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. For more than a decade, McLaren and colleagues have brought games like this to Pittsburgh area schools to test their technology and learning theories.

STEM

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Phase 2 Semi-Finals: District champions tackled the challenge of restoring the Everglades ecosystem, applying science and teamwork in a digital environment. Through competitive gaming, students strengthen digital literacy, teamwork and social-emotional skills , while also creating pathways to explore STEM learning and career readiness.

STEM

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. As AI rapidly reshapes software development, computer science (CS) education must move beyond syntax drills and algorithmic repetition. This isn’t just an education issue — it’s a workforce one.

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. Rather than banning AI, educators need to find ways to teach students safe and effective ways to use it, Hayes says.

Essay

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation. U-shaped learning: A new model for transdisciplinary education. References O’Sullivan, G.

Interdisciplinary

eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

About Lexia Lexia®, a Cambium Learning® Group brand, is transforming literacy education, driving change in 1 of every 3 school districts across the United States. For more than 40 years, Lexia has been a thought leader in literacy education, delivering award-winning, research-based solutions grounded in the science of reading.

English

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

New DFE Guidance: 5 Ways for Schools to Use AI The Whiteboard Blog - Education, Technology, AI and Science CPD and Support You can access the full guidance here , and the support materials here. Share your thoughts in the comments below!

Quizzes

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

For example, a course on city growth might pull from earth science, social studies, money matters, and city planning. Her research focuses on educational technology, leadership development, and teaching innovation. U-shaped learning: A new model for transdisciplinary education. References O’Sullivan, G.

Interdisciplinary

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Some wanted to spend more time in science than in my class and felt like being forced to learn about history was a waste of time. But many, when pushed, said no. They didn’t understand why or who chose what they learned, and yes, they resented that authority over their lives.

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.” It really showed me the benefit of technology. That kind of turned the knob in my head to make me see the possibilities of education technology.

History

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Don’t forget, teachers and schools can get access to canva for free with their education licence. How to Record a Video in Canva The Whiteboard Blog - Education, Technology, AI and Science CPD and Support

Coaching

eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2025

Encore Data Products is set to showcase its latest educational technology at the ISTE 2025 conference. These offerings are a response to modern educational needs, ensuring technology doesn’t compromise the health of students and staff. Their products are designed to encourage teamwork and creative problem-solving.

Languages

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

The Center for Democracy & Technology, a D.C.-based based nonprofit focused on research and advocacy around digital rights, surveyed high schoolers about their experiences with a range of educational technologies last summer. Nilka Desiree Abbas suspects that’s why she was accused in the summer of 2023.

Plagiarism

Edsurge

MAY 13, 2025

The initiative included training district leaders, principals, early elementary teachers and staff on the science of reading, installing a dedicated literacy coach in every elementary school, setting up high-dosage tutoring and replacing dozens of disparate reading programs across the district with high-quality instructional materials.

Coaching

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

This video explains more: Offline Coding Cards for Scratch and Scratch Jnr The Whiteboard Blog - Education, Technology, AI and Science CPD and Support These would also work great under a visualiser. For more information, visit the Hand2Mind website.

Testing

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

To learn more, EdSurge spoke with three members of Olney Independent School District (OISD) in Texas: Alyssa Betts , district emergent bilingual coordinator; Veronica Fobbs , seventh grade science teacher; and Elianis T., an EB student.

English

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Data from recent studies indicate that adaptive learning technologies can markedly enhance student engagement and performance by providing real-time feedback and customized content. Imagine immersing yourself in historical events or conducting virtual science experiments, making learning both interactive and impactful.

Hybrid Learning

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

In 2019, GCPS, in collaboration with multiple partners, created an AI readiness framework that focuses on six core areas: Data Science, Mathematical Reasoning, Creative Problem Solving, Ethics, Applied Experiences and Programming. Learn more about GCPS’ AI and computer science initiatives , including their AI readiness framework.

Ethics

Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2025

Drew Hanks, associate professor of consumer sciences at Ohio State University, suggested that the federal government be more transparent about the expected outcome of the USDA cuts, as schools and farmers grapple with their new budget realities.

Learning

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

To bring this vision to life, the announcement calls for the creation of a White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education made up of cabinet members and chaired by the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Intelligence

Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

Lillard grew up to become a scholar who has spent two decades studying Montessori schools and authored “Montessori: The Science Behind the Genius.”

Education

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Peth originally began developing the show in 2015 to focus on computational thinking, which deploys strategic thinking patterns commonly used in engineering and computer science. Yes, it does take extra steps to make sure what we’re building is based on solid research on what works in education, but it’s worth it.”

Fairness

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2025

Theres always been something mystically cerebral about people in technical professions like engineering, science, and mathematics. Technology teachers are t he teaching professions version of these nerdy individuals. They talk animatedly about plate tectonics, debate the structure of atoms, even smile at the mention of calculus.

Teachers

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.

History

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2025

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Skills

Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2018

All told, 17 federal departments (including agriculture, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation) provided support for the developers. The gathering was also a warm-up act for a two-day Institute of Education Sciences research conference. Science & Engineering. Source: Mom of All Capes.

Learning

Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Coding and computer science have yet to make their way into every school curriculum in the U.S. But the country isn’t short on initiatives—such as Google’s Code Next program or the White House’s Obama era Computer Science For All campaign—which aim to change that. in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University.

Writing

Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2025

Nichols is now an associate professor in human development and family science at Purdue University and her son is 32 years old, but she knows that decades later, she can still recite specific scenes of that tape from memory. “We We can still say the lines and that was 20 some years ago,” she says.

Study

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Founded in 2012, ThinkCERCA offers a set of digital tools and lesson plans to help educators teach critical thinking skills across a variety of subjects, including English language arts (ELA), math, social studies and science. Some districts purchase the product as a wholesale textbook replacement for their ELA classes.

Textbooks

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

She might know the theory behind data science but not how to use Tableau. Traditional educational institutions and employers are unlikely to have the incentives or expertise to close this divide on their own. When a shortfall in skills snowballs it throws the brakes on economic growth.

Skills

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

In 2017, this was especially true while taking a computer science course on data structures and algorithms. Meanwhile, in other classes and conversations, I learned about critiques on the educational system, and I became aware that my attitude towards the computer science class was an issue many instructors and students grapple with.

Study

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The LearnLab brings together K-12 classroom teachers and university researchers for research collaborations, introducing evidence-based education technologies into the classroom. Montour School District and Carnegie Mellon created research consortium with three other area districts called the LearnLab.

Learning

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

Jordan Green, a professor of communication sciences and disorders at Harvard Universitys Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions, says in a recent research paper the excitement is palpable around AI in health care. PedzSTAR joins a growing number of attempts to use AI in the speech pathology world.

Language

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

You knew you were in for an amazing science class when the sub wheeled in this winning combo. Bill Nye the Science Guy? But while we know tech has come a long way, we still haven’t seen anything that replicates the adrenaline rush that was the Oregon Trail. RIP, Vinny. TV/VCR on wheels. Would it be Magic School Bus? Frankly, who cared?

Teachers

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Districts incorporating the science of reading into their curricula are seeing improved student outcomes. To do this effectively, it is important to align lessons with research-based practices that don’t encumber or overwhelm administrators, educators, or students.

Science

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

More often than not, these are the tools that have prioritized learning science in their product design, to guide product vision and focus. Aligning your Development Team Aligning your team around key educational outcomes is the first step towards integrating learning science into the product development process.

Science

eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

BEAVERTON, Oregon — Vernier Science Education has named Jill Hedrick as its new chief executive officer (CEO). What stood out to me about Vernier Science Education is its longstanding history in serving science educators worldwide,” said Hedrick. “My

Science