Tackling Screen Time Distractions: Improving Attention

Tackling Screen Time Distractions: Improving Attention

How does disorganised screen use impacting your students’ learning? Disorganised screen time means disordered, unstructured and free use of the internet. Last month, I observed computer science lessons. Consider the physical logistics of a computer science classroom. Typically, the teacher is at the front, with students facing away from the teacher, looking directly at their…

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CZI Announces Expanded Work in AI Along with New Advisory Board

CZI Announces Expanded Work in AI Along with New Advisory Board

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the expansion of its work in artificial intelligence to help ensure education tools that leverage AI are grounded in research and best practices for teaching and learning. CZI launched two new AI developer tools for education designed to empower developers to integrate high-quality education content seamlessly into their…

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6 observations from a devastating international math test

6 observations from a devastating international math test

Country rankings of eighth graders on the 2023 TIMSS Click the list to expand. Standard errors are in parentheses. The larger the number, the more the actual average score in the country’s population could deviate from the sample of students who took the TIMSS assessment. Source: 2023 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)…

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Gaps Worsen, But Hope Persists: 6 Takeaways From a Devastating International Math Test

Gaps Worsen, But Hope Persists: 6 Takeaways From a Devastating International Math Test

An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers. “It looks like student achievement just fell off a cliff,” said Dan Goldhaber, an economist at the American Institutes for Research. The 2023 results of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), which were released earlier…

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Having E-rate insight can protect school tech

Having E-rate insight can protect school tech

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024’s most-read and most-loved stories. On the 1st Day of Edtech, our story focuses on the E-rate program. Key points: Schools still rely on E-rate funds to upgrade and protect their technology infrastructures Will cybersecurity receive E-rate funding? 3 ways the E-rate program helps level…

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