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ISTE launches four new initiatives to improve edtech experiences

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To achieve this mission, ISTE+ASCD is making the following new commitments moving forward: Help all teachers become AI ready. Give schools more control over their digital culture. Having an effective digital culture is a prerequisite for having a healthy school culture,” Culatta asserted. 16-19, 2026, in San Diego.

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ISTELive 25 spotlights bold innovation

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AI Trust You- Building a Culture of Trust and Learning with AI : Discover how LBUSD empowers educators through thoughtful AI integration. While progress has been made, achievement gaps have widened, particularly among underserved students. When I returned to the classroom, I faced those same questions.

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Empowering school staff with emergency response protocols

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Gabriella Durn Blakey, superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools: What does safety mean for educators to really be able to feel safe in their classroom, to impact student achievement, the well-being of students? District leaders should adopt and implement response protocols that cover all types of emergencies.

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AI can personalize learning–it can’t make students care

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What if the missing ingredient in student achievement isn’t better curriculum, tech, or teachers, but better motivation? Researchers have offered a range of explanations for this gap, from inconsistent implementation by schools to the possibility that higher-achieving students are simply more likely to stick with the programs.

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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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Specifically, this has allowed us to improve in closing the achievement gap for students with disabilities over the last several years and to provide our teachers with more tailored professional learning for support. This has brought tremendous gains in student achievement. We look at it.

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Personalized Learning, Global Citizenship: A Framework for the Modern Classroom

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broadened my worldview and helped me internalize the importance of cultural relevance and adaptability in educational reform—what works in one context must be thoughtfully localized in another. At the same time, I’ve prioritized integrating SEL as a core part of classroom culture—beyond isolated lessons.

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4 ways to help students disagree without being disagreeable

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History loves to celebrate the lone geniuses, but most of the world’s biggest achievements–from the moon landing, to medical breakthroughs, to blockbuster films–happened because many people set aside their differences and worked together.

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