ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2025

As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. But overall, EdSurge articles that highlighted educators experiences and called for more connection gripped readers all year. Here are the most popular K-12 stories of 2024.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

Thats up from just 6 percent in 2024. We've seen fast growth of state pilots, professional development programs that are state supported, standards revisions, Drozda says, [and] the curriculum market for data science and data literacy and AI literacy is growing quite quickly.

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ED Surge

MAY 1, 2024

Collaboration and open dialogue are key as we navigate this terrain, ensuring innovation meets the needs of today's educational institutions. When building up edtech resources for any learning environment, whether it be a K-12 school district, institution of higher education or professional development, there is a lot to consider.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

While the emergency switch to remote instruction caused students to fall behind in learning — with regular assessments showing declining test scores, especially in math — it also significantly sped up the adoption of digital devices and impressed upon districts the importance of technology, according to advocates.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2024

Those are vital questions for education technology innovators as they build ventures, secure funding and expand their impact. Catalyst @ Penn GSE, a global center for education innovation at the University of Pennsylvania, is passionate about supporting education entrepreneurs. If you build it, will it work?

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ED Surge

JUNE 11, 2024

Although this is the most common non-parental child care arrangement in the United States, used by millions of families, few options for training and education are available to FFN providers. Most early care and education supports are reserved for licensed child care providers or parents. Photo courtesy of Dunn.

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Edthena

APRIL 17, 2024

In Spokane Public Schools , a forward-thinking approach to professional development is making waves, under the strategic direction of Nick Lundberg, Title I and Special Programs Coordinator. The program doubled its size for the 2023-2024 school year (to 60 teachers).

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