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Teaching Sex Education in Schools Is More Fraught Than Ever
Krystalyn Musselman holds a worn cardboard box up to the screen on our Zoom call. It’s the anonymous question box she relies on to field queries from high schoolers at Tecumseh Public Schools in southeast Michigan, where she teaches sex ed. The box, ...[Read More]
Chile Becomes Latest Country to Ban Smartphones During Class
The new law will take effect next year.
What is the Role of School Counselors in the Age of AI?
When I was a teenager, the idea of revealing my innermost thoughts and feelings to another human being was beyond comprehension. Now that I’m an adult, the idea of revealing those same secrets to an artificial being is almost inconceivably strange. B...[Read More]
The Power of Participation: Why Public Leadership and Civic Readiness is a Solution to our Schools’ Engagement Problem
Education is at an inflection point. For decades, we have structured learning around content delivery—standardized, decontextualized, and increasingly disconnected from the real world. But a rapidly changing global landscape demands something differe...[Read More]
6 Ways to Energize STEM Classrooms
How can schools make STEM exciting and relevant in preK-12 classrooms, without overwhelming teachers? Here are a few suggestions.
What Students Actually Want From Edtech — and Why We Should Listen
Imagine spending thousands of dollars on an edtech product for your school or district that promises to transform student learning, only to watch students struggle to engage with it. It’s a scenario we’ve heard about repeatedly from educators. While ...[Read More]
Education’s Netflix Moment: A “Yes, And” Approach for Assessment System Innovation
States and school systems considering the future of assessment find themselves in a position somewhat analogous to Netflix circa 2007. Netflix had a thriving DVD-by-mail service. It kept that approach while simultaneously embracing the future by intr...[Read More]
New Learning: Characteristics Of An Innovative Classroom
From content to thought, linear learning to spiral learning, and grading to micrograding, here are possible characteristics of an innovative classroom.
Students Want Power, Not Worksheets. Schools Must Teach Them to Organize.
Over the past two years, I have noticed that when I teach students about any issue in the U.S. or around the world, they express noticeable apathy and disinterest. When our current president was elected, I asked a Latina student how she felt, and she...[Read More]
The Missing Ingredient in EdTech for Neurodivergent Kids: Emotional Safety
Emotional safety in EdTech is the missing ingredient neurodivergent kids need—tools must feel supportive, respectful, and safe before real learning can happen. The post The Missing Ingredient in EdTech for Neurodivergent Kids: Emotional Safety first ...[Read More]
Essential Digital Tools For K-12 District Planning
Strategic planning and execution tools for K-12 school districts are software programs that help solve problems.
McGraw Hill Expands Gen AI Tools for Teaching and Learning
Ed tech provider McGraw Hill has launched Teacher Assistant, a new generative AI-powered tool for lesson planning support, and announced the wider availability of Writing Assistant, a gen AI tool for strengthening students’ writing skills.