Howard Dvorsky

A new Common Sense Media report reveals that adults want more protection for their data and the privacy of children.

Over the past 18 months, I’ve had the privilege of exploring the intricacies of Indigenous education and leadership alongside my co-host, Jason Cummins. Together, we’ve delved into the nuances of culturally responsive classrooms, educational equity, and how Indigenous communities are fostering cultural preservation through innovative practices. These conversations have been both inspiring and tran...[Read More]

The story Mike Landry told about his students, who were majority African American, sounded depressingly familiar: poor, raised on the wrong side of the tracks, ignored, forgotten. But it made the rest of their story seem even more inspiring: Through grit, hard work, and help from a hole-in-the-wall private school — T.M. Landry College Prep in tiny Breaux Bridge, Louisiana — the students landed spo...[Read More]

How one district leader turned esports into an opportunity for more than 1,500 students.

As more legislation sweeps the nation limiting children’s phone use in schools, a new report card shows not all laws are created equal. The “Phone-Free Schools State Report Card,” released late last month, gave only two states “A” grades out of the 40 with phone-free legislation. North Dakota and Rhode Island both received high marks for their stringent laws, dictating that devices be stored in in...[Read More]

When the American Academy of Pediatrics first set limits for children’s screen time in 2016, the phrase had an entirely different meaning — and connotation — than it does a decade later. “It was created around research on TV viewing — and taking that literature and translating it into today’s world is so much more complex,” says Libby Milkovich, a developmental and behavioral pediatrician at...[Read More]

By: Abel McClennen and Nate McClennen This blog post is a high-level summary and call to action for a new white paper, The CHOICE We Make: The Critically Human Skills that Define our Future. We write this as a provocation in the face of accelerating change. Our hope is a shared movement for the moment. The language we choose is intentional and hopefully informs the hundreds of efforts underway to ...[Read More]

When researchers ask students to test educational technology products, a consistent pattern emerges: Tools that impress adults in demos often fall flat with the students who actually use them. Recent studies show that even well-designed products can frustrate students or create unnecessary mental strain when technical complexity gets in the way of learning. The disconnect means even promising tool...[Read More]

This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I unlock my classroom door each morning, and before I ever reach the board, I reach for a screen. I check messages that came in overnight, scan platform updates and read alerts that did not exist when I was a student. Families reach out late because school no longer ends when the building closes. Before a ...[Read More]

You cannot navigate a winding road by staring into the rearview mirror. You will know about where you have been, but you will remain blind to the curve approaching. Yet, American education too often insists on steering based on tire tracks left months ago.  Schools are increasingly interested in data—state and local test scores, climate surveys, graduation rates. Yet for a teacher interested in en...[Read More]

Discover the top 10 spoken English classes online in India. Compare fees, features, and learning styles to choose the best course for you. The post Top 10 Spoken English Classes Online in India (Complete Guide) first appeared on EdTechReview.

For Gen Alpha, social girlhood no longer takes place only in school or on the playground. It plays out online, through social media and online trends that will be the topics of discussion with friends the next day. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. To better understand how girls feel about and use digital platforms, the Girl Scouts of the USA commissioned a survey of 1,000 Black an...[Read More]