Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling to allow parents to pull their children out of classroom discussions around books covering LGBTQ+ and other themes that may conflict with their religious beliefs could embolden efforts to restrict more titles. Brooklyn’s program gives readers between 13 and 21 anywhere in the country the ability to opt in.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

A little over four years ago, we were working at an institution that had been selected as the Spotlight School at an educational technology conference in Memphis. Sketchnote from Belief #5 about Mission, illustrated by Brad Ovenell-Carter. Blending Leadership: Six Simple Beliefs for Leading Online and Off by Stephen J.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2022

26, 2022 – Having already transformed into North America’s leading education technology company, Trox + Tierney will continue to grow in the education markets under the new brand of Bluum beginning today. The higher calling of ensuring every student has access to a world-class education remains the company’s mission.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

It’s a wildly popular concept that has led to prevailing beliefs that students perform better if we cater to their natural learning styles. Technological Approaches: Next-Generation Learning The gift of technology and the digital classroom is that students can now pick the most convenient, fastest way to consume material.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. But there has been progress, both with the tools themselves and the teaching practices we employ to incorporate technology into the classroom. How do we do that?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“I worked as an administrator for 10 years, so I think about edtech from both sides — both how an administrator makes decisions about edtech tools, but also how we can support our teachers,” Ballard shared in a focus group that was part of a larger project designed to better understand the gap between teaching practices and technology use.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

But the increasingly sophisticated technologies that people have come to rely on should not absolve personal responsibility for learning how to spell, write or communicate, says Dave Eggers. Increasingly there’s less choice about when you use technology and when you don’t.” By no means is Eggers a luddite. I wanted it to be calm.

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eSchool News

JUNE 21, 2015

She stated that her CFY computer “ignited my passion for technology and set the tone for years to come.” In 2014, Jessica Santana and co-founder Evin Robinson created Brooklyn On Tech , a nonprofit whose mission is to prepare the next generation of technology leaders. She serves on the board of CFY Los Angeles.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Mike has been a tireless volunteer and an invaluable leader in Ohios educational technology community. Jason Eyre, CETL, Technology Department Coordinator, Murray City School District receives the award from CoSN CEO Keith Kreuger. Mike Daugherty of Chagrin Falls Exempted Village School District (OH) is this years winner.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

And, like Turkle, we are concerned that the predominant uses of technology in higher education—both in the workplace and the classroom—do not place human connections and conversations at their center. However, we feel that Turkle’s perspective, and the perspective of most individuals in higher education, possesses a blind spot.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 1, 2021

BOSTON (October 1, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, has released its “Educator Perceptions of Teaching and Learning in Fall 2021,” a research brief exploring educators’ expectations for the 2021-2022 academic year. Educators also felt more prepared to incorporate technology into classroom teaching.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

As a preschool teacher with five years of experience at Emerson Elementary School, I understand the challenges new educators face. I am excited to share my knowledge of incorporating technology into the classroom and hope that it provides you with the support and inspiration you need. Technology and Young Children.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 9, 2023

Equipping teachers with effective strategies for facilitating student learning, particularly providing flexible access, ensures that educators leverage their years of experience in the classroom, along with evidence-based strategies in educational technology. Prioritizing Academic Acceleration and Achievement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2020

Mashing the arts and math is core to Desmo’s belief that education is interdisciplinary by nature, and subjects should be taught as such. That effort was fueled partly by a belief that no student should have to fork out $100 for a physical graphing calculator ever again. “Math isn’t just the regurgitation of formulas.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

This concept derives out of the belief that constant betterment can only be achieved when certain needs are mastered. It should come as no surprise that education technology has revolutionized and changed the way teachers teach and students learn. With new innovations, devices continue to go beyond “basic level” education tools.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Adaptive Educators By constantly adapting our curriculum, we have the ability to critically examine the culture we’re sharing and work to change the beliefs and messages schools transmit. We know that technology may negatively impact children’s mental health and social relationships , and AI could make this worse.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

We should learn from experiences, particularly if those experiences show our previous beliefs to be untrue. So why are people so easy to fool when it comes to beliefs about learning? But those beliefs persist. Beliefs about science can become entangled with our self-identities, even if they didn’t start out that way.”.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

based firm will invest in early-stage startups building solutions in financial technology and the future of work—the latter of which includes services that offer alternative postsecondary education pathways, reduce financial barriers to learning, leverage data for academic success, and provide reskilling opportunities for adult learners.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

With science and technology jobs expected to grow twice as fast as other occupations over the next decade amid rapidly shifting demographics , creating a robust and diverse pipeline into STEM fields is essential to ensuring U.S. Our technologically advanced society promises experiences that are user-friendly and intuitive.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2016

"[We] break down data by ELLs versus non-ELLs, special education students versus non-SPED students, and students receiving particular interventions.". But Firman expresses a firm belief that the scores from these types of testing are far from the only types of data schools and/or teachers should be collecting.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2023

PHOENIX — Bluum , a leading provider of education technology, this week named Dan Groskreutz its new chief financial officer (CFO). Bluum was founded on the belief that access to education is the catalyst for human progress. Bluum lives its mission to improve access to education and student outcomes,” said Groskreutz.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2022

The answer(s) may have implications for designing new edtech tools—and VR technology intended to be used beyond the classroom, too. The creators of both systems also share the belief that acting out a scene from a play is a natural form of active learning. To immerse, or not to immerse? Shakespeare was meant to be performed.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

As a society ever more reliant on technology and STEM-based careers, we must shatter the myth that math skill is inborn and reinforce that it is the result of intention and practice. It’s common to hear well educated adults declare themselves “not a math person,” sometimes proudly. This belief is wrong. Sounds odd, doesn’t it?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

Espoused Values and Beliefs The first source of information ought to come from your espoused values and beliefs. When you go back and revisit your writing on the subject, how well does it align with your beliefs now? Ultimately, we want to determine how effectively we articulate our beliefs and in what contexts.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

The Robotics Education & Competition (REC) Foundation , organizer of the world’s largest robotics competition and leader in STEM education, is doing a careful examination of gender diversity. As education, technology and nonprofit leaders, we must adopt successful strategies, prioritize and move forward.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Johnston County educators are confident they will continue to see growth, and they credit Savvas for being part of the “right mix of expertise, resources, and support” that is delivering real results for the district’s students.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Thankfully, the prevalence of technology in education gives us a powerful opportunity to mitigate many of the challenges that our schools are facing and help students reach their full potential. Enhancing student-teacher relationships Technology can never replace the role of a teacher, nor should that ever be the goal.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

And the ISTE Standards for Educators , from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE is the parent organization of EdSurge). Department of Education’s 2017 National Education Technology Plan. (A Growing Demand For Online and Blended Teaching Thanks to the coronavirus, nearly all U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2020

Based on his work, CASEL says that developing self-awareness with an equity lens can help students and adults “examine what it means to belong to a group or community, including how ethnicity and race impacts one’s sense of self and beliefs,” and “recognize biases and understand how thoughts, feelings, and actions are interconnected.”

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Edsurge

JANUARY 1, 2020

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. In 2005, Sal Khan founded Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit where is now CEO, and in 2014 he founded the Khan Lab School. At the same time, we knew that technology was nowhere near a silver bullet.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

I also turned to a different kind of professional reading that shaped my beliefs about students, learning and the purpose of education. In her book “Other People’s Children,” the author Lisa Delpit writes that, “We do not really see through our eyes or hear through our ears, but through our beliefs.” You are not a gangster.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

One might assume that, since focus and productivity were not easy by-products of this environment, anyone experiencing it would come out with a firm belief in the value of walls. Technology Removes Walls. In the near future, this type of experience will only become richer with Augmented Reality technologies like Magic Leap.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2019

Without ignoring that much of what differentiates one school from another takes place below the surface, the desire to make schools look like high-tech office spaces might be just the latest demonstration that education has historically followed and reflected —rather than led—technological, political and economic change.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2021

Digital technology has become increasingly important in the lives of all Americans, particularly during the coronavirus pandemic, which has made many of us even more reliant on computing devices to execute our daily responsibilities. Incorporating more education about morality and ethics into computer science education could help.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Our approach is rooted in the belief that all families, regardless of circumstance, can benefit from coaching. We are—thankfully—not alone in this belief. The program is offered at our school in East Palo Alto, California, where most of the community is low-income.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2021

Despite strong beliefs among some parents and advocates, there’s only limited research about whether recreational screen time is itself bad for kids, according to Hartshorne. How hybrid schooling stacked up with regard to screen time was more ambiguous, perhaps in part because that concept means different things in different places.

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