Howard Dvorsky

Teacher AI Training Is Rising Fast, But Still Has a Long Way to Go

AI is now embedded into many of the tools that students and teachers use daily.

‘Isn’t That Cheating?’ Why Some Students Resist Using AI for Schoolwork

A Virginia district strives to teach students that not all AI use amounts to ‘cheating.’

Can Messaging Apps Like Discord Facilitate Student Learning? What Educators Should Know

Peer-to-peer learning isn’t new, but technology has changed the way students connect and work together.

Special Education Services At Risk Under Department of Education Cuts

Susan Popkin has a brother-in-law who was kept out of traditional education until high school. David Bateman has a brother-in-law who couldn’t enroll for the first 17 years of his life. These stories were common before special education accommodations saw a massive overhaul in the 1970s, with the passage of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) in 19...[Read More]

Call for Opinions: 2026 Predictions for Education IT

How will the technology landscape in education change in the coming year? We’re inviting our readership to weigh in with their predictions, wishes, or worries for 2026.

Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain

The feeling that I get observing students learning for themselves and assuming ownership of their experience is pure joy. Source

How Confirmation Bias Hijacks Student Thinking — and What Educators Can Do About It

I spend an inordinate amount of time every day on Tiktok, which means the algorithm knows me quite well, filling my For You Page (FYP) with content likely to keep me glued to the screen for hours.  TikTok, as frequent readers of this space know, isn’t my trusted source for verified information. I use it more as an early warning system — an algorithmically curated glimpse into rising cultural narra...[Read More]

After Years Reporting on Early Care and Education, I’m Now Living It

In August 2019, I walked into an early learning center in Philadelphia with a blank reporter’s notebook, a camera and a whole lot to learn. Prior to that, I’d covered K-12 education and a bit of higher ed. The worlds of child care and early childhood education were foreign to me. I didn’t know the lingo or the layout. And, as I’d learn moments later, I didn’t have the slightest idea what it entail...[Read More]

In Ukiah, Eternal Truths Are Saving Young Lives

Ukiah, California is a lot of things at once. A verdant outpost, equidistant from San Francisco and Oregon — and equally beloved to both sides of our country’s polarized political landscape. A part of the Emerald Triangle, a three-county grower’s paradise in which marijuana production has made up as much as one-third of the local economy. A site of genocide against the area’s original inhabitants,...[Read More]

‘What Are You Doing on AI?’: How This District Added It to Career Education

AI literacy instruction is embedded across all 10 of the district’s high school career pathways.

How AI Is Changing Career and Technical Education

A CTE expert recommends teachers and students fact check any information or advice AI generates.

Parents Need AI Literacy Lessons, Too. A New Toolkit Aims to Help

Two nonprofits teamed up to create a toolkit of resources schools can use to help families.

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