2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (855+ words) Algebra 1 is considered the gateway to advanced math, leading to heated debates about course timing: Unprepared students shouldn’t take it too soon and risk failing, but higher-achieving students will miss out on high-level math courses if they delay. New research…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (582+ words) When teachers face physical and verbal aggression in their classrooms, it shakes their trust in the profession. They don’t feel safe, don’t trust their administration, and often, don’t know how to continue teaching students who were their aggressors. Violence against…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (755+ words) A new kind of story has made its way into elementary school classrooms, joining the books in classroom libraries and the passages in early reading curricula: AI-generated text. Tools designed for educators to use can rewrite articles to different reading…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (889+ words) Scores from a major international test of 15-year-olds, released on Tuesday, showed a steep decline in United States’ teenagers’ reading abilities—and have already prompted education leaders to dissect potential causes and speculate on how to turn the trend around....

4+ day, 18+ 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, 2+ day ago   (95+ words) Do you hate AI? That’s all the more reason to teach AI literacy....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (739+ words) The U.S. Department of Education has published the latest dataset designed to highlight racial, ethnic, and disability-based disparities in schools, more than eight months after the agency initially said it would release the data. The data collection is the most comprehensive…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (992+ words) Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is warning that artificial intelligence will bring on “one of the most turbulent times in human history,” and if left unchecked, potentially undermine education and student well-being. “Ironically, the same tool that will…...

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   (802+ words) Generative artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly becoming a part of teens’ daily lives. They’re using them as search engines, for schoolwork, for creating art, or for receiving advice and social support. Many technologists say AI will reshape the future of…...