Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. 2024) studied adding interdisciplinary learning in nursing classes using games.

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Interdisciplinary Teaching Knowledge Peer Review 53

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2025

The majority (92 percent) of educational agencies, including elementary schools, say they have enough teachers to staff transitional kindergarten classrooms, according to a report from the Learning Policy Institute, a nonprofit focused on K-12 education policy.

Elementary School 112

Elementary School Elementary School Fairness Communication 112

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The LearnLab brings together K-12 classroom teachers and university researchers for research collaborations, introducing evidence-based education technologies into the classroom. Montour’s first-grade teachers are also working with a team of researchers from St.

Learning 321

Learning STEM Motivation Culture 321

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Jordan Green, a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Harvard Universitys Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, says in a recent research paper the excitement is palpable around AI in health care. PedzSTAR joins a growing number of attempts to use AI in the speech pathology world.

Languages 138

Languages Language Intelligence Testing 138

Edsurge

APRIL 21, 2025

Joel Ryan, executive director of Washington State Association of Head Start Lack of communication and guidance from the Office of Head Start has been par for the course for providers in recent months. I think that they are going to, in the next four years, do all they can to try to dismantle the Head Start program.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

A 2007 study led by Robert Balfanz at Johns Hopkins found that chronic absence in middle school and high school is often a leading predictor of dropping out. I think what we learned from the community coalition is that they really focused on communication and information to parents as an initial strategy.

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Failure Grades Achievement Writing 152

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

At this year’s ASU+GSV education technology conference, organizers shared data that showed about 34 percent of nearly 180 companies presenting at the event had a woman founder or CEO. Deborah Quazzo Edtech observers have noted that a significant number of those companies have been started by women.

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Culture Textbooks Achievement Study 250

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Once upon a time, educators worried about the dangers of CliffsNotes — study guides that rendered great works of literature as a series of bullet points that many students used as a replacement for actually doing the reading. Today, that sure seems quaint.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

To prepare ChatGPT to take on this role, the researchers started by prompting the AI bot to behave as it has observed professors communicating in its training data. A paper on their study points out, however, that “the AI-led interviews never match the best human experts.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

He says he would never use such sites, but he understands their lure this semester, since he is finding it so hard to find other students to study with because of COVID restrictions. So I hope that professors are communicating with their students that look, there's going to be flags, and I just see it and it's fine. And I just move on.

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eSchool News

MAY 16, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced Education Technology finalists. Their innovations stand to improve the teaching and learning experience for teachers and students here in the U.S. and globally.

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Educational Technologies Technology Peer Review Education 148

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

I regularly speak with college leaders in my work, and I understand the long hours they have logged in service to their communities. Striking the right balance between candidness and compassion, strength and vulnerability, realism and optimism in communication is an elusive target in the best of times.

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Communication Mobile Devices Motivation Attention 174

eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

WASHINGTON (PRWEB) — In celebration of the 38th annual SIIA CODiE Awards, the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) today announces the 50 winners of the 2023 CODiE Awards in Education Technology. The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry’s only peer-reviewed awards program. “We Founder of BrainPOP.

Educational Technologies 139

Educational Technologies Technology Peer Review Education 139

Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2020

Instead, she’s taking an open-study research course on a subject she was already thinking a lot about: the COVID-19 pandemic. “I I feel like learning about it in the open study dives deeper into what’s actually happening” with the pandemic, says Mosana, who attends a local public school in Brooklyn, N.Y. “We Sweden, China, Brazil.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

A new impact study at Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) found that students in grades 6 to 8 who used Speak Agent Math+Language outperformed their peers who did not use the program. This is the first large-scale study to find a positive, independent effect at a 99.9% ”

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Achievement Math Languages Language 256

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2017

Although schools in rural areas traditionally hit roadblocks when it comes to securing technology tools and high-speed internet access in classrooms and student homes, a new study suggests students in those schools actually outperform their urban and suburban peers in access at school.

Accessibility 245

Accessibility Schools Internet Study 245

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Many of the difficulties that our educators are facing today have not been directly caused by COVID-19; they were merely exacerbated by it. Related content: How to make student-teacher communication work. Technology as an effective tool for student motivation. For example, in a study across grades 1-8 in the U.S.,

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Motivation Gamification Distance Learning Students 300

eSchool News

JUNE 19, 2019

Educational software is one of the biggest sources of wasted spending in K-12, according to a new study evaluating spending in U.S. The study from Glimpse K12 tracked 200,000 curriculum software licenses purchased by 275 schools during the 2017-2018 school year. Because the education technology software space alone totals $8.4

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In recent years, K-12 tech innovation news has made it clear that educational technology has become an integral part of classrooms, influencing teaching methodologies, student interactions, and the overall educational landscape. The impact of technology on student learning also extends beyond the classroom walls.

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Technology Education Textbooks Learning Styles 239

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. .

Learning 363

Learning Communication Hybrid Learning Languages 363

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As educational technology companies look to place learning science at the core of their products, there are three key steps to success: aligning their teams around education outcomes, building a feedback loop, and evaluating and validating your results.

Science 265

Science Learning Interdisciplinary Feedback 265

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2021

When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs. When it comes to education technology, most educators would agree on two primary premises: Our needs are many, and we’re not short on tools to meet those needs.

Feedback 208

Feedback Learning Communication Grades 208

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2021

Multiple studies and surveys have documented the ever-narrowing digital divide. There are still a proportion of families who have no internet access, and that’s massively important,” says Vikki Katz, associate professor in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. That is students who are “under-connected.”

Internet 208

Internet Accessibility Students Study 208

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2021

Education technology has exploded in the last decade. And with the onset of COVID-19, technology integration in schools has only accelerated. We are not short on technology products or solutions. EdSurge: What are the main technology needs that you’re seeing for remote learning right now?

Teaching 200

Teaching Hybrid Learning Learning Communication 200

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

— June 12, 2022 — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by more than 13 million students, announced it has acquired Curiosity Media , the creator of innovative language learning platforms that empower people to more effectively communicate in Spanish and English. Redefining possibilities in education.

Languages 254

Languages Language English Learning 254

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

With billion-dollar fundraises on top of billion-dollar valuations , it’s no mystery that the education technology industry is attracting top dollars from investors. The latest proof point is Mystery Science , a provider of elementary-grade science curriculum, which has been acquired by Discovery Education.

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Science Education Social Studies Elementary School 218

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2023

As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. Nationwide research is also relatively infrequent — the most recent in-depth study of U.S. The answer?

Languages 176

Languages Language Education English 176

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

Mike has been a tireless volunteer and an invaluable leader in Ohios educational technology community. One of his most impactful contributions has been the creation and leadership of a highly successful CETL study group.

Beliefs 237

Beliefs STEM Feedback High School 237

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

Yes, this cruel pandemic has crashed our economy, filled our hospitals, emptied our public spaces, and tested our communications like nothing before. We are grateful, too, for those who keep communications up and running. This is not the time to be timid. But here’s one thing I know for sure: We are more resilient than we feel.

Fairness 206

Fairness Internet Communication Participation 206

Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2024

David Monaghan, an associate professor of sociology at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, has been digging into that question in a series of recent research studies. Since the program was open to all high schools in the city, doing that communication was more difficult than in the case of the other program they studied.

High School 192

High School High School Communication Instructors 192

Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2021

Bridges linking theory to practice, lab to classroom, and perhaps the most problematic of all, transdisciplinary bridges allowing multiple fields of experts (education, psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience) to collaborate and communicate more effectively. But the onus does not rest solely on educators. With teachers.

Teachers 217

Teachers Education Knowledge Evaluation 217

eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Much like participation in an athletic team, esports players learn how to work together as an effective team by communicating and collaborating with each other. Schools had a crash course in greater instructional technology usage during the pandemic. –Remco Bergsma, CEO, MiEN Company. .

Hybrid Learning 288

Hybrid Learning Communication Accessibility Languages 288

Edsurge

MARCH 16, 2020

But during these first few days of schools moving online, educators are adjusting to a new—and likely chaotic—environment. On short notice, they’re scrambling to make new plans, schedules and communication routines, and ensuring that students and families are supported in non-academic but life-essential areas, such as providing meals.

Schools 216

Schools Special Education Communication Math 216

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Educators shared feeling isolated and overwhelmed by the constantly changing protocols and decisions around them. Yet, they simultaneously became more connected with colleagues and families than ever before, creating opportunities for new ways to communicate and check in with students and families. over the past nine months.

Education 218

Education Intelligence Counselling Peer Review 218

Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2022

But are those who study at all-online programs making the same connections—or are they finding other ways to connect to the job market after earning their diploma? On campus, there are the well-known tales of students forging friendships with roommates or classmates that turn out to be connections to big jobs.

Study 198

Study Participation Fairness Communication 198

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

As early excitement about Zoom gave way to questions and concerns about privacy, security and unequal access, other companies seized the opportunity to elbow their way into the new competition for digital communication tools appropriate for preschoolers and college students alike. But Zoom has held on. Here’s what we learned.

Education 208

Education Instructors Learning Communication 208

Edsurge

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Studies show that parental involvement in a student’s education is the most accurate predictor of academic achievement. Researchers at Columbia University went further to study the impact of weekly automated alerts to parents about their student’s missed assignments, grades and class absences. Recommended Resources from AllHere.

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Failure Communication Study Change Management 172