Gartner: Desktop as a Service Spending on the Rise as Cost Optimization, Sustainability Drive Adoption
According to Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for Desktop as a Service, while secure remote access remains a key driver of DaaS adoption, a growing number of deployments now focus on broader efficiency goals.
Students With Disabilities Don’t Want Your Pity. They Want You to Take Them Seriously.
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I didn’t know I had ADHD until adulthood, but looking back, the signs were always there. I was the student who stayed up until 2 a.m. rewriting papers because I couldn’t organize my thoughts until the pressure turned into panic. In school, I became a master of masking, mirroring my peers and hyper-focusing...[Read More]
Some Thoughts On Knowledge And Knowledge Limits
Learning leads to knowledge and knowledge leads to theories just like theories lead to knowledge. It’s all circular in such an obvious way. Source
What Are Costa’s Levels Of Questioning?
Costa’s levels of questioning feature three tiers of questioning designed to promote higher level thinking and inquiry. Source
Creating A Culture Of Reading In Your Classroom
Let’s stop the endless worksheets and cooperative groups that skim through text merely to find answers and grow a culture of reading. Source
10 Thoughtful Ways To Improve Teacher Mental Health
We can’t control everything and apologizing for things out of our control can set unrealistic expectations of teachers. Source
AI Is Changing Teaching, But Few Labor Contracts Reflect It
Classroom educators are using artificial intelligence to help with their work, yet union agreements have not caught up.
The Back Channel: How Tech Directors Quietly Share Solutions, Save Money and Stay Sane
Joanna Cook, chief technology officer at East Noble School Corporation in Indiana, had a problem. “We were transitioning from iPads to Chromebooks, but I was getting pushback from our elementary school special needs educators.” Cook emailed the situation to the 1,600 members on the HECC (Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators) listserv. Within hours, tech leaders from all over the state respond...[Read More]
A Year of Grace
All photos by Sam Chaltain In these final weeks of August, as summer’s meandering pace winds down, a new school year across the country is gradually getting underway. How should those 180 days best be spent? And of all the things our schools could place at the center of their curricula, what choices would allow kids not just to learn something new, but create something beautiful and lasting in the...[Read More]
Cambium Learning Group to Combine ExploreLearning and Learning A-Z Brands
Ed tech company Cambium Learning Group has announced plans to combine its ExploreLearning and Learning A-Z brands, with a new name and brand identity to be introduced in early 2026.
AI-Powered Teaching Platform Provides Personalized Recommendations, Resources
Ed tech company Brisk Teaching has introduced Brisk Next, and AI-powered platform for planning, creating, and delivering instruction.
Teachers Try to Take Time Back Using AI Tools
Heather Gauck has spent most of her three-decade teaching career sleep-deprived — turning in after midnight and waking up at dawn. The Michigander made the sacrifice to ensure she completed all the lesson planning and grading needed to serve her special education students in Grand Rapids Public Schools while raising three children of her own. But with artificial intelligence, Gauck has now reclaim...[Read More]