ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Johnson: We have an obligation to think about transforming traditional assignments into something more interactive and problem-solving-based. Using calculators increased mathematical thinking skills, but not just by themselves; there was a lot of really thoughtful pedagogy on when and how to introduce calculators.

Pedagogy 134

Pedagogy Advocacy K-12 Professional Development 134

ED Surge

AUGUST 23, 2022

I wish I had worked with John to develop more traditional writing skills and set him up for the reality that he would not always be in a quiet environment where the computer could clearly hear what he wanted to say — or for that matter, that he would have access to a computer at all.

EdTech 110

EdTech Professional Development Tradition Lesson Plan 110

ED Surge

JUNE 4, 2024

We've always worked on software that personalizes things, videos — I still make videos — and exercises, teacher tools, in a more traditional sense, and now we're moving toward this artificial intelligence world. I'll say it's also been a bit of a transition internally at Khan Academy because it is a new muscle that we've been building.

Tutoring 133

Tutoring Humanities K-12 EdTech 133

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

While I loved working with that age group, I eventually left my school largely because administration favored scripted curriculum and discouraged teachers from augmenting lesson plans. My master’s degree in education through a social justice graduate program radically changed how I approached teaching. until 2:30 p.m.

Lesson Plan 104

Lesson Plan Social Justice Pedagogy Teaching 104

ED Surge

JANUARY 24, 2022

The concept could eventually “be a more efficient way of distributing grants than a traditional foundation, government funding agency, or corporation structure,” Werbach told EdSurge, also noting, however, that there are “a variety of concerns and reasons for skepticism about DAOs.” DAOs have popped up with various goals and functions.

Education 125

Education EdTech Government Tradition 125

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The EL motto, “We are crew, not passengers,” is a quote from Kurt Hahn, the German Jewish educator who fled the Nazis in the 1930s and went on to start Outward Bound, which co-founded the Expeditionary Learning network (later renamed EL Education) in partnership with Harvard’s Graduate School of Education in 1991.

Middle School 111

Middle School Library Elementary School Tradition 111

ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The popularity of games and play-based learning has waxed and waned in the traditional American classroom, according to Alicia Miller, a science educator from Evans, Georgia, who’s always used “hands-on” activities in her classroom. There was a lot more unguided play when I started my teaching career 15 years ago.

Middle School 142

Middle School Teaching Lesson Plan History 142

ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

LEGO Education designs standards-aligned sets for K-8 students and offers plenty of free support for teachers, including more than 400 online lesson plans —ranging in focus from computer science and English Language Arts (ELA) to robotics and coding— self-guided professional development and an online community where teachers share tips and ideas.

Lesson Plan 98

Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development Social Studies 98

ED Surge

APRIL 15, 2024

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences.

Social Studies 115

Social Studies Civics Pedagogy Geography 115

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

But the future of educational technology here is starting to emerge from a pixelated past. Debilitating slowdowns and districtwide outages in past years have been so common that some Nome teachers even now prepare two lesson plans per class—one to use if the internet cooperates and one that requires only textbooks.

Social Studies 103

Social Studies Public School Charter School High School 103

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

In North Carolina, where I live, teachers are paid for “show time” with students, but there is little regard—and certainly no reward—for the hours of unpaid preparation and lesson planning it takes to keep a classroom running. I have always put in extra hours outside of the school day. It’s just a reality of the job. I felt trapped.

Teaching 104

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 104

ED Surge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Rapidly changing technology, particularly the emergence of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education has positioned faculty and leaders with a pivotal decision to make: Stick with the known comfort of traditional methods or experiment with the enticing, yet intimidating, potential of AI.

Humanities 98

Humanities Psychology Education Library 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Many schools embrace technology in the classroom as a route to these students’ hearts. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. But when I look at what’s there, it’s good stuff.”.

Junior High 134

Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 134

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2017

Indeed, despite the buzz around personalized learning, there’s no simple recipe for success, and the common ingredients — such as adaptive-learning technology and student control over learning — can backfire if poorly implemented. Most Basecamp schools make a lot of changes to the platform’s lesson plans, projects and assessments.

Charter School 88

Charter School Middle School Project-Based Learning Elementary School 88

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The goal is for some of AIs earliest adopters in education to band together, share ideas and eventually help lead the way on what they and their colleagues around the U.S. could do with the emerging technology. We know that, whether its this year or next year, more and more teachers are going to be looking for these examples.

Education 113

Education Charter School Civics Lesson Plan 113

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

A May 2021 report by a nonprofit online math provider, Zearn, found that students learned more math during the 2020-21 school year when truncated review material was woven into grade-level lessons than when they were retaught many of the previous year’s lessons. Educators have a lot of work ahead of them.

Tutoring 145

Tutoring High School Charter School Research 145

ED Surge

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The traditional resume? And education institutions likely would need to be able to explain how their programs prepare students for a skills-based employment system. One that hits a sweet spot, blending the rigor of traditional research methods with the convenience of modern technology. He thinks a new system is needed.

Government 122

Government Tradition Humanities Teaching 122

ED Surge

JUNE 23, 2023

When I was nine years old, my mother enrolled my brother and me in folklorico — a traditional cultural dance that emphasizes Mexican folk culture — at our local recreation center. During one of my social justice blocks, we dedicate a week to the Day of the Dead and its traditions. At first, I was annoyed.

Community Engagement 110

Community Engagement Cultures Social Justice Leadership 110

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today, I have better language for talking about Black people, traditions and culture in a way that develops a deeper understanding of what it means to be fully human. Educational spaces must show Black people, like me, that we are loved. In the context of Black history, that means showing that Black people are loved.

History 110

History Teaching K-12 Artifacts 110

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Young people are also organizing to stand up and speak out about the sex education they need and deserve, most recently in Miami-Dade , where they organized to pressure the school board to ensure the district offers science-based, research-backed sex education.

Social Justice 107

Social Justice K-12 Lesson Plan Advocacy 107