Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

Classrooms are no longer just spaces for absorbing information; they’re becoming creative studios where students use technology to solve real-world problems. Students early on described AI as a great anonymous tutor — especially valuable for first-generation students who used it to ask questions, refine thinking and learn.

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Skills Teaching Critical Thinking English 143

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

So, in 2019, when I found out that a former manager of mine was starting a school that answered the same questions that plagued me, I knew I wanted in. As a founding school leader, I’ve helped design systems and a student-initiated promotion process that gives students a voice in their education. What Do You Want to Learn?

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Schools Failure Ethics Textbooks 147

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.

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Students Failure Disabilities Game-Based Learning 106

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

Meeting the Growing Demand for CS Skills Alexis Johnson First Grade Teacher, Canyons School District Computing and technology shape how we communicate, work and learn. The course’s six modules began with essential questions — What is computational thinking? We learned so much. Where does it occur? Why does it matter?

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Science Teachers Critical Thinking STEM 141

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.” Suppes and Papert had opposing views of how the computer and technology should function in education. It really showed me the benefit of technology.

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History Intelligence Writing Knowledge 113

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Therein lies a paradox I have struggled with in my career: How can I continue to teach students that questioning authority is not only okay, but sometimes necessary, while maintaining a position of authority myself? Martin began explaining a concept to the class when I raised my hand and questioned, “Why do we have to learn this?

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Multiple Choice Questions History Students Beliefs 113

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

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? Another concern is the varying levels of access to technology.

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Hybrid Learning Learning Styles Study Critical Thinking 135

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

But the technology offers only a shadow of accurate detection: It highlights any matching text, whether properly cited or not; it flags everything that mirrors AI’s writing style, whether a student used AI inappropriately or not. He said $15 million is a lot of money to spend on a tool with such limited value. I trust you.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

The 2025-2026 EdSurge Voices of Change Fellows (from left to right): Melinda Medina, April Jackson, Nikita Khetan, Sofia Gonzalez, Daniel Clark and Patrice Wade As we close out another successful year of the fellowship, we are excited to see, read and learn what this new cohort of fellows has to say about the state of K-12 education.

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Education Essay Culture Math 118

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Ultimately, the responsibility for the final output remains with the educator and the school. Assessing the Risks As with any new technology, a thorough risk assessment is crucial. These resources, free for all teachers , demonstrate how AI can: Support students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

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Quizzes Schools Disabilities Exams 59

Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

generate questions, review/structure answers) Beyond verbal language, visuals are an important facet of communication and students need to be prepared for more multimodal communication tasks at the workplace (Brumberger, 2005). Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2025

Classifying charter schools as private would have opened questions about whether that could continue across the states, he said. In most states, charter schools rely on the same funding mechanisms as public schools, said Eric Paisner, COO of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, on a call before the decision.

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Schools Assignments Questions Testing 76

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

He emphasizes that effective digital programs are driven by specific educational needswhether supporting CTE (Career and Technical Education), dropout recovery, or creating early college opportunitiesrather than by technology itself. I mean, it’s program first technology, second right? I mean it’s. And I were.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

At our college, we have learned that it means weaving ideas, theories, and methods from many fields to examine a shared theme or question. Often, this means finding a central theme, problem, or question that ties everything together. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 3, 2025

generate questions, review/structure answers) Beyond verbal language, visuals are an important facet of communication and students need to be prepared for more multimodal communication tasks at the workplace (Brumberger, 2005). Aileen Wanli Lam is a Senior Lecturer and technology enthusiast at the National University of Singapore.

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Writing Students Communication Lecturing 92

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Elianis: Before using the tool, I couldnt ask questions or talk to other students in the classroom. Students are more likely to approach me with questions about assignments and while working on class activities with their peers. How do you balance using AI translation technology while still helping students learn the language?

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English Languages Language Assignments 131

Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

Younger ones have been forced to question it more openly. And if you ask me, the ability to question what matters — and still come back to empathy, communication and knowledge as core leadership traits — isn’t a sign of generational confusion. But I don’t see a divide: I see a continuum, stretched across different cultural moments.

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Beliefs Communication Lecturing Culture 143

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

While Gen Z students are questioning the value of a college degree in a way their predecessors perhaps did not, Zoomers are keeping the rate of young people in higher education steady. For millennials, about 11 percent of people ages 16 to 19 left school without a degree.

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Education Culture Math Achievement 155

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

The AI in Education Leadership Catalyst community of practice was intentionally designed to foster the strategic leadership and collaborative networks necessary to navigate the complex implications of generative AI. Building relational trust is paramount for leading communities through technological shifts. Take action to learn.

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Learning Participation Feedback Curriculum Design 108

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

Part of that may be the ambiguity of the question, and this is a time where we see ESSER dollars have been running out, she says of fall 2024 when the data was collected. One much-discussed technology offers a potential solution: artificial intelligence.

Teachers 133

Teachers Intelligence Motivation Writing 133

Elevate k12

JUNE 24, 2025

We are staying ahead of them, with a robust security posture that will scale as education technology evolves. In the meantime, if you have any questions about Elevate’s privacy or compliance policies, we invite you to connect with our team or reach out directly at privacy@elevatek12.com.

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Confidentiality Participation Achievement Accessibility 90

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2025

Schools across the country are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into classrooms, but the real challenge isnt just adopting the technology its making sure it works for all students. Will AI be a tool for innovation or yet another factor widening educational gaps? Prioritize ethics and equity.

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Ethics Intelligence Critical Thinking Feedback 99

Edsurge

MAY 5, 2025

Imagine youre a ninth grader navigating a world where generative AI, agentic AI and other emerging technologies dominate the headlines. As educators and industry leaders, we must ask: What do students and their teachers need to prepare for a future that is still unfolding? Computer science is essential, not optional.

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Science Ethics Education Students 109

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

At Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS), educators are determined to make sure both answers are “yes.” 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.

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Ethics Evaluation Testing Science 112

Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2025

If transitional kindergarten has an identity issue, that is partly because of the question mark of its curriculum. Even as California builds more early learning capacity, enrollment trends nationwide raise questions about family participation. If You Build It, Will They Come?

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Elementary School Elementary School Fairness Communication 111

Cal Matters

JULY 16, 2025

In summary Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success. Julia Freeland-Fisher studies how technology can help or hinder student success at the Clayton Christensen Institute. He has asked for an outline. I won’t lie.

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Students Study Academic Integrity Questions 66

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

Since generative artificial intelligence burst onto the scene a few years ago, schools and educators have grappled with how to approach the powerful-but-experimental technology. On April 23, President Donald Trump signed Advancing Artificial Intelligence Education for American Youth. Embrace it?

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Intelligence Schools Science Math 215

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2025

While cuts to Head Start specifically appear to be on the back burner , questions remain on the fate of other child care program funding. There is concern in the report and from the researchers on the proposed, potential cuts to the Head Start program, which serves more than half a million students.

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Study Questions Accessibility Teachers 117

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

The questions arise as one prominent chain of Montessori-inspired schools shrinks rapidly. With a dipping economy, a fight about school voucher options and confusion about what the “Montessori” term even means, is Montessori still the “it” trend in the preschool world?

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Education Schools Study Teaching Methods 140

Edsurge

MAY 7, 2025

It creates a lot more work for educators, Futrell says. Whats more, interfering with trusted sources raises deeper questions about authenticity and the merits of study. It is basically taking away from our instructional time. How do you teach the truth when the truth is all relative?

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History Social Studies Teachers Textbooks 179

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2025

But as with every other form of media creeping into children’s lives, a familiar question persists: How helpful to learning is it — and does it fall under the dreaded “screen time” umbrella? While cassette tapes may be a thing of the past, a new medium has stepped up to entertain and teach children: podcasts.

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Study Questions Science Grades 119

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2018

higher education students. As a longtime official in online-education programs, the puzzling question to me is why, after more than two decades, does online represent merely a third of college enrollment? It is highly unlikely that virtual education will ever achieve total saturation in the academic market.

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Achievement Instructors Online Learning History 293

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

For learners to qualify for work that pays well and for companies to source the talent they need, the market around skills-based education needs to evolve quickly to train students in the technology platforms now required for the jobs they seek.

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Skills Course Design Instructors Achievement 293

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

I had this question of when you utilize these measures in groups with different characteristics. She eventually took that question to Northwestern University, where she is now building out her own artificial intelligence technology system that could potentially quell the issue.

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Languages Language Intelligence Testing 139

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Every classroom is filled with students who bring their own strengths, quirks and questions to the table. Joe Mancuso and Sean Ryan about how schools can move toward personalized learning with the help of technology. The varied responses led to deeper conversations about 21st-century learning and educational readiness.

Beliefs 106

Beliefs Feedback Culture Math 106

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

We know we still have Google and everything, but posing direct questions to you just made so much more sense. And if that’s not enough, Netflix has a reboot set for 2019. Get it gumshoes. . Ask Jeeves. Oh Jeeves, why did you forsake us? And you would never track our data.would you? Come back, Jeeves.

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Teachers Gamification Internet Math 289

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

Such an outcome raises important questions about young readers in rural America accessing digital books from just a handful of well-resourced urban libraries hundreds of miles away. The program should be regarded as a stop-gap while communities wrestle with the tougher question of censorship.

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Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 212