressure on educators to work under difficult, uncertain and constantly vacillating circumstances, it is not a matter of if educators will experience the corrosive effects of prolonged and extreme stress, but rather when.

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Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

ED Surge

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The number of students who regularly miss school in general has risen since the pandemic, but for homeless students, it’s been especially bad. Even though federal law requires states to provide public education to homeless students, delivering on this has proven troublesome. If you ask school leaders, that sets it apart.

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Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

I was raised above all else to not only revere education, but to literally show respect to educators and elders by being a dutiful, quiet, listening and obedient learner. This guest speaker was talking about how to run group interviews, and she, a white woman, was imparting what she learned from years of research with various U.S.

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100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The 100th day of school is a special milestone celebrated in many educational institutions around the world. It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. What was the country like a hundred years ago? What caused it to change?

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Our Nation’s Public Schools are Failing Neurodivergent Learners. That Needs to Change.

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As our family has been navigating the complexity of supporting our neurodivergent daughter to thrive in our local public school, I’ve found myself drawing up this metaphorical story of three young trees, which has become symbolic for me. When I requested to have her evaluated for additional support at school, I was told to give her time.

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Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

And back in September, around 82 percent of Florida school districts closed for at least one day — keeping roughly 2.5 million students out of school. Climate Change’s Education Cost Climate change impacts on K-12 education are a problem worldwide. physical threats to schools from weather vary from region to region.

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Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

ED Surge

MARCH 24, 2023

We feel this with each school shooting we endure. More lives lost, more families devastated, more educators operating in fear. Schools need to lay a foundation that prepares students for independent learning and proactively builds students’ confidence, sense of self, purpose and belonging. Enough is enough.

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eSpark: The FREE Differentiation Tool for Elementary Reading and Math

Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2022

eSpark is a free no-prep solution that teachers of math and reading at the elementary level need to try. eSpark earned Digital Promise’s Research-Based Product Certification in 2021. I recommend that Math and Language Arts teachers of elementary-aged students check out eSpark. eSpark is simple and easy to use. Sign up now.

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3 Ways to Be a Less Stressed Educator

Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How are you doing, educators? Today will be a refreshing encouragement for educators everywhere. Today, I interviewed Barb Flowers, an elementary school principal and host of the Teacher Burnout Podcast and the Less Stressed Principal Podcast.

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Who Does School Reform Serve?

ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2023

Camika Royal knows the Philadelphia school system, and not just because she was a student there in her childhood. Her takeaway: Fights over control of school leadership, including a takeover of Philadelphia schools by the state legislature in 2001, are more about politics than about improving education.

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How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Understandably, kindergarten and elementary teachers need to reach every student where they are on their learning journey, but it isn't always easy. Episode 793 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast How to Differentiate Math Instruction in the Elementary Classroom Dr. Carol Ann Tomlinson. Sign Up for Your Free eSpark Account. Twitter @cat3y.

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A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time

ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Those who were enrolled in — or considering enrolling in — American University’s School of Education said they wanted more classroom experience, more opportunities to practice their craft before being released to do it alone every day to a room full of kids. Wish granted. Later, they may do one-on-one or small group tutoring.

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23 Easy STEM Lessons for Elementary Students

STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Elementary education is a pivotal time in a child’s education journey. When children are exposed to subjects during early childhood education, they are more likely to feel comfortable continuing to take courses in that subject area. It is when students form preferences, gain confidence, and find a passion for learning.

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How Has the Pandemic Changed the Way Educators Think About Homework?

ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. Salazar is part of a growing movement of educators rethinking homework in light of the pandemic. But educators disagree about how they should respond. But other educators have a different view.

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The Importance of STEM Education in Primary Schools

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Students’ perception is one of the most important nuances in primary school. Keywords: elementary school, STEM, STEM method. However, the target group of studies is for the most part high school children but rarely primary school children. Why is STEM important in primary schools? About STEM.

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Are Students’ Math Futures Being Unwittingly Set By Tracking?

ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2024

When Pierrce Holmes entered ninth grade, his school put him in 9C, a lower-level algebra class. Reflecting on his more recent experience as a policy analyst for RAND Corporation, a public policy research organization, Holmes doesn’t think it makes much sense that he had to hunt down the chance to try more difficult math.

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When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

When a school or district decides to cut a check for an edtech product, the end goal isn’t about owning a shiny new piece of hardware or app. That’s been changing since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when virtually every school and teacher were thrust into the edtech landscape. So what explains the disconnect?

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Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

ED Surge

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. So I’ve been wondering: What do we know about the science behind good math education? Is 2/7ths larger than 4/11ths? Or even newer math ?)

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Social-Emotional Learning Strategies Don't Work for Every Student. Here's What Does.

ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

Throughout this academic year, I facilitated a training session on social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies for educators at a high-needs elementary school. When I looked for research on the effectiveness of SEL in impoverished neighborhoods serving Black and Latino students, I found limited data.

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Will Banning TikTok Make Kids Safer Online? It’s More Complicated Than That

ED Surge

MARCH 21, 2024

While it’s true that young people are increasingly struggling with mental health issues at the same time social media usage is ballooning, today’s available research simply hasn’t found one of those to be the driving force behind the other — in sum, correlation does not equal causation. While the U.S.

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Rebound: How Do Schools Bounce Back after the Pandemic?

Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Acceleration Research with Dr. Douglas Fisher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Acceleration research can teach us how to accelerate learning. Learn about important acceleration research that can help us emerge and improve as we move towards rebounding after the pandemic.

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Sports Lesson Plans for Elementary School

STEM Sport

JULY 6, 2022

With STEM jobs rising faster than any other field, educators and parents see the continued importance of their child/students’ STEM literacy. But how do you engage elementary students in STEM – a seemingly complex subject? Best Sports to Lesson Plan Around for Elementary Students. Lesson Planning with STEM Sports.

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Experienced Teachers Can Bring Big Value to Schools. Here’s Why They Still Need Support.

ED Surge

AUGUST 31, 2023

When Gorgette Green-Hodnett wrapped up her 21-year career in high school education a couple years ago, her family members celebrated. We have to go to your school and help you,’” she says. “I Hawaii experienced a spike in retirements during the 2020-21 school year. And what can schools change to get them to stay?

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Teen Sleep, Brain Science and the Debate Over School Start Times

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2022

What researchers found, and have continued to study in the years since, is that teens have different, and greater, needs when it comes to sleep than people of other ages. But it turns out that plenty of schools make it hard for teens to get the amount of sleep that doctors recommend. The lead researcher was] Mary Carskadon.

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We Need More Math Teachers. Here’s How to Prepare Them for Life in the Classroom.

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

During the day, I teach Algebra I classes to high school freshmen in Springfield, Missouri. One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. Mistakes are valuable. Math is hard.

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Schools Are Using Voice Technology to Teach Reading. Is It Helping?

ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

School district leaders have taken note, developing multi-year adoption plans for their schools. When schools reopened in 2021, Burkiett and her team decided to roll out the program across the district for students in kindergarten to third grade. So we were pretty happy with Amira,” Burkiett says.

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AI Guidelines for K-12 Aim to Bring Order to the ‘Wild West’

ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

Education has had a wobbly relationship with the still-evolving presence of generative AI in schools — with some school districts banning it only to reverse course. So how much work would it take to come up with guidelines to help educators manage the challenges of using generative AI tools for their work?

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Practical Ways to Develop School Leaders Now

Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 15, 2022

School leadership is more challenging than ever. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders. Practical, encouraging ideas are shared throughout this show for principals, administrators, and anyone working to encourage school leaders.

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Stem Education in 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2020

A growing focus of schools is STEM. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Brianna, has some general observations about STEM education in 2020: Stem Education in 2020. ” The world’s workforce lacked a lot of science specialists, that is why STEM education became more popular. So, what is STEM education?

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Anti-Racist Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students

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JULY 12, 2020

I am planning to do anti-racist activities with my elementary students (5th and 6th graders) this coming fall. It’s important for parents and for educators to be intentional about preparing our young people for the world that they are inheriting and living in. And we should value them all equally.

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Young Kids in Low-Income Families Get Less Exposure to Math. Can the Right Apps Help?

ED Surge

AUGUST 30, 2023

But there’s been less attention paid to what math skills students need early in life, to set them up for elementary school in the first place. For early learners, exposure to math concepts can be at the mercy of their family’s economic status or related factors like whether their parents are college-educated. The result?

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Top STEM Elementary and Middle Schools

STEM Sport

DECEMBER 20, 2021

In the past, we have released blogs that list the top ranked STEM high schools and Magnet schools in the United States. By doing this, we hope to give students a positive experience with science, technology, engineering and math that will make them want to further their STEM education as they move through the education system.

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Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The start of a new school year is always busy. New students, new parents, new rules at school–but there’s one more piece that shakes up my education ecosystem: new webtools. I recently previewed one I think you’ll like called Education Galaxy. We are very happy that we found Education Galaxy!”

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Graphic Design for Educators

Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Not only do educators need to understand effective graphic design, we need to teach it. Sadie Lewis helps educators understand and teach graphic design in this quick, helpful show full of graphic design resources for educators. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Educator wellness is now more important than ever.

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Dever Elementary – STEM Field Trips (10.6.2023)

Northeastern University

OCTOBER 25, 2023

50 students from Dever Elementary School in Boston came to Northeastern to participate in STEM activities. The egg worked as a great example of a brain and a skull to emphasize the importance of wearing helmets and for the ongoing research in the brain injury space. Thank you Dever Elementary! Last Friday (10.6)

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Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. Lucas’ teachers and therapeutic staff at the Lourie Center were able to provide remarkably nurturing, attentive care and education for Lucas. He is happily preparing for kindergarten next fall.

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Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. We are taking the next two weeks–two articles–to answer the questions that should help you as a teacher or administrator decide what type of keyboarding program is best for your school. Zeitz, 2008.

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Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

ED Surge

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Many schools were adopting social-emotional learning programs and frameworks, weaving practices that support social and emotional development into various parts of the school day and reporting material improvements in student behavior and outcomes. We’ve been talking about SEL in education for decades.”

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

How Trauma Impacts the Well-Being of Black Women Educators

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

Teacher Layoffs Are Coming as Pandemic Relief Money for Schools Dries Up

Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

How Schools Can Build a Culture of Support for Educator Mental Health

Homeless Students Are Missing School. Does Having a Separate School for Them Help or Hurt?

Dear Educators, a Balm for Deep Cuts: Navigating Racial Microaggressions at School

100th Day of School — It’s about Learning

Our Nation’s Public Schools are Failing Neurodivergent Learners. That Needs to Change.

Climate Change Took a Heavy Toll on the U.S. Last Year. What’s the Cost to Education?

Adolescents Need More Proactive, Preventative Mental Health Supports in School

eSpark: The FREE Differentiation Tool for Elementary Reading and Math

3 Ways to Be a Less Stressed Educator

Who Does School Reform Serve?

How to Differentiate Instruction in Elementary Math

A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time

23 Easy STEM Lessons for Elementary Students

How Has the Pandemic Changed the Way Educators Think About Homework?

The Importance of STEM Education in Primary Schools

Are Students’ Math Futures Being Unwittingly Set By Tracking?

When It Comes to Picking Edtech, Are Schools Listening to Teachers?

Math Instruction Isn’t Working. Could Better Teacher Training Help?

Social-Emotional Learning Strategies Don't Work for Every Student. Here's What Does.

Will Banning TikTok Make Kids Safer Online? It’s More Complicated Than That

Rebound: How Do Schools Bounce Back after the Pandemic?

Sports Lesson Plans for Elementary School

Experienced Teachers Can Bring Big Value to Schools. Here’s Why They Still Need Support.

Teen Sleep, Brain Science and the Debate Over School Start Times

We Need More Math Teachers. Here’s How to Prepare Them for Life in the Classroom.

Schools Are Using Voice Technology to Teach Reading. Is It Helping?

AI Guidelines for K-12 Aim to Bring Order to the ‘Wild West’

Practical Ways to Develop School Leaders Now

Stem Education in 2020

Anti-Racist Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students

Young Kids in Low-Income Families Get Less Exposure to Math. Can the Right Apps Help?

Top STEM Elementary and Middle Schools

Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun

Graphic Design for Educators

Dever Elementary – STEM Field Trips (10.6.2023)

Education Has Been Hammering the Wrong Nail. We Have to Focus on the Early Years.

Keyboarding Basics Part 1

Demystifying Social-Emotional Learning and the Controversy Surrounding It

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