A Principal's Reflections

MAY 1, 2013

How do I plan for the successful implementation of the CCSS in my classroom? As a trusted educational partner, Discovery Education has worked with thousands of educational leaders to transform teaching and learning. Math Academy : The CCSS not only require shifts in what we teach, but most importantly, in how we teach.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 9, 2020

In this episode of The Balance , I talk with Dr. Shaun Woodly, who is a decorated K-12 teacher, university professor, author, and speaker. Our assumptions were challenged, and we quickly realized that we did not want to teach the way we were taught. What is one lesson you have learned as a result of your work in education?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Yancy Sanes teaches a unit on the climate crisis at Fannie Lou Hamer High School in the Bronx – not climate change, but the climatecrisis. I teach from a mindset and lens that I want to make sure my students are becoming activists, and it’s not enough just talking about it,” the science and math teacher said. “

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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ED Surge

MARCH 3, 2025

The Equity Factor in Early Numeracy Equity remains a top priority for many K-12 administrators. Technology can also play a pivotal role by blending gamification and pedagogy to sustain student interest while teaching key skills. Teacher training is another cornerstone of effective numeracy instruction.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2023

In K-12 schools, students are facing an onslaught of emerging technologies — new developments arrive by the day — and yet we’re still teaching many of our core school subjects as if our daily lives are unchanged by these tools. Despite these efforts, programs in data science at the K-12 level remain few and far between.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2024

His ambitions to learn were thwarted because his teacher had assigned handouts and a three-week-long lesson plan that relied on a website that wasn’t easy for him to navigate. That applies to K-12 as well: Districts should be vetting accessibility as part of their procurement process, says Barker, of CAST.

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ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

I knew I had a lot of good, productive years still in me, but that I couldn’t do it teaching. I knew I had a lot of good, productive years still in me, but that I couldn’t do it teaching,” says Sherlock, now 62. The next month, a Gallup poll revealed that K-12 staff suffer higher burnout rates than any other segment of the U.S.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Given the rapid advances in AI and the momentum in the education field to understand how these technologies can support teaching and learning, last year the Gates Foundation launched a pilot initiative to provide funding to test new AI ideas that are in support of equitable K-12 mathematics outcomes.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

At a time when we are witnessing yet another political battle to restrict students and young people from learning about Black history, I want to remind us all that learning and teaching Black history shouldn’t be a matter of choice or convenience – it is a necessity. For me, the ability to teach Black history is a matter of life and death.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

While data science isn’t a new subject, there’s been growing interest recently in helping students — in both K-12 and higher ed — gain data science skills. In the last three years, 17 states have added some sort of data science education course to their K-12 offerings, Drozda said. Subscribe today!

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The station rotation model is a popular K-12 blended learning model that rotates students through a series of stations or learning activities. In the early stages of designing my station rotation lessons, I was frustrated by the lesson planning process because I found every station built on the station before.

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Edthena

AUGUST 4, 2021

The same goes for teaching skills. However, educators don’t have time to search through random teaching videos online and determine which are actually helpful or the best to learn from. Up pops the exact teaching video they need to see CFUs implemented skillfully. Videos cannot be shared or embedded on any other site, either.

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ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2024

While the vast majority of the conversations about AI in education have centered on K-12 and higher education, few have considered the potential of this innovation in early care and education settings. This practice is already happening in K-12 settings, said Isabelle Hau, executive director of the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

The report is provocatively titled, “ How artificial intelligence will impact K-12 teachers ,” though many of the recommendations are for categories of software applications that don’t necessarily use sophisticated AI algorithms at all, such as sites where teachers can find curriculum materials posted by other teachers.

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TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

While games cannot replace classroom instruction, they can enhance learning when intentionally integrated into a lesson plan. In a recent TCI Summit session on gamification, we explored how incorporating games into teaching can transform the learning experience. What Are the Elements of a Good Game?

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

This story also appeared in Mind/Shift This summer, teachers around the country are planning these lessons and more, in professional development programs designed to answer a pressing need: preparing teachers to teach about the climate crisis and empower students to act. “I Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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Edthena

AUGUST 13, 2021

On this episode of the Teaching Leading Learning K-12 Podcast, Edthena founder and CEO Adam Geller talked with Steve Miletto talked about all things professional learning, including how video is changing the game for giving educators feedback about their teaching. Now here’s Steve with this week’s show.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

Recently, lawmakers in Iowa penned a bill that, if passed, would have required cameras in every K-12 classroom in the state. These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. Yes, I’m deviating from my lesson plans. As teachers, we teach students not subjects.

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Lesson Plan K-12 History Professional Development 120

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A ninth grader in South Florida, working with the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, a national program for low-income youth, developed an app to bridge the communication gap between teachers and Spanish-speaking parents. Still, research shows that digital-resource usage hasn’t reached its full potential.

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Civics Digital Resources K-12 Lesson Plan 145

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

K-12 learning opportunities must prepare students with the necessary skills to succeed in Industry 4.0. K-12 learning opportunities must prepare students with the necessary skills to succeed in Industry 4.0. Everything I learned [from SFI] can be applied to any subject area that I teach.”

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K-12 Pedagogy Lesson Plan Teaching 101

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Still, the rise of GAI is offering a rare glimpse of hope and promise amid K-12’s historic achievement lows and unprecedented teacher shortages. Related: How AI can teach kids to write – not just cheat In my view, banning tech that will become a critical part of everyday life is not the answer. can become part of the rubric.

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K-12 Education Geography Lesson Plan 120

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Teacher summer camp,” Aimee Hollander, an assistant professor and director of Nicholls State University’s Center for Teaching Excellence, jokingly called it. McMillan, who teaches in a rural southeast part of the state, said the geography of her school is one reason she applied to the fellowship.

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Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 116

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

When they have a whole curriculum, aligned to the state’s common core standards and flexible enough to be adapted for the schools’ own particular students’ needs, she said, teachers can spend the bulk of their time teaching. Even fewer provide resources for teaching special education students or English language learners.

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K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School 96

Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 1, 2015

In fifteen years we’ll be teaching programming just like reading and writing… and wondering why we didn’t do it sooner. Course 1 – for early readers, ages 4-6, grades K-1. Each lesson usually has a couple of videos, one for the teacher (lesson video in the lesson plan) and one for the participating students.

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K-12 Elementary School Lesson Plan Teaching 97

ED Surge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Now, we're ready to help teachers seamlessly create lesson plans and send them out to all students — even those who don't have broadband. We will package all of that content, whether it's an ebook or an educational video, along with the notes from the lesson plan and send it where it needs to go. Can you explain that?

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K-12 Lesson Plan Library Government 113

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2018

A lesson plan offered on the organization’s website, for example, uses an investigation conducted by an NPR reporter to explore the intentions of the people who post hoaxes and other forms of disinformation. Teaching young people to think critically is essential — but such instruction doesn’t have to be dry or boring.

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Teaching Psychology Lesson Plan High School 111

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I’ve supported teachers as they navigate frustration about rapidly changing curricular trends and assessment requirements, figure out where they stand on teaching reading , and — over the past few years — learn how to reach students during and after the height of the pandemic. Sometimes that means having more ownership over what they learn.

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Education Middle School Global Connections K-12 140

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

“I am excited,” says Brunswick kindergarten teacher Stephanie Lucas, who describes herself as slow to get on board with technology, but more experienced after teaching remotely. “My Ashley LaCroix, a technology integrator for Brunswick School Department, pauses after teaching a class for educators on Aug 18, 2021, in Brunswick, Maine.

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K-12 Library Lesson Plan Professional Development 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2016

All the while, they were teaching kids to code. The Wyss team hopes Root will soon roll into the gap between the growing enthusiasm for K-12 computer science and the lack of qualified teachers. If they can download an app, then they can use the robot to help teach coding.”. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Middle School 75

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: A few weeks ago, we took a look at generative AI’s potential to change teaching and learning on college campuses around the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2018

. – When David Krulwich decided to make a mid-career switch from attorney to math teacher in 2001, he was delighted to find that teaching was a profession he found rewarding and fun. Every day he’d teach in a classroom, alone, and at night he’d go home and plan the next day’s lessons, alone. But he was also troubled.

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Teaching Lesson Plan Humanities Professional Development 82

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

Hilary Ervin (left) teaches special education in the Paradise school district and her husband, Mike Ervin (right), is the Paradise High School principal. This nine-part series explores how we’re teaching through climate change. Related: Teaching global warming in a charged political climate. But I can’t.”

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Teaching Charter School Psychology High School 117

Digital Promise

JUNE 8, 2017

The best laid plans can fail when you overlook the simplest of details. OER Commons defines them more eloquently as, “teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain or have been released under an intellectual property license that permits their free use and re-purposing by others.”.

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K-12 Education Library Digital Resources 88

ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Teaching creativity and creative thinking in K-12 has always been valued but often challenging to implement. Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. AI can’t replace teachers; it lacks the human connection.

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Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Professional Development 134

The Hechinger Report

JULY 13, 2021

is a stickler for notes when he teaches algebra I to ninth graders at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina. Teaching experts say that will mean slowing down to fill in knowledge gaps —detouring from lesson plans, adding extra periods for tutoring, and more. math-teaching?experts.? Ishmael Brown Jr.

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