Category: Education

Key points: Real-life work experiences set the foundation for professional and personal success Students want more career-connected learning 3 online resources to encourage student career planning For more on career readiness, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub In the bustling halls of high schools across America, students race between classes, their backpacks heavy with textbooks and…

A study tour of two innovative schools in New England has led me to rethink my understanding of how AI will reshape the role of the teacher in the modern classroom. On this tour, I was fortunate to join a team of 30 principals from the Beijing area, who are participating in a three-year leadership…

Nathan Smith has already sent three kids to college. But he’s never seen anything like the volume of recruiting materials pouring in since his fourth child reached her senior year in high school this fall. “If you put the other three together and multiplied it by four, that’s how much mail she’s gotten,” said Smith,…

Key points: AI use can be tricky–and it varies by state and district AI use guide helps students navigate AI in learning AI’s transformative role in accessibility For more news on AI use policies, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Educational technology and digital learning tools are classroom essentials, and each day, educators make decisions surrounding…

Javaistan / Pixabay   A lot of family holiday meals are coming up for many of us. It might be a good time to review The Best Ways To Talk With Someone Who Disagrees With You.    A lot of family holiday meals are coming up for many of us. It might be a good…

TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay   Many of you might be aware that I’ve been posting annual “Best” lists since 2010 covering many different education-related topics. I’ll start sharing 2024’s lists soon, but in the meantime you might or might not want to peruse all the past lists here. And, of course, you can check out all…

  As regular readers know, I’ve been doing the Classroom Q&A column over at Education Week for thirteen years. And I plan to continue doing it for quite a few more years. I have so many contributors now, though, that there really isn’t space there for my annual thematic compilation posts, where I collect links…

California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed a law prohibiting the consideration of legacy and donor status in admissions decisions. The impact will be most felt at a small handful of private colleges and universities, including my own, the University of Southern California (USC). I view the new policy with the same skepticism with which I…

geralt / Pixabay   You might be thinking about how to respond to last week’s election. If that’s the case, you might want to check out The Best Posts & Articles On Building Influence & Creating Change. I’ve been carefully curating it since 2012, and both my twenty-two year career as a teacher, and my…