ED Surge

MARCH 26, 2025

In each school, I found it interesting that we seem to always be able to identify giftedness in our white students because there is always at least one on an ALP. Providing professional development opportunities that focus on culturally responsive teaching practices and the unique needs of gifted Black boys is essential.

Education 93

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Digital Promise

MAY 21, 2019

At least 75 percent of public school parents, teachers, and the American public believe most students are capable of reaching high levels of educational achievement, according to a survey conducted by Langer Research Associates of New York for Digital Promise Global’s Learner Variability Project.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2023

I saw this post a while back in an educational technology forum: I have been given roughly an hour for PD on January 4th to work with teachers on anything that I’d like. Not under these conditions… This is the pattern in way too many schools. Thinking about NAEP in Colorado and the Denver Public Schools.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A researcher at the University of Southern California, she has been working on AI-based professional development for math teachers for several years. AI-based professional development is gaining traction at a time when a record number of teachers are feeling burned out, underpaid and demoralized about their profession.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

Name : Jami Rhue Age : 48 Location : Chicago Title : School librarian and media specialist Current age group : PreK-8 Years in the field : 23 EdSurge: How did you get here? Jami Rhue : I never thought of librarianship until I went to a job fair for Chicago Public Schools, and they were looking for school librarians.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

These aren’t tools created by education technology companies. Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources. Playlab.ai

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2025

Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline? Department of Justice expanded the Americans With Disabilities Act to include technology standards in public schools, colleges and universities. By Daniel Mollenkamp In April, the U.S. Here's What Does.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The unique and pressing needs of the ongoing global pandemic accelerated the adoption of education technology and innovations that could support urgent and evolving needs and provide on-demand and flexible learning. Since then, micro-credential interest, earning, and pathways have only increased.

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Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Online Teaching, Technology, and Learner Variability : Teachers with a high degree of comfort with technology are significantly less likely than others to say the pandemic has worsened their ability to work with each student’s individual learner variability. Edtech and Professional Development.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It's another thing to actually provide time and space for educators to explore.” ISTE has made this viewpoint a priority, offering professional development and resources that focus on learning about and effectively integrating AI , including a guide for school leaders and a teacher course.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2024

EdSurge: What experiences laid the foundation for your role as a leader in STEM education in NYC Public Schools? Since 2015, CS4All has worked diligently to ensure that all public school students in New York City learn computer science, emphasizing students who identify as girls, Black and LatinX.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

At the core of the approach is the goal of building relationships by understanding each student’s variability in their backgrounds, cognitive development, and social-emotional capacities. Teachers utilized a combination of technology, one-to-one engagement models, and supporting parents with in-person resources to create learning systems.

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ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

Inclusive STEM programs widen job opportunities for the growing technology sector, support students in building digital literacy skills and empower young people to become creators — not just consumers — of technology. Many industry certification opportunities are tied to the courses.

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Digital Promise

JULY 7, 2015

Jane is the associate superintendent for instruction at Lincoln Public Schools , Neb., a member of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. Who are the people that enable a school system to bridge theory and practice? What professional development should take place to prepare everyone for this major initiative?

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2023

Scoping the Problem After interviewing a number of school officials about privacy issues, researchers scraped 15,573 websites from K-12 public schools and districts in the U.S. Nearly all of the top sites linked to by schools “extensively” used tracking software, according to the report. But what should educators do?

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ED Surge

JULY 31, 2023

The right team, professional development and buy-in are essential to transformative digital learning, according to leaders of some of the largest K–12 school districts in the U.S. The district is committed to equipping leaders with the necessary expertise to sustainably transform education.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 28, 2024

In January 2018, I signed up to work as a substitute teacher at a public school in Columbus, Ohio. When I showed up, I wore what I thought was professional attire for a school teacher, including a long-sleeved shirt and dress pants. I also wore my hijab, which is a symbol of my faith and tradition in the Muslim community.

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ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2023

Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd in inequity as ethnic groups migrate or fluctuate in size. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Some school districts are quickly gaining Asian residents.

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Digital Promise

MAY 30, 2019

Now, we are pleased to present the first HP Spotlight School, William F. Halloran School No. 22 in Elizabeth Public Schools, New Jersey. HP Spotlight Schools Exemplify Powerful Learning. Visitors can expect to see innovative technology use with HP and Microsoft tools. Additionally, William F.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Equity-Based Edtech Adoption Many schools have turned the difficulties of adapting to remote and hybrid learning into opportunities to transform how they use technology and enable greater equity. Ultimately, the commitment to equity informed a successful approach to adoption and deployment of learning technology.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

The stereotypical library can seem like a vestige, making it an easy target when budgets are tight, according to Mark Ray, Vancouver’s director of innovation and library services, “but we want libraries to be the lynchpin of education transformation.” based education advocacy group. “It

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2023

Voice technology — especially the use of an AI bot that talks back to the learner — has injected reading practice with the kind of feedback that was only possible with one-on-one tutoring before. School district leaders have taken note, developing multi-year adoption plans for their schools.

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Edthena

DECEMBER 1, 2017

A new book aims to help educators successfully make and implement a plan for using video-based learning as part of the classroom observation and professional development process. Annie Lewis O’Donnell is an independent educational consultant.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Tuesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Google and Apple both made big education technology announcements this week, unveiling new products designed for schools.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States.

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Edthena

APRIL 17, 2024

In Spokane Public Schools , a forward-thinking approach to professional development is making waves, under the strategic direction of Nick Lundberg, Title I and Special Programs Coordinator. The program doubled its size for the 2023-2024 school year (to 60 teachers).

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ED Surge

MAY 30, 2023

Today, and for the last year or so, aspiring educators at American University are required to spend a minimum of 40 hours tutoring students in Washington, D.C., public schools, in addition to completing the long-standing requirement of student teaching for a semester. “We Wish granted.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Our credentialing process - which traditionally includes a litany of required college-level coursework, licensure steps and extensive professional development - can admittedly be frustrating and difficult to traverse.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2023

Roschelle said he wants to see school leaders and educators experiment in ways that don’t carry big risks for students, such as changing a few lesson plans. The district is also planning to hold several professional development training sessions to help educators learn how to use AI in the classroom, he added.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

Despite the benefits, implementing data-driven decision-making in education presents challenges. School leaders and teachers may need more time, tools, expertise and professional development to collect, analyze and interpret data effectively. Moreover, there is a distinction between being data-rich and data-driven.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 27, 2019

Part two will discuss how edtech vendors can return the favor to develop great working relationships with educators. Whether you’re an educator or product developer, one of the key components to the educational technology (edtech) selection and purchase process is creating a mutually beneficial partnership.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Through this work, we see powerful examples of innovation across education — from students creating their own virtual reality (VR) films, to researchers working with technology developers to improve edtech efficacy, to educators rethinking their own professional development with the use of micro-credentials.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 26, 2018

When administrators in Ohio’s Mentor Public Schools were buying MacBooks during the 2015-16 school year, the local Best Buy was offering a lower price than Apple, even after the company’s standard discount for school districts. He threatened to invite local news outlets and create a media circus. Apple backed down.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2017

Privacy and data-security themes are also woven into Raytown’s professional development workshops, curriculum planning sessions and even parent-teacher conferences. It’s become part of our school culture,” said Melissa Tebbenkamp, Raytown’s director of instructional technology.

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Educational Technology Professional Development Public School Cultures 93

ED Surge

APRIL 4, 2022

Spread across more than 40 individual buildings, Rockford Public Schools is the third largest school district in Illinois. After 22 years as a classroom teacher, plus time spent as an instructional coach and curriculum designer, Uram took on this new position just three years ago, when it was first created.

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ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

That’s the question the middle school class was struggling to answer. Fractions hadn’t really connected with the students, says John Barclay, a teacher in Richmond Public Schools in Virginia. I definitely think we need to invest a lot more money in high-quality professional development,” Brown says.

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K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 135

ED Surge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Yet, while the American School Counselor Association recommends a student-to-counselor ratio of no more than 250-to-1, the national average in public schools is 415-to-1 , almost double the recommended rate. So, how can schools help students overcome these challenges?

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