ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2023

As we march forward into a new year, EdSurge is reflecting on the stories we shared and the biggest hits of 2022. What emerges from our list of most-read stories of 2022 is a clear theme: Teaching is in crisis. In this piece, she describes what parents and lawmakers would really see inside her classroom.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

These competencies include creativity and innovation, communication, critical thinking and problem-solving, citizenship, flexibility and adaptability, and resilience. For IPSD, these interdisciplinary skills are six core competencies that graduates need to succeed, regardless of the path a student takes after commencement.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With all new technology comes a great deal of trepidation that our previous ways of knowing are being lost. Critical thinking comes into play as students must locate, read and determine the legitimacy of each original source. The next step is to formulate and express their own ideas on the subject matter.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

According to the 2022 Edelman Trust Barometer survey of more than 36,000 people in 28 countries, only 37 percent of respondents state that they trust social media as a source for general news and information. Those concerns have gotten even louder with the company’s shift in name and strategy as it redubbed itself Meta. So has the public.

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2022

The high school student, Gesenia Alvarez from Travis High School, said she would “change the way teachers teach” so that it de-emphasizes rote memorization and encourages critical thinking. Secretary Cardona and three Austin-area students during a conversation about reimagining education at SXSW EDU on March 9, 2022.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 8, 2024

Spoon has found that the changes also allow her to hold students to a higher standard when it comes to explaining the math concepts, an approach that’s informed by pushes for more focus on critical thinking in classrooms. Spoon's experiment coincided with research about how student performance is influenced by instructional practices.

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2023

Teachers can help by encouraging students to leverage their critical thinking and creativity to think outside of the box. Teams working together at the 2022 Changemaker Challenge Lab What are some highlights from past Changemaker Challenge teams?

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