Category: Education

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump pledged to get rid of the U.S. Department of Education, expand school choice, roll back new protections for LGBTQ students, and deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Now that the former Republican president is headed to…

Key points: AI use is on the rise among educators, thanks to increased confidence AI use guide helps students navigate AI in learning AI’s transformative role in accessibility For more news on AI in the classroom, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub Educators continue to feel confident about integrating technology into their instruction, and say they…

America’s education system was a groundbreaking effort to help a growing nation thrive in the 19th century. Now, 200 years later, the world has changed; the horizon looks drastically different. Collectively, we need to redesign our education system to enable all of our children — and, by extension, our nation —  to thrive today and…

(I’m republishing my best posts from the first half of the year. You can see the entire list of them here)   Republica / Pixabay   I was very intrigued by this tweet I saw today about a fifty-year-old paper that listed ideas for what made a theory interesting. And, as the tweet suggests, it…

  The British Museum has created an experimental “interface” called The Living Museum that uses AI to allow you to explore its collection, use AI to talk with each object, and curate a collection of them. It’s very cool. I’m adding it to The Best Ways For Students To Create Their Own Online Art Collections…

OK. I guess we’re doing this (again). It feels awful for lots of reasons, of course, but mostly it’s because the country chose political vibes over policy ideas. As a researcher who spends his days trying to find evidence-based ways to make schools better, I’m at something of a loss. See, whatever you thought about…

  I found this statistic in today’s Ed Source article, California education leaders try to reassure students of protections against Trump policies. Check out my earlier post if you want to see what this might mean for schools – Research Finds That Fear Of Parent Deportation Affects Student Academic Achievement – Imagine What Will Happen…

RaphaelJeanneret / Pixabay   Boy, what an election…. I’ve written a piece offering ideas on how schools can respond, and it will be appearing in Ed Week this week. You might also be interested in my past post, I’m Not Sure If It’s The “Best,” But Here’s A Collection Of Ideas For How Schools &…

PublicDomainPictures / Pixabay   Thanksgiving is coming up here in the United States. You might be interested in The Best Sites To Teach and Learn About Thanksgiving (I just went through it and cleaned up a few dead links).    Thanksgiving is coming up here in the United States. You might be interested in The…