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This Student Saw Teachers Lacked a Place to Share Digital Resources. So He Created One.

ED Surge

Bir is working to add a feature that would let users upvote resources they found helpful, he adds. But all this raises the question: Isn’t that something libraries do? The project reflects work that libraries have been doing for a long time, says Steven Bell, an associate university librarian at Temple University.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. based education advocacy group. “It Photo: Kelsey Aske.

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New National Survey Analyzes Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning

Digital Promise

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability.

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OPINION: Online homework tools trade ‘busy work’ for feedback to help end inequities in schools

The Hechinger Report

These programs can only work — and narrow, rather than widen, gaps — if all students have equitable access to digital resources. Youth from low-income homes often lack access to reliable technology and the internet at home. In fact, studies have shown that student-paced learning tools may sometimes exacerbate achievement gaps.