ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

These policies prioritized standardization and testing, turning schools into spaces of conformity and compliance. Colleagues often self-censored, deeming certain texts and topics “too controversial” for our school community. My resignation — coming after eleven years in the same school district — wasn’t impulsive.

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ED Surge

MARCH 17, 2025

Several years ago, Oklahoma City Public Schools shuttered more than a dozen of its school buildings. When buildings sit vacant, they can become unsafe spaces, and we didnt want that to happen, says Stephanie Hinton, executive director of early childhood at Oklahoma City Public Schools. Stephanie Hinton Then what?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Many people think of school nurses as the people in a school building responsible for patching up a scraped knee, confirming a fever and checking students for lice. It’s that those tasks are only a very small part of what Eva Stone views as a significant role within a school. The school often can step in and help. “We

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Cool Cat Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter School leadership is not about ego; its about transformation. Today, were thrilled to have Dr. Samuel Nix, award-winning educator, Chief Academic Officer of Duncanville Independent School District, and author of Six Steps to Strong School Cultur e.

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2025

The list of explanations ranges from a math-avoidant culture to schools difficulties hiring and keeping talented teachers, a job that seems to have become harder postpandemic. Now, a new report suggests that teacher preparation programs underemphasize math instruction at the elementary school level. That has consequences.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 30, 2025

Literacy Read Rosemary Wells acclaimed book, Emilys 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 boys struggle to find 100 of anything to bring to class for the 100th Day project.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2025

Wrapping up your school technology for the summer is as complicated as setting it up in September. If you have a school device, a lot of the shutdown steps will be done by the IT folks as they backup, clean, reformat, and maybe re-image your device. Heres a list. Skip those that dont apply to you and complete the rest.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Only six weeks had passed since the start of this school year, and I was already feeling exhausted. As a high school teacher, this is especially important as many of my students are nearing adulthood. Schooling is already compulsory. On a Friday during one of those long, exhausting days, two birds flew into my classroom.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

These parents think, ‘If there's a school shooting, if there's a lockdown, I want to be able to communicate with my child in that locked down classroom. And schools are increasingly seeing the devices as a distraction — sometimes from parents texting their kids during the school day.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 31, 2024

An ESSER spending analysis by Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University found some puzzling instances where funneling more money into a pandemic-worsened problem didn’t help schools recover. Not as much as you might think. Source: Edunomics Lab.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2025

San Francisco is seen as a global tech capital, yet even here, high school students are shockingly ill-equipped to survive in the modern digital age. The school where I teach science is nestled in the historic Mission District of San Francisco, mere miles from the sprawling campuses of X, Meta and Google.

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APRIL 1, 2025

20% discount on school curricula Code: KZJ8MBNV 4-2-23 through 4-7-23 Whats a School License? A School License is a multi-user PDF of any curriculum student workbook. As many as the school wants. Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. Not a subscriber?

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All About STEM

JANUARY 28, 2025

Schools – Register today for an IET Faraday® Challenge Day! Free, STEM activity days with a real-world challenge and annual competition for pupils aged 12-13 years.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Knowing that SEL is valuable and requires dedicated time, my school has taken the approach of allowing me and my colleagues to stay with the same caseload of children for five years, which is a rare opportunity for counselors and educators to have in this field.

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ED Surge

MARCH 10, 2025

Nancy Muoz is on her second act this time, in a school and she feels shes finally where she belongs. She found it in the form of an operations coordinator role inside a middle school in Camden, New Jersey. They loved me from the time I stepped in the school building all up until today. See how you like it.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour in her career as a classroom teacher. But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. So it was back to the bookshelves for her. Its a treat.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2025

Recent federal data on school enrollment adds more detail to the picture we have about falling numbers of students in the nations public K-12 classrooms. Most of the countrys 100 largest districts by enrollment have seen declines since the 2019-20 school year. It had about 76,800 students at the end of 2023-24.

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2025

Career and Technical Education (CTE) has played a major role in preparing students for success beyond high school, whether that means higher education, industry certifications or entering the workforce directly. Middle school is a pivotal time when students begin forming their academic and career identities.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2025

This flavor of internet short-form content absurd, easily produced, no plot appears to be having an effect on its viewers that is being felt by schools and youth mental health experts. For one, he doesnt want to be like the kids at school who do like brain rot. Theyre not allowed at all on elementary and middle school campuses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 13, 2025

Virtual high schools have become increasingly popular as technology has advanced and educational needs have evolved. Here is an overview of key data and trends associated with them: Enrollment and Growth Enrollment Numbers : Virtual high schools have seen significant growth in enrollment.

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 7, 2025

But is it the right bias for developing high school CS curriculum? Ive said in a number of ways that we dont teach high school physics because we need for physicists. The same needs to be true for high school computer science. High schools don't have the resources that universities do. Im starting to wonder about that.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to BTS resources from Microsoft BTS resources from Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Survival Kits BTS Toolkit from Education.com Make a class photo in Pixton EDU –image credit Deposit Photos ([link] We write about back to school often on Ask a Tech Teacher.

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Computer Science Teacher

APRIL 21, 2025

First off, I understand that the idea of different first CS courses is difficult at the high school level. I do think that, where possible, high schools should give the idea some thought. Regardless, I think high schools should consider a different set of strands. One strand would be less theory and more applications based.

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All About STEM

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

We’re looking forward to visiting our schools and colleges to offer apprenticeship and technical education support! The NEW Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools & Colleges Brochure is out now! Click to take a look and discover the fantastic activities and assemblies available, they’re FREE!

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2025

In the hallways of schools across the nation, a quiet revolution is taking place. As students tap away on their devices and teachers explore new digital tools, artificial intelligence is silently reshaping how school districts operate.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 29, 2025

So I've run out of credits until April 2nd (I have pro version ($20/month) and my teachers don't – yet — that is a big price tag for the school to pay but we'll figure it out.) Will this be a new school supply? There have been times I have changed my leave time from school or direction home and avoided very bad weather.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 9, 2025

Coach Daron Franklin “Coach Frank,” shares five of his tips to help us teachers be successful in both school and in life. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Subscribe to the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast anywhere you listen to podcasts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 13, 2025

However, for many under-resourced schools, affording updated tech remains a major hurdle. This guide outlines top grant sources dedicated to supporting technology in education, with a special focus on schools in economically disadvantaged areas. This is where technology grants can make a major impact.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With school back, let’s talk about the most efficient ways to study. According to research conducted at Stanford University, over 70% of high school students report feeling stressed about their academic workload. Start by identifying the subjects or topics that require the most attention.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Can a high school freshman be goal-oriented? And high school requires the ringing of many academic, social and economic bells. Often contradictory, choices must be made early in the high school regarding ambitions, focus, and intents. ‘No It’s hard the summer before high school, but she’s trying.

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ED Surge

MARCH 25, 2025

As PTA president at my childrens school, I rely on social media to keep families informed about everything from sports and musicals to important school updates. But Ive also seen firsthand how it can be distracting or be used to share comments that conflict with school values. No response.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Many schools, workplaces, and communities organize events to encourage people to cultivate empathy and generosity. Why teach this in school, you ask? The quick answer is that students spend half their waking hours in or around school. Elementary School Students Do a chore without being reminded. What is kindness?

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All About STEM

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

The package includes members of the All About STEM team coming to your school for a full day in Spring 2025 and working with a class of up to 30 students, to have a fun day of hands-on workshops exploring science, technology, engineering and maths and taking part in our… Source Fancy a STEM Day for your class?

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 25, 2025

The last few years have seen a huge expansion in the number and types of cyber security courses in high schools. Great in career technical schools of course. Yet another CS elective in comprehensive schools as well. Pretty easy to sell to school boards and administrations. Is there room for that in high school?

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All About STEM

MAY 2, 2025

Congratulations to our Bright Future Inspire Programme, Innovation Award winners, Liverpool Life Sciences UTC and Studio School! The Studio School and Liverpool Life Sciences UTC participated in the 2024/25 Unilever Bright Future Programme… Source

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All About STEM

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Following the amazing success of Brian Cox’s first series of school experiments, The Royal Society has produced a new set of videos and resources based on new and emerging technologies, featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock. There’s a classroom video for every experiment!

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All About STEM

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For the tenth year, we were proud to sponsor The Outstanding Commitment to STEM Award and overjoyed to announce our phenomenal winner – Evelyn Community Primary School! An unforgettable night at the Educate Awards! “Evelyn’s exceptional entry showcased a profound commitment to embedding STEM throughout its curriculum.

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