cognitive Archives

From momentum to endurance: Scaling structured literacy with implementation science

December 1, 2025 by Kimberly Stockton, Ed.D.

When it comes to structured literacy, implementation science is a roadmap for translating the science of reading into instructional routines.

When districts adopt evidence-based practices like Structured Literacy, it’s often with a surge of excitement and momentum. Yet the real challenge lies not in the initial adoption, but…

Personalized Learning

From explaining to empowering: How tutors can support student thinking

November 11, 2025 by Dr. Halley Bowman, Saga Education

Building cognitive lift doesn’t require a complete overhaul--it comes from small shifts tutors can make in every tutoring session.

Consider the work of a personal trainer. They can explain and model a workout perfectly, but if the athlete isn’t the one doing the lifting, their muscles won’t…

AI in Education

How to avoid cognitive debt by building critical thinking skills

July 29, 2025 by Laura Ascione

Clear instruction, critical dialogue, and process-focused assignments help students use AI in ways that help avoid cognitive debt.

As AI tools become increasingly embedded in K-12 education, they offer personalized learning, real-time feedback, and access to information at unprecedented speed.

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Tutor Doctor Becomes First Global Tutoring Franchise to Partner with MindPrint Learning

December 20, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

TORONTO – Tutor Doctor, the leader in one-to-one private tutoring, announces its global partnership with the world-class brand MindPrint Learning. ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Understanding cognitive development in students via Piaget’s Theory

August 13, 2024 by Dr. Yuvraj Verma, Bessemer City Middle School

Recognizing and responding to students’ cognitive needs helps nurture intellectual and emotional development--and Piaget's Theory is key.

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, it is important to understand how students think and learn so as to be able to teach effectively.

Durable Skills

5 strategies to close the critical thinking gap

June 4, 2024 by Sarah McNeil, Thinking Maps

When we help students develop fundamental cognitive and metacognitive skills like critical thinking, learning becomes easier--and more fun.

Achievement discrepancies among U.S. students remain persistent and troubling--despite decades of targeted interventions and whole-school improvement programs.

Classroom Learning

7 principles of outdoor learning for early childhood

May 7, 2024 by Jennifer Fernández, School Specialty

Outdoor learning offers engaging learning opportunities that boost students’ social and emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

Spending time outdoors and engaging in active play has all kinds of benefits for young children. It encourages development of gross motor skills, helps improve coordination and balance,…

Newsline

Long Island, NY School District Addresses Youth Mental Health Crisis With Opening of New Wellness Center

March 21, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

Baldwin, NY – Youth mental health is a crisis nationwide. Many are struggling to manage the stress and complications of ... Read more

Newsline

Riverside Insights Debuts CogAT.com Portal to Support Strengths-based, Differentiated Learning that Helps All Students Thrive

October 10, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today introduced www.CogAT.com, a new microsite to ... Read more

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Roylco Secures “Best STEM Building Toy” in Best Building Toys for Kids, According to Experts

September 22, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

ANDERSON, S.C. –– Roylco, a leading innovator in manufacturing educational kids’ toys, proudly announces its recent accolade as “Best STEM ... Read more

Innovation Insights

Big Deals—New and enhanced edtech tools from Quizlet, eSpark, and Turnitin

August 15, 2023August 14, 2023 by Kevin Hogan

While challenges like teacher burnout and student social-emotional needs abound, schools are looking to edtech tools to ease the burden

Announcements include study tools across grades for 60 million students, new approaches to personalized learning curricula for primary grades, and plagiarism detection advances through the use of AI.

Newsline

Swivl Launches Engageable, a Real-Time Attention Management Tool That Empowers Educators and Students to Navigate AI Transformation

July 10, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

MENLO PARK, Calif. (Newswire.com) – According to Gloria Mark, Ph.D., attention spans are declining, averaging just 47 seconds on any screen. This ... Read more

Newsline

Reflection Sciences Appoints Isaac Van Wesep as Incoming Chief Executive Officer

May 26, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

MINNEAPOLIS (PRWEB) — Reflection Sciences, the executive function company, has appointed Isaac Van Wesep as Chief Executive Officer, effective June 1. ... Read more

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Riverside Insights and Thrively Team Up to Help Children Discover Their Inner Genius

May 15, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a partnership with Thrively, a ... Read more

Featured on eSchool News

10 ways to teach students for a changing world

April 12, 2023 by Dr. Marissa Prather, Director of STEM and Fine Arts, Douglas County Schools

Schools and educators must equip students with the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in a new brain-centric environment. We have to educate students for the future.

The world is changing rapidly, with new technology being developed daily and jobs being replaced by automated machines and artificial intelligence (AI). These changes have brought about tremendous…

Newsline

Riverside Insights and Kognito Partner to Offer Intervention Professional Development for School Health Providers

March 24, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a partnership with Kognito, a ... Read more

Newsline

Riverside Insights Wins Excellence in Equity Award for Accessibility Features

November 30, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

ITASCA, Ill. – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced that it won Best Accessibility ... Read more

Curriculum & Assessment

Why universal screening is a more equitable identifier of gifted and talented students

December 5, 2022October 24, 2022 by Anna Houseman, Product Marketing Director, Riverside Insights

Universal screening with both ability and achievement tests allows each student to highlight both their potential and their performance in gifted and talented programs.

School districts have historically relied on a referral-based process to identify students for gifted and talented programming. This means that teachers or parents nominate their students to take…

Student Well-Being

How to build deep relationships with students

December 5, 2022October 17, 2022 by Danielle Sullivan, National Director of Content and Implementation, Curriculum Associates

In order for students to actually learn, they need to feel engaged on a cognitive and emotional level. They also need to feel safe.

Students with Special Needs

Don’t wait: The importance of early dyslexia intervention

December 7, 2022September 28, 2022 by Carla Moriel, Subject Matter Expert on Dyslexia, Amplio

Early dyslexia intervention can help connect students with dyslexia with interventions that are specific to their needs.

A learning disorder that can impact a child’s ability to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols—but that doesn’t affect general intelligence—dyslexia often goes unnoticed until a…

Newsline

Capstone Interactive eBook Platform Relaunches With Enhanced Accessibility for Children

August 17, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – August 17, 2022 – Capstone, an innovative learning company merging children’s content with easy-to-use edtech tools for ... Read more

District Management

3 ways coaches can refine their practice this school year

August 16, 2022 by Courtney Groskin, Instructional Learning Coach, St. Vrain Valley School District

Video reflection is a great way for coaches to refine their practice, and it eliminates the logistical challenges of time and space

When teachers and leaders have effective coaching, student outcomes inevitably improve. According to Rebecca Frazier, author of Coach Happy, coached teachers outperform non-coached teachers in 22 areas of…

Newsline

Riverside Insights Joins Forces with Renzulli Learning to Foster Instructional Equity through Engagement

March 16, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

ITASCA, Ill. – March 16, 2022 – Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments and analytics, today announced a ... Read more

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Arizona Department of Education Selects Riverside’s CogAT for Statewide Universal Screening of all Second-Grade Students for Gifted Education Services

February 23, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

ITASCA, Ill. – Feb. 23, 2022 – The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) selected Riverside Insight’s Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®), ... Read more

Coding and Robotics

How coding shapes students’ future success

December 7, 2022January 7, 2022 by Yasser Jilani, COO and Co-Founder, Code With Us

Here are three major and far-reaching reasons why building coding skills in students should start as early as possible

With unpredictability fast becoming our daily bread, what can be more important than preparing the next generations for future challenges? Every parent wants to secure the best foundation…

SEL & Well-Being

How positive psychology reduces stress and boosts reading comprehension

May 5, 2021 by Carrie Drake, M.A., Curriculum and Training Specialist, Reading Horizons

Cultivating a happy emotional state through positive psychology not only puts a smile on students’ faces—it actually helps them learn better and boost reading comprehension.

While stress disrupts the brain's learning processes, a positive mood has the opposite effect. Cultivating a positive emotional state helps to reduce the harmful effects of stress and…

Newsline

High Prevalence of Mental Health Risk Amid COVID Pandemic Taking a Serious Toll on U.S. Students’ Cognition

March 5, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Neuroscientific research conducted by Total Brain and the Center for Adolescent Research and Education shows students’ focus, planning, memory and ... Read more

Newsline

Riverside Insights Launches New CogAT® Interactive Dashboard to Champion Educational Equity

February 24, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Riverside Insights®, a leading developer of research-based assessments, has launched a new dashboard reporting tool designed to make it easier ... Read more

Why optimize the education journey for student success?

April 14, 2021November 12, 2020 by Jeff Festa

Schools that digitally engage their students thrive. Cognitive communications provide personalized learning, delivers secure, reliable communication and collaboration, provides campus ... Read more

Featured Archived Article

15 skills students need for success — and how to teach them

November 13, 2020July 28, 2020 by Katrina Salazar

Some skills aren’t easily taught, but they’re essential as students leave school and enter the global workforce

21st century skills. Social and emotional learning skills. “Soft” skills. Whatever you choose to call them, there is a set of skills that are essential for success in…

SEL & Well-Being

How should we define SEL in schools?

May 6, 2019March 18, 2019 by Dr. Henry G. Brzycki & Elaine J. Brzycki

We are often asked for the definition of social-emotional learning (SEL). One common and useful SEL definition is the process of learning to integrate thinking, feeling, and behaving…

eSchool Media

Beware of ransomware: Here’s how to protect your district

July 13, 2018July 12, 2018 by Sam Curry

A new, disturbing pattern has cropped back up that is reminiscent of some nasty behavior from the early days of Internet nefarious exploits: targeting schools and students and…

STEM & STEAM

3 ways districts can use AR and AI

May 1, 2018May 1, 2018 by Justin Aglio

Artificial intelligence (AI), mixed reality, and cognitive science research sound like science fiction for today’s classrooms, but this technology is available today. Innovation and technology are as integral…

District Management

The changing role of literacy today, part 2

March 14, 2018March 8, 2018 by Ed DeLeon

We know we must teach children to read proficiently, yet the age-old challenge of getting a child to read on grade level still persists. Fortunately, science and technology…

eClassroom News

5 questions we should be asking about student screen addiction

February 21, 2018January 5, 2018 by Michael Mercier

Numerous voices have emerged in the last two years to warn us about the effects of digital screen addiction on ... Read more

Ancillary

Pearson unveils Beta-4

August 22, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Pearson has unveiled the Beta-4, the latest revision of a nonverbal measure of cognitive abilities in adults, originally developed by the ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Groundbreaking: We can predict cognitive styles, and here’s how

April 23, 2014 by By Meris Stansbury, Managing Editor for eCampus News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

While the education field’s acceptance of learning styles is helping students receive more options for learning, students are often lumped into one category without any explanation of why…

From momentum to endurance: Scaling structured literacy with implementation science

From explaining to empowering: How tutors can support student thinking

How to avoid cognitive debt by building critical thinking skills

Tutor Doctor Becomes First Global Tutoring Franchise to Partner with MindPrint Learning

Understanding cognitive development in students via Piaget’s Theory

5 strategies to close the critical thinking gap

7 principles of outdoor learning for early childhood

Long Island, NY School District Addresses Youth Mental Health Crisis With Opening of New Wellness Center

Riverside Insights Debuts CogAT.com Portal to Support Strengths-based, Differentiated Learning that Helps All Students Thrive

Roylco Secures “Best STEM Building Toy” in Best Building Toys for Kids, According to Experts

Big Deals—New and enhanced edtech tools from Quizlet, eSpark, and Turnitin

Swivl Launches Engageable, a Real-Time Attention Management Tool That Empowers Educators and Students to Navigate AI Transformation

Reflection Sciences Appoints Isaac Van Wesep as Incoming Chief Executive Officer

Riverside Insights and Thrively Team Up to Help Children Discover Their Inner Genius

10 ways to teach students for a changing world

Riverside Insights and Kognito Partner to Offer Intervention Professional Development for School Health Providers

Riverside Insights Wins Excellence in Equity Award for Accessibility Features

Why universal screening is a more equitable identifier of gifted and talented students

How to build deep relationships with students

Don’t wait: The importance of early dyslexia intervention

Capstone Interactive eBook Platform Relaunches With Enhanced Accessibility for Children

3 ways coaches can refine their practice this school year

Riverside Insights Joins Forces with Renzulli Learning to Foster Instructional Equity through Engagement

Arizona Department of Education Selects Riverside’s CogAT for Statewide Universal Screening of all Second-Grade Students for Gifted Education Services

How coding shapes students’ future success

How positive psychology reduces stress and boosts reading comprehension

Riverside Insights Launches New CogAT® Interactive Dashboard to Champion Educational Equity

Beware of ransomware: Here’s how to protect your district

3 ways districts can use AR and AI

The changing role of literacy today, part 2

5 questions we should be asking about student screen addiction

Pearson unveils Beta-4

Groundbreaking: We can predict cognitive styles, and here’s how

Why interactive solutions are a smarter investment for schools

100 Learning Spaces Transformed, $5 Million Invested: School Specialty and College Football Playoff Foundation Celebrate Impact Across Schools Nationwide

ACT and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Enhance Student Success in Mathematics

Big Ideas Start Young: Games for Change Opens 2026 Student Challenge to Game Creators and Innovators Ages 10–25

BBC Learning Hub Launches Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources

Four education innovators honored with the 2025 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education

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