k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Today, I serve as Vice-Principal of B.School, where I lead efforts to integrate well-being, sustainability, and equity into our core curriculum. Within my own schools, one of the most defining moments was leading the integration of social-emotional learning and well-being into the core academic curriculum. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2025

Many educators and administrators feel unprepared to manage these legal and ethical challenges effectively. Managing these issues proactively safeguards schools and promotes the ethical use of AI. Managing intellectual property rights is essential for ethical and lawful AI use.

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Disabilities Ethics Schools Plagiarism 145

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

As AI automates many of the mechanical aspects of programming, the value of CS education is shifting, from writing perfect code to shaping systems, telling stories through logic and designing ethical, human-centered solutions. Creative coding unlocks all of these possibilities.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

While students don’t make every decision and still participate in teacher-driven parts of the day, what’s different in our design is that the school curriculum pushes them to explore three questions: “What do I want to learn?”; “When and how will I learn it?”; and “Is my learning the right level of challenge?”

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k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Today, I serve as Vice-Principal of B.School, where I lead efforts to integrate well-being, sustainability, and equity into our core curriculum. Within my own schools, one of the most defining moments was leading the integration of social-emotional learning and well-being into the core academic curriculum. I am also pursuing a Ph.D.

Interdisciplinary 144

Interdisciplinary Learning Feedback Culture 144

Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

By modeling critical thinking with students, you are leading the way to fostering intentional questioning, ethical principles, and reflective practices. Ultimately, our students look up to us and use our guidance in their learning. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D. in Adult Education from Capella University in 2024.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2025

She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

Ethics in Practice : Discuss or present how ethical principles guide your behavior and decision-making process in patient care. These assignments are not “additional” but are a core part of the curriculum. Clear guidance around what they are ethically permitted to do (i.e., Generative AI is changing education as we speak.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2025

She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 13, 2025

By modeling critical thinking with students, you are leading the way to fostering intentional questioning, ethical principles, and reflective practices. Ultimately, our students look up to us and use our guidance in their learning. Tina Evans earned her Ed.D. in Adult Education from Capella University in 2024.

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Critical Thinking Intelligence Education Learning 128

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

To be intellectually ethical, computer science education should equip students with comprehensive knowledge about AI. When evaluating a computer science curriculum, its important to consider how it approaches artificial intelligence. You can learn more about the curriculum offerings a t www.mheducation.com/computing.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 8, 2025

In our Day 2 workshop, we will explore a multitude of instructional, productivity, and ethical considerations related to AI and teaching, and we will connect everything back to what we did in Day 1.

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

While there was initial apprehension, the focus on ethical use and integrity has been reassuring and beneficial. Prioritize ethics and equity. What feedback can you share from educators, students and families about using AI in your schools? Many students and families were initially afraid of AI.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Their mission is to ensure every student is “ AI ready ” — prepared to use emerging technologies, like generative AI, in an ethical and responsible manner in school, life and future work, regardless of where those careers take them. These combined learnings will inform curriculum development and student support strategies across the district.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2025

From early problem-solving to advanced AI skills, learners build critical thinking, ethical technology use and career-ready competencies — block by block. The progression of skills at each educational stage ensures that students are well-prepared for future challenges and can pursue careers in emerging fields.

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Elevate k12

JULY 3, 2025

For many districts, these grants cover the salaries of ESL-certified teachers, language acquisition curriculum, and professional development for content-based sheltered instruction. But the legal and ethical responsibility to serve every learner has not changed. Just as important as who we staff is how we partner. Fewer teachers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Integrating data literacy into K-12 curriculum The good news? Data ethics and student agency Theres another layer of data literacy thats especially relevant in todays digital age: ethics. Teaching data literacy helps students succeed academically and develop the civic skills theyll need to navigate the wider world.

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Ethics Education Culture Social Studies 294

Dangerously Irrelevant

AUGUST 26, 2017

Later Supreme Court cases articulated some additional exceptions, saying that schools can regulate student speech if it is vulgar and on school grounds , part of the school curriculum , or advocates at a school-sponsored event for the use of illegal drugs. In other words, ‘don’t kill a fly with a sledge hammer.’”

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Coaching Ethics Fairness Participation 169

eSchool News

MAY 25, 2017

Another inquiry-based initiative we are always working on is our Next Generation Curriculum model. A pilot project for our Next Generation Curriculum was a student who researched feminist critique, medical ethics, and border wars. She ended up doing an art installation and website on the theme “Rightfully Ours.”

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Technology Fairness Schools Ethics 407

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2024

Questioning a tool or practice that initially seems so beneficial and positive forces students to pause and consider the quality of the information they’re receiving, as well as issues of security and ethics for the tools they’re using. Ethics : Share real-world examples to illustrate ethical dilemmas involving AI.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

One in six employers is hesitant to hire young adults due to their lack of a strong work ethic and practical job skills, even as they struggle to fill critical labor gaps. They shape character and instill a work ethic that benefits students in all areas of life. These lessons in responsibility transcend the workplace.

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High School High School Curriculum Ethics 303

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Findings like these suggest the need for schools to start teaching good digital citizenship to students at a very young age—and Ribble and many others believe that students should learn these skills throughout the K-12 curriculum. But if we embed it into the curriculum, that’s when it sticks.”. Managing an online identity.

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Curriculum Teaching Mobile Devices Ethics 279

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 2, 2024

Let’s find out the truth through the Ask a Tech Teacher team: Ethics and the Use of AI in Essays AI-driven tools and their use in creative writing, specifically with the purpose of writing essays, have long been a subject of heated debate. Let’s take a look at what makes using AI for your essay a serious misconduct.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 11, 2019

began receiving requests from local colleges and universities asking for tips about crafting their data-science curriculum. Formulating a product, you better know about ethics and understand legal frameworks.” A half dozen universities asked me for help designing a data science curriculum at the time it was heating up.

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Ethics Science Interdisciplinary Research Methods 162

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

I see four AI use and ethics trends set to disrupt classrooms and conference rooms. For educators and curriculum developers, referencing approaches taken to explain climate change will help determine how to talk about AI and explain what’s at stake with our rhetorical choices.

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Ethics Education Intelligence Secondary Education 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2018

But at last month’s WISE@NY Learning Revolutions conference, supported by the Qatar Foundation, panelists offered a surprising alternative for the skills that will be in most demand: philosophy, ethics and morality education. She called attention to the “ Moral Machine ,” an ethical quandary posed by MIT professor Iyad Rahwan.

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Ethics Skills Intelligence History 168

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Educators can guide students to interrogate the reliability of AI outputs and discuss the ethical implications of biased algorithms. Integrate AI in curriculum : Incorporate AI-related tasks to teach content and digital literacy simultaneously. These discussions align with media literacy and digital citizenship goals.

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Ethics Critical Thinking Essay Students 325

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Of the respondents who reported they have not used AI in the classroom, 65 percent cite a lack of familiarity as the primary obstacle to the future utilization of generative AI, with 48 percent also expressing ethical concerns. “Generative AI is a blend of promise and prudence.

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Accessibility Ethics Plagiarism Education 339

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2024

Challenge #3: Ethical dilemmas in the classroom Ethical concerns about AI’s known biases are valid and critical to today’s discussions. That said, they also provide a rich context for teaching and learning about digital citizenship, ethics, and critical thinking.

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Ethics Gamification Schools Discussions 335

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Educators overwhelmingly agree that tools using generative AI should be harnessed positively, with users taught to use them ethically (84 percent). In Michigan’s Fenton Area Public Schools, staff may use AI in ethical and responsible ways.

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Ethics Schools Intelligence Assignments 331

eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

They still think it should be part of the curriculum. Promote ethical AI use through curriculum development: Incorporate curriculum components that teach students about the ethical use of AI, including issues of privacy, bias, and digital citizenship, to prepare them as informed users and creators of AI technologies.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Much has been said and written about the need to teach ethics in computer science education—especially in light of major controversies such as with Facebook and Cambridge Analytica and broader concerns about the intersection of tech companies and politics. Ethics should also be one of the core tenets of the computer science program.”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Johnson, a leading AI researcher, sums it up: The question is not whether we should integrate AI into education but how we can do it ethically and equitably, enhancing the educational experience for all students. Ethical guidelines : Academic integrity and data privacy standards must be established post-haste.

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Ethics Academic Integrity Intelligence Evaluation 288

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

One-third of administrators also expressed a desire for education companies to publish and use a code of ethics when developing generative AI, while 36 percent plan to implement guiding frameworks for adoption and use within their schools. “Our survey reveals a critical opportunity for shaping AI’s role in education.

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Ethics Curriculum Knowledge Student Engagement 302

eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

Is it time to rethink your curriculum? With so much to do, who has time to take a fine-toothed comb through the curriculum or debate whether students still need to know the date of the Battle of Hastings? What is a 21st century curriculum? How can the “what” of curriculum be rethought? What needs to change?

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Curriculum Critical Thinking Knowledge STEM 189

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Here’s a non-comprehensive overview: Text generation : From drafting lesson plans to creating formative assessments, Gen AI can produce a wide range of written content and aid educators in curriculum development. Visual content creation : Gen AI can design images, graphics, and diagrams, useful for visual learning aids.

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Critical Thinking Evaluation 334

eSchool News

MARCH 12, 2025

Despite this growing belief, 97 percent of surveyed teachers say they lack the necessary resources to integrate emerging technology like AI and concepts like entrepreneurship into their curriculum. Samsung Solve for Tomorrows second The State of STEM Education survey, conducted in partnership with DonorsChoose , polled1,039 U.S.

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