ED Surge

MAY 9, 2023

And the way the grading system in education works has long bothered him. After that, this professor vowed never to use traditional grades on tests again. What did educators do before the current system? There's lots of discussion of equity and education these days. But he wasn’t quite sure what to replace them with.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. Equal Access Doesn’t Mean Equally Helpful Edward Gonzalez oversees open educational resources for the Kern County Superintendent of Schools in California.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 2, 2015

Education needs a revolution of ideas, pedagogy, and the very way in which we talk about teaching and learning. Teachers must reach out and engage parents and utilize them as key players in their child’s education. There are also inherent issues with education traditions.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 22, 2019

With all the promise that educational technology holds, several pitfalls are always on the minds of educators. The top two issues that commonly come up in my talks with educators are the technology (Internet, hardware, devices, apps) not working or off-task behavior on the part of students.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In many cases, they’ve grown up with access to incredibly immersive technology practically since birth. As a result, it can be difficult at times to compete for attention using traditional teaching methods like whiteboards, worksheets, and extended direct instruction. To improve outcomes student agency has to be at the forefront.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 3, 2018

As a supplement to traditional discussion strategies technology can serve as a catalyst to increase engagement by getting more learners actively involved during lessons. Our results indicate that peer discussion enhances understanding, even when none of the students in a discussion group originally knows the right answer.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 8, 2013

However, the mounting pressure from ridiculous mandates as a result of the current education reform movement and massive budget cuts across the country, have made it a challenge to learn through traditional pathways. Digital leaders seize the opportunity to grow and learn like never before through a connected model of leadership.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

Online education was viewed as a poor substitute for in-person study, and anyway, how could something free be financially sustainable? It has also come up with plenty of clever ways to keep costs low, such as relying on free or low-cost open educational resources rather than costly commercial textbooks. If so, will they?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Instead of traditional direct instruction, PBL in math encourages students to explore, discuss and understand mathematical concepts by solving problems collaboratively. It has become an increasingly important component of effective math education, equipping students with the skills and understanding necessary for success in the 21st century.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

One question often lurks in the minds of college students: “What am I going to do after I graduate?” For those who plan on graduate school, their immediate future is pretty much set. But for most, what happens next is often in doubt.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

And certainly there have been plenty of challenges for educators during this health crisis. There were many individuals and organizations who knew it was a once in a millennium moment to rethink what has been, to experiment with what could be, to create an upgraded education model and a better school experience. But they need to.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

Community colleges, which have historically served as comprehensive institutions offering associate degrees with transfer articulation agreements to four-year colleges, have also served as workforce drivers through their array of educational credit and non-credit courses. From 1890 to 1940, higher education in the U.S.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Assessments have the power to shape educational outcomes, but are we truly measuring what matters? Ensuring that assessments are fair, inclusive and meaningful for all students is a growing priority for educators. Candace Thille Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education Students must know what is being assessed.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 23, 2021

We look for the traditional comforts that elicit memories of the past, and search for something new to add to our tables. The last decade has introduced more technology tools that can positively impact learning that I had over my entire career as an educator. We can’t just use the tools that we know and feel comfortable with.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Change in higher education historically has been a dynamic process involving two sectors—one consisting of mainstream institutions and the other a grab bag of diverse, nontraditional organizations, service providers and emerging models. Yet as quality improves, more consumers abandon the traditional product in favor of the new.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 13, 2022

For many Indigenous communities, the goal of education has always been to nurture the wellbeing of the whole child, including their emotional, mental, physical and spiritual development I recently reflected on this memory as I once again sat at that same wooden table. From a very young age, I recognized these differences.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education. Among them: Are crypto-entrepreneurs imagining better systems for education—or just systems that pay off better financially for themselves? Before forging our own ponderous chains, then, let’s explore what Web3 innovators might have in store for education.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2024

As Black womxn educators, we have a connection with education that is ancestral. A question Black womxn educators must ask themselves when centering their healing is who you are and where you come from? This is still a prevalent theme for Black womxn in education. African communities built cities, states and kingdoms.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As educators have looked to alternatives to assigning essays, one idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. But even fans of administering oral exams admit a major drawback: They’re time-consuming, and take a lot out of educators. Even so, some educators have been giving the oral exam a try.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2024

Since OpenAI’s ChatGPT became publicly available in November 2022, the field of higher education has been focusing on its impact and applications — faculty want to understand how this will shape their work and the student experience. Our goal is to understand how the patterns of usage shape the interpersonal dynamics of the group members.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

Students are looking for something different from teachers and professors as they prepare to enter political and civic life, and that means educators need to change the way they support students when it comes to political engagement. We don't often see that in higher education. For the full interview, listen here. That's an example.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Salazar is part of a growing movement of educators rethinking homework in light of the pandemic. But educators disagree about how they should respond. It also gives parents a chance to be involved in their child’s education. But other educators have a different view. hours before the pandemic. We are where we are.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2022

The struggle for equity in education stretches back beyond our nation's living memory. In a recent discussion with global education leaders , we took a hard look at some of the inequitable practices that continue to plague our schools. The struggle for equity in education stretches back beyond our nation's living memory.

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ED Surge

JULY 10, 2024

My colleagues feverishly jotted down notes as one of my students, Ethan, moved through his presentation on how educators can more intentionally use AI in their classes. The population of students I serve as a teacher in our Academy for Teaching and Learning are interested in pursuing a career in education.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 22, 2020

In this episode of The Balance , I talk with Lisa Highfill , a mother, educator, instructional coach, and co-author of The HyperDoc Handbook. She was a classroom teacher for over twenty years and is currently a technology integration coach in the Pleasanton Unified School District.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

“Education is made for students. There is no one who knows what students need more than us.” — Angelica Martinez, 2023 Graduate, Sunnyside Unified School District (AZ) Historically, research institutions, education entrepreneurs and technology developers have led the research and development (R&D) of education programs and tools.

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2022

Many of the largest employers in the country are changing how they approach offering training and education benefits to their employees. In some cases it’s to respond to how fast technology is advancing, and a sense that workers need retraining more often than than in the past. Half of U.S. Skills will become king.

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Those who were enrolled in — or considering enrolling in — American University’s School of Education said they wanted more classroom experience, more opportunities to practice their craft before being released to do it alone every day to a room full of kids. Wish granted. They’re more comfortable in the classroom, more familiar.”

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ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2022

We’re familiar with the higher education headlines. The world’s complexity has been catapulted to a new level, and higher education is feeling the repercussions like never before. Add in demographic changes, and it’s no surprise that demand is falling for the traditional college experience. They want jobs.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Lourie Center’s therapeutic nursery program offers a comprehensive early childhood program that provides education and clinical services. Lucas’ teachers and therapeutic staff at the Lourie Center were able to provide remarkably nurturing, attentive care and education for Lucas. He is happily preparing for kindergarten next fall.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Teachers are asked to be more than educators to serve as counselors, advocates and role models all while grappling with the same grief and trauma as their students. These tastes and smells are etched in my memory, a reminder of her dedication to keeping traditions alive and passing them down to the next generation.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

. — Danielle Caldwell It’s a bitter contradiction that spans the field: The job is a difficult one to do into old age, yet few who stick with it are able to set aside enough money to enjoy a traditional retirement. “It At a certain age, you’re not going to catch up,” says Powell of early childhood educators. You won’t own a home.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 27, 2022

And while I was pleased that the words resonated, it is also disturbing that something so fundamental as care and wellbeing is hitting a nerve with the education community. Maybe to assess the health and character of our education system we should look at how our teachers are treated and how they are feeling.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2022

In addition, I worried about whether we would meet our students' academic, emotional, and social needs, especially for students that attend a non-traditional school. Throughout the pandemic, discussions about supporting students have centered on traditional, comprehensive schools.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

Much has been made of artificial intelligence’s potential to revolutionize education. Meanwhile, digital media, heavily reliant on visuals and text, with audio often secondary, is playing an increasing role in education. But not for blind or deaf students, whose sensory limitations frequently impede their access to quality education.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For this week’s EdSurge Podcast we’re looking at how metaphors shape technology in education. After all, an ‘online lecture’ is a metaphor, using the tradition of teaching in front of a classroom to describe teaching in an online video format. It's part of that same desire to be saying, ‘Look, education is a social good.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

should prioritize early childhood education , a key component of that agenda is getting more people trained to offer high-quality care and teaching to young kids. And that means encouraging colleges to recruit, prepare and graduate more early childhood educators. Pima purposely does not offer IBEST courses in early childhood education.

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