Category: Education

As the legislative election in France approached this summer, a research team decided to reach out to hundreds of citizens…

Looking back at her youth growing up in Douglas, Arizona — nestled up snugly against its Mexican sister city of…

In our tech-driven world, the value of human connection can’t be overstated. While mastering technical skills is essential, students must…

I began my teaching career as a Teach For America (TFA) Corps member in Jacksonville, Florida. I was part of…

Tim Lum is one of millions of students who returned to college as an adult, getting a two-year degree at…

Assessments have the power to shape educational outcomes, but are we truly measuring what matters? Ensuring that assessments are fair,…

Many people think of school nurses as the people in a school building responsible for patching up a scraped knee,…

When GPT-3 burst on the education scene, it caused a flood of reactions, ranging from gleeful to apocalyptic. But more…

Veteran multimedia producer and professor Lynn Rogoff has long experimented with ways to bring history alive for young people. So…

With a new school year now in full swing, educators are in a bind. They want to implement innovative edtech…

Last year, I presented a paper on using technology in my Arabic class at the Ohio Foreign Language Association summer…

This story was originally published by EdNC.org. Unlike North Carolina’s K-12 schools or community colleges, child care programs aren’t consolidated…

Walberto FloresEdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times…

In 2024, if you want to make a dinner reservation, you’re very likely to open an app on your phone,…

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature…

How often do you come in contact with a conspiracy theory? Maybe on occasion, when you flip through TV channels…

When I came out to my family during my first year of college in the early 2000s, my mom’s immediate…

With all the talk of the downsides of smartphones for teenagers, parents have looked to smartwatches as a way to…

In the United States, young children attend programs that most refer to as “daycares” or “child cares,” staffed by people…

Evaluating and validating tech tools takes time and energy — resources that are always in short supply. An overwhelming variety…

As Alexandra Delano prepared to moderate a civil discourse event for fellow students at Providence College in anticipation of the…

The victory was bittersweet. Khoa Ta, then a sophomore at Owensboro High School from Daviess County in Western Kentucky, was…

Internal Competition The analysis also found that ESSER spending led to a staff recruiting conundrum within school districts: In some…

It is the weekend before my students arrive for the new school year. I am in my classroom listening to…

Do new AI tools like ChatGPT actually understand language the same way that humans do? It turns out that even…

As Jennifer Hill’s eldest child was heading into fifth grade, she began to wonder how she would communicate with him…

New federal survey data on the education workforce shows that a majority of schools had a tough time filling at…

In recent years, a growing body of research has looked at the impact of college ‘deserts’ — sometimes defined as…

Coming out of the pandemic, students had a hard time returning to in-person classes, and they found themselves struggling to…

Social-emotional learning (SEL) has become a primary focus in many school’s strategic plans. Fortunately, there is a long list of…

Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at…

Teigue Linch recalls the email she got from Pine Forest, her daughters’ child care center in Burlington, Vermont, encouraging families…

One of Shane Woods’ favorite memories as executive director of Girlstart, a nonprofit that aims to empower girls in the…

On the spectrum of professional experience for K-12 teachers, I am decidedly on the greener side. Although I knew I…

When Gina Petersen graduated with her associate degree from Kirkwood Community College two years ago, she described it as “the…

Despite the historic funding that was funneled into the field in the wake of the pandemic, early care and education…

On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers…

When Eve, a mother in Colorado, received a legal settlement, she found herself suddenly flush. She drove over to the…

How Did School Infrastructure Get So Bad? Much of the problem with U.S. school infrastructure is simply that it’s old,…

When Meta held its annual conference at the end of September, the tech giant announced it is betting that the…

We’re halfway through “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler, and we’ve arrived at a crucial turning point in the…

When Robert Ubell first applied for a job at a university’s online program back in the late ’90s, he had…

Miguel Quinteros spent over a decade as something of a tech-savvy teacher — one not afraid to try new things…

Today’s students will enter careers that haven’t even been imagined yet. With AI and automation reshaping entire industries, the skills…

Encouraging students to complete work outside of class has always been a struggle. But many college professors say it has…

Steve Holifield’s breathing was labored. A respected math teacher at a K-12 public charter school in Apple Valley, California, Holifield…

My colleagues, friends and family often praise my relentless pursuit of excellence, especially in my teaching career. But what they…

Latino children make up one of the fastest-growing demographics in K-12 education. Yet few are likely to grow up and…

There’s a push among AI developers to create an AI tutor, and some see that as a key use case…

The rise of AI promises new solutions to long-standing challenges. It also introduces some challenges of its own. In addition…

One of the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic was that many families didn’t have reliable internet access at home. As…

This story was originally published by The 19th. The number of books banned in public schools over the past year…

Los datos ya llegaron, y revelan algo interesante sobre los estudiantes bilingües de los Estados Unidos. Parsing education data into…

Cong Lu has long been fascinated by how to use technology to make his job as a research scientist more…

The COVID-19 pandemic has left a lasting impact on students’ social-emotional well-being. As schools return to in-person learning, educators face…

Each fall, every teacher must wage a few key wars with a new class of students. In my classroom, one…

The need was becoming dire. A school district in Brighton, in the Denver metro area of Colorado, was having a…

“Don’t do that.” Those were the words out of Dr. Richard DuFour’s mouth more than a decade ago as I…

Four years ago this month, one of the most devastating wildfires in Oregon’s history erupted across the southern portion of…

This story was originally published by The 19th. As efforts to expand the child tax credit and provide paid family…

For many years, educators have envisioned personalized learning as a way to tailor education to each student’s unique needs. With…

College students around the world have deep-seated fears, if not despair about the existential threat of climate change — fears…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — At the end of each school year at Central High School, seniors grab a paint pen…

Sometimes, it takes an unlikely friendship to change the world. For American education, one of those alliances started in the…

Since the pandemic, the urgency of designing and scaling evidence-based products to support learning recovery has become more pronounced. Educational…

One of the country’s richest nonprofits focused on online education has been giving out grants for more than a year.…

Paul Carr was just one semester shy of finishing his degree at Morehouse College when he found out his girlfriend…

HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building…

Integrating technology into the classroom involves more than just adding gadgets and software; it’s about creating a dynamic learning environment…

Our relationship with math learning is severely damaged in this country. In 2022, only 26 percent of all eighth grade…

Ready or not, across the country, a new crop of kindergarteners has entered the K-12 school system. Their teachers will…

A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’…

“When I present myself in front of students in a positive emotional state, I can increase student cognition, effort and…

Crisis. Fatalistic. Overwhelming. That’s how some experts say the current national conversation about youth mental health is framed — and…

I can’t pinpoint exactly when I developed anxiety, but that’s because I didn’t know about it. When I was growing…

Jeremy Price was curious to see whether new AI chatbots including ChatGPT are biased around issues of race and class.…

Chaula Butterworth was a stay-at-home mom before the pandemic, raising her three school-aged kids. But as her youngest child’s school…

New federal data on youth mental health offers a few silver linings, but experts caution these signs of progress don’t…

In January 2018, I signed up to work as a substitute teacher at a public school in Columbus, Ohio. When…

The SAT is to standardized testing what the floppy disk is to data storage. Providers of some of the most…

For Evangelina Mendoza, a chief information technology officer for San Antonio Independent School District in Texas, the impending end of…

Imagine a classroom with students deeply engaged in their lessons, eagerly solving math problems and exploring English skills through fun…

When Tim Walz was announced as Kamala Harris’ running mate earlier this month, his ascendancy helped to elevate the idea…

Two instructors at Vilnius University in Lithuania brought in some unusual teaching assistants earlier this year: AI chatbot versions of…

This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Throughout rural America, non-native English speakers are less likely than their…

This essay was adapted from a piece posted on Medium. About nine months ago, Dara told me she was interested…

“You go into your own world for a moment. Like, if someone’s talking to me and I’m reading a book,…

As someone who views cooking and baking as hobbies, not chores, I follow a lot of food bloggers and recipe…

For the past couple of years, unrelenting change has come fast. Even while schools are stuck dealing with deep challenges,…

Of the nearly 10,000 students enrolled at Brookdale Community College in central New Jersey, about 17 percent are still in…

The first day of high school is usually filled with icebreakers, like the classic, two truths and a lie. Two…

2023 was the hottest year ever recorded on the planet — by far. More than halfway in, 2024 is on…

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years, and they’re both a resource for students…

Educator wellness is more than buzzwords. Living a well-balanced and fully engaged life is essential for building a safe, supportive…

The premise of “free college” programs popping up around the country in recent years is that bringing the price of…

This story was originally published by The Daily Yonder. Chris Nelson teaches preschool in rural Vermont, just a few miles…

I was in my twenties when I began my career as a child trauma psychotherapist on the south side of…

It was announced by sweeping statements. When the New York City Public Schools chancellor, David Banks, caused the largest district…

Educational technology adoption has grown significantly in the past decade, and it’s clear that K-12 schools are now comfortable with…

What if why you choose to become a teacher determines how successful you will be in the role? Society has…

Tiaja Gundy was just 19 years old when she started working at Federal Hill House, an early learning center in…

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft…

Recently, I found myself in Barnes and Noble, captivated by a “Read with Pride” display in the Young Adult section.…

Last week, 2U, a pioneer of the so-called Online Program Management (OPM) model for helping colleges run online degree programs,…

As a school counselor, Leighanne Mainguy can never be sure what’s in store for her each day. Some days, she…

During my first two years of teaching, I dealt with many situations that left me feeling downtrodden, broken and totally…

During her first semester at Southern Methodist University, Savannah Hunsucker went on a retreat with the other students enrolled in…

There are plenty of changes teachers say could help them do their jobs better, such as adequate planning time and…

When Jacob, a 10th grader with vision impairment, signed up for an AP class, it made him feel like a…

SkillRise, an ISTE initiative, examined job seekers’ perceptions of digital skills and skills-based technologies, focusing on their potential career impacts,…

Colleges are adjusting to a lingering impact of COVID-19 shutdowns that kept kids out of physical schools at key points…

“Are you a boy or a girl?” the 5-year-old asked, staring at me as she waited for my response. I…

It’s no secret that high school students are looking at the prospect of college more skeptically, and a large part…

When Los Angeles Unified School District launched a districtwide AI chatbot nicknamed “Ed” in March, officials boasted that it represented…

There’s a new battle raging in the long-running war over costly college textbooks, one that may strike a serious blow…

In U.S. schools, teachers bear a significant responsibility for shaping what and how students learn. Often, they invest significant effort…

My colleagues feverishly jotted down notes as one of my students, Ethan, moved through his presentation on how educators can…

For the last year, EdSurge has been showcasing students enrolled in teacher preparation programs to understand who is going into…

Students are missing a lot of classes. Chronic absenteeism, when a student misses at least 10 percent of the school…

When Sheresa Boone Blanchard, a mother of three in North Carolina, started homeschooling her son during the pandemic, it might…

When ChatGPT and other new generative AI tools emerged in late 2022, the major concern for educators was cheating. After…

A couple of years ago, as schools that had been forced to go virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic began…

While summer is the busiest time of year for military families to transition to their next duty station, throughout the…

The movement to keep smartphones out of schools is gaining momentum. Just last week, the nation’s second-largest public school system,…

While her daughter naps, Bridget Collins spends an hour reviewing and role-playing activities with her home visitor, Amanda Pedlar, in…

Imagine being a district leader tasked with selecting the ideal educational technology tools from a sea of thousands of options.…

This story was originally published by The 19th. During her nearly eight years in business, Dawn Kelly watched again and…

As an educator reading headline after headline about AI in education, it’s hard to not get lost in an existential…

Something crucial was missing from classrooms over the past school year: millions of students who were part of the chronic…

I can still vividly recall the chaotic scene of introducing iPads into Kindergarten classrooms. Picture it: a room bustling with…

Child care concerns have reached a boiling point for parents and providers, and it’s become increasingly difficult for families to…

“It would be amazing if the boys were able to find their voices and develop confidence before they go into…

Last year, when Jayla Arensberg was a sophomore at Burnsville High School near St. Paul, Minnesota, a teacher showed her…

Soon after Miriam Bravo began watching her 2-year-old grandson full-time, she realized that many years had passed since she was…

This is part of a three-article series covering key principles to consider when building out computer science programs in your…

What do parents want from schools when it comes to support for their children’s mental health? Parsing education data into…

Tech giants Google, Microsoft and OpenAI have unintentionally assigned educators around the world major homework for the summer: Adjusting their…

Young people are struggling with mental health, and for many, the challenges have worsened over the last decade. About one…

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students’ learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding…

Should AI chatbots be used as tutors? That question has been in the air since ChatGPT was released in late…

Huong, 15, competes at the Golden Gate Science Olympiad in Air Trajectory, which requires a build that uses the gravitational…

As educators, we understand that true learning happens when barriers are removed and diverse voices are amplified. Recently, we took…

This story was originally published by The 19th. Last year, the Department of Commerce announced a historic first: Companies applying…

PUEBLO, Colorado — Standing in her living room, Isabel Valencia sets up her makeshift tennis serve with the materials on…

One California family had a tough choice to make. Julie Lynem’s son had taken algebra in eighth grade, but hadn’t…

Do English learners eventually gain these skills later in their K-12 education, as they become more proficient in English? While…

When Mysa School started about eight years ago, the microschool movement was new. A school with about 40 students in…

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a…

When it comes to AI in education, one edtech company stands out as a sage leader and trailblazing pioneer. Amid…

About two years ago, I had a health crisis that not only jeopardized my well-being, but also threatened the continuity…

Ellen Galinsky has been on a seven-year quest to understand what brain science says about how to better teach and…

Extreme weather events are on the rise around the globe, from historic floods to unseasonable heat waves and raging wildfires.…

In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the…

As Black womxn educators, we have a connection with education that is ancestral. Even before enslavement, teaching and learning existed…

With digital education platforms generating data on how millions of students are learning, they are also sitting on veritable information…

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. Is the same…

STEM identity can last a lifetime and help students thrive in school, future careers and life. Inclusive STEM programs widen…

“You would make a great leader,” my principal said as I sat in his office. He had just approved my…

ST. PAUL, Minn. — What do you want to be when you grow up? That’s a question long faced by…

As you enter today’s classrooms, it’s clear: Technology isn’t just a tool, it’s the driving force behind vibrant communities, shaping…

With interest in the teaching profession waning and enrollment in teacher preparation programs reaching historic lows, all eyes are on…

In the two decades that Jennifer Merriman has been in education, she’s seen a tendency in the field to solve…

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering…

This was originally published by Early Learning Nation.

Since the sudden rise of ChatGPT and other AI chatbots, many teachers and professors have started using AI detectors to…

Viridiana Martinez’s family immigrated twice when she was in elementary school — once, from Mexico to Canada, and a second…

Standards-based grading is an educational assessment approach that focuses on evaluating students’ mastery of specific learning objectives. Grades are assigned…

Nikita Dutt, a second-year student at the University of California, Davis, didn’t come to college to work with young children.…

Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots. News outlets have detailed…

Throughout this academic year, I facilitated a training session on social-emotional learning (SEL) strategies for educators at a high-needs elementary…

Balloon archways surrounded the stage as the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, Alberto Carvalho, last month announced…

The advancements in technology are reshaping how we teach and learn, bringing new opportunities and challenges. To address such challenges,…

When pueblos in New Mexico looked into running fiber into Jemez Day School, a K-6 school run by the Bureau…

When Felecia Russell was a high school student growing up near Los Angeles, she was getting good grades and plenty…

A program that began in Kentucky as a novel idea to rebuild the early childhood workforce — and, in effect,…

Today’s education leaders have unprecedented access to edtech products, but there’s no clear way to determine a product’s quality or…

The urgency for higher education institutions to integrate and create policies for using AI technology in the classroom is rapidly…

It is no secret. Higher education institutions are facing unprecedented challenges that are forcing strategic changes. Since the onset of…

There are plenty of heated debates happening about what should be taught in schools: whether it’s over the type of…

If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If a student…

Around this time four years ago, a seismic event was rippling across education. In April 2020, teachers were beginning to…

This article is part of a three-article series dedicated to harnessing powerful technology for powerful learning. In the articles, we…

For more than 15 years, a group of companies known as Online Program Management providers, or OPMs, have been helping…

The threat of climate change has exposed more homes to flooding and wildfires, and it has intensified heat waves that…

For Maria Artica, a first-year student at Richard Bland College, a two-year college in Virginia, enrolling was like stepping “into…

Remember all the hype around the metaverse in education? Just two years ago it seemed like a 3D virtual realm…

The edtech market is saturated with various tools designed to improve children’s literacy from e-readers to apps to digital libraries.…

The number of Latino students who are going to college is on the rise, and they don’t all fit the…

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital…

This story was originally published by The 19th. For more than a decade, Erin Farias has watched the low-income families…

COVID-19 was edtech’s big moment, and while digital tools kept learning going for many families and schools, they also faltered.…

Education has had a wobbly relationship with the still-evolving presence of generative AI in schools — with some school districts…

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing…

A VR experience created by students at The New School in New York City is designed to take viewers to…

It’s 5 a.m. and Tiffany Gale is up, as she is every morning, and the first thing she does is…

The original version of this essay was published on Medium. I detest when people talk about their dreams. It’s similar…

Do you recall Mr. Lorensax from “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”? Anyone? Bueller? With his monotone voice and lack of enthusiasm,…

Marley Stevens posted a video on TikTok last semester that she described as a public service announcement to any college…

Frankenmuth School District has about 1,400 students, nearly 91 percent of whom are white. Its poverty rate is about 5…

Is your classroom technology falling short of its promise of changing the classroom dynamic? It’s a question that often lingers…