ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

The Settler Identity There are many teachers of color that can trace their arrivals - whether voluntarily or forced - back to lands occupied by the United States government. Despite our history, we must contend with the fact that we are settlers with values and beliefs that may not align with Indigenous and Native communities.

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ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2024

That, he hopes, can bring about a shift in focus, from teaching content in subjects like history to teaching critical thinking skills that students can apply to any set of information they encounter. Cote is not alone in pinning hopes on AI to help the teaching of civics. “One

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2023

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year.

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Dear Bonni, I'll be teaching a course on the history of Ireland later this year. Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? What do I do? I feel weird about testing them on genocide.”

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

In my 20 years as an educator, I have seen firsthand how service-learning engages students as they become leaders in their communities. History class, approached me after the White House threatened to revoke temporary protected status (TPS) for immigrants from El Salvador. Service-Learning in Action Jeslyn, a student in my U.S.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2024

The Healey administration has ushered in a number of other changes, from expanding universal preschool to signing an executive order for a “whole-of-government approach” to child care, calling on various state offices to collaborate with the business community to improve the field. I feel hopeful.”

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

As a reader, I use Black literature as a tool to reclaim my humanity, my history and my future. As an educator, I present Black literature to readers as a tool for their own liberation. I first learned how the government weaponized literacy when I was a child. According to the Nat Turner Project , when our U.S.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Built from internet technology and Facebook money, the developing metaverse wouldn’t be possible without higher education, but colleges are hardly acting that way. Universities have a long history of innovating and then giving away the value they create. What might an “open metaverse” (sometimes referred to as Web3 ) be like?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2022

Will things be different now in a health crisis that is longer, and the technology of the internet and iPads and smartphones are more robust? Questions about what we can learn from the history of education are familiar to Larry Cuban, a longtime education historian and school reformer.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

He argues that public discussions of education too often center on what he sees as a “crisis narrative” that schools in the U.S. He traces that viewpoint back to the 1983 government report, “ A Nation at Risk ,” which he says coincided with a decline in manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Still, the challenges we face in our public education system rank right up there with war in Ukraine in the existential crises keeping me up at night. Here in my home state of Florida , we are arguing about how to teach history and whether we can acknowledge the gender identities of students.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Many also found community online, by following Asian American educators publicly sharing their learnings and resources (e.g., after COVID-19.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 26, 2022

As someone who used to fight with city governments over public records, I like to imagine the Chron reporters buying antacids in bulk to deal with all the heartburn.) Do you love history? If you said yes to either, you should definitely check out Puppet History. Spoiler: most of them dealt with LGBTQ or racial equity issues. (As

History 86

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ED Surge

JUNE 6, 2023

This is a thought that recurs throughout history — this question of how do we tell what's real? Lots of little kids play around with the boundaries between reality and dreams, reality and make believe, in just the way that philosophers have throughout history. And Rex isn't uncommon. And Rex isn't uncommon.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Your history course may not specify that you are gaining skills in research, writing and evaluation logic. In the higher education setting, a lot goes into the governance structure around creating course content. The Open Badges and the CLR standards help learners express the skills and knowledge they have achieved.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In Black hair, we find art, creativity, history and connection. From the time I was a child, social norms governed my hair. While there are opportunities to do this within the academic curriculum, my Black students’ cultural identity is often reflected in how they wear and style their hair. The issue is not Black hair.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2022

The underlying truth that human and natural life must come first, together, has been validated through centuries of history, here and on every other continent. Without specific, how-to education on many fronts to prevent personal failure, perpetual rescue after the fact becomes the only option, one government or school program after another.

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ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2022

And that has implications for higher ed providers trying to promote non-degree programs as a way for people to get ahead in the workforce , as well as for government officials considering how to hold job-training programs accountable for student outcomes. This calls into question the value alternative credentials have for job seekers.

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ED Surge

MARCH 5, 2024

Ken Futernick brings together people who disagree deeply on issues that are most dividing school communities these days — such as teaching about gender and sexual identity or about the history of racism in America. And he records the conversations. You might think the discussions would involve shouting matches or verbal fireworks.

Cultures 119

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Online Degrees On Hold China actually has a long history of distance learning—mostly at correspondence schools and on broadcast TV. And at one point the Chinese Ministry of Education approved 68 pilot online colleges, including several at elite institutions, such as Peking, Tsinghua, Shanghai Jiaotong and Fudan Universities.

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ED Surge

JUNE 7, 2023

The California Master Plan for Early Learning and Care is one of the first major government documents in the state’s history to identify FFNs as a source for child care. In the state of California, where the women I interviewed live, an estimated quarter of parents with children under 3 years old rely on FFNs for child care.

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ED Surge

JULY 13, 2023

These grants, which were provided to states to improve the affordability, availability and quality of child care, became a lifeline for child care programs and families across the nation. They also represented the single largest infusion of federal funds to the child care sector in U.S.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2023

For her doctoral research at Temple University, Royal dug into the turbulent history of school reform in the city from the 1960s up to now, including reading through the minutes of every school board meeting from 1967 to 2017 and interviewing teachers and school leaders from the era.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Even if this decline doesn’t quite match the dire predictions of mass college closures that were popular in 2016, the recent history and near-term outlook for traditional higher ed is more negative than I imagined. And it’s certainly helped anchor my columns for EdSurge.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In places like Albemarle County, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, all the latest education-technology tools meant to narrow opportunity and achievement gaps can widen them instead. Explaining why requires some history. Photo: Andrew Franco.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2023

In the meantime, the checkered history of school reform did not seem top of mind for students from Coolidge. Some said that simply being asked what they think about their high school had already improved their perceptions about education. And evidence about whether DC + XQ’s work makes a lasting difference in the lives of D.C.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

“I like to have kids talk in class, to me and to each other, about how they’re trying to figure out a problem,” Young said in an interview, and that makes for an ambivalent relationship with education technology. Young gets the utility of online lesson plans geared to math standards and targeted to students at any level.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 27, 2024

Once a Public Servant, Always a Public Servant Plenty of former educators hold public office today, including at the federal level, such as Sen. Jahana Hayes of Connecticut, a former high school history and government teacher. Patty Murray of Washington state, a former preschool teacher, and Rep.

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ED Surge

MARCH 29, 2024

For James Singewald, a typical week goes something like this: Learn about the history of boarding schools in an Indigenous Studies class. Attend student government meetings. At least 30 colleges closed in 2023, according to an analysis by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association. The students are really great.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2022

If you saw this question on a government form, you’d likely respond in a practical fashion, checking boxes about how the world perceives you. They’re answers that, when it comes to education and work and success, don’t always seem to matter—but maybe should. Dino Sabic of Chattanooga, Tenn. Photo by Kathleen Greeson for EdSurge.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2022

The work being done across the country to address educational disparities before and during the pandemic has been nothing short of inspiring. But this next chapter in our country’s education history must dwarf those efforts. I’ve said before, and I will continue saying—this is our opportunity for a reset.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2022

The legislation requires the federal government to cover 40 percent of the added cost of special education, but in recent years it has only shouldered about 15 percent of those costs. The RISE Act is designed to simplify and streamline the process for neurodiverse students to access learning support in higher education.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Some of the opportunities are government supported, such as the Fulbright Scholarship, run by the U.S. Department of State, and the Marshall Scholarship, established by a gift from the British government in 1953. And Senator Mitchell had just had this massive achievement with the Good Friday agreement. This is a good idea.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 4, 2024

‘Gen Z Teaches History’ Is a Viral TikTok Series That Mixes Learning and Humor By Nadia Tamez-Robledo Amid stressful and — should I just say it? depressing news about the teaching profession, Lauren Cella has carved out a delightful corner of the internet where she puts her own humorous twist on history lectures.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“I think we all sometimes want to crave a benevolent dictatorship, like Singapore, where they're generally doing good stuff for the people, and it's all orderly, and no one's yelling at each other and there's a high degree of trust in the government,” Khan says. Most of his education came through AP courses, Jefferson says.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2020

This school year, teachers are using Legos to help kids learn concepts from all subject areas, including literacy, history and science. Just to talk about [STEM concepts] abstractly is difficult at that level,” said Susan Uram, educational technology coordinator for Rockford Public Schools.

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