Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

The 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows (from left to right): Melinda Medina, April Jackson, Nikita Khetan, Sofia Gonzalez, Daniel Clark and Patrice Wade As we close out another successful year of the fellowship, we are excited to see, read and learn what this new cohort of fellows has to say about the state of K-12 education.

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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?).

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Education Culture Math Achievement 155

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

This inequitable distribution affects access to AP courses, certified teachers, updated facilities, technology and extracurricular programming — all of which directly influence student achievement and opportunity. Gentrification adds a new layer: the displacement of longtime residents and the erasure of culture. The cruel irony?

Elementary School 114

Elementary School Elementary School Testing Accessibility 114

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

But the technology offers only a shadow of accurate detection: It highlights any matching text, whether properly cited or not; it flags everything that mirrors AI’s writing style, whether a student used AI inappropriately or not. He said $15 million is a lot of money to spend on a tool with such limited value. I trust you.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

It cannot fully understand subtle aspects like culture, values or emotional nuances (Hwang and Wu 2024). Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore. She is fascinated by education technology and enjoys conversations about the latest industry developments.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

The first Gen Z students I taught had been shaped by the 2008 recession, parents who struggled to bounce back, and a high-achievement culture that still promised something at the end of the tunnel. But I don’t see a divide: I see a continuum, stretched across different cultural moments. I see them.

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Beliefs Communication Lecturing Culture 143

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Moreover, virtual classrooms often utilize a variety of technological tools that enhance interactivity and collaboration. Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology. This change reflects both the advancements in technology and the increasing availability of information at their fingertips.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

By positioning code as a creative tool, educators can tap into students' intrinsic motivation while simultaneously building computational thinking skills. This approach helps students see themselves as creators, not just consumers, of technology.

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Ethics Science Game-Based Learning Motivation 152

Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

It cannot fully understand subtle aspects like culture, values or emotional nuances (Hwang and Wu 2024). Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore. She is fascinated by education technology and enjoys conversations about the latest industry developments.

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Writing Students Communication Lecturing 92

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

He emphasizes that effective digital programs are driven by specific educational needswhether supporting CTE (Career and Technical Education), dropout recovery, or creating early college opportunitiesrather than by technology itself. I mean, it’s program first technology, second right? I mean it’s. And I were.

Learning 130

Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

Building relational trust is paramount for leading communities through technological shifts. 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. In what ways am I demonstrating a responsible approach to technology?

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Learning Participation Feedback Curriculum Design 108

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

He is committed to creating inclusive, academically rigorous and emotionally safe environments, with a particular focus on how technology influences student development and school culture. It’s helped build a collective culture of awareness and responsibility around digital safety. Their input helps guide everything we do.

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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.

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Education Schools Study Teaching Methods 140

Cal Matters

JULY 16, 2025

Julia Freeland-Fisher studies how technology can help or hinder student success at the Clayton Christensen Institute. And while he hasn’t asked ChatGPT to write any papers for him, he has turned to the technology when a blank page and a blinking cursor seemed overwhelming. He has asked for an outline.

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Students Study Academic Integrity Questions 66

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

Now, a dozen students from six families are suing the department for sidelining books, curriculum and cultural awareness events that conflict with the presidents goal of excising gender ideology and diversity, equity and inclusion from public life. Books were pulled from libraries. Black History Month was canceled.

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Schools History Students Culture 118

Edsurge

JULY 2, 2025

The Education Culture War Book bans don’t exist in a vacuum, experts say, but are part of larger campaigns by political groups and their funders to decrease trust in public schools and smooth the way for state spending on private religious schools.

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Schools Writing Beliefs Accessibility 143

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Near a cardboard cutout of Daniel Tiger, a small stuffed version of Curious George and plenty of promotional posters in the PBS Kids office, there sits thick stacks of graduation invitations.

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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 184

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

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. The students light up when they realize that I understand their language and culture. It creates a real connection, she said. Using foreign teachers isnt new in Texas.

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English Teachers Languages Language 132

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

An Unsurprising Development Chris Curran, director of the Education Policy Research Center at the University of Floridas College of Education, says that hes not surprised by the executive order given how education has become front-and-center in todays culture wars. One bit of evidence for that idea?

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

A March 27 executive order accuses Smithsonian sites, including the American Art Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture, of giving a distorted narrative driven by ideology, casting the countrys founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light. The changes are quite alarming, Gillis says.

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History Social Studies Teachers Textbooks 179

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.

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Culture Motivation Evaluation Feedback 280

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2025

A new report from the Education Development Center, a nonprofit focused on education and economic opportunities, looked at whether podcasts potentially supplement family learning and how — and if — they differ from other traditional media like television.

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Study Questions Science Grades 119

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Since One Stone is so different from the typical high school experience, our culture is a crucial part of how we define ourselves. Our culture is what allows us to work together, grow friendships and feel safe sharing our individuality and ideas. That’s where the culture club’s focus on vulnerability comes into play.

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Failure Feedback Culture Students 295

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

She eventually took that question to Northwestern University, where she is now building out her own artificial intelligence technology system that could potentially quell the issue. Speights has compiled samples from 400 children so far, ranging across geographic location, cultural background and socioeconomic status.

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Languages Language Intelligence Testing 139

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.

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Learning STEM Motivation Culture 324

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Joe Mancuso and Sean Ryan about how schools can move toward personalized learning with the help of technology. Mancuso, superintendent of Eastern York School District , leads a community of 2,300 students across five schools and brings 36 years of public education experience. How is technology used to personalize learning at scale?

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Beliefs Feedback Culture Math 106

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

And it also doesn’t necessarily go away if our culture changes in three to four years.” “Once it’s coded into that software, it makes it easier for other libraries to do that without the law in place,” said Andrews.

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Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 212

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. When you get to a certain size it’s hard to move and set the culture,” she says. See our full list of companies and board members here. .

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Culture Textbooks Achievement Study 250

Edsurge

JULY 6, 2017

Rather than focus on raising my students’ awareness of the dangers of living in an online world, I try to change the negative culture which has come along with the anonymity provided by the Internet (I’m looking at you, Youtube comment sections). The internet is full of terrible people, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.

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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.

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Culture Coaching Education Special Education 251

eSchool News

MAY 16, 2025

This achievement inspires confidence in our community and connects us through a shared commitment to privacy, transparency and security at every level, said Rory Gaydos, Director of Information Technology, Delaware Area Career Center. The CoSN TLE Seal is the only privacy framework designed specifically for school systems.

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Learning Students Feedback High School 260

Edsurge

MAY 20, 2024

While thoughtful assessment design and implementation are necessary for student success, building a strong assessment culture in schools is often overlooked but equally important. ISTE is collaborating with the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment (NCIEA) to explore the characteristics of a healthy assessment culture.

Culture 194

Culture Beliefs Testing Evaluation 194

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

To help better preserve and share the teachings of his Native culture, he decided to try the latest in high tech tools — virtual reality. So for the past year, Ten Brink has been trying the approach, taking a 360-degree camera out in the field to capture key cultural practices. he wondered. How do you put somebody in that space?”

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Culture Teaching Coaching Science 188

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Many of those luminations surfaced because the lessons my students engaged with were designed to promote student inquiry and prioritize cultural relevance. Though some argue that mathematics is culturally independent, I can say from experience that it is anything but.

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Culture Math Science Beliefs 206

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. She told me that although he enjoyed the new school, it was a culture shock from his previous school. Now, I’m not so sure.

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Culture Students Fairness Questions 209

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture? Taking Up and Taking Back As an educator, I want to adopt a take-back mindset that honors the Indigenous educators and historians who came before me.

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Culture Teaching History Social Studies 208

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Others are applied more broadly, like mentorship programs or culturally responsive curriculum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. I always think of it as Maslow's.

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Culture Counselling Schools Students 211