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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. If you prefer, read The Night Before the 100th Day of School about one boy’s struggle to find 100 of anything to bring to class for the 100th Day project.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

If this is the 100th day of school, here are resources for that: Geography. Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. This might become the core of an end-of-school (or back-to-school) Wish List for your class library.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. We must commit to creating meaningful, purposeful professional learning experiences for our educators. Create the five-year vision for your school. From there, you can construct a solid professional learning plan for your team.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

I teach at the only all-girls school in the state of Minnesota. To build on our founders’ mission, the school began offering a women’s studies elective titled “Women and Society”, which I have proudly taught since 2014. Unfortunately, teaching women’s studies is still seen as antithetical to Catholicism in our wider school community.

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ED Surge

JUNE 6, 2023

EdSurge recently connected with Hershovitz to hear why he thinks it’s important to nurture philosophy in kids throughout school and college, and what advice he has for educators about how to do it. I would love to see philosophy taught in schools. I especially worry as I watch my oldest son, who is in middle school now.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2023

Now, imagine this in a virtual school environment with everyone online. A 3D immersive environment fosters healthy social interactions while reducing learning barriers. Kevin Chu Chu: Online learning has been growing over the past decade. Kevin Chu Chu: Online learning has been growing over the past decade.

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MAY 29, 2024

So, let’s learn more about it from the Ask a Tech Teacher team. So, let’s learn more about it. Understanding the overall importance of deadlines is crucial, but it is equally crucial to remain organized with the smaller tasks needed to meet those deadlines. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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MAY 6, 2024

School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. Subscription Services to a tech-related magazine or online learning platform where they can further develop their skills. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. It’s a bit different than a classroom teacher.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2022

million high school students take college courses each year. But as dual enrollment grows across the country, access to the option is not distributed equally, according to a new report produced by nearly two dozen higher ed researchers and experts, with funding from the Joyce Foundation. Dual-enrollment programs help nearly 1.4

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

This article focuses on one of those organizations, Learning Equality. Lauren Lichtman Head of Strategy & Partnerships Learning Equality Learning Equality offers educational opportunities for the 2.6 It focuses on delivering quality teaching and learning through technology without the internet.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas requiring support for progress toward learning goals. The first step is to consider the idea of school culture and how it underpins the related concept of assessment culture.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 3, 2021

I know how important allowing for social time is for this age group especially after last year’s isolation due to remote learning – just as important or even more important than content area instruction. It was only that I stepped back and let the students take over their learning. I was so happy with him and for him.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 2, 2023

Motivation is not only important in its own right; it is also an important predictor of learning and achievement. Students who are more motivated to learn persist longer, produce higher quality effort, learn more deeply, and perform better in classes and on standardized tests. Willian Glasser’s 5 Basic Needs.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2023

How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. EdSurge: How would you describe the CoolThink curriculum adoption for your school?

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. Not only does it eliminate the noise of who’s wearing what, disruptive students, and classes cancelled due to snow days, it is becoming the surest and easiest way to treat all students equally.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Department of Education is ready to give schools $280 million through two grant programs to help young people access mental health care. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says the funding will fill the gap faced by schools that lack mental health services. One signal of just how severe a crisis: The U.S.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This past June, I received an email inviting me to participate in a webinar on Gratitude-Based Learning (GBL). In this book, she speaks of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address presented aloud to school children. Kimmerer advises readers that “we must learn to practice gratitude, not just as a fleeting emotion, but as a way of life.”

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 14, 2022

How do we accelerate learning? The US Department of Education Roadmap for Reopening Safely says that “accelerated learning provides opportunities for students to learn at grade level rather than through tracking or remediation….” Simply put, acceleration “builds on what students know as a way to access new learning.”

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Middle Web

MAY 30, 2024

A Year for the Books is, in equal parts, about love of reading and how to organize a student-centered classroom environment for elementary and middle school students. ELA teacher Laurie Miller Hornik especially likes “Turning Beliefs about Teaching and Learning Into Actions.”

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2024

A typical situation is that you are speaking the Spanish language at home, and then English in the school setting, and that's something that sometimes is seen as the de facto,” Gauna says. In Texas , where roughly 40 percent of residents are Hispanic, nearly 1 million students in public schools are English learners who speak Spanish at home.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2022

However, as I noticed how often students were engaging with you, I thought to start to use some of the classroom observation protocols I have learned over the years. Both those in the physical and Zoom rooms seemed equally comfortable with asking questions and participating. No class would be complete without a powerful analogy.

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ED Surge

MAY 31, 2023

The goal of inclusive education is to ensure that every student, regardless of their background or abilities, has an equal opportunity to learn and succeed. UDL provides a framework for designing and delivering lessons that address the diverse needs of all learners, including those with disabilities and other learning challenges.

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DECEMBER 10, 2019

This is not surprising as the US embraced Touch Typing as part of their educational system many years ago and is a mandated part of learning. This has also led to high prices because it is something that schools have to have manufacturers of these products can effectively charge higher fees. Accessibility, help section and support.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Imagine classrooms where teachers are empowered by cutting-edge technology and where students don't just learn from textbooks but co-create their educational journey. Gen AI offers the remarkable ability to create entirely new educational content, underscoring its vital role in enhancing the learning experience.

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2023

In some ways, middle school is very much the same as it was a decade ago. In my own classroom, I recognize some of the hallmarks of the middle school years — changing voices, students spurting up three inches by the time May rolls around, and the awkwardness of being surrounded by so many developmental stages at once.

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ED Surge

MAY 22, 2024

Amid the chaotic deluge of new generative AI tools, claims and calamities inundating school leaders, Carnegie Learning has been all in on AI for nearly 25 years. The path to their collective goal is equally succinct: continuous research, customer feedback and growth. And grow, they have.

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ED Surge

APRIL 21, 2023

The emergence of the coronavirus pandemic exacerbated this phenomenon, impacting teaching and learning for all students, especially students from underserved communities. Overnight, the modality of remote learning became necessary, and these underserved communities encountered the most difficulties.

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ED Surge

JUNE 30, 2023

As another school year comes to a close, so does another cycle of our Voices of Change Writing Fellowship — a program that brings together a diverse cohort of K-12 educators and school leaders to share their experiences. And they explored how their own identities and backgrounds shape their experiences. Here’s what they had to say.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Plato once quoted Socrates lamenting that, “If men learn this, it will implant forgetfulness in their souls; they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written.”1 Teachers and librarians began to integrate online formats into the learning experience, with great success and often with highly desired outcomes.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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JULY 31, 2019

as we discuss Back to School Tips! A general transcript: What would you say the purpose of Back-to-School Night is? . It’s a way of easing everyone back into the education journey after a long summer break and is arguably one of the most impactful days in the school year. Expect a preview of the upcoming school year.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

But not all ESL programs are created equal. Over the course of my career, I’ve learned what makes a good ESL program (and a bad one). I learned quickly what the recruiter meant. For one thing, the curriculum I was expected to teach asserted that learning English is a matter of memorization. for ordering at a restaurant.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This article highlights the initiatives of one such company, Rocket Learning. Sachdeva’s interest in early education was influenced by his mother, who runs a preschool in her home, allowing him to observe the learning processes of local young children. Every child deserves equal opportunities regardless of where they come from.”

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MARCH 24, 2017

Beneylu is a K-8 online learning platform that puts critical classroom applications, resources, activities, and games in a secure online universe that is accessible to parents, teachers, and students. The goal is to make learning not only smoothly-delivered but adaptable and intriguing for everything. What is Beneylu School ?

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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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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

There is a growing demand for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in the classroom, and for good reason as extensive data supports the evidence and importance of SEL for long-term success. STEM & Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Can Fit Hand in Hand So what exactly do these academic buzzwords mean?

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JUNE 6, 2019

I was excited when Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Milyn Anne, offered this article explaining the why behind plagiarizing: What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School? And if you’re a student, knowing the warning signs that may lead you astray is equally beneficial. Incongruent School Discipline. Stick with it.

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