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Elementary school is tough. There are playground politics, multiplication tables and learning to read. Imagine dealing with all that in a new language — or even a whole new country. That’s the added challenge for kids who are learning English at the ...[Read More]

A cyberattack against one of the world’s largest digital education platforms has forced attention onto the vulnerability of U.S. schools’ data. Instructure, the company behind Canvas, a learning management system used by thousands of schools which ha...[Read More]

For over 30 years I’ve been teaching teachers to engage in meaningful conversations with their students about real things. Strong teachers know how to pose thoughtful questions, elicit questions from students, and listen and engage respectfully with ...[Read More]

To be an educator and a writer is to inhabit a rollercoaster world of hope; at times, you are filled with the excitement and power of possibilities, and at others, you are terrified of losing it. During the Voices of Change fellowship, I not only gre...[Read More]

While schools have made progress in technology adoption — from artificial intelligence guidelines to vetting education technology — they still struggle with the lack of resources, funding and expertise, according to a new report. The annual State of ...[Read More]

For the past few years, our nation has been flooded with headlines declaring the demise of the college degree. This trend was exacerbated by COVID-19, which accelerated a decline in college interest. I understand, really, I do. Tuition costs are risi...[Read More]

Increased attendance, better attention in classrooms, stronger friendships, and more engaged citizens – these are not a long wishlist of preferred traits in an elementary school student. They are what some advocates believe are a direct impact from r...[Read More]

The U.S. Surgeon General’s office issued a warning yesterday about the harms of extended uses of screens on children, raising concerns about its impact on academic performance, physical health and mental well-being. The advisory follows a contentious...[Read More]

As one fourth grader peers over the top of a 300-foot-tall wind turbine, a classmate stands next to surgeons operating in an emergency room. Nearby, another fourth grader shuffles through an autobody shop. They are not visiting high-risk job sites, a...[Read More]

Keri Rodrigues, a mother of five boys, knows the value of screens. For her boys, four of whom receive school accommodations, screens serve a practical purpose at school. “When you get a kid who’s got [a learning plan] for anxiety and a substitu...[Read More]

Students increasingly turn to AI first for school help, raising trust and safety concerns.

By: Jon Alfuth Kathleen Farley from Google recently wrote about what it would mean to shift from traditional credit hours in K-12 education to skills-first standards. I’ve long thought a shift like this is needed and necessary. But, in my years of wo...[Read More]