ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

I tried various classroom management strategies: positive narration, proximity and whole-class attention-getters. Earlier this year, one of my fourth grade students kept disrupting my instructions during class. This behavior was unusual for her. I had taught her all of last year, and she had always been attentive and engaged.

Pedagogy 58

Pedagogy Humanities Classroom Management Critical Thinking 58

ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

When you have 45 minutes once a week with students that have so many different levels of learning, so many different accommodations and modifications, and you still have to stay with it and plan and be able to change or modify in a moment, classroom management is key.

Library 97

Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 97

Digital Promise

MARCH 9, 2015

Digital Promise is collecting and highlighting examples of research-informed product design, development, and improvement to help school districts better understand why and how to identify research-based products that can be implemented in the classroom. A few examples: Behavior research can be used to enhance classroom management tools.

Educational Technology 88

Educational Technology Classroom Management Research Humanities 88

ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2022

But when it comes to ethical monitoring—concerned with how school systems set up their digital classroom management tools and teachers use them—we hear far too little. If we truly expect learners to develop those desired digital citizenship skills, educators must first become ethical monitors of their students’ online activity.

Pedagogy 101

Pedagogy Classroom Management Teaching Education 101

ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2023

What other classroom management tools are available for teachers? Teachers can also send students into breakout rooms and monitor them through a feature that recognizes whether or not students are engaged in discussions. And if they go completely silent, the teacher can then join and help instruct. There's a lecture mode in UNIVERSE.

Teaching 141

Teaching Education Classroom Management Educational Technology 141

ED Surge

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In a deal struck between the New York City Department of Education and the United Federation of Teachers, a new position — paraprofessional classroom manager (PCM) — was created as a temporary solution to allow paraprofessionals (paras) like me to sub for classroom teachers.

Classroom Management 110

Classroom Management Professional Development Lesson Plan Teaching 110

ED Surge

MAY 7, 2024

Classroom management is a delicate balance. You're always managing kids' emotions, and where they're at that day, and your own emotions, too. I think schools are gonna have a big problem next year, where there's lots of conflicts between students and teachers where a student says, ‘Yeah, I used [AI], but it's still my work.’

Classroom Management 131

Classroom Management Middle School Government High School 131

ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

Earlier this year, I was facilitating a series of three lessons about classroom management. Students learned to identify different behaviors , practiced creating a behavior management system and had an opportunity to give and receive feedback on implementing a behavior plan.

High School 139

High School Museum Education History 139

ED Surge

JUNE 15, 2022

Many say they feel less effective when they’re stressed , which research shows can negatively impact the quality of their instruction, classroom management and relationships with students suffer. The educational climate is rapidly deteriorating, the ripples of which we have yet to fully feel.

Private School 132

Private School Classroom Management Cultures Humanities 132

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Key happenings in 2022: Class became a maybe- unicorn selling a classroom management tool within a video conferencing platform—a category of company that literally did not exist in 2019. This infrastructure will allow new companies to emerge that capture and analyze learner activity data at a more granular level than ever before.

EdTech 123

EdTech Tutoring Classroom Management Government 123

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

I also recognize that is not the case for the majority of educators in classrooms. Even so, the realization motivated me to consider how restorative practices can be implemented not only in my classroom management but also my instructional choices.

Classroom Management 123

Classroom Management Cultures Education Teaching 123

ED Surge

JULY 24, 2024

In my classroom, I treat students as humans first, not obstacles to classroom management. What I would have loved here is consent , an ardent agreement between both of us that this student can come into my space. I would have loved transparency on the part of that teacher.

Humanities 130

Humanities Cultures Classroom Management Leadership 130

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2016

Many public school districts don’t have the resources to partner with an education technology company to develop customized digital learning tools for their classrooms. This could mean providing additional training for teachers on the instructional use of digital learning tools—how they’re going to use technology.

Advocacy 70

Advocacy Classroom Management Elementary School Public School 70

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

“A disproportionate number of folks in the top 5 percent were novice teachers, so it does underscore the need for continued support and in-service preparation around classroom management, around routines for supporting disruptive students and engaging with them.”

K-12 122

K-12 Middle School Psychology Classroom Management 122

Digital Promise

AUGUST 22, 2018

In fact, according to a Digital Promise study , 74 percent of districts use more than 26 different education technology products and another 17 percent of districts use over 100. When education technology products don’t play nicely together, educators and administrators pay the price. 10’s data manager.

K-12 49

K-12 Teaching Education Educational Technology 49

ED Surge

MAY 16, 2024

She’s also director of the Center for Teaching Excellence there, which provides faculty with support for instruction, edtech, course design, classroom management and grading. To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island.

Economics 131

Economics K-12 EdTech Classroom Management 131

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Phipps says she’s open to observers looking at her classroom data, and she already has suggestions for TeachFX: a crossover app with Swivl, a classroom management tool that records teachers as they move around a classroom. New personalized professional development tools will need their own champions and early adopters.

Research 145

Research Professional Development Tutoring Teaching 145

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

With barely a month’s worth of virtual training on lesson planning, pedagogy, content specific best practices, assessment, DEI work and classroom management, I was nowhere near prepared to teach a culturally and linguistically diverse sixth grade class completely online during the height of a pandemic.

Teaching 107

Teaching Social Justice Pedagogy Lesson Plan 107

ED Surge

AUGUST 22, 2023

I was insecure about classroom management and wasn’t forthright about my disability with colleagues and students. Having a fiercely independent streak and not wanting to be pitied, I have always preferred the latter response. Unfortunately, my desire for independence led to more missed opportunities, especially as a younger teacher.

Cultures 96

Cultures Classroom Management Humanities Public School 96

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

This controlled chaos felt at odds with expectations of strict classroom management, and I had to shift gears quickly. My body tensed up, my heartbeat quickened and my existing confidence was immediately replaced with insecurity.

Elementary School 98

Elementary School Psychology Classroom Management Humanities 98

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Try it with a partner - Teachers should pair up when they bring LEGO Education solutions into their classrooms. Having someone you can bounce ideas off, especially for those classroom management pieces, is the best way to start.

Lesson Plan 98

Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 98

ED Surge

AUGUST 9, 2023

Even though the work paraprofessionals do is critical and is proven to improve student learning , I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been thanked and it often feels like my voice is the last to be heard in shaping routines, classroom management practices and instruction, even for students I have worked with for years.

Professional Development 92

Professional Development Classroom Management Government Education 92

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

At the end of the day, you have one 22-year-old in a room with 33 kids, who is supposed to teach them literacy, numeracy, handle kids on the autism spectrum, do classroom management, and some of these kids haven’t eaten in two days and three of them are homeless. Why are they leaving? It’s not a tenable job.”

K-12 98

K-12 Teaching Advocacy Classroom Management 98

Edthena

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Adam has written on educational technology topics for various publications, including Education Week, Forbes, and edSurge. And he has been an invited speaker about education, technology, and teacher training for conferences at home and abroad. Is Courtney amazing in classroom management in a hybrid?

Teaching 98

Teaching Artifacts Research Professional Development 98

ED Surge

JULY 24, 2023

In the Black experience in America, education was always tied to liberation and choices and autonomy — upward mobility. So it's less about classroom management. Community building creates cooperation, community building has a deeper connection than classroom management. And it's more about community building.

K-12 19

K-12 Classroom Management Economics History 19

ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For example, every classroom needs rules and procedures; otherwise, the class can become disruptive and void of academic discourse, discussion, and discovery. Unfortunately, many teachers are hesitant to give students a voice or share their authority, particularly in classroom management.

Classroom Management 115

Classroom Management Teaching Cultures Education 115

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

What emerging technologies or trends do you see as having the greatest potential to transform edtech in the next five years? The ability to leverage AI-driven recommendations and seamless integrations with classroom management systems will allow us to create a truly personalized experience.

EdTech 96

EdTech Education Classroom Management Research 96