Howard Dvorsky

By: Rachel Albright, Lacey Eckels, and Carmen Coleman  Never mistake activity for achievement. John Wooden Across the country, educators are working harder than ever—yet the results don’t always match the effort. We’ve defined what we want for our students through graduate and learner profiles. We can describe the kinds of learning experiences that will help students build those skills. But a fund...[Read More]

Gamification can clarify not just success and failure but the nuance of student performance in every step of the learning process. Source

By: Charles Pimentel Meaningful and purposeful technology classes, connected to real-world issues, are a key element of learning at Graded – The American School of São Paulo, Brazil. As a teacher in the Upper School Design and Technology Department, my goal is to ensure that activities like coding and prototyping go beyond technical skills, becoming tools for students to engage with relevant chall...[Read More]

As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. According to the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics, there were 5.3 million English learners in K-12 public ...[Read More]

The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face. Source

In an effort to “transform how artificial intelligence is taught and integrated into classrooms across the United States,” the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), in partnership with Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic, and the United Federation of Teachers, is launching the National Academy for AI Instruction, a $23 million initiative that will provide access to free AI training and curri...[Read More]

School shouldn’t just be a place to learn academic skills, but a place for students to practice making meaningful decisions about their learning and lives. I personally never faced a weighty decision about my learning until I had to declare a college major. In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. Once I got to college, however, my A-student reco...[Read More]

The announcement comes as a rising number of school districts are providing AI training to teachers and administrators.

While social media, bullying and loneliness have long been flagged as top concerns among educators for their students, a new report shows the biggest concern for kids is balancing it all. The kicker: Students didn’t share these concerns with adults in their lives. Instead, they expressed these worries to an AI chat system, which schools and health care institutions are increasingly turning t...[Read More]

A new report from Backslash Security has identified significant security vulnerabilities in the Model Context Protocol (MCP), technology introduced by Anthropic in November 2024 to facilitate communication between AI agents and external tools.

Today’s most forward-thinking schools are using gaming as a platform to train students for real-world roles in fields like aviation, robotics, remote operations, and data center management.

When my wife and I watch The Masked Singer we sit on the couch, a large glass of water at the ready so we can take big gulps every time one of the judges says either “legendary” or “iconic” to describe a performance. We are well hydrated by hour’s end. I propose a similar drinking game, but this one keyed to your participation in a webinar or workshop focused on AI use in the classroom. Every time...[Read More]