ED Surge

MARCH 4, 2025

While many of the students roll their eyes, it may save at least one student a year, says Johnson, who is a writing instructor and head of the writing center at Madison Area Technical College in Wisconsin. Without extra support early on, many students dont know how to play what she calls the game of school, Johnson says.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.”

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2023

One of my rituals at the start of each school year is to clean student desks and chairs. Year after year, before students arrive for their first day of school, I scrub and shine these desks. Profanity from past students lives on in the rubber sidings of these desks. But this year, it actually happened!

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Defined Learning

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Maintaining student engagement throughout the school year can be a challenge.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Imagine IM’s Inspire Math video Climbing Mount Everest links the drama of mountaineering to middle school work on percentages. Instead of traditional direct instruction, PBL in math encourages students to explore, discuss and understand mathematical concepts by solving problems collaboratively.

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ED Surge

JUNE 10, 2024

At the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) , one of the largest and most diverse school districts in the United States, we constantly plan new educational programs, prioritizing equitable access and ensuring students graduate prepared for success in college, career and life. Read the other articles here and here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2015

Even if the sub is knowledgeable in the subject matter, s/he doesn’t have intimate knowledge of what this particular student group knows about software, websites, problem solving, and more, which can be scaffolded for the current lesson. Working in teams of two, students fill out a blank template of key placement.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

However, as of 2023, the effectiveness of high-dose tutoring has gradually declined due to low student participation rates and skepticism from education authorities regarding the actual educational impact of online high-dose tutoring. Some school districts have opted for in-person high-dose tutoring.

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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. Players must program a backend strategy and use their coding and problem-solving skills to outsmart competitors. The CodeCombat AI League takes a unique approach.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The class began discussing, debating and problem-solving a wide array of challenges: managing supplies, trading goods, hunting for food, fixing broken wagon wheels and forging rivers—all while avoiding death from dysentery, exhaustion or snakebites. In that moment, a previously tedious history unit came to life.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. Last year’s stress led to record levels of teacher burnout and mental health challenges for students. states mandated that schools have a mental health curriculum or include mental health in their standards. In response, more than half of all U.S.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

From creating realistic images and art to producing music and writing, generative AI's potential to help students learn and demonstrate their creative thinking skills in fundamentally new ways is truly awe-inspiring. How can schools stay fully informed about how generative AI models are built and trained?

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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

Scrawled across a form, the advice came from a group of 12 year olds at a mindfulness retreat hosted at a school near MIT. Not an ideal conversation right after sessions on mindfulness, but the husband-and-wife researcher duo did take away two key lessons from the students’ candor. Manuj Dhariwal and Shruti Dhariwal, a pair of Ph.D.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Remember that heavy feeling you sometimes got as a kid heading into yet another school day? Middle school Guidance Counselor Rachelle Vallon remembers the feeling, too. But she doesn't want that to be how kids experience school going forward. I feel like this is what I needed when I was a kid going to school," explains Vallon.

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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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Teach Hub

MARCH 6, 2025

If you know that you will be straying from your daily routine then make sure that you write exactly what you will be doing on the front board, so students can have a reference throughout the Keep Students Engaged Keep lessons dynamic and interactive to reduce the temptation for off-task behavior.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Now the Managing Director and Chief Learning Officer at Games for Change , Shapiro stands at the vanguard of a movement to both normalize and prioritize game-based instruction in schools. Shapiro: Years ago, while working in a charter school in New York City focused on using technology in the classroom, I met Katie Salen Tekinba?.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Defining the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Integrating AI refers to the incorporation of machine-driven intelligence into various applications and processes, enabling tasks that mimic human cognitive functions like learning from data, problem-solving and recognizing patterns.

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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. They're also coding, measuring and problem-solving. And right now, some district leaders and researchers say that's precisely what both students and teachers need.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2016

They get an escape from reality, exercise for their brains, a closeness to like-minded souls, answers to problems–and reading can even predict success in school. Does its design and layout make students want to accomplish the goals of the program? Are students engaged in the activity, motivated to use the web tool?

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PCS Edventures

MARCH 7, 2025

But what if schools could take that passion and channel it into something moresomething that enhances engagement, boosts academic performance, and builds essential skills for the future? But heres the challenge: successfully implementing esports and game design in schools requires expertise, structure, and curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2024

Maths teachers aim to ensure learners leave school with well-developed numeracy capabilities. These papers test students over everything they learned in maths classes, from primary school through secondary education. Numbers represents the most fundamental maths concepts from students’ earliest days in primary school.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2019

Here are three that I found just since school opened. They are introduced via themes to spark interest and keep students engaged. which by the way, is fee-based), students start with a placement test to determine their comprehension level and be sure they are challenged by assignments without being frustrated. Mission US.

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PCS Edventures

MARCH 6, 2025

Its actively reshaping education by making learning more interactive, engaging, and hands-on. Schools and universities are using VR to bridge the gap between theory and practice , allowing students to explore science, history, and technology in fully immersive environments. Virtual reality (VR) is no longer a futuristic concept.

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STEM Sport

AUGUST 2, 2023

This learning style is commonly used when teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) because its real-world connections help students gain a deeper understanding of complex concepts. Regardless of grade level, it can be difficult to keep students engaged throughout project-based lessons.

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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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Vivify Stem

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Why Building Bricks Matter in STEM Building bricks are more than just toys; they are a gateway to hands-on learning that encourages problem-solving, spatial awareness, and design thinking. Through activities that use these familiar materials, students can explore engineering and math concepts in a way that feels like play.

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CoderZ

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Teachers, school leaders and policymakers were all focused on how to funnel more students into the STEM fields. The education world was tossed upside down and STEM faded into the background as other, more urgent needs virtual instruction, students mental health, learning recovery took center stage. Then COVID-19 hit.

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Teach Hub

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Co-teaching, where two educators work together to deliver instruction to a group of students is not just a growing trend in education, but an innovative approach that enhances and strengthens learning experiences for teachers , students, and the school. Here’s how co-teaching benefits schools as a whole.

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Chillax Science

MAY 3, 2023

If you are or have been a school teacher, you are probably familiar with the feelings associated with constant changes to the curriculum. Inconsistencies are the reality of many school districts and even private schools. We are now entering another science education trend that arguably will also hurt students learning.

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STEM Sport

JANUARY 15, 2025

Oftentimes, school administrators, educators, parents, and students think of common classroom subjects separately from physical education (PE) class. In this article, we will review tips for incorporating STEM lessons into physical education curriculum, which will lead to increased student engagement and performance.

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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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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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STEM Sport

JUNE 6, 2023

In the constantly evolving education landscape, educators need to design effective STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) curricula that engage and inspire their middle school students. When educators create STEM curriculum maps, lessons have a better chance of success and increased student retention.

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The Trendy Science Teacher

JULY 29, 2024

It’s that time of year again… back to school season! As we gear up for another fantastic school year, I wanted to share with you five engaging activities that I’ve found incredibly effective for kicking off the year with minimal stress and maximum student engagement. It’s a win-win!

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