Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Rather, its the years-long attempts to make school discipline more fair that earned ire. There's such compelling evidence in education research that racial discrimination contributes to racial disparities, Perera explains. The executive order also frames attempts to address disparities in school discipline as unfair.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

Among the NEH grants canceled was more than $300,000 for National History Day , the annual competition that is the humanities equivalent to a national science fair. The history day foundation plans to continue with this years program and launched a fundraising campaign to make up for the lost grant money.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 31, 2020

Whether the 2020-21 school year is starting in the classroom or remotely, Follett is ensuring elementary and middle school students won’t be missing out on one of their favorite back-to-school traditions: the book fair. The ease with which Follett’s online fairs are carried out are extremely attractive to school and book fair coordinators.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2019

Dougherty convened the first Maker Faire in 2006 in San Mateo, Calif., The faire became a way to foster a sense of community and to give people a place to celebrate and share what they made. Like a sports season or a date to perform a play, Maker Faires became a rallying moment for students. So Maker Faires bloomed.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2017

To help you plan your upcoming travels, we’ve compiled a shortlist of more than 50 education technology events for the K-12 community happening across the world through June 2018. There are also recurring events—such as EdCamp and Maker Faire—that take place year-round across the country.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Using technology to score essays is nothing new. I know the Texas Education Agency didn’t involve any of our members to ask what they thought about it,” he says, “and apparently they didn’t ask many parents either.” The Texas Education Agency did not respond to EdSurge’s request for comment. 20 years ago as a student.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

Then there are the psychometricians—the math savants who design tests and create complex algorithms that attempt to make them fair to all students. Mark Moulton : Here that whole question is, what does fair mean? It makes the test more fair because it guarantees that everyone is being measured with the same degree of precision.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2024

Among the winners of the 2024 CODiE Awards in Education Technology Awards last week was an organization that doesn’t lead with tech specs, speeds, feeds, or even literacy scores. He highlights the importance of creation over consumption in education and addresses the challenges posed by technology use among students.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

Ready to tackle the toughest challenges in educational technology leadership? Through engaging discussions and real-world examples, participants will explore strategies to address bias, promote fairness, and enhance transparency in AI-powered educational tools. – 2:15 p.m.; South 230B) 4. At the 1 p.m.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I do a lot of speaking about technology trends in education, and none of my talks seem to get larger audiences than those that address new or emerging technologies. So, as an educator interested in technology — after all, you are reading eSchool News — what is the best source for tracking emerging technologies for learning?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2023

I saw this post a while back in an educational technology forum: I have been given roughly an hour for PD on January 4th to work with teachers on anything that I’d like. Let’s be clear: this is a big red flag that this school is just pretending at technology integration and coaching. It’s simply “ Here’s a random hour.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

The RAI for Educators course is designed for K-12 and promises to revolutionize how they think of and implement artificial intelligence (AI) in the classroom. Educators need an understanding of what AI is and is not. With this exceptionally valuable resource, educators get to learn about AI, by engaging with AI in a demystified manner.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Following an abrupt shift to remote learning this past spring, school and district administrators have had their fair share of summer homework as they prepare for a technology-first fall term. With COVID-19 showing few signs of slowing down, schools will likely not get through the next school year without some form of remote learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2020

While many well-intentioned commentators have warned teachers against this practice, the fact is that copyright law—specifically fair use—permits many read-aloud activities online. As instructors and learners adapt to new educational environments, copyright concerns about reading aloud need not be among the challenges they face.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2016

I do a lot of speaking about ed-tech trends, and none of my talks seem to get larger audiences than those that address new or emerging technologies. So, as an educator interested in technology — after all, you are reading eSchool News — what is the best source for tracking emerging technologies for learning?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Palmdale School District Superintendent Dr. Raúl Maldonado discusses the district’s “Palmdale Promise” initiative, focusing on technological equity and early literacy. Today, we’re exploring a remarkable story of educational renewal in California’s Antelope Valley. Follow your show. Kevin Hogan I love it.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

10, 2022) – Renaissance , the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, is honored to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the community reading initiative Read on myON , a first-of-its-kind partnership between Renaissance and Hillsborough County Public Schools. Bloomington, Minn.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Ann David Associate Professor, University of the Incarnate Word, Teacher Education Program Using AI is not about repeating what we already do but about challenging ourselves to do what we should. The innovation AI offers isn’t found in the technology itself but in how much better it can help us become as educators.

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Edsurge

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. So why did diversity affect student grades?

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2022

For the reasons of improving student education and funding we are motivated to be sharing the opportunity with Skyward districts across the country.”. Richard Webb, Director of Technology for Fremont (Mich.) Having accurate data with fidelity (reporting information the same, continuously) is key to making data-driven decisions.”.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2019

There’s a lot that goes into innovation efforts on campus—think curriculum design, technology training for instructors, and bureaucracy. 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.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2021

A 2014 research study with a catchy title is often pointed to by those who worry that technology is having unexpected downsides in the classroom. Miller has been looking into what learning science says about all kinds of narratives that float around technology and teaching these days.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

based firm will invest in early-stage startups building solutions in financial technology and the future of work—the latter of which includes services that offer alternative postsecondary education pathways, reduce financial barriers to learning, leverage data for academic success, and provide reskilling opportunities for adult learners.

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Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2020

We have the authority right now to require that new funds for our telehealth initiatives are distributed fast and fair, without playing favorites—as I fear we are seeing elsewhere in the national response. We need to move fast and be fair with getting this funding out the door where it is needed. It’s a tall order.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

It’s a fair question given the widespread concern in the field about students using AI to write their essays or bots to do their homework for them. If students are required to make clear when and how they’re using AI tools, should educators be too? Should they disclose that to students? San Antonio College.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2019

What technology do you use to create listicles? How about fair use? Carson Arias /Unsplash Incorporating listicles into your teaching allows you to discuss the four elements of fair use. Any other reasons I should incorporate listicles into my teaching? Giphy Sure! How about GIFs? Students (and teachers too!)

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2021

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, was the first where students designed a satellite that was actually launched into space. And they’re quoting America’s founding fathers, arguing that the ones who are getting in are simply the ones studying the hardest, and that the current system is fair.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Once imagined only in science fiction, artificial intelligence now powers much of the technology we interact with every day—from smart home devices to cognitive assistants to media recommenders. The field of education is no less affected by these technologies. Furthermore, educators are not the only ones using AI technologies.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2024

With the average child care worker earning just $32,070 annually, fair compensation, benefits and federal support are imperative. The absence of adequate support for the early childhood workforce resonates throughout the entire child care system, impacting early educators, children and families.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2020

The pitch: Use deeper technology to make admissions more deeply human. “I Bias can sneak into these kinds of predictive models in several ways, explains Ryan Baker, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education and director of the Penn Center for Learning Analytics. It’s somewhat comical.”

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Edsurge

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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Edsurge

JUNE 14, 2018

Gender bias has been around for generations and making is hardly immune in that respect, notes Sue Cusack, an assistant professor of education technology at Lesley University and co-director of the Lesley STEAM Learning Lab , which has helped Boston Public Schools design makerspaces and train educators.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

As it turns out, the term “metaverse” was coined in a dystopian novel that is highly critical of growing corporate control of society and of internet technologies. The version of the metaverse imagined in the hour-long video that Meta released yesterday involves a mix of technology, including what appear to be holograms.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2019

Nearly a dozen education organizations have endorsed the bill, including the American Library Association; the Consortium for School Networking; the International Society for Technology in Education; the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition and the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This article is part of a collection of op-eds from thought leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who reflect on the state of education technology in 2018, and share where it’s headed next year. In the past year, many educational institutions began to address the challenge of digital misinformation.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

The technology with which we are handling all of our communication, culture-building and collaboration might be tools we have, up until now, used solely for transactional purposes. The technology powering the ability to connect or “hop on a call” or “jump in a Zoom” is fairly seamless, given the load it is handling.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In a recent white paper, former Scholastic president of education Margery Mayer dubbed 2021 the “year of speech recognition” in education. Part of what has enabled the growing use of speech recognition in education is the availability today of technology built specifically to cater to kids’ voices and behaviors.

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