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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024

ED Surge

Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education. Is it time to give traditional letter grade systems an F and replace them with alternatives that focus more on getting more students to master material? Thanks for listening!

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Should Chatbots Tutor? Dissecting That Viral AI Demo With Sal Khan and His Son

ED Surge

A video demo of the latest version of ChatGPT tutoring a student that went viral on YouTube has brought fresh attention to this question. The kind of math that we saw on there,” Meyer said, referring to the demo, “was an operational problem well summarized in a single diagram that results in a single number.

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Beyond Devices: A Tech Leader's Advice to Building School Community

ED Surge

Daniel Gauna We want to see technology leveraged beyond the traditional classroom approach. Recommended Resources: Getting the Most from Your Digital Signage : Key tips for K-12 schools on digital signage selection and use. Request a demo.

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5 Steps to Ensure Your Classroom Technology Refresh Delivers

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This requires a shift in perspective, moving away from traditional purchasing habits and toward a more strategic and inclusive approach that prioritizes the needs and goals of all stakeholders rather than preferences and familiarity. #1 Request a demo.

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Arkansas schools hire untrained teachers as people lose interest in the profession

The Hechinger Report

It is just one of a slate of waivers approved by lawmakers, including class size, teacher preparation time, hiring and firing rules, and others, allowing traditional public schools to operate with the same educational requirements as their area charter schools. I’ve done demos before. According to U.S. BACK IN THE DELTA.

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This may be the best way to train teachers, but can we afford it?

The Hechinger Report

I think if you strip away the emotion, the district was saying: ‘We just want you to be a traditional school foundation. Alicia Nicas, the a 37-year-old STR grad student on a special education track who had volunteered to be the day’s demo teacher, decompressed at the library table with her classmates. But that’s not how we operate.

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Out of poverty, into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Over a lifetime, a dual-headed household with bachelor’s degrees and $53,000 in college debt loses $208,000 in lifetime wealth — nearly four times the amount borrowed, according to a 2013 brief by Demos, a left-leaning policy organization.