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? Figures from the Pew Research Center show that Latinos are still vastly underrepresented in the science, math and technology workforce.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

In many cases, they’ve grown up with access to incredibly immersive technology practically since birth. As a result, it can be difficult at times to compete for attention using traditional teaching methods like whiteboards, worksheets, and extended direct instruction.

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2025

One school choice researcher identified Milwaukee as having the most evolved legislation for making private school options accountable to families. In Wisconsin, school choice has existed for decades, with expansive options that include vouchers for private schools, public charter schools and traditional public schools.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

And while many of the studies showed gains for learners in some cases, the researchers concluded that flipped learning isn’t living up to its promise. The researchers do think that flipped learning has merit — if it is done carefully. The hype is convincing — it’s seductive — but the implementation of the hype is not,” he said. “It

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It turns out that even the inventors of these new large language models are debating that very question — and the answer will have huge implications for education and for all aspects of society if this technology can get to a point where it achieves what is known as Artificial General Intelligence, or AGI. Here, let me take you there.”

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Bowen, a principal research associate at the Urban Institute, wanted to fill the dearth of accessible teaching resources with sessions on coding, cartography, and—of course—Bowen’s pet-prolific workshop on data collection and visualization. Having role models makes it so much more accessible and easier to believe it’s achievable.”.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Their researchers found that while girls who say they’re interested in STEM grew by 10 percentage points to 55 percent, compared to survey results five years prior, the number of girls who describe themselves as confident or smart enough to earn their dream job has plummeted. “We

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

School leaders and teachers struggle to find the right education technology to suit their needs. Education technology makers can’t figure out exactly what schools need – or if their products can work as intended. They review pitches from education technology companies that want to work with them.

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ED Surge

MAY 10, 2022

Over the past two years, the nonprofit Digital Promise has been leading research into why schools have found it difficult to recruit and retain teachers of color—and to try to work with teachers of color in districts around the country to find new approaches that work better. “Our What are some of your findings?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Students can be excellent little actors in a traditional classroom, going through the motions of “ studenting ,” but not learning much. That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. How did that go?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. Its the best-kept secret in education, to be a school librarian, Rhue says with pride. So research skills, those foundational skills, are a part of it, and that involves parts of a book.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Is it time to give traditional letter grade systems an F and replace them with alternatives that focus more on getting more students to master material? And new research points to better ways to strengthen student-teacher relationships and a sense of belonging, argues Greg Walton, a psychology professor at Stanford University.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Screenshot courtesy of Gregory Kestin) We are still in the early days of understanding the promise and peril of using generative AI in education. Very few researchers have evaluated whether students are benefiting, and one well-designed study showed that using ChatGPT for math actually harmed student achievement.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders to support transformative teaching and learning in their region. Department of Education. Malliron Hodge, Community Manager for 4.0

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ED Surge

MAY 13, 2024

In partnership with researchers at Vanderbilt University, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), a nonprofit that works to improve public education across 16 states in the Southeast, has been examining the next generation’s interest in the teaching profession and has published their findings in a report released in April.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Department of Education will help school districts rapidly measure the results of education technology. Technology vendors tend to make grandiose claims about the usefulness of their programs. But there’s precious little research, aside from marketing materials and vendors’ “studies” of their own programs.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The lesson seemed a lot more relevant than copying a row of equations from a chalkboard, which I remember from my own more traditional (and boring) math education so many years ago. The concept caught my attention during a demonstration at HolonIQ’s ‘Back to School ’ summit in New York City earlier this month.

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ED Surge

JUNE 19, 2024

Picture it: a room bustling with eager five-year-olds unaccustomed to center procedures and five iPads as the hottest commodity amidst blocks, dolls and traditional learning stations. Research supports the efficacy of inclusive design in improving educational outcomes. What’s the Kindergarten version of the Hunger Games?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2019

When it comes to education technology (edtech), school leaders and developers alike want to provide the best tools—ones that truly make a difference. As a researcher, I get asked these questions all the time. Researchers are in the business of figuring out how to identify and measure things. What are students learning?

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Both technologies have made their way into classrooms, leaving educational researchers wondering about their differences and implications for learning. AR can be used in the classroom to create interactive learning experiences that enhance traditional instruction. How does augmented reality engage all students?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

students, particularly those who already find that traditional schooling doesn’t meet their needs very well. 5 videos on connected learning from the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub [VIDEOS]. Three competing visions of educational technology. Education in a digital world [VIDEO]. Related Posts.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

However, as with any shift in traditional practices, there are some kinks to be worked out in terms of leveraging technology to our greatest advantage. Through research and trials, Hall found CalendarBridge , which addresses his scheduling pain point.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Educational transformation is a civil rights imperative, so every investment we make must be evaluated through a civil rights lens. Unfortunately, too many of our investments in educational technology (edtech) have fallen far short of our civil rights aspirations. Taking a more critical look at edtech.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 7, 2016

The report , from the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, found encouraging, but mixed, results for a California-based charter school network and a Maryland school district that used this math program, made by DreamBox Learning. and 3 percentile points better on standardized assessments.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Specifically, researchers at Opportunity Insights found that relationships with higher-income students dramatically improved low-income students’ chances of upward mobility in adulthood, even more than traditional success metrics like school quality. For the past two years, VNL has worked with the Annie E.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Education policy leaders at the federal level and beyond were exploring the growing role of competency-based education and non-traditional providers —and calls were growing for stronger connections between universities and the world of employment. To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 29, 2024

Online has become more the norm,” said Phil Hill, a consultant and market analyst of education technology in higher education, whose newsletter alerted me to the new milestone. “It’s It didn’t track online course taking at traditional colleges and universities. Compared to before the pandemic, an additional 1.5

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

But research shows that many of these ideas have had a spotty track record in the past and that schools will have to pay close attention to what’s worked—and what hasn’t—to maximize their odds for success with just about any strategy. Here’s a rundown of the most relevant research. Jonathan Guryan, Northwestern University.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Such approaches directly respond to research showing the importance of fostering a sense of belonging and math identity among students historically excluded from STEM fields, something traditional approaches often fail to do. Numerous studies have documented the effectiveness of these approaches.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Traditional methods of calculus instruction may be knocking students off the path to these vital occupations, which is why advocates warn that getting diverse students into these careers may require instructional models more responsive to students. That the traditional lecture method of teaching calculus isn’t as effective as active models.

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ED Surge

MARCH 23, 2023

However, as industry and technology have evolved rapidly, inadequate higher education funding and rising costs due to inflation have affected higher education’s responsiveness. Most were designed to educate clergy, according to research by Phillip R. From 1890 to 1940, higher education in the U.S.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 26, 2022

Innovation has tended to originate in the nontraditional sector, where experimentation abounds, then migrate to traditional institutions. Today, in the nontraditional sector, organizations and services have abandoned key elements of traditional higher education practice. Overall, “primarily online institutions” in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

“The pessimistic view is that [students] are going to hate it and never want to do this again, because all they’re doing is using Zoom to reproduce everything that’s wrong with traditional passive, teacher-centered modes of teaching,” said Bill Cope, a professor of education policy, organization and leadership at the University of Illinois.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 5, 2024

With the technology itself evolving rapidly, establishing a framework for examining its implications is critical; we need to know what questions to ask, and to continue asking, even as the answers continuously change. To inform these conversations, observational research — without intervention — is the necessary foundation.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

University of Virginia researchers find that classroom simulations, combined with coaching, help prospective teachers improve their classroom management skills. Credit: Courtesy of the Curry School of Education and Human Development. The school of education follows the “ Responsive Classroom ” approach to managing behavior. ).

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

As schools return to in-person learning, educators face the challenge of addressing the diverse emotional needs of students who have experienced unprecedented disruptions. Activities like drawing, crafting or playing musical instruments can be integrated into the school day without requiring extensive resources.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 11, 2018

As new roles and industries emerge, Skillist can help companies connect with applicants who are acquiring skills outside of traditional higher education (e.g., It has partners in a dozen countries, including Boston-based LearnLaunch, the Center for Educational Technology, Digital Promise, and Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterey.

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