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AWS Survey: Generative AI Surpasses Cybersecurity in 2025 Tech Budgets
Global IT leaders are planning to spend more on generative artificial intelligence than cybersecurity in 2025, according to new research by Amazon Web Services (AWS).
K12 Tutoring Earns ESSA Level II Validation
Online tutoring service K12 Tutoring recently announced that it has received Level II validation underneath the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The independently validated study provides evidence of K12 Tutoring’s role in creating positive s...[Read More]
AI Makes Stuff Up. So How Can Teachers Use It in Instruction?
AI should be used for creative thinking and brainstorming, not just answers to specific questions, experts argue.
Senate Votes to Rescind E-Rate Program Funding Loaner WiFi Hotspots for Schools and Libraries
The Senate has passed a joint resolution to overturn “Addressing the Homework Gap Through the E-Rate Program,” a July 2024 expansion to the FCC’s E-Rate program that allowed schools and libraries to utilize E-Rate resources to loan ...[Read More]
The Reboot of Readiness: It’s Time to Take Action in Renovating CTE from the Ground Up
By Adam Kulaas We’re in the middle of a readiness crisis. Not a standardized test score crisis, not a graduation rate crisis. We are in the midst of a relevance crisis, where too many youth walk across the stage with a diploma in hand but without a r...[Read More]
Three Districts Took the Long View With Federal Relief Funds. Their Bets Are Paying Off.
When Angela Dominguez took the helm of Donna Independent School District in Texas in 2021, she thought the district’s original decision to use most of its federal Elementary and Secondary School Relief (ESSER) money to pay for existing fourth- and fi...[Read More]
What Is The Library Of Congress?
The Library of Congress is the research arm of Congress and preserves U.S. cultural and intellectual history while offering public access to archives, copyright services, and educational resources. Source
Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life
“When would I ever use this?” It’s a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think it’s because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Procedural, boring and, in some cases, “totally outdated,” mat...[Read More]
Connection and Co-Regulation Precede Self-Management: A Common Sense Approach to Learning, Development and Discipline
By: Tami Hill-Washington, Kathleen Osta Every child deserves to be in schools and classrooms where they feel safe and supported to learn. But how we achieve that safety when it comes to school discipline — and what it actually takes for students to d...[Read More]
30 Questions Teachers Can Ask At Their Next Job Interview
Do students like going to school here? Do teachers like teaching here? Here are 30 questions teachers can ask at their next job interview. Source
Chromebooks or Cellphones: Which Are the Bigger Classroom Distraction?
Most schools have had 1-to-1 computing environments since 2020; others have had it since the early 2010s.
Schools Alive with Transformational Learning
The ISTE+ASCD Transformational Learning Principles are a set of evidence-based practices that highlight the most essential elements of effective learning. Organized in three categories—Nurture, Empower and Guide—the Principles are aligned with Gettin...[Read More]