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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

ED Surge

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. A researcher at the University of Southern California, she has been working on AI-based professional development for math teachers for several years.

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One Idea to Keep Teachers From Quitting — End the Teacher Time Crunch

ED Surge

In it, the report authors list the myriad tasks, in addition to instruction, that teachers do as part of their jobs — meeting with parents, participating in professional development, grading. Those responsibilities all regularly tip teachers’ work weeks past 40 hours. It’s a reality that troubles teachers across the country.

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A 5-Step Plan to Improve Professional Learning in Your School

ED Surge

When will this PD end so I can get back to lesson planning and grading student work?” Not sure how to set a five-year plan? It seemed like the minute hand on the clock was stuck. I thought to myself in silent desperation. Then, I followed up with a pledge: “When I am a principal, I am not going to do this to my staff.”

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What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning?

The Hechinger Report

One morning in 2019, close to 40 educators gathered in a commercial building on the Chicago riverfront that houses the offices of LEAP Innovations. The shift from a traditional ‘sage on a stage’ role to helping students learn at their own pace can be challenging, requiring a lot of professional development for teachers.

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Teaching Broke My Heart. That's Why I Resigned.

ED Surge

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. In 2018 and 2019, teachers in my state were ready to strike. It’s just a reality of the job.

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How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School

Studies Weekly

A 2023 survey conducted by EducationWeek researchers reports that 70% of teachers say student misbehavior has increased since 2019, and 68% say their students have lower morale than they did pre-pandemic. Soft Skills in Health Teachers report that behavior issues have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Teaching Virtually: What it’s Really Like

Rosie the History Teacher

I am one of the lucky teachers who did not have to figure out how to change all of my lesson plans and adapt to online teaching overnight, because I have been teaching at a virtual school for a couple of years now. History classes from this amazing location in Costa Rica in February 2019! It is pretty mind-blowing.