Education - Breshly News https://breshlynews.com Fresh News At Your Fingertip Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:31:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://breshlynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/cropped-breshly-32x32.png Education - Breshly News https://breshlynews.com 32 32 Finding Your Voice Isn’t Just For Students. It’s For Teachers, Too https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/finding-your-voice-isnt-just-for-students-its-for-teachers-too/ https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/finding-your-voice-isnt-just-for-students-its-for-teachers-too/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:31:27 +0000 https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/finding-your-voice-isnt-just-for-students-its-for-teachers-too/ Students spent six weeks listening to, watching, developing, writing and eventually recording their own stories. The unit was a success; it sparked the young readers’ and writers’ storytelling abilities and offered lessons in empathy, courage and multi-modal literacy. “We certainly practice [responding to prompts about short readings] in other ways, but I also wanted to...

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]]> https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/11-strong-class-projects-for-middle-school-engineering-classes/feed/ 0 Best Restaurant Fundraisers for Schools That Bring in the Dough https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/best-restaurant-fundraisers-for-schools-that-bring-in-the-dough/ https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/best-restaurant-fundraisers-for-schools-that-bring-in-the-dough/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:27:57 +0000 https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/15/best-restaurant-fundraisers-for-schools-that-bring-in-the-dough/ The simplest school fundraisers are those that offer community members the chance to help their school, sports team, or program just by buying something they already purchase regularly, like a meal. After all, everyone needs to eat! Certain restaurants take extra steps to support their local schools by providing effortless yet high-yield fundraising options. Check...

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]]> https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/14/suddenly-sacked-the-final-days-of-former-nces-chiefs-term-and-the-future-of-education-data/feed/ 0 Free Artificial Intelligence Tools – TeachThought https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/14/free-artificial-intelligence-tools-teachthought/ https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/14/free-artificial-intelligence-tools-teachthought/#respond Mon, 14 Jul 2025 06:24:03 +0000 https://breshlynews.com/2025/07/14/free-artificial-intelligence-tools-teachthought/ 26 Of The Best Free Artificial Intelligence Tools by TeachThought Staff This is obviously a field that changes fast. This list highlights free or freemium tools useful for educators and students in both K–12 and post-secondary contexts. Tools are grouped by function and include a concise explanation of what each one does. This is not...

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