Howard Dvorsky

Chatbots are no silver bullet, and there’s much to caution about them, but they do offer some promise.

More extortion attempts are possible, and districts affected by the data breach should be prepared.

Last year, we did a deep dive on education in the age of AI with Charles Fadel, unpacking a beautiful framework that highlights a set of skills, character traits, and meta-learning, applying a modern emphasis to each one of them, effectively updating them for the AI age. Today we’re talking about agency, a driver throughout Fadel’s framework, which he defines as a combination of curation and purpo...[Read More]

By: Mason Pashia and Stacy Whitehouse As the demands of the workforce evolve, so too must the ways we prepare learners. Today’s careers are increasingly complex, multidimensional, and interdisciplinary; however, our pathways remain static and siloed. The future of work will be unlikely combinations of skills and sectors. For example, a student in a construction pathway may participate in projects ...[Read More]

While both enrollment and spending in early childhood education programs reached new levels in 2024, a few select states did the lion’s share of the work — with many states lagging behind. And with early childhood program funding in flux, some leaders in the sector are concerned the lack of investment — both financial and otherwise — could create a doomed domino effect for some programming. “For d...[Read More]

Strategies for using context clues in reading including word parts, definition–> explanation, examples, antonyms, and analogies. Source

A new threat landscape report from Fortinet points to new cloud vulnerabilities. According to the company’s 2025 Global Threat Landscape Report, while misconfigured cloud storage buckets were once a prime vector for cybersecurity exploits, other cloud missteps are gaining focus.

In Nebraska, it’s trauma-informed training to support Native American students. In Arizona, it’s an effort to expand existing school mental health services. In a Texas region with high suicide rates, it’s a program to increase the number of mental health providers. These are among the school mental health programs that could be on the chopping block thanks to Department of Education funding cuts. ...[Read More]

With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the Civil Rights Movement, American history teachers are used to venturing into emotionally charged subjects. Walking students through the unsettling complexities of the past has never been an easy job. But as history is about to take center stage in 2026 for 250th anniversary celebrations of the nation’s fo...[Read More]

As a fifth-grade teacher and AI School Champion in the St. Vrain Valley School District, I’ve seen firsthand how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming education. Here are five AI-enabled tools I’ve found especially powerful in my classroom and professional practice.

Critical thinking questions include, ‘Why is this important? What are the causes and effects of this? How do we know if this is true?” Source

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made a number of AI updates to maintain its position alongside fellow cloud giants Microsoft and Google.