11+ hour, 57+ min ago  (811+ words) It's not unusual for kindergarten teachers to spend a chunk of their school days trying to get their young learners to stop talking. Advice on managing classroom noise is easy to find. Far rarer, experts say, are classrooms where teachers…...

13+ hour, 27+ min ago  (691+ words) Jan. 6, 2025, was like any other day for Alyssa Mc Feat, a 6th grade student at Aveson Global Leadership Academy, a charter middle school, in Altadena, Calif. She loved that her school was nestled amid hiking trails and lush greenery, where sunflowers…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (936+ words) Most school districts now feature 1-to-1 computing environments for all students. Learning-management systems are used extensively to make classroom assignments, test students, and plan lessons. And teachers and students" use of artificial intelligence in K-12 classrooms is increasing at a rapid…...

1+ day, 25+ min ago  (1728+ words) The Trump administration has a vision for the future of K-12 education: an AI-powered robot teacher named "Plato." This yet-to-be-invented AI educator will provide a "personalized experience, adaptive to the needs of each student," and improve students" critical-thinking skills, said first…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1745+ words) Hugh Grant, floppy-haired British rom-com star. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, conservative firebrand with presidential aspirations. Oprah Winfrey, one-woman media empire. All have used their megawatt stardom to campaign against education technology, arguing that the tools districts invested tens of…...

1+ day, 26+ min ago  (19+ words) Education Week Why Schools Need Tech. And Why They Don't...

1+ day, 26+ min ago  (1654+ words) There's a general consensus that too much screen time is bad for kids. But what happens when everything in modern society is done on screens? What is a concerned educator or parent to do? And how do we even define…...

1+ day, 26+ min ago  (1327+ words) Laptops and tablets have become essential in the classroom, especially as digital learning materials and online testing have become the norm. Most districts have had 1-to-1 computing environments, in which every student has a school-issued learning device, since 2020 when the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (986+ words) Technology offers too many distractions from learning. It gives kids easy-to-access, sophisticated tools to cheat. And it prevents students from engaging in the cognitive struggles that are the foundation of meaningful learning. The list of criticisms about the use of…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (614+ words) In some homes today, children fall asleep not to a parent's voice but to a smart speaker reading a bedtime story or singing a lullaby. This is not simply a technological shift. It is a cultural one, what we might…...