Semantic Layers for DS: Turning Warehouse Semantics into Modelling Leverage
In the modern analytics ecosystem, every enterprise is a bustling city of data — warehouses…
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Teachers Turn Toward Virtual Schools for Better Work-Life Balance
As Molly Hamill explains the origin of the Declaration of Independence to her students, she…
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How Much Freedom Do Teachers Have in the Classroom? In 2025, It’s Complicated.
A teacher’s classroom setup can reveal a lot about their approach to learning. April Jones,…
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How Schools Are Helping Students Feel Safe Enough to Attend Amid Immigration Raids
From parents’ fraught decisions over whether they can safely send their children to class to…
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How School-Family Partnerships Can Boost Early Literacy
When the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation’s Report Card, was released…
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Student Scores in Math, Science, Reading Slide Again on Nation’s Report Card
Exasperating. Depressing. Predictable. That’s how experts describe the latest results from the National Assessment of…
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What I Needed as a Teacher Is the Compass I Use Now as a Coach
“I’ve never done this work alone,” I thought as I looked around the high school…
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Jelly Beans for Grapes: How AI Can Erode Students’ Creativity
Let me try to communicate what it feels like to be an English teacher in…
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4-Year-Olds Pose Messy Challenge for Elementary Schools: Toilet-Training
More 4-year-olds across California are entering transitional kindergarten (TK) this year — curious and eager…
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Under Siege: How Schools Are Fighting Back Against Rising Cyber Threats
Brandon Gabel expected an ordinary day of remote work when he woke up at 5:45…
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Head Start Funding Is on Track for Approval. It Still May Not Be Enough.
The funding and overall future of Head Start — which helps low-income families with child…
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I Want My Students’ Effort, Not AI’s Shortcut to Perfect Writing
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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Pricier School Supplies Burden America’s Teachers
Second grade teacher Demetria Richardson spends so much on school supplies she has a designated…
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Students With Disabilities Don’t Want Your Pity. They Want You to Take Them Seriously.
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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The Back Channel: How Tech Directors Quietly Share Solutions, Save Money and Stay Sane
Joanna Cook, chief technology officer at East Noble School Corporation in Indiana, had a problem.…
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Teachers Try to Take Time Back Using AI Tools
Heather Gauck has spent most of her three-decade teaching career sleep-deprived — turning in after…
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More Schools Are Considering Education-Focused AI Tools. What’s the Best Way to Use Them?
Discussion about the use of AI in the classroom has become as commonplace as pencils…
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Meet the Students Resisting the Dark Side of AI
For Christianna Thomas, a senior at Heights High School in Texas, an artificial intelligence policy…
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What if Literacy Instruction Went Beyond Building Knowledge?
In classrooms across the country, teachers are rethinking how students build reading comprehension — not…
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What I’ve Learned About Building Citizens, Not Just Students
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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What Stanford Learned By Crowdsourcing AI Solutions for Students With Disabilities
What promise might generative artificial intelligence hold for improving life and increasing equity for students…
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What It Takes to Scale Dual Enrollment — and Keep It Meaningful for Students
High school students aren’t waiting for graduation to get a head start on college, and…
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Teachers Learn the Art of Teaching Civics in a Hot-Button Age
Melanie Fisher understands why K-12 teachers might be nervous to tackle civics and the Constitution…
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Inside a Program Supporting Black Girls Who Love Math
Bailey Hairston and Lauren Duval-Shepherd participate in a summer math lesson.Photo by Daniel Mollenkamp for…
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As Data Centers Expand, Should That Concern Schools?
Over the last three years, generative artificial intelligence made its way into many classrooms. Now,…
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What I Learned About Special Education After Years of Getting It Wrong
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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In a System That Wasn’t Built for Me, My Students Help Me Stay
Academia is a high-stress, high-surveillance environment. Faculty are asked to do more with less: more…
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Virtual School Hit the Mainstream 5 Years Ago. How Popular Has It Gotten?
It became a routine as familiar as going to lunch or picking up a child…
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What Will Medicaid Cuts Mean For School Health and Wellness Services?
Lately, Angela Reyes’ oldest daughter talks her ear off. “Sometimes I’m like, ‘I need you…
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How Sci-Fi Taught Me to Embrace AI in My Classroom
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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Rolling Back Education Access for Undocumented Students
Two decades ago, Texas made history as the first state to grant in-state tuition to…
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Why This English Teacher-Turned-Library Leader Is Optimistic About the End of Book Bans
Daniel Montgomery’s love of books started as a youngster with weekly visits to the public…
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Lower Birth Rates Could Cause Enrollment Issues for Schools
The enrollment cliff has long loomed in the minds of higher education leaders anticipating that…
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How My Students Found Their Voice Through Global Learning
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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Are High School Counselors Encouraging AI for College Applications?
School counselors Stephanie Nelson and Richard Tench, while hundreds of miles apart, give their rising…
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How We Used Technology to Bring Families Back Into School Life
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship…
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Immigration Raids Are Preventing Students From Attending School
Even before Donald Trump moved into his second term as president, experts and advocates predicted…
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I Embraced AI in My Community College English Class — and My Students Loved It
My 12-year-old twins can prompt ChatGPT with alarming fluency. They’ve generated AI music, transformed family…
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Data Shows More Discipline, Less College Prep for Students With Disabilities
Roughly 1 out of every 7 children in public school has an identified disability, according…
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States Hope Fired Federal Workers Will Flock to Fill Teacher Vacancies
When sweeping announcements were made earlier this year that a swath of federal workers were…
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How ZIP Codes Determine a Child’s Future — and What We Can Do to Fight Back
Let me take you back to my Brooklyn. Before the block became a movie set…
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Study: Kids Suffer as Nearly Half of U.S. Families Struggle to Meet Basic Needs
As families face difficulty affording housing, food or health care, young children experience ripple effects,…
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Teaching Creativity and Durable Skills in an AI World
When a high school student uses AI to design a community mural or a college…
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Students Are Struggling With Math. What Are States Doing Wrong?
Five years ago, Alabama's math was literally the worst. On national assessments from 2019, the…
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‘School Choice’ Causes Confusion for Families. Can Edtech Companies Help?
Hayley Leibson, a mother from Mill Valley, a wealthy area just north of San Francisco,…
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Beyond One-Size-Fits-All: How School Districts Choose Edtech That’s Culturally Relevant
As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students…
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Why I Believe We Need to Redesign Schools Around Decision-Making
School shouldn’t just be a place to learn academic skills, but a place for students…
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Students’ AI Chats Reveal Their Largest Stressors
While social media, bullying and loneliness have long been flagged as top concerns among educators…
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Large Public Libraries Give Young Adults Across U.S. Access to Banned Books
Young adults are finding it harder to borrow books reflective of their lived experiences in…
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Supreme Court Ruling Highlights Continued Power Struggle Over LGBTQ+ Books in Schools
A Supreme Court ruling at the end of June handed a major victory to parents…
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Could Podcasts Fix Screen Time Woes for Children?
As Deborah Nichols traversed from Kansas City to Lawrence, Kansas, daily for her postdoctoral fellowship…
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Block by Block: The Student Skilling Journey
As technology reshapes the workforce, digital and AI literacies are becoming essential for every student.…
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An Edtech Pioneer Considers the Mixed Record of Her Field
Writing a history that you helped to create is awkward, as Anne Trumbore acknowledges in…
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Inside a New Partnership to Help Schools Keep Students Safe Online
Schools increasingly find themselves on the front lines of managing the ripple effects of students’…
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Why I Left the Classroom to Build a School Black Children Deserve
I’m entering my fifth year as the founder of a microschool, a small learning environment…
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Forget Prestige. A New Ranking Shows Great Colleges May Be Close to Home.
Figuring out the best colleges is big business. College rankings stay in the headlines for…
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Can the Most Populous State Pull Off Universal Pre-K?
When Wendy Lundeen began teaching transitional kindergarten over a dozen years ago, it was seen…
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An AI Wish List From Teachers: What They Actually Want It to Do
When generative AI entered classrooms, it promised a revolution. For many teachers, it delivered an…
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What Will Kids Lose If PBS Gets Cut?
Near a cardboard cutout of Daniel Tiger, a small stuffed version of Curious George and…
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Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners
The energy was electric: Three teams of students from three neighboring school systems faced off…
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Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do
“Back in school, you ever get busted for trying to walk and have some administrator…
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How Teachers Are Making Computer Science Click
“Let’s do it!” That was Alexis Johnson’s reaction when she saw professional learning opportunities focused…
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Through Comedy Classes, Students Take ‘Big Swings’ for Mental Health
“If you were an object, what object would you be?” Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian…
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AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers
When artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT were first introduced for public use in 2022, Gillian…
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I’ve Taught Gen Z for Almost a Decade. I’m Split on the So-Called Gen Z ‘Split’
No generation is a monolith. That should go without saying. But over the past year,…
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Schools Can’t Find Teachers. Do States Need More Credential Rules or Fewer?
For Aspire Public Schools in Los Angeles, the turnaround took a couple of years. Coming…
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Dual Enrollment Unpacked [Podcast] | EdSurge News
With declining college enrollment, institutions are rethinking the traditional four-year model. Dual enrollment has emerged…
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Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency
Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark.…
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From English to Automotive Class, Teachers Assign Projects to Combat AI Cheating
Kids aren’t as sneaky as they think they are. They do try, as Holly Distefano…
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A District, a Diagnostic and a Drive for AI Readiness
Picture this: Tomorrow’s graduates walk into workplaces where AI tools are as common as email…
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Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They’re Not. What Does That Mean About Education?
There was a moment in the mid-2010s when Montessori was inescapable. The century-old education philosophy,…
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What Can We Do About Chronic Absenteeism? Ask Detroit.
Chronic absence, defined as missing 10 percent or more of school or about 18 school…
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Emergent Bilingual Students Find Their Voice With Real-Time Translation
As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring…
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School Counselors Worry About Students’ Misguided Use of Social Media
Social media platforms like Instagram, X and TikTok have become landscapes for learning and increasing…
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Report: For First Time in Years, Home-Based Child Care Programs Are on the Rise
The number of home-based child care programs is seeing a spike for the first time…
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Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI
On a Wednesday afternoon, a school district director emailed to say she might be late…
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Why Are Teachers Burned Out but Still in Love With Their Jobs?
When Molly Lane was a school social worker, walking down the hall with colleagues sometimes…
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Teachers From Mexico Give English Learners a Boost in Small Texas School District
Wendy Lopez Elizondo traveled more than 800 miles last year to face her biggest professional…
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Researchers Turn to AI to Help Diagnose Children’s Speech Disorders
When Marisha Speights first started as a speech language pathologist in preschools serving affluent families…
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Has the Supreme Court Resolved the Charter School Identity Crisis?
Although it is not known for swiftness, the Supreme Court surprised the nation last week…
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How Bold Leadership Builds Personalized Pathways
If you’ve ever watched a student light up after cracking a tough problem or finally…
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Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change
“True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring…
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Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out
As the education world grapples with a post-pandemic academic recovery that has stalled in some…
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Career Education Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It’s Adapting for Future Jobs
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at a turning point. What once lived on the…
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Facing Cuts to Vital Online Resources, School Librarians Look to States for Help
There aren’t as many librarians in schools as there used to be. At first it…
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Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems
During the pandemic, school districts amassed an enormous amount of digital tools — sometimes out…
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Parents and Teens Agree Social Media Can Be Harmful — But How Much?
Gen Z may be the first generation to have childhoods rife with screens and defined…
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Edtech’s ‘Privacy Pledge’ Is Going Away. That Doesn’t Mean Student Data Is Safe.
The Student Privacy Pledge — a voluntary promise to protect student data — ceased. The…
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Three Districts Took the Long View With Federal Relief Funds. Their Bets Are Paying Off.
When Angela Dominguez took the helm of Donna Independent School District in Texas in 2021,…
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Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life
“When would I ever use this?” It’s a question that high school and middle school…
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Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing.
Dual enrollment courses are considered some of the best ways to prepare students for the…
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Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain
While both enrollment and spending in early childhood education programs reached new levels in 2024,…
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Why Trump’s Cuts to Mental Health Programs Could Hit Rural Schools Harder
In Nebraska, it’s trauma-informed training to support Native American students. In Arizona, it’s an effort…
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Politics, Pressure and Poor Sources: History Teachers Have It Tough These Days
With a curriculum that includes slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, two world wars and the…
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Every Student Deserves High-Quality Computer Science Education
Imagine you’re a ninth grader navigating a world where generative AI, agentic AI and other…
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Hundreds of STEM Grants Have Been Terminated. K-12 Math Educators Will Lose Out.
Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and…
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Majority of Parents Rely on Friends and Family for Child Care, Report Finds
A new study shows trust is the most important factor for parents when choosing child…
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One District’s Approach to Successful AI Integration
Schools across the country are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms, but the real…
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The Evolving Landscape of CTE
Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs are evolving, becoming more deeply integrated into mainstream high…
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Trump’s Executive Order on School Discipline Clashes With What Research Says Works
The Trump administration took aim at another keystone in public education, this time looking to…
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States Agree About How Schools Should Use AI. Are They Also Ignoring Civil Rights?
Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are…
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Ending USDA Programs for School Meals Will Impact Learning, Experts Warn
Health leaders, educators and farmers throughout the country are growing increasingly concerned about the impact…
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Trump Executive Order Calls for Artificial Intelligence to Be Taught in Schools
Since generative artificial intelligence burst onto the scene a few years ago, schools and educators…
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Gen Z Is Growing Up in Education Upheaval. How Are Teens Doing?
Gen Z is in an awkward phase. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.The oldest of…
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Why Career Exploration Shouldn’t Wait Until High School
From the time we’re kids, we’re asked, “What do you want to be when you…
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In an Era of Natural Disasters, Can Schools Double Down On Trauma Training?
When the Eaton and Palisades fires raged through Los Angeles, home of the second-largest school…
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Students at U.S. Government Schools Fight Book Bans
Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent…
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Head Start’s Future Is Uncertain. Rural Americans Aren’t Ready for What Happens Next.
Along the Canadian border in north central Washington’s Okanogan County, where the closest major city…
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Demand Remains High, but Afterschool Programs Worry for Their Futures
For thousands of public school students, the ringing of the final bell doesn’t signal an…
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Helping Educators Reimagine AI’s Role in Transformational Learning
From customer service chatbots to personalized shopping recommendations, artificial intelligence has become integral to our…
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Federal Cuts Threaten Student Data
“Hey, I'm a principal at a school, and I forgot my password,” the voice said.…
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In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?
When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by…
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Portland’s Universal Pre-K Proposal Was Hailed as a ‘National Model.’ How’s the Rollout Going?
It’s been a little over a year since Tram Gonzalez opened Color Wings Preschool in…
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Better Design Might Be the Next Frontier in Getting Students Back to Campus
As designers drew up plans to revitalize the visual arts complex at California State University,…
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Tech Groups Have Long Encouraged Girls to Pursue STEM. Could the Anti-DEI Wave End That?
Growing up in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, Anushay Anjum loved school but was especially…
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How Open Standards Are Breaking Down Data Barriers
Colleges and universities are at a crossroads when it comes to student data. They have…
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Some Childcare Providers Lost All in the Eaton Fire. Why Can’t They Get Relief Money?
Do you remember the last time you were on endless hold with customer service? Or…
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Why the Dire State of the Early Learning Workforce Is ‘Alarming and Not Surprising’
The state of early care and education today is, in a word, unsustainable. That’s what…
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Teachers Believe That AI Is Here to Stay in Education. How It Should Be Taught Is Debatable.
One of the perks of Angie Adams’ job at Samsung is that every year, she…
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Linda McMahon Became Ed Secretary Without Discussing Schools’ Scariest Issue: Guns
For almost three hours last month, Linda McMahon sat through a confirmation hearing in which…
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Black Boys in Gifted Education Deserve More — and My Journey Is Proof of It
Looking back on my educational journey, I recently reflected on my classroom experiences from kindergarten…
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Giving Schools More Control over Social Media
As PTA president at my children’s school, I rely on social media to keep families…
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A Supreme Court Case Could Change How We Think About and Pay For Religious Schools
Under the first couple of months of the new administration, education has come in for…
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For Families, School Choice Doesn’t Mean Easy Decisions
In late January, the White House instructed the Department of Defense to craft a plan…
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As the Teacher Shortage Crisis Deepens in Ohio, Immigrant Educators Could Be the Answer
In the 2021-2022 academic year, the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce found more than…
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How Educators Are Leading the Future of Learning With AI Initiatives
Technology in today’s classrooms is advancing rapidly, reshaping the way students learn and teachers teach,…
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As Immigration Raids Stoke Anxiety, What Are the Implications for How Children Learn?
Panicked calls from parents. More empty desks in classrooms. Higher anxiety.Those are some of the…
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What Will Districts Do With All Those Empty School Buildings? Some Look to Fill Them With Younger Kids
Several years ago, Oklahoma City Public Schools shuttered more than a dozen of its school…
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Why Digital Fluency, Adaptability and AI-Powered Learning Matter More Than Ever
The future isn’t just approaching — it’s moving fast. As industries evolve and workforce demands…
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When Teachers Left My School, I Felt Like a Failure. Here’s What I Learned.
A couple of months ago, I had a conversation with another leader who was listening…
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Students Are Unmotivated to Learn. Would Consulting Them For Curriculum Help?
Julius Cervantes, a first generation college graduate, didn’t appreciate school’s relevance for his life until…
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Maximizing Tier 1 Instruction: Strategies and Benefits of Effective Scaffolding [Infographic]
Scaffolding in Tier 1 instruction helps all students access grade-level content by providing temporary support…
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From Her Perch at the Front Desk, This School Staffer Helps Kids Show Up Each Day
Nancy Muñoz is on her second act — this time, in a school — and…
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How Large Print Books Create a ‘Virtuous Cycle’ for All Readers
America’s schools are facing a crisis in reading achievement. The recently released National Assessment of…
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Acceptance is Key to Mental Health for LGBTQ+ Youth, Data Shows
The Trevor Project, a national suicide prevention nonprofit for LGBTQ+ youth, released a new report…
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As Schools Prioritize Digital Literacy, My Students Are Being Left Behind
San Francisco is seen as a global tech capital, yet even here, high school students…
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Early Numeracy as a Cornerstone of Long-Term Academic Success
Early literacy often dominates conversations around foundational learning in today’s educational system. However, despite the…
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Can Colleges Do More to Help Students Succeed?
Near the beginning of every semester, Sarah Z. Johnson has her students make her a…
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Cultivating Joy Among the ‘Community of Learners’
Nita Creekmore is coauthor of Every Connection Matters: How to Build, Maintain, and Restore Relationships…
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Idaho Moves to Deregulate Child Care in First-of-Its-Kind Legislation
Idaho is poised to become the first state in the country to eliminate state-mandated child-to-staff…
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As Some High Schoolers Fret Over College Costs, These Majors Earn Students $100K
As high school seniors ponder the route they want to take for college, a fresh…
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Why Blackness Matters in Early Childhood Development
What does Blackness mean to you? My Black is colorful, quick-witted, dynamic, innovative and brilliant.…
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Louisiana’s NAEP Score — A Victory for the Science of Reading?
When Louisiana made gains in reading proficiency in a recent Congressionally-mandated assessment, it stuck out.…
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How to Develop an Effective Framework for AI Readiness
How can we prepare students for a world increasingly influenced by artificial intelligence? If you…
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‘We’re Everywhere Now’: How a Speech Language Pathologist Has Seen Her Work Evolve
Debi Ryan insists that bad days are few and far between in her line of…
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Could Play Boost Students’ Math Performance?
When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. At least,…
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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says
The push for universal public education across the United States began in the midst of…
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A Reading Expert’s Case for Rethinking Fluency
Reading fluency — the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression — remains…
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I Once Made a Student Cry, and It Made Me a Better Teacher
Have you ever made a student cry? I have.Earlier this year, one of my fourth…
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What We Can Learn From Red States’ Approaches to Child Care Challenges
Policymakers across the political spectrum ran for office on child care issues in 2024. From…
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Teachers Say Parental Engagement Can Make or Break Efforts to Close Learning Gaps
The recent unveiling of national reading and math scores revealed some disheartening trends about learning…
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Students Are Not Well, and It’s Our Job to Save Them
During my eight-year teaching career in Colorado, I’ve heard many schools and districts claim they…
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School Districts Lost Federal Funds. Will Students Lose Digital Access?
The extra money that flowed from the federal government during the pandemic has left districts…
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These Schools Are Banding Together to Make Better Use of AI in Education
DENVER — In Zach Kennelly’s senior civics class, students are building custom chatbots with artificial…
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Using Technology to Build a Culture of Authentic Student Engagement
To support improved student outcomes, educators increasingly look to technology. But how do they fuel…
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Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won’t be Easy.
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — It’s nearly 5 p.m. on a Friday, and Dolores S. Perez is…
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How Creative AI Is Reshaping Education [Infographic]
The Creativity with AI in Education 2025 Report, based on insights from over 2,800 educators…
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How I Navigate the Classroom as a Neurodivergent Teacher
I first realized I wanted to be a teacher around the same time I received…
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New Education Department Officials Say Book Bans Are a ‘Hoax.’ Teachers Disagree.
“U.S. Department of Education ends Biden’s book ban hoax.”That headline from a recent press release…
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When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change
Early learning is taking center stage in education, and for good reason. As schools across…
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Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers?
It’s that time of year when seemingly everyone has the sniffles, and many people are…
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Nation’s Report Card Shows Students Struggle With Basic Reading Skills
The pandemic jostled students off course, disrupting learning around the country. Billions in federal relief…
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Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.
On my first day as an Arabic teacher, my school mentor sternly advised me, "Avoid…
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Smarter Schools: Artificial Intelligence Enters the District Office
In the hallways of schools across the nation, a quiet revolution is taking place. As…
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Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says
Education in the 21st century is obsessed with assessing children, attempting to measure every aspect…
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Is Classroom Discussion a Dying Art?
One of Kevin Gannon’s favorite class discussion activities doesn’t involve much talking. Inspired by complete-the-story…
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How Enrollment in the 100 Largest School Districts Has Changed Since the Pandemic
Recent federal data on school enrollment adds more detail to the picture we have about…
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How Enrollment in the 100 Largest School Districts Has Changed Since the Pandemic
Recent federal data on school enrollment adds more detail to the picture we have about…
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Can ‘Math Therapists’ Make a Dent In America’s Declining Math Performance?
Danielle Robinson desperately wants to help math teachers, but it’s a tough job. An instructional…
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Art Saved My Life When I Was a Student. Now, It’s Helping My Multilingual Learners.
Earlier this month at Truesdell Elementary, in the last five minutes of one of my…
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This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’
Jami Rhue thought her first stint as a school librarian would be a quick detour…
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Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2024
Can I have your attention? The challenge of getting and keeping the attention of students…
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As the Administration Changes, Will Fear Keep Newcomer Students From Schools?
Lara Evangelista remembers a high school student calling her to say his parents were picked…
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Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School
I was recently sitting with my friend’s 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a…
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AI for Educators: Actions to Drive Student Growth [Infographic]
2025 marks an exciting journey into AI-powered learning! Use these AI tools and activities to…
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How Wicked Taught Me to Defy Gravity — One Student at a Time
The lights dimmed, and the audience fell silent. It was a cold January afternoon in…
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How a Vacant School Building Became a Symbol of Loss and a Source of Hope for a Small Town
Donora, Pennsylvania, once housed a thriving steel mill that stretched for about two miles, though…
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As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders
A typical career trajectory in early care and education might follow like this: start as…
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Supporting All Learners: Building an Inclusive Classroom With Universal Design for Learning
Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want…
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4 Benefits a Digital Credential Program Offers Right Now
Imagine a recent graduate armed with a degree but struggling to convey their specific skills…
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These Higher Ed Stories Resonated Most in 2024
We’ve been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Here’s the countdown of the…
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Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024
As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers…
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At a Time When Students Feel Alone, Affinity Groups Connect Us All
In affinity, we find kinship. Our shared interests move us toward one another and give…
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AI Has Changed Student Cheating. But Strategies to Stop It Remain Consistent.
Teachers and professors can make adjustments in how they teach that will greatly reduce incidents…
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The Early Childhood Education Stories You Loved Most in 2024
In 2024, EdSurge published several dozen stories about early care and education, up from just…
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As Humanities Fight for Support, New Journal Aims to Celebrate Their Role in Public Life
Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of…
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Should Instructors Ask Students to Show Document Histories to Guard Against AI Cheating?
‘Show your work’ has taken on a new meaning — and importance — in the…
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How Are U.S. Students Doing in Math? About as Well as Their Parents Did in 1995
The results are in — and they’re not great. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.International…
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‘Remember Your Why’: How My Grandmothers Affirmed My Purpose as an Educator
One day, during a quiet afternoon in my classroom, a comment one of my colleagues…
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Intergenerational Care Benefits Children and Seniors. Why Is It Still So Rare?
Several times a week, teachers at Tiny Images, an early learning program in Fairmont, Nebraska,…
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Does School Choice Need a Lemon Law?
When she moved her daughter into a reputable private school in Washington at the beginning…
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Anti-LGBTQ+ Policies Have a Direct Impact on Youth Mental Health. So Does Support.
Findings from a recent survey by the Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention…
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Why I Spend My Lunch Hour with Students
My favorite part of my job is not actually part of my job. As a…
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Revisiting the Legacy of San Francisco’s Detracking Experiment
Even years later, San Francisco Unified School District casts a shadow over attempts to quash…
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How This Curriculum Specialist Brings Math to Life for Students
The idea of being “bad at math” or “not a math person” is deeply entrenched…
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What Does It Mean to Be AI Ready? [Infographic]
Artificial intelligence is rapidly changing society, workplace and education. To be prepared for the college…
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Unlocking AI’s Potential in Higher Education
AI has the potential to transform every aspect of our lives — and it is…
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How Are New AI Tools Changing ‘Learning Analytics’?
For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process…
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Does Facial Recognition Belong in Schools? It Depends Who You Ask
It was early in the school day when a 17-year-old gunman began firing into a…
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What Does It Take To Successfully Implement Personalized Learning at Scale?
At its core, personalized learning is about recognizing that no two students learn exactly the…
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