Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Bruce McLaren has committed his career to understanding how education technologies, especially digital games and intelligent-tutoring systems, can help children learn. According to Ross, NSF cuts to STEM education projects dwarfed all other award terminations. It tried to address an existing blindspot in math teacher education.

STEM

Edsurge

JULY 14, 2017

There is no lack of evidence to suggest that online classes have deeply transformed the teaching and learning landscape in higher education. It’s amazing you can communicate with your teachers a lot better [online] than you can in person, or you don’t have that shyness,” another student said.

Instructors

eSchool News

JUNE 11, 2025

World Book’s vetted, expert-authored content provides a model of reliability and credibility that educators and students can trust. In fact, every teacher is a reading teacher. Science, social studies, and even math teachers can access informational texts aligned to Texas standards directly through the platform’s educator tools.

Language

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2025

BenQ , a global leader in interactive display and education technology, is displaying its newest generation of classroom solutions at ISTELive, reinforcing its commitment to transforming the digital learning experience through innovation in accessibility, technology, solutions, and partnerships.

Education

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2025

He also revealed four key pledges the organization is making to improve the educational experience for everyone. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology. “To To achieve this mission, ISTE+ASCD is making the following new commitments moving forward: Help all teachers become AI ready.

Evaluation

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

Education

eSchool News

JULY 3, 2025

Jean-Claude, one of the recipients of the prestigious 2025 Impact award, highlighted three key ISTE takeaways: co-design in educational technology, learner variability supporting neurodiversity, and AI integration.

Math

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2025

And programs for alternative credentialing for teachers, while existing long before the mass federal layoffs, ramped up. The potential to attract new educators seemed high. The efforts are an attempt to tackle a long-standing issue that has only grown in recent years: maintaining and filling the teacher talent pipeline. “We

Teachers

eSchool News

JULY 2, 2025

From personalized practice questions to interactive explanations, many education-focused AI tools are designed to aid, not undermine, student learning. The way teachers use the AI tools in their classrooms–open conversations around acceptable use help students use AI tools for meaningful learning instead of for cheating.

Learning

eSchool News

JULY 9, 2025

million students and 546,000 educators across the United States and provides a comprehensive view of how districts are navigating a crowded and complex educational technology landscape. On average, districts saw students access 1,165 tools and teachers access 1,045 tools each month.

Learning Outcomes

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

Parsing education data into snack-sized servings. It became clear, she says, that the school system wasnt doing enough to support teachers mental health. Those experiences led her to open Teacher Talk, a therapy practice that caters to the needs of educators.

Teachers

Edsurge

MAY 12, 2025

Its a question that high school and middle school math teachers have heard many times. Some educators think its because math instruction is stuck in a rut. Henderson previously worked for the Utah Department of Education, where she noted that math is the biggest stumbling block for students trying to get a high school diploma.

Math

Edsurge

MAY 21, 2025

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at a turning point. What once lived on the margins of academic planning is now front and center in national conversations around workforce development, education equity and student well-being. As a former CTE educator and now working on CTE at Pearson , Ive watched this evolution up close.

Interdisciplinary

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Chris Gethard, a veteran comedian and improv teacher, posed this question to a group of high school students in Northern California at a Laughing Together workshop he was leading. “If you were an object, what object would you be?” He remembered one who identified as a fruit.

Students

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2025

But with pandemic relief funding winding down and pressure mounting to demonstrate educational impact, many districts are now facing a new challenge: cleaning house. Now, district leaders are reassessing those tools to identify redundancies, reduce costs and prioritize what actually works for students and teachers.

Evaluation

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

This was the South Florida Showdown , the first Minecraft Education tri-district esports challenge of its kind. Watching students from across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach come together to solve real-world challenges using Minecraft Education was inspiring,” says Carlos Vazquez, founder of Miami EdTech. “It

STEM

Edsurge

JULY 10, 2025

As classrooms across America become increasingly diverse, with growing populations of multilingual learners and students from various cultural backgrounds, school districts face a critical challenge: selecting educational technology that truly serves all students. million in the fall of 2011. It has to be AA rated or we don’t buy it.”

Culture

Edsurge

JULY 23, 2025

As the technology teacher, director of technology and the PTA parent teacher liaison, I was in the middle of that gap where technology and family engagement were needed. I became the go-between for teachers and families. I listened. I stood in the space between what was missing and what we needed to rebuild.

Technology

Teacher Cast

APRIL 15, 2025

The post Create a Dynamic Timeline with Google Sheets: A Teacher’s Guide to Visual Planning appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Network. Troubleshooting tips are also provided for common issues.

Curriculum

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

In grade school, I was a confident student who knew how to ace tests and please my teachers. It seems like luck that I eventually found my way to a lifelong profession as a K-8 educator, which has kept me eager to grow within it, unlike the spin-the-wheel decision-making I had during college. But it didn’t have to be this way.

Schools

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

As educators and industry leaders, we must ask: What do students and their teachers need to prepare for a future that is still unfolding? How can we ensure that all students develop the computing skills and knowledge necessary to thrive in an increasingly technology-driven workforce?

Science

Edsurge

JULY 30, 2025

Consider the scene: I am an English teacher in a Title I school in Chicagoland with a predominantly Latino, immigrant and first-generation student population. Before I came to Morton East High School, I got to experience how powerful global education can be in building bridges between students and teachers across borders.

Culture

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

It’s a buzzword I hear often these days on social media, especially in teacher groups where educators are reimagining their futures. My original vision was simply to help Black students and their families better navigate the public education system. Something shifted, not just in education, but in me. Give your evenings.

Schools

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

Two decades later, as an educator living in Brooklyn, I returned to visit my old elementary school, hoping for a spark of nostalgia. This frequently results in greater funding for local schools, yielding better resources, highly qualified teachers, robust programming and unsurprisingly, higher school ratings. Black and Latinx.

Elementary School

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

The century-old education philosophy, which prioritizes independence from a young age, had turned into a lifestyle brand. But over the last five years — and in the last year particularly — the education landscape has changed dramatically. There was a moment in the mid-2010s when Montessori was inescapable.

Education

Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2025

Educators and researchers are becoming increasingly worried how much kids are absorbing the digital information they find online about mental health, which kids are unlikely to fully grasp even if the information is trustworthy. I think we as educators have to have our own AI literacy, said Kemble.

Ethics

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Odgers, a professor of psychological science and informatics at UC Irvine, launched a national survey to investigate the use of AI among teens, parents and educators. I think a lot of the teachers and parents don’t know, either.” They just want a way where they can follow some guidance provided by educators.”

Essay

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Drawing from my experience teaching across subjects at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, I want to share real ways teachers can build and run cross-subject courses that truly help students handle today’s complex world. Teachers must be skilled guides, steering talks, handling conflicts, and helping students find common ground.

Interdisciplinary

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

The Department for Education (DfE) has just released updated guidance for AI , opening the door for schools to embrace artificial intelligence in ways that they feel could transform the educational landscape. At the same time they have released some free training materials to support teachers to use AI safely and effectively.

Quizzes

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

According to a 2024 study from the Community College Research Center at Columbia Universitys Teacher College, dual enrollment increased by 46 percent from 2015 to 2021, and another 18 percent from 2021 to 2023. Some areas may not have enough qualified teachers to offer them. Mindset and messaging can also limit access, Fink says.

Instructors

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

As the seminal punk band so adequately expressed for millions of teens across the country, no one represents the concept of authority better than their teachers and administrators. In fact, in my practice as an educator who teaches U.S. In most classrooms, the management boils down to, “I’m the teacher, so I’m in charge.”

Multiple Choice Questions

Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2025

Writing a history that you helped to create is awkward, as Anne Trumbore acknowledges in her new book “ The Teacher in the Machine: A Human History of Education Technology.” In “Teacher in the Machine,” Trumbore traces edtech’s beginnings to three professors at distinct schools: Suppes, who founded the Computer Curriculum Corp.

History

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Drawing from my experience teaching across subjects at Zayed University in Dubai, UAE, I want to share real ways teachers can build and run cross-subject courses that truly help students handle today’s complex world. Teachers must be skilled guides, steering talks, handling conflicts, and helping students find common ground.

Interdisciplinary

Teacher Cast

JULY 13, 2025

At ISTELive, BenQ showcased innovative classroom solutions prioritizing integration, security, and usability for teachers. The post Transforming Learning: A Deep Dive into BenQ’s New Google-Integrated Classroom Solutions appeared first on TeacherCast Educational Network.

Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Something broke in American education these past years. 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. This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles?

Hybrid Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2025

Instead, I’ll focus on tech teachers–what I do. It’s a bit different than a classroom teacher. Here are a list of the types of tech problems tech teachers in your school are more likely to face. Technology teachers are t he teaching professions version of these nerdy individuals.

Teachers

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2025

While plenty of headlines have been penned about students’ generative AI use and education institutions’ concerns, the question of school counselors using it to aid the college admissions process has been largely unaddressed. You get reactions of teachers that are already AI-forward and the others kind of shocked or surprised, like, ‘Really?

High School