3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (692+ words) A new survey shows educators feel confident they can integrate teaching about AI into their instruction, and most parents believe schools are ready to teach about the technology. A survey commissioned by IBM and conducted by Morning Consult of 1,019 educators…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (523+ words) I’m tired of having to babysit you. The word “fidelity” was listed in Education Week’s top-10 abhorrent buzzwords of 2022 and 2023. Frequent fidelity-checking can leave teachers with a variety of feelings: confusion over what is being assessed, frustration that the intended…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (344+ words) Personalized learning through AI tutors is touted a lot by ed-tech proponents. But is anyone buying what they are selling? Michael Pershan is a math teacher who writes about teaching at pershmail.substack.com: A decade ago, Bill Gates invested…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (229+ words) As they did with reading, states have begun to roll out a wave of policies to overhaul math education in recent years, making changes like new teacher education requirements and mandated early screenings and interventions in math. Now those changes…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (444+ words) High-impact tutoring has been heralded as an evidenced-backed solution for addressing the significant academic gaps that schools are facing. But scaling and sustaining these programs are challenging for schools because they require a lot of human tutors, time, and money....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (566+ words) Like it or not, artificial intelligence has become so rapidly ubiquitous in K-12 education that teacher education programs are now puzzling over how it should be worked into how teachers are prepared—if at all. The American Association of Colleges of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (455+ words) Two years ago, I was walking down the hallway in my district’s lower-elementary school when I saw a student with a lanyard around their neck. “Do you work here now?” I asked, playfully.The student giggled. “No,” they replied, “I…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (853+ words) Today’s post is the latest in a multiyear series in which students share their favorite classroom experiences and what they think all teachers can learn from them. Personally, I think the collection of these anecdotes would make a great basis…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (407+ words) Ensuring teachers feel effective and happy in the school community is critical—especially when it’s the only community for miles around. That’s the case in Alaska’s largest rural school district, Lower Kuskokwim, which educates 4,100 K-12 students spread across an area…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1136+ words) As a new school year begins, some classrooms may use artificial intelligence tools to flag a student struggling with classwork, track attendance, or try to raise reading scores. But as school districts make decisions on which tools are safe and…...