The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The researchers at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab ( J-PAL ), an organization inside the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scoured academic journals, the internet and evaluation databases and found only 113 studies on using technology in schools that were scientifically rigorous.

Educational Technology 108

Educational Technology Research Education Tutoring 108

ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. In 2017, while teaching fifth grade language arts and social studies, I took my love of radio and started a podcast on teaching and education. It’s about more than tests and grades. It’s about helping kids discover themselves and the world around them.

Teaching 145

Teaching Humanities Lesson Plan Middle School 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Both the federal Department of Education and ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) also offer information about quality resources on their respective websites. Technology is an accelerator,” said Richard Culatta, a former federal education technology official who now heads ISTE. “If

K-12 96

K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School 96

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

But the future of educational technology here is starting to emerge from a pixelated past. Debilitating slowdowns and districtwide outages in past years have been so common that some Nome teachers even now prepare two lesson plans per class—one to use if the internet cooperates and one that requires only textbooks.

Social Studies 100

Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 100

ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

Elizabeth Neilson, a semifinalist for Minnesota Teacher of the Year, in 2017. Once she was settled into her new position as a grants coordinator, she saw how similar grant proposals and project plans are to writing and evaluating a lesson plan for a class. “I wanted to be good at it. I wanted to serve my students well.

Teaching 130

Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School 130

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. The issue of teacher pay prevented North Carolina from passing a budget from 2017 to 2022.

Teaching 104

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 104

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Generative AI has stormed into education. Most of its applications, though, are either geared toward students (better tutoring solutions, for instance), or aimed at making quick, on-the-spot lesson plans for teachers. Bubbling right under the surface is a key question: Can AI help teachers teach better? Teaching is hard.

Research 145

Research Professional Development Tutoring Teaching 145