ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology to enrich classroom environments. Shepard Elementary School. Moulton plays a key role in this phase. They also give out [usage] data.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Beginning her teaching career at School 13 in Paterson, Ms.Washington quickly expanded her impact, moving on to teach fourth-grade Math and English Language Arts (ELA) in Newark for four years. Here is where she became a highly effective educator and instructional leader.

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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. Education Galaxy provides online assessment, practice, and instruction in a highly engaging environment for students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It wasn’t part of their teacher training program so they rely on school PD to fill the many holes in blending tech with education. The pandemic affected every school district in the nation, yet many of the university programs still lack the technology component in their programs three years later. And here lies the problem.

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ED Surge

JUNE 20, 2024

Something crucial was missing from classrooms over the past school year: millions of students who were part of the chronic absenteeism crisis that plagued districts large and small. Could better communication between schools and parents alleviate the problem? At the elementary level, it was 19 percent.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2022

Since 2020, three things have become clearer than ever: Our students of color, English learners and students with disabilities have faced a disparate impact on their educational experience from COVID-19. Recently, EdSurge spoke with Regina Meeks , an elementary math and ELA teacher in North Carolina.

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ED Surge

JULY 8, 2024

Students are missing a lot of classes. Chronic absenteeism, when a student misses at least 10 percent of the school year — which includes missing school for any reason, and not just unexcused absences — nearly doubled from 2019 to 2022. But how does missing so much school influence those relationships?

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Cool Cat Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode you'll learn about a whole school that moved to personalized mastery-based learning and then you'll meet three teachers from around the US who are implementing this in their classrooms. How does this look when a whole school implements it?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. Instead, he crafted an entirely new curriculum that he felt would better resonate with students, a series of reading and writing assignments that looked at the stages of grief. hours before the pandemic.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Either way, the reality is that competitiveness starts early and competition shows up in many ways in schools. As an elementary school student, I remember sitting “criss cross applesauce” among my peers during the end-of-the-quarter awards ceremonies, hoping my name would be called.

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CoderZ

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Recognize Your Strengths Starting with any new curriculum or subject can be daunting, but the qualities that make a great computer science teacher are the same ones that make a great teacher in general: creating a positive classroom culture, building student engagement, and responsiveness to individual learning needs.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Kids are learning – but for way too many it occurs outside of the school environment rather than during school. Given today’s technologies, it makes sense and is exciting that learning occurs after schools hours, but for exciting, engaging, and profound learning not to occur during school hours is, simply put, a travesty.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Liljedahl has developed a strategy for teaching that he says greatly improves how many students in a class are actually thinking about course material. But he has decided not to try to convince schools and school systems to adopt his system. This is not a phenomenon that's unique to kids. This is human nature.

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STEM Everyday Podcast

JULY 29, 2023

Ekuwah Moses is an Elementary Engineering teacher in Las Vegas, NV. She uses a variety of techniques to help over 700 students engage with STEM concepts and build a STEM culture in her school. Ekuwah is also the author of two children’s books that build upon her Ghanaian heritage.

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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. During one of the sessions, a seasoned teacher's candid remarks struck a chord.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 14, 2023

Students have the ability to choose their own characters and other story elements when creating a customized reading passage with Choice Texts. Lower explains, “The result is that the students are invested in reading it right from the beginning. For example, one student asked me, ‘Can I get my journal out and write about this?’

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Elementary education is a pivotal time in a child’s education journey. It is when students form preferences, gain confidence, and find a passion for learning. Early implementation of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is key to student success in these complex subject areas.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Every week at the Nysmith School in Herndon, Virginia, Philip Baselice breaks out a game to teach his class about key world events. I used a game to teach my students about the causes behind the start of the First World War. The idea is to get them to think about the different relationships between angles,” Nardolilli says.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we tackle a topic that's often whispered in the hallways of schools everywhere with a mix of disdain and necessity: worksheets. Teachers should gradually incorporate these strategies into their teaching to enhance student engagement and learning.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Getting to know my students beyond their academic capabilities and seeing them develop into well-rounded humans is a gift. I grew up surrounded by educators, and I always knew there was a special bond that develops between teachers and students. I wondered whether she did classes after school or how she honed this talent.

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ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. In terms of measuring absenteeism in college or university settings, it's harder because most schools don't have university-wide policies on absences. Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too?

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 8, 2020

Schools being closed is nothing new. At these times teachers, schools, and districts may decide to give students homework packets with various activities. These days we have the Corona Virus looming and already being the cause of school closures in various cities, countries, or just at particular schools.

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ED Surge

APRIL 23, 2024

In April 2020, teachers were beginning to realize that their schools’ closures would not be all that temporary. They’d need to make do with haphazard plans for distance learning through the end of the school year — perhaps longer. years, I have been teaching Algebra I and geometry for grades nine and 10 at Becton Regional High School.

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ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2022

Schools have begun to recognize the value of esports, with more than 8,600 US high schools having started video-gaming teams since 2018. The game does the heavy lifting, while the included lesson plans and student-facing lesson slides make in-classroom implementation turnkey and enjoyable.

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Teach Hub

AUGUST 1, 2024

As you gear up for another exciting year of learning and fun it’s always a good idea to have a few tricks up your sleeve to help you through the school year. This will help build a sense of community as well as help students feel valued and prepared for the day ahead. Find what works best for you and your students.

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CoderZ

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

In order to equip todays students with the necessary skills and knowledge to address tomorrows challenges, districts must empower schools and educators to develop a successful curriculum and culture for computer science education.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Students from the three schools where I teach gifted students look forward to it all week long. Here is the slide deck I used with my upper elementary gifted students: Here is the link to the presentation – [link] if you want to use it. It is still going very strong.

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ED Surge

JULY 14, 2022

I have been a reader of dystopian fiction for years, primarily due to my role as librarian to upper elementary and middle school students. In my role as school librarian, for example, it has affected everything from the library checkout schedule to my collaboration with teachers and even my direct interaction with students.

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Vivify Stem

JANUARY 13, 2025

Get your students engaged about the science of heat transfer with a 5E STEM challenge that culminates with students creating a heat shield to protect a space craft and (chocolate) crew! How does NASA keep its astronauts safe in spaceships when re-entering Earths atmosphere?

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STEM Sport

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In this article, we will explore easy to implement SEL activities for preschool through middle school students. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Activities for Preschool & Kindergarten Students In preschool and kindergarten, students are learning to manage their emotions and communicate their feelings with those around them.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 11, 2024

YouTube Video This week's guest Brian Page loves to teach personal finance at Reading Community City Schools in Ohio, where he was named the '11 Milken National Educator Recipient and CNN Money Hero. You know, when students are in high school, AP classes are tough. Learn what it means for this to be a sponsored episode.

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Educators Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We all know that games and fun learning activities are more conducive to meaningful learning experiences and a higher level of students engagement and participation. In this post, I share with you a wide variety of resources where you can search for and find fun math games to use with your students in and out of class.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a fifth-grade class at Redlands Unified School District in California, students sit in pairs, building LEGO® Education robots that hop. And right now, some district leaders and researchers say that's precisely what both students and teachers need. They're laughing, chatting and (sometimes) getting a bit frustrated.

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STEM Sport

MARCH 21, 2023

Bringing STEM Learning into Elementary Education STEM is an important part of elementary education. As educators, it is essential to include engaging STEM lessons in the classroom curriculum that align with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and Common Core State Stands (CCSS). Price: $119.99 Price: $161.95 Price: $479.00

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STEM Sport

JUNE 13, 2023

Early implementation of the STEM curriculum leads to confidence and increased student achievement in STEM, which helps better prepare students for higher education and future careers. When implementing STEM in elementary education, educators and school administrators often benefit from creating a STEM curriculum map.

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Cool Cat Teacher

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In addition to sharing about the tool, you should also check out their 60+ tools for Student Engagement , and I’ll share about their teacher support quiz which will help you better support teachers. In this blog post, I’ll share my review of TARA, the Teacher HQ for Resources and Administration. Let’s dive in to this awesome tool!

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STEM Sport

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By leaning into seasonal STEM activities, students can get excited about learning, and make a connection with something they love, like the holiday season! In this article, we will explore a variety of indoor STEM activities for students preschool through middle school that can be easily implemented at home or in the classroom.

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