ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. we must reprioritize history education as a whole, not just in parts. To reach every student in the U.S.,

Civics 104

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ED Surge

AUGUST 2, 2023

In a world that has denied my humanity, literature has offered affirmation, consolation and direction. 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.

Humanities 96

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

“If your boat’s no longer floating upright for a variety of reasons, and you're trying to figure out what's next, are there human lives at stake that we need to get off? There's so many companies that work within that field, and they have to work with governments all around the world for that type of thing.” Garcia says.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. history, European history, human geography, AP government. But nothing felt quite right, until he considered teaching.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2023

Colleges around the country have been holding emergency meetings of their honor code councils or other committees that govern student cheating. The technology, which emerged just a couple of months ago, can answer just about any question you type into it, and can adapt those answers into a different style or tone on command.

Humanities 123

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ED Surge

APRIL 20, 2022

New research published this week by the Society for Human Resource Management aims to address those questions. But even before an application finds its way to a human, it often has to pass through an automated screening process. How will he or she react to an application that has an alternative credential instead of a college degree?

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

And what we're really working on is what would a human-centered, a relationally centered version of education look like if it could be empowered by and supported by AI? The American Council on Education has agreed to be the kind of neutral referee host of it. And we've got a number of major-scale players.

EdTech 98

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ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

Child care, Gale explains, was essential to allowing these workers to do their jobs, and during the emergency phase of the pandemic, the federal government seemed to agree, sending between $30 and $34 per day per child of each essential worker directly to the providers who cared for them.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

This unit covered the Constitutional Convention, the factions that formed in early American history, and the establishment of the American government system. Students began to think more critically about who was being represented by the Constitution, and more importantly, who was not.

American History 119

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The federal government has used this to standardize its job descriptions and to help employees identify new roles that might be a match for their talents. Industrial-organizational psychologists and other experts have been doing job and task analysis for decades on behalf of the military and the federal government. Housed in the U.S.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Due to the way current education systems are structured and how governments, philanthropy and others choose to invest their resources, these children will not get access to the quality early learning they deserve. We share similar small activities with parents and invite them to share with their communities.

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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. This is her third year in the profession.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Based on these early successes, education leaders in government and nonprofit organizations sought to bring the power of text messages to hundreds of thousands of students. Silicon Valley likes to build things that will “scale” but education relies not upon clicks but upon student motivation.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

They recognized that virulent racialized scapegoating is a pattern in this country, like when the federal government forced Japanese Americans into internment camps during WWII or when post-9/11 Islamophobia targeted anyone perceived to be Muslim, including Arab and South Asian Americans. after COVID-19.

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ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

How can we do that without creating yet another mandate that builds bureaucracy, stifles educator creativity and makes “what to do about teachers” another cultural battleground—without actually centering the needs of students? Our national reset of an educational system that has been failing too many students for too long is long overdue.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

We’re in a unique moment in education funding. The federal government is seeking expansion of this support. Supporting educators and administrators as they reach out to all families, not just those who are able to travel to school sites or board meetings, will have a huge impact on how we navigate this new school year and beyond.

K-12 77

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ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services estimates that more than a third of the country lives in an area where there is a shortage of mental health professionals, with at least 6,000 additional practitioners needed.

High School 83

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

Fourth-grade students who reported using tablets in “all or almost all” classes scored 14 points lower on the reading portion of a test administered by the federal government than students who reported “never” using classroom tablets. That’s the equivalent of a year of education or an entire grade level. Higher Education.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 10, 2023

And government leaders are also pushing the trend: many state governors , for instance, have adopted skills-based hiring for state positions, and the U.S. House of Representatives’ Education and Workforce Committee is giving the approach attention. Department of Labor reported a near-record 9.5

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Isabella Elvir-Ray, program management director at Salesforce, said one of the steps to advancing Latinos in technology is to change the way the community thinks about artificial intelligence. How do we remove that fear out of AI — the sense that it will replace humans?” When we hear the word AI, most of us fear it,” Elvir-Ray said.

K-12 90

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

By hearing educators’ stories, Kang says, she will be in a better position to share them and promote greater awareness and understanding. The announcement led to a “lengthy and transparent national search” for Rhian Evans Allvin’s successor, says Ann McClain Terrell, NAEYC’s governing board president.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

It’s a digital world where internet users retain ownership of their online activities—their intellectual property, or IP—which are tracked by blockchains, which help everyone make money without having to rely on governments, institutions or corporations. Some edtech entrepreneurs are eager for Web3 to arrive and change education.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

I don't think in two or three years people will be disclosing the use of AI — it’ll be in our workflows — but it's important to learn from each other and tie it back to human involvement in the process. Sometimes the best data set for an educator is the teacher down the hall with 10 years more experience, and not an AI tool,” Smith says.

K-12 98

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Credentials that adhere to the Open Badges or CLR [Comprehensive Learner Record] standards have a specific way of packaging that data to be both human-readable and machine-readable. In the higher education setting, a lot goes into the governance structure around creating course content.

Social Justice 88

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2020

They miss their friends, their freedom and learning from a human being instead of a screen, but their chances of graduating are unlikely to change. Only 14 percent of the lowest-income students earn a bachelor’s degree within eight years of first enrolling, according to the most recent government data.

Political Science 144

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), not from the tribes themselves. There are a handful of government offices—like the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the Interior Department and HHS—that would need to collaborate on the issue, Smith says. Not from the Census Bureau, not from the U.S. During her 16-year career in the U.S.

Primary Sources 101

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

But I somehow missed that he published a new, different kind of book in 2021 — “ The Anthropocene Reviewed ,” a collection of personal, contemplative, funny and deeply human essays. The essays start off sardonically but become increasingly earnest and reflective. So Babb’s book wasn’t published until 2004.

Cultures 72

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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. And that's typically uncontroversial.

K-12 101

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ED Surge

JULY 21, 2022

Others in the class applied for and received funding from their university’s student government association and held a campus-wide night of remembrance. In his book, " How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Teaching ," Josh Eyler reminds us that: “In order to learn something, we must first wonder about it.”

Primary Sources 116

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Figuring out whether a piece of educational technology actually works isn’t easy. A government-funded foundation in the United Kingdom is trying a new approach, something it calls “ ed tech testbeds.” Higher Education. Related: The ‘dirty secret’ about educational innovation. Weekly Update.

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Digital Promise

JULY 17, 2017

Over the years, I’ve been involved in developing research programs and projects in education technology, games, and virtual reality. As I’ve developed my thinking around funding and conducting research in learning technologies, I always come back to an unpublished technical report written by one of my early mentors in the Navy.

Humanities 230

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I knew I wasn't preparing them for anything in life besides a STAAR test,” Yarborough says, referencing the state’s annual standardized test, “and I was having to deny their humanity while we did that. I was so stressed, and my stomach was always a knot. I was like, ‘This is horrible. I can't keep doing this.’”

Library 145

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ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2023

One observer recently called the book a cross between “The Wire” and “Abbott Elementary,” for how it humanizes the people involved while facing up to hard truths about systemic failures. “And the people who need schooling the most to make social mobility possible still get shafted, essentially.” Royal welcomes the comparisons. “We

Public School 70

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

It exists in nature and it is a cornerstone of our economy, but there’s a lack of consensus among psychologists as to whether competitiveness is learned or if it’s instinctual and part of human nature. Some argue that competitiveness is a trait, while others believe it’s a mix of genetic and environmental factors.

Middle School 86

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Higher Education. Leave this field empty if you're human: Classcraft is an example of impact investing, investments that seek social or environmental benefits along with financial returns. “We’re attacking really important systemic issues in education that I don’t think the school system or the government can,” said Young.

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ED Surge

JULY 20, 2022

We’re proud of our educators, who’ve not only earned the Child Development Associate credential, but have proven they understand how to nurture the emotional, physical, intellectual and social development of children. Now, with rising inflation and human resource challenges, our business is in jeopardy.

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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.

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