Howard Dvorsky

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Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are evolving, becoming more deeply integrated into mainstream high school curricula. Alongside this transition is an expanded perspective on career exploration, and a stronger emphasis on student agency and well-being. In this first episode of a new series, The Idea Spark podcast, host Carl Hooker speaks with Elyse Monahan, a former CTE educator and cu...[Read More]

One of the dirty little secrets of being an “expert” in a field such as classroom use of AI is that you develop much of your expertise by facilitating workshops and speaking at conferences, where you learn from the daily experiences of classroom teachers. A dozen workshops and presentations this year have taught me that K-12 teachers are starting to get a handle on how to use generative AI to desi...[Read More]

The Trump administration took aim at another keystone in public education, this time looking to shake up how schools handle discipline. It’s not the disparate rates of punishment levied against racial minority children that concerns this White House, though. Rather, it’s the years-long attempts to make school discipline more fair that earned ire. An executive order signed by President Trump last w...[Read More]

Schools across the country are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms, but the real challenge isn’t just adopting the technology — it’s making sure it works for all students. Will AI be a tool for innovation or yet another factor widening educational gaps? As districts explore AI’s potential, they must also confront critical questions about equity, algorithmic bias and access....[Read More]

A new K-12 learning platform aims to bring personalized education to every student. Kira, one of the latest ed tech ventures from Andrew Ng, former director of Stanford’s AI Lab and co-founder of Coursera and DeepLearning.AI, “integrates artificial intelligence directly into every educational workflow — from lesson planning and instruction to grading, intervention, and reporting,”...[Read More]

A new executive order from President Donald Trump aims to advance America’s position in artificial intelligence technology by incorporating AI into education and providing AI training for educators.

I am the daughter of educators, So, I became a learnerI am the granddaughter of resilient women, So, I became their strength and determination Recently, I had the honor of joining a local gathering in Tacoma, Charting Our Future: The Power of Us. The energy in the room, the wisdom shared – it stirred something in me. It reminded me of what real leadership looks like when the ground beneath us feel...[Read More]

As organizations race to integrate AI agents into their cloud operations and workflows, they face a crucial reality: while enthusiasm is high, major adoption barriers remain, according to a new Cloudera report. Chief among them is the challenge of safeguarding sensitive data.

Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are still wrestling with how to adopt artificial intelligence. Last week’s batch of executive orders from the Trump administration included one that advanced “AI leadership.” The White House’s order emphasized its desire to use AI to boost learning across the country, opening discretionary federal gran...[Read More]

Teaching Strategies For Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs by TeachThought Staff Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, developed by psychologist Abraham Maslow in […] Source

By Sarah Bishop-Root & Leslie Colwell What if a State Board of Education established a grant program to fund personalized, competency-based learning—from planning through expansion? Or a state agency joined forces with a public research university’s innovation hub to run cutting-edge lab schools? Imagine a state superintendent establishing a unit within their Office of Innovation to test bold ...[Read More]