Howard Dvorsky

Experts say that schools need to teach students healthy cellphone habits, even if their devices are banned at school.

Five years ago, Alabama’s math was literally the worst. On national assessments from 2019, the state was ranked last in the country for math performance. Across the state, only 22 percent of students were proficient in math — a percentage that was lower for Black and low-income students. And 28 elementary schools in the state did not have a single proficient student. But a half-decade is a l...[Read More]

By: Tim Breen and Bridget Collins Energy filled the air in Studio 2. Science educators and student members of the science department gathered in a circle seminar-style to discuss course design for the 2025-26 school year. Sam, a passionate and engaged student, spoke up to share the results of a survey that the student-led Academic Program Committee gave to the student body: “The students are reall...[Read More]

From Afforai to Litmaps to ChatGPT, here are 26 free tools that support research, writing, and teaching for K–12 and higher ed educators and students. Source

Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco, started hunting for a language-immersion child care program when her son was 8 months old. “I thought I was really early,” Leibson says, noting that her son wasn’t going to attend until he turned 2. Some schools laughed her out of the room, telling her that other families applied as soon as they became pregnant....[Read More]

Ambition precedes curiosity. Without wanting to change or grow, curiosity is simply a momentary neurological reaction to stimuli. Source

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]