Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

Over the last two years, I’ve witnessed the rise in students’ use of generative AI as whole. Not surprisingly, more students are using generative AI to assist them in writing. A students’ ability to communicate in writing and speaking must now be complemented with a proficiency in visual language.

Writing 92

Writing Students Communication Lecturing 92

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

I’m entering my fifth year as the founder of a microschool, a small learning environment that currently serves approximately 20 students. After watching my students deeply engaged in learning, one district leader told me, “It looked like you’d been given free rein to be creative, and that’s a problem.” My students were growing.

Schools 148

Schools Beliefs Culture Testing 148

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

Over the last nine months, weve worked with eight fellows whose pathways in education are as diverse as they have ever been, including a trauma psychotherapist turned early childhood counselor, a physics teacher with a penchant for storytelling and a Jordan-born immigrant who moved to the United States to pursue her passion for teaching.

Education 118

Education Essay Culture Math 118

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. The oldest of the cohort born from 1997 to 2012 are in their mid- to late 20s and taking heat for chafing against workplace culture in ways that come off as entitled (sound familiar, millennials?). More Diverse Than Ever Gen Z represents about 69 million U.S. residents.

Education 155

Education Culture Math Achievement 155

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Each student receives a fictional budget and must bid on leadership traits they value most. What has changed is the way students talk about those traits. In the earlier years, students would bid quickly, justify their picks in straightforward terms, and move on. “I Students linger over the choices. Communication is key.”

Beliefs 143

Beliefs Communication Lecturing Culture 143

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

This pattern is deeply problematic because it reinforces systemic inequities that disadvantage Black, Latinx and low-income students. A 2019 study by the Library Research Service found that predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more annually than predominantly nonwhite districts, despite serving the same number of students.

Elementary School 114

Elementary School Elementary School Testing Accessibility 114

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

In summary Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever. Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them?

Plagiarism 117

Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. As AI rapidly reshapes software development, computer science (CS) education must move beyond syntax drills and algorithmic repetition. Research increasingly shows that creativity fuels deeper learning, especially in STEM education.

Ethics 152

Ethics Science Game-Based Learning Motivation 152

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Something broke in American education these past years. Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. You might argue that the traditional classroom still plays an essential role in education, but the rapid growth of online and hybrid models suggests otherwise. A study from the U.S.

Hybrid Learning 135

Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Schools increasingly find themselves on the front lines of managing the ripple effects of students’ online lives — from digital distractions that interfere with learning to online bullying and harmful content — leaving educators to address these challenges without the tools or authority to intervene effectively.

Middle School 85

Middle School Middle School Schools Students 85

Cal Matters

JULY 16, 2025

In summary Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success. Students don’t have the same incentives to talk to their professors — or even their classmates — anymore.

Students 66

Students Study Academic Integrity Questions 66

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

We defined digital learning as all these instances where students are learning outside of the time and place constraints that you see in a traditional school in a traditional. What we’re seeing much more commonly is students who are mixing on site and online learning. In their schedule. You’re with and.

Learning 130

Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

This simple act of showing our work invited others to do the same, fostering a culture of continuous learning and a place where feedback wasnt just collected, but acted upon. Join the Movement at generationai.org and become part of a dynamic network of educators shaping the future of learning for all students. Sign up here.

Learning 108

Learning Participation Feedback Curriculum Design 108

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

.” — Mira Debs Angeline Lillard became aware of the Montessori method when she was 3 years old, attending a Montessori school alongside her sister when its resurgence hit in the 1960s during a cultural shift toward individual autonomy. Montessori schools that offer only preschool are not necessarily competing with many public institutions.

Education 140

Education Schools Study Teaching Methods 140

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agencys decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trumps executive orders on race and gender. The plaintiffs paint another picture of DoDEA.

Schools 118

Schools History Students Culture 118

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2025

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. Parents of students in a Maryland school district brought the lawsuit forward after the district restricted them from pulling their kids out of class when the lesson included storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters.

Schools 143

Schools Writing Beliefs Accessibility 143

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS.

Fairness 184

Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 184

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

I wanted to support bilingual students, children who, like me, speak Spanish at home. She worried about how she would fit in with American culture, whether she would be effective in her new job, and even how well she would connect with her students. It creates a real connection, she said.

English 132

English Teachers Languages Language 132

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

An executive order signed by President Trump last week frames as discrimination an Obama-era policy to correct disparities in school discipline that end in Black students being disproportionately removed from the classroom. Department of Education, "Student Discipline and School Climate in U.S. Source: U.S. Public Schools."

Fairness 194

Fairness Schools Disabilities Counselling 194

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

Walking students through the unsettling complexities of the past has never been an easy job. Painting approaches to history in stark black and white can shut down debate and keep social studies teachers from achieving what 94 percent of them report is the most important part of their job: preparing students for meaningful civic engagement.

History 179

History Social Studies Teachers Textbooks 179

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

It’s a place where students are more or less in control: One Stone was designed as a student led and directed non-profit that offers an independent and tuition-free education with a mission to make students better leaders and the world a better place. That’s where the culture club’s focus on vulnerability comes into play.

Failure 295

Failure Feedback Culture Students 295

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

More than ever universities today are carving out fresh ways to bypass bureaucracy and drive innovation in higher education—and it’s working. Colleges are pioneering novel forms of credentialing and breakthrough education technologies for non-traditional learners around the globe. Culturally, they can be the black sheep.

Culture 280

Culture Motivation Evaluation Feedback 280

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. This two-year researcher-practitioner partnership aims to increase participation of underrepresented minority students in postsecondary STEM programs.

Learning 324

Learning STEM Motivation Culture 324

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Speights has compiled samples from 400 children so far, ranging across geographic location, cultural background and socioeconomic status. Improving Student Outcomes When it comes to the speech language pathology world, Speights says the pre-K level is largely overlooked in comparison to older children or adults.

Languages 139

Languages Language Intelligence Testing 139

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

If youve ever watched a student light up after cracking a tough problem or finally connecting the dots, you know learning is personal. Every classroom is filled with students who bring their own strengths, quirks and questions to the table. Students understood what the district was trying to do for them.

Beliefs 106

Beliefs Feedback Culture Math 106

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

Most librarians work really hard to give their students what they need, but there are certainly a group of librarians who just aren’t comfortable with these trends of LGBTQ+ and BIPOC literature,” said Tasslyn Magnussun, an independent consultant for PEN America and other groups tracking the rise of book censorship.

Accessibility 212

Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 212

Edsurge

JULY 26, 2017

In just over a decade, 20 independent education companies have raised more than $2.7 billion in funding and are shaping the way education is evolving for students from grade school to higher ed. It can actually impact student achievement.”. It can actually impact student achievement. Only eight are women.

Culture 250

Culture Textbooks Achievement Study 250

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2017

Students and classmates bully each other online, too, and it’s pretty awful when it happens. The fact is the Internet can be a big, scary place for kids, and some students are starting to accept this as the norm. The fact is the Internet can be a big, scary place for kids, and some students are starting to accept this as the norm.

Internet 200

Internet Students Curriculum Feedback 200

eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2024

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Frontline Education , a leading provider of administration software purpose-built for educators in K-12, today announced the appointment of Hope Needham as Chief People & Culture Officer.

Culture 251

Culture Coaching Education Special Education 251

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

The CoSN TLE Seal is a national distinction awarded to school districts implementing rigorous privacy policies and practices to help protect student information. million students. All TLE Seal and Mini Seal applicants receive feedback and guidance to help them improve their student data privacy programs.

Learning 260

Learning Students Feedback High School 260

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2021

I’ve spent the past few years as an instructional coach showing teachers how to integrate technology into the curriculum. During that time, I’ve learned that for teachers to truly embrace digital innovation in the classroom, they will need to be supported by a culture that fully embraces educational technology.

Culture 217

Culture Coaching Education Students 217

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

There were few role models who looked like me outside of my family, and the only cultural representations I saw were insulting stereotypes that mocked Indian culture. I sense this same feeling of difference in a student who recently transferred to my school from a predominantly Black school in Milwaukee. Now, I’m not so sure.

Culture 209

Culture Students Fairness Questions 209

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum. When we got into the classroom, the students were shy. They had a wall,” Cole-Ochoa says of the students in the small town of Elsa, Texas. “[Now] You have to take care of the students’ needs first,” she explains.

Culture 211

Culture Counselling Schools Students 211

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

During that time, I have enjoyed working with the staff, students, parents, and community members to thoughtfully integrate technology into the classrooms. In 1995, I became the Educational Technology Coach for the Verona Area High School. Students love them because they are interesting and engaging.

Art 322

Art Students Culture Coaching 322

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

In the post-COVID pandemic educational setting, assessment offers ways to gain crucial insights into student thinking and learning and the areas requiring support for progress toward learning goals. The first step is to consider the idea of school culture and how it underpins the related concept of assessment culture.

Culture 194

Culture Beliefs Testing Evaluation 194

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As a math educator at the high school and middle school levels, I lived for the moments when students’ furrowed brows ever-so-slightly began to unfold and smiles emerged. I refer to those epiphanies, when the metaphorical light bulb above a student’s head switches on, as “luminations.”

Culture 206

Culture Math Science Beliefs 206

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2024

During a session at FETC 2024, Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, dove into just what, exactly, makes for the effective use of edtech in supporting student engagement. Simply incorporating a device into the classroom doesn’t mean students will automatically engage with their learning. “A ”

Student Engagement 318

Student Engagement Students Achievement Evaluation 318