Researchers Posed as a Teen in Crisis. AI Gave Them Harmful Advice Half the Time
ChatGPT prompted teens to harmful acts, a study reveals.
KI Classroom Furniture Giveaway to Award Combined $200,000 to Transform Learning Spaces
Furniture company KI is launching its fourth annual Classroom Furniture Giveaway, which will award four K-12 educators $50,000 each to redesign their learning spaces.
Teachers Learn the Art of Teaching Civics in a Hot-Button Age
Melanie Fisher understands why K-12 teachers might be nervous to tackle civics and the Constitution in their classrooms. In an era when Americans of every ideological stripe, at all levels of public life, clash over how to govern, fundamental subjects like voting rights and civil liberties can quickly become flashpoints. “A lot of things being brought up in a classroom can feel scary for educators...[Read More]
The Difference Between Assessment Of And Assessment For Learning
Assessment for learning is commonly referred to as formative assessment–that is, assessment designed to inform instruction. Source
Inside a Program Supporting Black Girls Who Love Math
Bailey Hairston and Lauren Duval-Shepherd participate in a summer math lesson.Photo by Daniel Mollenkamp for EdSurge. PHILADELPHIA — Elle Oliver knows anger. Multiplying by 12 used to make the rising sixth grader fume. Now she’s tackling integers with relative calm. Still, confusion seems to trigger the frustration, she noticed. Bewilderment caused by a tough math problem can, like an unscratchabl...[Read More]
D2L Updates Lumi with Personalized Study Supports
Learning platform D2L has introduced new artificial intelligence features for D2L Lumi that help provide more personalized study supports for students.
AI in School Security: A New Tool with Big Questions
As school districts think about ways to enhance security, experts say leaders should think about costs and effectiveness.
How Schools Can Prevent a Cyberattack
When a cyberattack happens, schools can lose instructional time, as well as thousands of dollars responding to it.
Catalyzing the Future of Learning: How Public Seed Funding Drives EdTech Innovation and Scale
By Edward Metz, Eric Tucker, and Tom Vander Ark A new report, From Seed Funding to Scale, reveals a small, publicly funded R&D program punching far above its weight. Small federal grants helped give about 130 million students and teachers access to innovative learning tools – at a cost of roughly $0.70 per user. That’s roughly the price of a few pencils for a student’s backpack. In the age of ...[Read More]
As Data Centers Expand, Should That Concern Schools?
Over the last three years, generative artificial intelligence made its way into many classrooms. Now, a White House initiative could plant the pervasive technology right outside of schools as well. Late last month, the Trump administration rolled out its “Winning the AI Race: America’s AI Action Plan,” detailing efforts to accelerate innovation, build AI infrastructure and boost international dipl...[Read More]
How AI Can Support Math Instruction
Artificial intelligence tools can be integrated into math class and teacher-preparation programs, educators and researchers say.
What I Learned About Special Education After Years of Getting It Wrong
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Dontrell* came to me early in my microschool journey. Bright. Hilarious. Expressive. Absolutely adorable, but also exhausting. He gave me the blues. When he got upset, he’d bang his head against the wall. He spoke with a kind of honesty that caught people off guard, not because it was mean, but because it ...[Read More]