Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

This pattern is deeply problematic because it reinforces systemic inequities that disadvantage Black, Latinx and low-income students. A 2019 study by the Library Research Service found that predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more annually than predominantly nonwhite districts, despite serving the same number of students.

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Elementary School Elementary School Testing Accessibility 114

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.

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STEM Math Education Peer Review 164

Faculty Focus

JULY 17, 2025

Working in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies has shown me firsthand that our students face a world full of messy, tangled problems. This teaching helps students blend ideas, think deeply across fields, and work well with people from varied backgrounds. They need tools from many fields to tackle these issues. Yang et al.

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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 2012, she moved to Coursera, then an experimental startup struggling to bring Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) to students around the world.

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History Intelligence Writing Knowledge 113

Edsurge

MAY 29, 2025

Isidore argued struck down states attempts to exclude religious schools, parents and students from publicly available benefits based solely on religion, Koski told EdSurge. Drummond at the end of April, less than a month before issuing its decision. The case followed a trio of Supreme Court decisions in recent years that supporters of St.

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Schools Assignments Questions Testing 76

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2025

Dual enrollment courses are considered some of the best ways to prepare students for the rigor and content in college-level curricula. The number of dually enrolled students has boomed in recent years. Often state policies require students to take complicated exams or pay to take the classes.

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Instructors Math Study High School 131

Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

In summary Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever. Why would students write anything themselves, instructors wondered, if a chatbot could do it for them?

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

Whiteboard Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

Students will plan and build their own code sequences using the dry-erase coding blocks. With over 30 different colorful Scratch blocks from categories like Motion, Looks, Sound, Events, Control, and Sensing, students can piece together scripts, test outcomes with sprites and backdrop cards, and discover how coding works.

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Testing Science Educational Technologies Teaching 71

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

We defined digital learning as all these instances where students are learning outside of the time and place constraints that you see in a traditional school in a traditional. What we’re seeing much more commonly is students who are mixing on site and online learning. In their schedule. You’re with and.

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Learning Discussions Gamification Technology 130

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

MAY 13, 2025

My belief about these types of funds is [they] come around one time, and the investment needed to be in things that were tangible, that would be lasting for our students, our staff and our community, said Dominguez, who created a committee to ensure ESSER investments aligned with these goals. Dominguez called the results remarkable.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2025

Across the state, only 22 percent of students were proficient in math — a percentage that was lower for Black and low-income students. And 28 elementary schools in the state did not have a single proficient student. On national assessments from 2019, the state was ranked last in the country for math performance.

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 129

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2025

We pressure-tested curriculum components and designed an accelerated offering to learn and adjust. Powered by Google.org, ISTE+ASCD and six coalition partners are bringing together a diverse group of educators to empower educators to thoughtfully and responsibly harness the transformative potential of generative AI.

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Learning Participation Feedback Curriculum Design 108

Edsurge

APRIL 24, 2025

The order promotes appropriate integration of AI into education to ensure the United States remains a global leader in this technological revolution. The directives primary aims are teaching students and training teachers to use AI in order to improve education outcomes.

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Intelligence Schools Science Math 215

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? Many students and families were initially afraid of AI.

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Ethics Intelligence Critical Thinking Feedback 99

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

Students in schools run by the Department of Defense have staged multiple walkouts in recent months to protest the agencys decision to pull books that may not align with President Donald Trumps executive orders on race and gender. The plaintiffs paint another picture of DoDEA.

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Schools History Students Culture 118

Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS.

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Fairness Study Laboratory Evaluation 184

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

I wanted to support bilingual students, children who, like me, speak Spanish at home. She worried about how she would fit in with American culture, whether she would be effective in her new job, and even how well she would connect with her students. The students light up when they realize that I understand their language and culture.

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English Teachers Languages Language 132

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

There, administrators recently partnered with Carnegie Mellon to pioneer the development and pilot testing of the nation’s first coherent K-12 curriculum on computational thinking. Vincent College's Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media to study interactions between teachers and students through the use of technology.

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Learning STEM Motivation Culture 324

Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

But when she was placed in Jackson, Mississippi, at preschools that served poorer families, she found the tests were no longer working. It was, I dont think this child has a speech or language issue, but the test says theyre at risk. Researchers also hope to help with intervention, focusing on personalized attention for each student.

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Languages Language Intelligence Testing 139

eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

Suggestions from members included showcasing the relevance of AI to real-world careers, introducing AI tools with teacher-approved safeguards, and strategically using AI tools that emphasize creativity and student engagement.

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Feedback Testing Participation Achievement 243

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2024

The SAT is to standardized testing what the floppy disk is to data storage. Providers of some of the most popular standardized tests are rethinking their offerings as new AI tools are challenging traditional techniques for finding out what students know — and allowing new ways to give and score tests.

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Testing Multiple Choice Questions Exams Questions 209

Edsurge

MAY 3, 2024

Texas is turning over some of the scoring process of its high-stakes standardized tests to robots. News outlets have detailed the rollout by the Texas Education Agency of a natural language processing program, a form of artificial intelligence, to score the written portion of standardized tests administered to students in third grade and up.

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Fairness Testing Grades Essay 195

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2024

For dyslexic students, the traditional educational system–often reliant on heavy reading loads and conventional assessments–can be particularly overwhelming. The challenge of dyslexia in traditional learning Dyslexia is one of the most common learning differences, affecting approximately 10-15 percent of students worldwide.

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Learning Styles Learning Students Intelligence 309

Edsurge

MARCH 19, 2024

But one group is often left out of the design process: students. Many educational products are never shown to students until they have already been designed,” said Elliott Hedman, a consultant who works with edtech companies, in a talk this month at the SXSW EDU festival.

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Testing Teaching Instructors Learning 211

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The integration of digital tools such as interactive software, cloud-based platforms, and adaptive learning systems has shifted traditional educational models towards more personalized, flexible, and engaging learning experiences. One of the primary benefits of education technology in K-12 is its ability to cater to diverse learning styles.

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Educational Technologies Technology Education Quizzes 130

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2024

One of my biggest goals as a technology instructor is to teach my students skills and provide them with tools that I feel will best stoke their curiosity and prepare them for the world outside of the classroom. I particularly love using these types of resources with upper elementary students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Teknikio has released a new collaborative learning kit called Tekniverse, which gives students the ability to make and remake connected smart objects in partnership with their classmates and teacher. The boards are cost effective and durable, which is especially important for students using them at home. About Teknkio.

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Students Internet Feedback Testing 254

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2021

This is the latest product from NetSupport, which has been supporting teachers with award-winning instructional and educational technology for over 30 years. classroom.cloud provides unique flexibility, allowing teachers to monitor the applications and internet use on each student’s computer no matter where they are connected.

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Classroom Management Internet Schools Students 246

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As I meet with team leaders in my suburban Chicago school district, I ask: What is your department doing to create equitable and inclusive learning conditions for all of our students? That sad reality had school districts scrambling to provide devices and broadband access to students when the pandemic originally closed schools.

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Math Testing Grades Accessibility 336

Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Last year’s stress led to record levels of teacher burnout and mental health challenges for students. According to a survey administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2019, 37 percent of high school students said they experienced persistent sadness or hopelessness and 19 percent reported suicidality.

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Exams Students Testing Learning 195

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Last year, I presented a paper on using technology in my Arabic class at the Ohio Foreign Language Association summer conference. At the end of my session, a Spanish language teacher opened the discussion by talking about students dismissing her work because it is not an essential subject in the state.

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Languages Language Learning Students 203

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

My actions no longer just impacted my classroom; I now had to consider how every student and school uses technology to teach and learn. Many of these promises have yet to be fulfilled when implemented in classrooms where teachers and students do the work of teaching and learning every day.

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Blended Learning Learning Students Testing 218

EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2023

Use student data to personalize learning: The concept isn’t new. Educators have been doing it as long as they’ve been in the classroom. The number of times children raise their hands in class is data; the percentage of students who missed the same question on a test is data.

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Middle School Middle School Students Testing 189

Edsurge

MARCH 31, 2023

Arts education belongs in every student’s curriculum — and not just because the arts can improve skills in other content areas. As an instrumental music teacher, I am used to advocating that the arts are essential to all students even though they may not be classified as a core subject. How Did We Get Here?

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Art Education Multidisciplinary Students 218

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Key points: Today’s students deserve modern tech tools that suit their learning styles and tendencies 5 of the biggest education trends in 2024 65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024 For more news on edtech trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page It’s 2024! Hybrid classes offer numerous benefits.

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Learning Styles Participation Attention Hybrid Learning 314

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Ultimately, we want our students to be successful beyond the classroom walls.

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