Howard Dvorsky

Microsoft has introduced a major update to its Copilot AI platform, adding new features to make the system more personalized, collaborative, and integrated across its suite of products.

OpenAI has unveiled ChatGPT Atlas, a standalone browser that places ChatGPT at the heart of everyday web activity. This release represents a major expansion of the company’s efforts to reshape how users search, browse, and complete tasks online.

Just past the guard gates at Gwynedd Mercy University, about an hour northeast of Philadelphia, is a pale yellow, two-story Colonial. It looks like any other suburban house — red shutters, front and back porches, garbage and recycling cans in the back. Inside, the house appears similarly mundane. There’s a fully stocked kitchen, furnished bedrooms, working bathrooms and an office. A car is parked ...[Read More]

Microschools are rethinking what it means to scale by showing that sometimes the biggest impact begins small. It is a few weeks into the school year at Flourish Schools in Nashville. In a bright, flexible classroom tucked inside a renovated office building, seven middle schoolers are reflecting on curiosity. They call it a “superpower,” one of the skills and mindsets they practice daily. The schoo...[Read More]

A pair of research projects look at the impact on discipline and academic achievement.

A majority of educators fear students may become dependent on generative AI tools for basic tasks.

Bailey Brown was 4 when her parents had her tested for New York’s gifted-and-talented program. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1990s, Brown had little understanding at the time why she was taking the test or what her answers meant to her examiner. Years later, however, Brown realized how high the stakes were for her parents, who “waited anxiously for my results, wondering what would happen if my sco...[Read More]

These 32 research-based instructional strategies include Setting Objectives and Reinforcing Effort/Providing Recognition. Source

During our focus group, a middle school media and library specialist from New York sighed and said: “We don’t need another policy about what not to do with AI. We need a philosophy that helps teachers think critically about these tools.” This sentiment was echoed among our EdSurge research project, “Teaching Tech: Navigating Learning and AI in the Industrial Revolution.” Educators who ...[Read More]

Tom Vander Ark: For anyone who has read my work or listened to our podcast, it’s clear that I’m deeply passionate about sustainability. Growing up, I spent countless hours exploring nature and learning about the environment, sparking a lifelong fascination with how humans interact with and impact the planet. My first job was helping run an after-school program on environmental stewardship, and my ...[Read More]

Public school districts across the country are facing declining enrollment and shrinking budgets. This reality is forcing district leaders to make difficult decisions about how to use limited funds. It’s more important than ever for these leaders to gain a solid understanding of what works. When district leaders prioritize research-backed approaches in their schools, they can direct their critical...[Read More]

Schools need continuity plans that feature teaching without the help of technology.