ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Gonzalez isn’t alone in his lament over shoddy implementation of technology that is supposed to be helping students learn. That is just and humanizing.

Educational Technology 98

Educational Technology EdTech Education Heritage 98

ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

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. But some teaching experts say tutoring should be reserved for humans who can motivate and understand the students they work with.

Tutoring 98

Tutoring K-12 Psychology High School 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The emphasis on a human-centric approach underscores the commitment to cultivating a balanced perspective on AI integration. Educators are encouraged to view AI not merely as a technological advancement but as a tool to enhance and augment the human experience.

Humanities 127

Humanities Education K-12 Critical Thinking 127

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-12 105

K-12 Lesson Plan Middle School Humanities 105

ED Surge

AUGUST 1, 2024

And he says K-12 teachers frequently use materials from a range of sources including curriculum and textbooks from their schools and districts, resources they’ve gotten from colleagues or found on websites, and materials they’ve purchased from marketplaces such as Teachers Pay Teachers. Stuff before involved humans and was static.

Teaching 145

Teaching Education K-12 Lesson Plan 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2017

They expressed worry that they often don’t get to see the data that is being kept on them, and that computers lack the ability to form human relationships needed to gather contextual information about their lives. The Macomb students’ education has made them better consumers of all things digital. Read more about Blended Learning.

Educational Technology 102

Educational Technology Education EdTech Digital Resources 102

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

And we've done it in a way that is consistent with the voucher program that [Republicans] love in the K-12 system. The governor tapped into leftover K-12 funds to match New Orleans recent large investments. Now the local investments total about $30 million, Sonnier said. We didnt want to do it overnight, Hume said.

K-12 64

K-12 Private School Government Advocacy 64

ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Consider that the annual cost of K-12 special education is nearly three times that of “general education”: $26,000 vs. $9,000 per student in California, for example. The value of the human potential unlocked by early education and social and emotional interventions is more difficult to assess: it is arguably limitless.

K-12 138

K-12 Education Humanities Advocacy 138

ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In addition to disciplinary concepts, it is important to address areas such as the appropriate use and timing of AI, the historical context of AI development, addressing biases, safeguarding the privacy of data shared with AI systems/tools, ensuring equitable access to AI tools, and taking into account environmental and human labor considerations.

Education 137

Education K-12 Educational Technology Critical Thinking 137

ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Defining the Integration of Artificial Intelligence Integrating AI refers to the incorporation of machine-driven intelligence into various applications and processes, enabling tasks that mimic human cognitive functions like learning from data, problem-solving and recognizing patterns. Graham Glass In May 2023, the U.S. .

Education 143

Education EdTech K-12 Humanities 143

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2018

Related: Three lessons from rigorous research on education technology. The great gains from human tutoring are often cited as evidence for so-called “personalized” learning, which sometimes refers to using education software that adapts to each child’s instructional needs.

Tutoring 101

Tutoring Humanities Elementary School Middle School 101

ED Surge

APRIL 30, 2025

Dr. Zachery-Ross brings over 25 years of experience in K-12 education, starting as a teacher and school psychologist in Detroit Public Schools. This continuous learning model is key to helping educators effectively integrate AI into their teaching. Prioritize ethics and equity.

K-12 64

K-12 Critical Thinking Public School Professional Development 64

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

For much of the previous decade, advocates of education technology imagined a classroom where computer algorithms would differentiate instruction for each student, delivering just the right lessons at the right time, like a personal tutor. Higher Education. So it was interesting to see McKinsey & Co., Weekly Update.

K-12 145

K-12 Lesson Plan Tutoring Educational Technology 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Latino children make up one of the fastest-growing demographics in K-12 education. Yet few are likely to grow up and establish careers in technology. Federal data shows that K-12 schools with high percentages of Hispanic students offer fewer STEM courses than schools with lower proportions of Hispanic kids.

K-12 129

K-12 Public School Humanities Research 129

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. The people designing educational technologies are far removed from the students who end up using them. Subscribe today!

K-12 109

K-12 Educational Technology Public School Humanities 109

ED Surge

AUGUST 8, 2024

Chris Nelson teaches preschool in rural Vermont, just a few miles from the Canadian border, but not in the school or child care center most people think of when they imagine state or locally funded pre-K. For many rural families especially, the barriers of paying for and getting their children to a pre-K program are just too great.

K-12 128

K-12 Government Teaching Public School 128

ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

Having seen such positive changes firsthand, Elliott Levine , director of business development at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. , is excited about the newest technologies and their impact on the learning experience. Before transitioning to EdTech, Levine enjoyed 30 years working in various positions in K-12 and higher ed.

K-12 141

K-12 Education Human Rights EdTech 141

ED Surge

JULY 2, 2024

But these days, when it comes to AI, another concern has come into the spotlight: That the technology could lead to less human interaction in schools and colleges — and that school administrators could one day try to use it to replace teachers. And it's not just educators who are worried, this is becoming an education policy issue.

Education 145

Education Tutoring Humanities K-12 145

ED Surge

MAY 3, 2024

News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up. Like many AI-related projects, the idea started as a way to cut the cost of hiring humans.

K-12 127

K-12 Humanities Educational Technology Economics 127

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

CT pathways are system-wide K-12 programs supporting equitable participation in computational thinking. This past year, district leaders in North Salem worked with teachers and building leaders to articulate their K-12 CT pathway, a progression that has expanded computational thinking to all students within their district.

K-12 101

K-12 Professional Development Leadership Teaching 101

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Higher Education. Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Choose as many newsletters as you like.

K-12 93

K-12 Professional Development Lesson Plan Middle School 93

ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the summer of 2022 as part of the Voices of Change project, EdSurge Research convened 80 Asian American K-12 educators in a series of virtual learning circles to listen to their stories. Our conversations spanned the gamut of topics that are top of mind for educators in all corners of the U.S.

K-12 123

K-12 Education Professional Development American History 123

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The study , “How Teachers Navigate the Ethical Landscape of AI in Their Classrooms,” interviewed 248 K-12 teachers. That teachers’ confidence or anxiety about using the technology impacted their thoughts about AI. He cautioned that he couldn’t fully replace his human teaching assistants with a chatbot. The main findings?

K-12 133

K-12 EdTech Tutoring Humanities 133

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Fast forward a couple years and the Urban Institute has transformed their original idea into Data4Kids , a series of “data stories” that educators can use to teach data science concepts in their classrooms. It’s not like we’re born as human beings knowing how to read a bar chart,” Schwabish says.

Research 144

Research K-12 Tradition Humanities 144

ED Surge

MARCH 31, 2023

All of these points are true, but they fall short of explaining why the arts truly belong in every student’s K-12 curriculum. This award gave me the chance to reflect on the purpose of the arts in education and provided a platform for me to explain to those who will listen why the arts are a core subject based on their own merits.

Education 145

Education Humanities K-12 High School 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 15, 2024

She increased her own wages from $8 an hour to $12, which she said gave her enough extra money to buy her own kids clothes and pay monthly bills on time. But then ARPA funding expired last year, and she was forced to make hard decisions just to maintain her new hourly rate of $12. She made repairs and improvements to the building.

Education 140

Education K-12 Middle School Humanities 140

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And nowhere is this conversation more relevant than in K-12 education, where AI holds the promise of revolutionizing how teachers teach and students learn. This will require action from all sides — policymakers, education leaders and education technology developers themselves.

K-12 115

K-12 EdTech Government Human Rights 115

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Imagine if every student learned how to apply creative thinking to every subject throughout their educational experience, from K-12 through college. As we embark on the journey of integrating generative AI tools into our classrooms, it is clear that we are on the precipice of a transformative era in education.

K-12 135

K-12 Economics Teaching Education 135

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Caitlin McLemore Senior Research Associate at ISTE Billions— somewhere between $26 and $50 billion —are spent annually on K-12 edtech. Yet decision-making for K-12 districts purchasing edtech has historically lacked research-based practices , with many district leaders identifying cost and convenience as top reasons for purchases.

EdTech 110

EdTech Research K-12 Humanities 110

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 18, 2017

I think this is the hidden cost of a K-12 curriculum that is achievement-oriented. Failure is never presented to us as a different kind of educational experience, a universal (and ceaseless) part of being human. Three competing visions of educational technology. via [link]. Related Posts. Which is yours?

K-12 74

K-12 Educational Technology Humanities Teaching 74

ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This realization has left me wondering how I, as an educator of color, can navigate the pressure I feel to overachieve, while maintaining a healthy relationship with my identity, my work and my well-being? Reflecting on the stress I feel, I am brought back to my own experiences navigating the American K-12 system as an immigrant student.

Teaching 121

Teaching K-12 Social Justice Elementary School 121

The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: A few weeks ago, we took a look at generative AI’s potential to change teaching and learning on college campuses around the country.

K-12 94

K-12 Lesson Plan High School Tutoring 94

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

A recent Gallup Poll revealed that K-12 workers have the highest rate of burnout in the American workforce, with more than 44 percent of K-12 workers in the U.S. I was grieving for those who left, as I prepared to be one of the ones who stayed. I’m still grieving.

K-12 139

K-12 Charter School Public School Elementary School 139

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

It comes from a wide range of education technology products, assessments and other sources — there’s data from reading programs, math programs, state tests, daily quizzes, student history and more, each one a single puzzle piece that could be linked to other pieces to create a unified picture, but that, more often than not, stands alone.

K-12 102

K-12 Project-Based Learning Public School Educational Technology 102

ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2024

She got up early and stayed open late to accommodate people who worked 12-hour shifts and needed to drop kids off as early as 5 a.m. There was enough space — three units and one house — for four classrooms, and as soon as renovation was completed on the first room, she enrolled 12 more kids. The timeline for renovation grew longer.

K-12 127

K-12 Government Primary Sources Advocacy 127

Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Technology can make this growing body of research accessible and practical so developers and educators can use it to truly support the full diversity of learners. The future sustainability of maker learning programs in K-12 depends on administrators getting involved and making systemic changes to schools.

EdTech 100

EdTech K-12 Middle School Leadership 100

ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

But not everyone thinks this is a good idea, since the tech is prone to “hallucinations,” where chatbots make up facts, and there’s the bigger issue of whether any machine can fill in for a human in something as deeply personal as one-on-one tutoring. But I've also been fascinated by the potential of human intelligence.

Tutoring 133

Tutoring Humanities K-12 EdTech 133