Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As of 2022, 38 states required a semester of civics education in high school; that same year, the federal government increased spending on “American History and Civics” fourfold. These are all great steps in the right direction, but I believe there is still a lack of respect for the importance of history and civics education.

History 194

History Education Social Studies Essay 194

Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2024

In his essay , “Five Things We Need to Know About Technological Change,” Neil Postman, an educator and social critic, wrote “every technology has a prejudice,” adding that “it predisposes us to favor and value certain perspectives and accomplishments.” The television person values immediacy, not history.

Teachers 218

Teachers Essay Writing Culture 218

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

On the day of a crucial match-up between South Korea and Germany, I chose to project the game on the TV in class while they pretended to write essays, knowing I had already lost their attention for the day. Our students have rich, cultural lives and dynamic insight into their passions.

English 194

English Culture Syllabus Writing 194

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

One session on AP European History alone got 845 viewers. “I In its first year, she claims, more than 90 percent of the 400-plus students on the platform passed their AP World History and US History tests. Screenshot of AP World History review session on Fiveable. And she’s starting with subjects that she knows best.

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Testing Exams Teachers History 153

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It might seem strange to squeeze in lessons on coping with trauma or resolving political disputes in between frog dissections and persuasive essay writing, but students today say they want to be as prepared socially and emotionally as they are academically when they leave high school. After lunch and before U.S.

Skills 168

Skills Essay Beliefs Students 168

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

He passed away the other day, and you can read an essay looking back at his life and work that we published at EdSurge. We think that we need to understand our own culture, our own forces, and try to come up with some theories about how we will change and how we must change.

Education 210

Education History Art Essay 210

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2019

Before there were podcasts, there was pirate radio , rogue broadcasters flinging unusual sounds over borders and adding new music to cultures. Bryan Alexander Audio has a long history that is important for edtech folks to understand. It’s clear how varied and mainstream portable digital audio is today."

Essay 120

Essay Teaching History Learning 120

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

It Starts in the Community I grew up in northeast Denver — a place rich in Black history and culture where the Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education enacted the Black Excellence Resolution. Although there is progress, it still has not made good on its promise when it comes to student learning.

Math 213

Math Beliefs Students Failure 213

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

Students can receive real-time explanations, targeted practice based on missed questions, and instant grading for written essays, all at a fraction of the cost of expert-based AP tutoring, which can exceed $1,000 per course. History, World History, European History, U.S. Generative AI with guardrails LearnWith.AI

Exams 141

Exams High School High School History 141

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

For example, teachers should encourage students to talk to one another about different debugging strategies, reframe frustrating moments as a time for critical thinking and build classroom culture by sharing and celebrating student work. I felt that I was learning how to make tools for social change.”

Science 218

Science Education Learning Essay 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 9, 2024

A new book by a high school history and civics teacher collects innovative strategies, and argues that getting the issue right is crucial for building a strong democracy. Students are already figuring out they can use it to write their essays, and educators are pondering how to adapt.

Instructors 137

Instructors Attention Lecturing Essay 137

k12 Online Schools

MAY 3, 2025

Rethinking Cultural Identity in the Era of K12 online education In a traditional classroom, culture is everywhere. But what happens to that rich cultural backdrop when school moves online? The Cultural Ecosystem of Traditional Schools Physical schools have always served dual purposes. Lessons are compressed.

Culture 52

Culture Schools Language Languages 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This has always been the case, but in a prevailing learning culture that promotes outside-the-box problem solving, these activities are growing more common in the 21st-century school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States. As the U.S.

Schools 246

Schools Language Languages Reading 246

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

This inspired me to seek out a game, or online environment, that could provide more expansive experiences for them—a place that would allow them to explore, on their own or with others, and where I could embed history content for them to discover. Read more tips for classroom management and creating a positive classroom culture.

Teaching 168

Teaching Critical Thinking Essay Discussions 168

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As director of the futures initiative at CUNY's Graduate Center, Davidson studies and thinks a lot about cultural history and technology. Well, that essay was called The New Education and it was so important that Harvard hired this young man—he was only 34.

Education 134

Education Intelligence History Essay 134

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

FUN SAD FACT: According to Avi Yashchin, Senior Offering Manager at IBM Watson: “Sadness [sentiments] in incoming freshman college application essay is the sixth strongest predictor of dropout.” He believes chief academic officers are best positioned to lead and implement a campus-wide strategy around building digital literacies.

Instructors 157

Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 157

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

For example, teachers should encourage students to talk to one another about different debugging strategies, reframe frustrating moments as a time for critical thinking and build classroom culture by sharing and celebrating student work. I felt that I was learning how to make tools for social change.”

Science 148

Science Education Learning Essay 148

Teach Hub

MARCH 29, 2024

This lesson can then lead to a history lesson about how other cultures view the eclipse. They can write a blog post , a journal entry, or even a persuasive essay about observing this celestial event. Inspired by the solar eclipse students can create a poem or create a story about themselves or a character witnessing the eclipse.

Learning 111

Learning Science English Essay 111

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

Now, students are wondering why they have to do assignments that AI chatbots could do for them, especially when AI could do the work, like write an essay or research paper, in just a few seconds. Students are rarely told why they have to do papers, projects, essays, discussion forum posts, or other assignments other than “to get a good grade.”

Failure 98

Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Cal Matters

MAY 14, 2025

As part of the class, she has to study a career, write a short essay about it and present it at a career fair. All around the open-air campus, murals tell the story of the regions multi-cultural heritage, especially its Mexican and Chicano roots. That celebration of culture is a direct response to a history of adversity, Lamas said.

Middle School 96

Middle School Middle School Counselling Schools 96

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Thanksgiving information –history, more. It may be one like Storyboard That! Pixton , or another that you prefer.

Activities 76

Activities Learning Critical Thinking Attention 76

k12 Online Schools

MAY 7, 2025

Building a Digital Learning Culture In a traditional classroom, culture is built through physical presence: greetings at the door, shared lunchtime, or spontaneous group work. For example: A history teacher might ask students to analyze how major historical events are portrayed in YouTube shorts versus textbooks.

Online Learning 52

Online Learning Ethics Education Learning 52

Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Our culture of higher education is backwards. The professor, Vann Sprecher (the Guide who led the cheers earlier) previously taught medieval history at Kingsborough Community College in Manhattan until, as she says, “I had a kid and couldn’t live in New York anymore.” Perhaps the biggest change for Vann Sprecher is what she teaches.

Grades 117

Grades Discussions Assignments Curriculum 117

k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Minecraft Education Edition: Useful for collaborative projects in history, science, and architecture. Use Cultural References: Explain scientific concepts using elements from popular shows, books, or celebrities that students relate to. Higher test scores and better historical analysis in essays. The result? The result?

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

They hired me over the phone to teach fifth grade, and I moved there, and so that was definite eye opening and a bit of a culture shock, but also the most memorable experiences I’ve ever had in teaching. We have to think, you know, is an essay the right thing? So the job was in Palm Springs, and I had never been there before.

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EAB

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Without recourse to such plans, they may resort to camouflage--for example, encouraging applicants to write of their cultural traditions in the essays they submit." ( source ). Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Paraphrase from her dissenting opinion in Gratz v. Diversity” as suboptimal workaround.

Discussions 52

Discussions Counselling Art Essay 52

EAB

JULY 11, 2023

EAB’s Wenie Lado is joined by Dr. Brian Peterson from the University of Pennsylvania where he teaches, advises students, and serves as the Director of Penn’s Makuu Black Cultural Center. So I am Dr. Brian Peterson I run University of Pennsylvania's Black Cultural Center, which is called Makuu. DP: Absolutely. No I'm great.

Culture 40

Culture History Questions Essay 40

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2024

Over the past nine months, our editors have had the privilege of collaborating with a group of eight talented educators and school leaders who bravely reflected on their lived experiences and shared their truths through a collection of powerful personal essays as part of the EdSurge Voices of Change writing fellowship.

Essay 161

Essay Education Culture Elementary School 161

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2023

Instead, I decided to try something new and share a story about one of my first experiences with deeper learning during a history course I took in college: My stomach twisted when I saw the 9 inch by 12 inch, black-and-white picture my professor was holding. The caveat was that we could only use the resources in the library. No internet.

Teachers 189

Teachers History Education Learning 189

Teacher Toms Blog

MAY 26, 2025

which is our culture's shorthand for "What to you spend your weekdays working at, which is ultimately the question, "How do you go about acquiring food, clothing, and shelter?" I spent the evening at a Memorial Day weekend barbecue in the company of several people I had never met before. We asked one another "What do you do?"

Essay 96

Essay Art Questions Writing 96

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2020

The word nostalgia has Greek roots— nostos meaning “return home” and algia meaning “longing;” nostalgia is really the longing for a home that no longer exists or has never existed, writes Svetlana Boym in her essay on the subject, from her book “The Future of Nostalgia.”

Schools 215

Schools Essay Testing Writing 215

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

aren’t adequately teaching about the history of inequality and how it has come to manifest itself in this country. Smith is not one for silence ( he delivered a TED talk about the “danger of silence” in 2014 , in fact) and has used digital venues including Twitter to encourage others to speak up and recognize how history shapes the present.

Technology 121

Technology History Learning Writing 121

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

They can also be more hypothetical, like the situational judgment test that medical schools use to assess behavioral skills that doctors need, like teamwork, resilience and cultural competency.

Skills 216

Skills Learning Testing High School 216

Teacher Toms Blog

MARCH 28, 2025

As writer and filmmaker Carol Black points out in her brilliant essay A Thousand Rivers , much of the data we collect on human learning has come from studies of children in schools, which is to say, children in captivity. This makes sense. When we study animals in captivity most of what we learn is how that species responds to captivity.

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Essay Study History Science 53

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 12, 2024

Cara Fitzpatrick When I read this book, I learned some fascinating and frankly ugly things about the history of school choice in the U.S. And there’s also kind of a dark, ugly history of school choice that I’m also not sure many people are aware of. And that’s been a really notable change in the way people are talking about it.

Schools 105

Schools Fairness History Art 105

Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

EdSurge: Can you give us a little background on the history of the Dracula course? Basically, I track the development of human experience and human history, using the vampire as the frame to make it fun. And then we go from literature to theater and then films and then pop culture in general. We talk about anthropology.

Education 126

Education Lecturing History Quizzes 126