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DECEMBER 27, 2016

And, even more important, which of these emerging technologies address the chief problems you are trying to solve in your school or school district? The answer to the first question is easy. The 2016 Report is made possible by Share Fair Nation at go.nmc.org/2016-k12 ). Rethinking How Schools Work. Students as Creators.

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DECEMBER 22, 2023

This year has seen ample debate about the value and fairness of colleges prioritizing diversity among the students they serve. New research suggests one way to consider the question: by looking at how the mix of students in a given course affects their grades. Of course, neither kind of rationale seemed convincing to the U.S.

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APRIL 27, 2021

It’s titled “ The Pen Is Mightier Than the Keyboard: Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking ,” and it found that students who took notes on a TED talk by hand did better on conceptual recall questions afterward than those who typed their notes on a laptop. And can tech be used to help boost students' memory of what they’re taught?

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AUGUST 1, 2024

Many teachers and professors are spending time this summer experimenting with AI tools to help them prepare slide presentations, craft tests and homework questions, and more. As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. Should they disclose that to students?

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Curriculum and Teaching Curriculum and teaching is top of mind for students curious about educational technology, and this was the most frequent topic that students have written about about so far. Are standardized tests a fair gauge for predicting college success?

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

And with this change comes a host of new questions—concerns about the ethical design and implementation of these new tools. In K-12 education, a focus on ethical considerations is of critical importance. Students, as consumers and users of AI tools themselves, need a foundational education on what AI is and how it works.

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MAY 14, 2024

That’s a question long faced by high school students. These shifting attitudes were evident in March at Central High School here, at a daylong event dubbed the “ Opportunity Fair. Today students are “asking better questions,” she said. “So PAUL, Minn. What do you want to be when you grow up? Others don’t.

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MAY 25, 2021

For decades, that question has largely been decided by a test. That approach fits with perhaps the most popular narrative of American education, that the best students get to go to the best schools. On this week’s EdSurge Podcast, we take you inside the debate, focusing on the dueling narratives of educational equity that have emerged.

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JULY 10, 2020

The question of who’s most likely to succeed also drives the world of selective college admissions. They question whether new selection systems create opportunity for more students at college, or just replicate a particular model of student success. It’s an endorsement, an expectation and a prophecy from the graduating class.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

One question now is whether the new terms will convince other Coursera partners who are not currently offering degree programs on the platform to start doing so. One question now is whether the new terms will convince other Coursera partners who are not currently offering degree programs on the platform to start doing so.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The most controversial new tech tool for colleges since the start of the pandemic is automated proctoring, which aims to detect cheating on online exams by using algorithms that watch students via their webcam and look for suspicious patterns of behavior—often sending clips of questionable moments to professors for later review.

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JUNE 9, 2020

And people are taking a fresh look at the question of whether everyone is getting education fairly. After all, the pandemic is forcing some serious reflections about what’s really essential teaching in schools and colleges. Wolfram is steeped in math tools.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Esther considered the question, sitting in a small room with Ms. “What do you want your teacher to know about you?” Odette, the interpreter who was working with her to complete her learning profile—a tool that helped us learn about new students and tailor instruction to meet their needs. I want my teacher to know I’m Smart in Swahili.”

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

We want all children to attend a public school where there is a nurse, the arts, band, orchestra, novels, field trips, technology and daily classes in the “untested subjects” (such as science and social studies). Teachers want fair funding for all schools. It’s time to return the education field to the educators.

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MARCH 31, 2021

One student, standing up and projecting his voice, declared: “Virginia objects to New Jersey demanding that She give away Her fair and right voice in the new government. Therefore, it is right and fair we have more influence on the actions of government.” We have a larger population. A student on the opposing side retorted: “No way.

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MAY 14, 2025

And I think there’s no question that when you think. John Watson So first of all I want to just echo the point that you’re making in your question, which is in these online settings relationships and student engagement are absolutely critical and I don’t. So that’s one version of the answer to your question.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

Meanwhile, almost 40 percent of the American public still contest the results of a free and fair election, and with the 2024 federal election around the corner, political polarization in the United States seems neverending, leaving democracy in an arguably fragile state. Thinking historically is at the root of those skills.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

These improvised or newly created tabletop games do have to go through a fair bit of testing before being introduced as a lesson plan. Angie says despite testing the games in advance for timing and the desired learning outcome, actually using it in class can get derailed when students start to ask too many questions.

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APRIL 15, 2024

Our lives in the natural world are driven by a series of existential questions, as well as supporting questions (or just-in-time questions), that help us navigate each moment. Inquiry tries to shift that to questions students can think about, providing them greater agency with the questions that drive the learning.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The white student would look at me apologetically and promise to stop while the Black student would question me or point out that others were talking too, assuming that I was purposely targeting and punishing them. He shouts out questions and answers whenever he thinks of them.

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JANUARY 17, 2022

Students were energetic, interested, asked great questions, engaged in excellent collaboration. Students got lots of questions and suggestions, both from classmates and from me, as they gave in-class presentations and discovered proofs in teams. I think it’s fair to say that ungraders would like there to be no game (or grades) at all.

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MAY 9, 2023

For instance, it now groups student users who are at the same level of mastery together, to make competition more fair. And rather than earning points based on the number of subject-matter questions they answer correctly, they advance based on their performance at other gameplay tasks. In a game, you are 100 percent OK with failing.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Hey, We’re All on the Same Team Here’ Fans of flipped learning had some questions about the new study’s conclusions. I didn’t think that was fair to people practicing flipped learning.” “I hope our paper does not dismiss the ideas underlying [flipped learning] because they’re very powerful ideas,” Hattie said.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

And is it fair? This is part of our Bootstraps podcast series about merit, myths and education, that we’re co-producing with the journalism nonprofit Open Campus. That's always the question. The question now is will this moment of turmoil create a space to talk about these questions more openly?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Since the publication of the first Make: magazine in 2005, there have been more than 50 editions, ten years of Maker Faires and a mushrooming of maker activities across the world. There were 151 Maker Faires—some tiny but still the original event attracting more than 100,000 attendees—in 2015.). Free to Make ($11.50

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AUGUST 14, 2024

The Magical World of Science I should point out that I’m not the only one asking these questions. Many educators, like Stanford University Professor Bryan Brown , have long advocated for a shift in the national approach to teaching science and have worked to develop curricular content to further those goals.

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APRIL 9, 2025

Many of the guiding questions below are taken directly from Dr. South and his descriptions of these five frames. I believe these should shape any conversation about AI in education. Each frame presents both challenges and opportunities that educators must carefully consider. But we must also address teacher readiness to succeed.

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JUNE 7, 2019

With help from students and Harvard staff, Levy created an app, Teachly , to help educators like himself to involve students more equitably in their classes. The data disproved his belief: He’d only heard from female students around one-third of the time, even though they made up nearly half his class. “It It was a big, big moment for me.”

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OCTOBER 31, 2018

But Kantar knew she eventually wanted to work in education, so she moved on to start planning for Imbellus. There were a number of questions she wanted to answer back then, questions she’s still asking now: “How do you change a high school curriculum, and why is it so hard to change?” “How

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

In recent months Instructure has faced tough questions about its corporate learning system, called Bridge, which has not lived up to internal expectations despite heavy investment. Reports from investment banks that cover Instructure called the deal fair to the company, and they do not expect a bidding war during the 35-day shopping period.

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DECEMBER 31, 2020

The pandemic that 10 months ago transformed daily life left educators with a slate of questions that would have seemed unfathomable just a year ago: How do I teach online? Months after schools began going online, those are still open questions. How do I keep students engaged? Actually, Yes.

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MAY 10, 2018

Multiple-choice questions don’t belong in college. For Nilson, who is director emerita of the Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation atClemson University, the problem isn’t multiple-choice questions, per se, but the broader issue of grade inflation. There are rules to writing good multiple-choice questions.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Department of Education would require OPMs to give up revenue-sharing and adopt the more conventional fee-for-service, subscription or other approaches instead. And the question boils down to this: Are colleges ready for a world without OPMs? But over the years, USC also gained the capacity to deliver high-quality online education.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

As PowerSchool acquires more technology tools under its umbrella, how it makes its data accessible to companies outside its ecosystem is an open question. But to be fair, the industry has never had a good all-in-one solution. “They’re trying to provide the full stack of solutions to students.” Maybe PowerSchool can be it.”.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

One question often lurks in the minds of college students: “What am I going to do after I graduate?” For those who plan on graduate school, their immediate future is pretty much set. But for most, what happens next is often in doubt.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Cool to Be Kind Kids reported a fairly sunny outlook on their relationships and communities, responding positively to questions about how they treat others and their feelings about their community. More than 90 percent said they try to help when they see someone in need or help when “I see someone having a problem.”

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

The goal, according to Ziegenhagen, is to help district officials ask tough questions, and make smarter choices about where to put their money. Questions she believes Schoolzilla’s tool can raise include: Which schools are spending less than their peers but getting better results?

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