2020 Educational Technology Lesson Plan 
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 27, 2020
For much of the previous decade, advocates of education technology imagined a classroom where computer algorithms would differentiate instruction for each student, delivering just the right lessons at the right time, like a personal tutor. So it was interesting to see McKinsey & Co.,
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 1, 2021
When the coronavirus pandemic first hit in March 2020, the research unit inside the U.S. Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work.
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 25, 2021
A 2020 review of 100 tutoring programs found that intensive tutoring is particularly helpful at improving students’ reading skills during the early elementary years, and most effective in math for slightly older children. This comparison of the two approaches using education technology is promising, but more research is needed.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
The staffing shortages “got really acute” at the end of last year, says Steve Daly, who’s been CEO of Instructure since 2020. That program also allows teachers and administrators to give substitutes access to lesson plans and homework, making them more than a babysitter, Daly indicated.
ED Surge
JANUARY 6, 2022
Here’s how it impacts and demoralizes educators—and how they can push back. College Board Changes AP Exams Again to Accommodate Pandemic-Era Testing by Emily Tate In 2020, the College Board announced changes to its AP testing program. But there are effective strategies for making change, improving morale and getting buy-in from staff.
ED Surge
MARCH 8, 2023
In the winter of 2020, I participated in a two-day youth organizing retreat in Detroit. Young people from organizations across the city came together to learn about community organizing, build community and develop a city-wide education justice campaign. Then, leaders build campaigns around the shared experiences within the community.
ED Surge
JANUARY 10, 2023
Part of the challenge of the question is that it’s easier to think about classroom instruction in terms of lessons or units of curriculum than moments or actions. I can show you my lesson plans, my binders, my Google Classroom pages, but it’s harder to show you a moment when a young person felt challenged or included or inspired.
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