Instagram Wants Teachers to Report Cyberbullying. But How Much Will That Help?
The social media platform created a program designed to help educators report instances of potential cyberbullying.
Making the Case to Students That Math Is Important, Even When AI Does It All
An AI researcher and former teacher shares insights on how new technologies will affect math instruction and learning.
Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’
The state of early care and education today is, in a word, unsustainable. That’s what a recent survey of 10,000 early childhood educators found, and it’s what providers continue to share anecdotally. With the pandemic in the rearview — and the accompanying funding it brought the field now a fading memory — many early education providers find that they cannot keep up with rising costs, staff shorta...[Read More]
Are Human Beings Necessary in the Life Cycle of Knowledge?
A few nights ago I spent 90 minutes online with the staff of an elite public school in Shenzhen, China. I gave an hour-long talk about generative AI and its uses in education then engaged my audience in a 30-minute Q&A. Near the end of our chat, one of the teachers made a passing comment that has made me, for the first time, think about a potential crisis in our implementation of AI in school...[Read More]
Google Introduces Its Most Advanced AI Model Yet
Google has launched Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a new artificial intelligence model designed to reason through problems before delivering answers, a shift that marks a major leap in AI capability, according to the company.
In the City by the Sea, a Civic Upswing is Underway
If you arrive in Newport, Rhode Island via the long bridges from the mainland that stretch across Narragansett Bay, you are immediately faced with a choice: Head south, and you’ll find the legendary mansions of the Gilded Age—massive marble palaces that were once the summer playgrounds of a bygone era’s titans of industry. You’ll see the clapboard homes of an earlier age of opulence, when Newport ...[Read More]
Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.
One of the perks of Angie Adams’ job at Samsung is that every year, she gets to witness how some of the country’s most talented emerging scientists are tackling difficult problems in creative ways. They’re working on AI tools that can recognize the signs of oncoming panic attacks for kids on the autism spectrum in one case, and figuring out how drones can be used effectively to fight wildfires in ...[Read More]
Halting education research in the name of ‘government efficiency’ is incredibly inefficient
In recent weeks, we’ve seen federal and state governments issue stop-work orders, withdraw contracts, and terminate employees in the name of “government efficiency.” The post Halting education research in the name of ‘government efficiency’ is incredibly inefficient appeared first on eCampus News.
Four Stages Of A Self-Directed Learning Model
The goal of the model isn’t content knowledge (though it should produce that), but rather something closer to wisdom–learning how to learn. Source
What Is Cognitive Dissonance? A Definition For Teaching
Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when an individual encounters a conflict between what they believe and how they behave, or between two competing beliefs. Source
Black Boys in Gifted Education Deserve More — and My Journey Is Proof of It
Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten to fourth grade. The summer before I entered the fourth grade, my mother informed me that I would be attending a new school in my same community with one caveat: it was a class in the gifted and talented education (GATE) program. Before that moment, I was blending in with my peers and navigat...[Read More]
How AI Might Be Used to Motivate and Assess Students in Math
Gates Foundation education director outlines how AI might be used to improve math instruction.