Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2025

They then advanced to writing code that instructed how to build a specific tower using the cups. Cannon described an innovative coding activity for her first grade students, who pretended to be robots and moved plastic cups from one location to another.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2025

The paper had a list of tasks: make signs, start a protest, pick up trash and write a book about the environment. A few years ago, three second graders at my school approached me after school, excited to show me their plan to launch an environmental club.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Writing handbooks. It’s understanding that if you burn out, your school and the community of students, teachers and educators that you built may not survive. Absolutely. However, this is also a business. The hardest parts aren’t lesson plans and classroom management. It’s managing cash flow. Balancing the calendar. Filing taxes.

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2025

And until it doesn’t, I’ll keep teaching, mothering, writing, and shouting — because this isn’t just policy. These same families are blamed for attending “failing schools” in “dangerous neighborhoods,” when it’s the system that designed both the narrative and the conditions. A ZIP code should never determine a child’s destiny. But it does.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2025

By empowering educators with unparalleled ease of use and the knowledge and tools they need, Lexia helps more students unlock their potential to read, write, and speak with confidence. For more information, visit lexialearning.com.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2025

They consider whether communication is still a key leadership trait if AI tools can help people write emails or manage schedules. They debate. They ask, “What does kindness in leadership actually look like?” They discuss whether innovation matters more now because the world feels so unstable.

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Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2025

As AI automates many of the mechanical aspects of programming, the value of CS education is shifting, from writing perfect code to shaping systems, telling stories through logic and designing ethical, human-centered solutions. The gap between CS instruction and creative exploration is a pressing challenge.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2025

Although important to the employee experience, both workload and total pay have less of an impact on teachers engagement than whether they feel their job gives them the opportunity to do what they do best every day, the researchers write.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2025

“The majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from well-funded, organized groups and movements long dedicated to curbing access to information and ideas,” Caldwell-Stone writes in the organization’s report on the state of public libraries in 2024.

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Schools Writing Beliefs Accessibility 114

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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Cal Matters

JULY 16, 2025

And while he hasn’t asked ChatGPT to write any papers for him, he has turned to the technology when a blank page and a blinking cursor seemed overwhelming. Asking for help Christian Alba said he has never turned in an AI-written assignment. He has asked for an outline. He has asked for ideas to get him started on an introduction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2025

Back in the day, you could write a note and throw it away for it never to be seen again. For more information about joining the Instagram School Partnership Program, visit about.instagram.com/community/educators. Today, one post can carry consequences far beyond what a middle schooler’s mind is even capable of understanding.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

If a California community college wants its faculty to be able to detect plagiarism and AI writing in student papers, it can buy software from a company called Turnitin at a discounted price. In summary Experts say companies often base their pricing on what they think colleges are willing to pay.

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Plagiarism Instructors Writing Technology 89

Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2025

Since 2012, the authors write, Detroits community leaders, educators and politicians, have tried citywide messaging campaigns and community pledges; phone calls, home visits, and parent contracts; church buses and afterschool programming; data-driven tiered support systems; and court-run diversion programs.

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Failure Grades Achievement Writing 155

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

Obviously there are people who write to us and say, ‘thank you so much — now I can access the books that have been taken away from me,’” said Mikel. But the fact is that these young people are accessing books that are not controversial at all.”

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Accessibility Participation Reading Beliefs 211

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2025

Schools asked Leibson to write essays about her son’s “learning style” — before he could even talk — and demanded specific details about Leibson’s connection to families already attending those programs, such as listing out the last time she saw them and what they did together.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2024

Writing centers on college campuses have been around for more than 100 years , and they’re both a resource for students doing assignments and a symbol of the importance in higher education of learning to express yourself in text. Writing doesn’t have that much meaning without a human audience.

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Writing Instructors Essay English 204

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

As educators seek innovative methods to engage students and enhance the learning experience, artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be an invaluable asset. Salas Salcedo: Thankfully, with Project Topeka, AI was so seamlessly integrated into the program that it just felt like a natural step in the writing process.

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Writing Students English Art 203

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2024

But two English professors at Carnegie Mellon University had a different first reaction: They saw in this new technology a way to show students how to improve their writing skills. They have been building tools together to help teach writing for decades. And it’s still a concern. Kaufer and Ishizaki were uniquely positioned.

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Writing Teaching Essay Languages 207

Edsurge

DECEMBER 8, 2023

As the college essay program manager for Write the World, a nonprofit writing organization for teens, I oversee a group of advisers who guide students through the essay writing process. I have seen firsthand the anxiety that students experience when it comes to writing their college essays.

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Essay Writing Beliefs High School 185

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2023

Hadzovic earned a degree in English education and later pursued a science degree in part because of the demand for science teachers in Brooklyn, New York. EdSurge: How did using AI tools in your classroom change your approach to teaching writing? Through this writing process, they can have their own epiphanies.

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Writing English Interdisciplinary Language 183

Catlin Tucker

MAY 4, 2024

I was thrilled when these two inspiring educators provided me with an early copy of their book and asked if I would read it and write the forward. I also field a lot of questions from elementary teachers who are curious about how they can integrate technology into their lessons in a meaningful and developmentally appropriate way.

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Writing Feedback Learning Spaces Activities 383

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 20, 2020

If students are working on a formal writing assignment or project, teachers can schedule 5-minute feedback sessions with individual students. They were able to focus on one comment at a time as they were working on revising their writing. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology , 31(1).

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Feedback Blended Learning Writing Communication 546

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. So, it makes sense that teachers are frustrated when they feel like students are not engaging. for a unit or text.

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Learning Spaces Student Engagement Learning Students 545

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2022

As an Instructional Technology Coach in Georgetown County, South Carolina, I have the amazing opportunity to work closely with teachers and students as they use educational technology in meaningful ways. . It is clear that COVID-19 has changed how teachers use educational technologies to support teaching and learning.

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Learning Writing Coaching History 291

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

As technology has evolved, writing documents has also evolved. Before programs existed to streamline the IEP writing process, creating IEPs was once a daunting task of paper and pencil. Not only has the process of writing the IEP evolved, but IEPs are becoming technology-driven.

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Technology Special Education Motivation Writing 269

eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2023

Pressto’s unique capabilities and innovative approach resulted in early accolades for the beta version, including an honorable mention in the Education Category of Fast Company’s 2022 World Changing Ideas Awards. We’ve seen students who lacked the motivation to write become passionate about the craft.

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Writing Motivation Learning Styles Critical Thinking 266

eSchool News

AUGUST 25, 2021

Over the last 20 years, I have worked with education technology in many different ways. When I transitioned to a district employee, technology continued to be a part of my job in a different way. I’ve always found that technology can be an incredible aid in both teaching and learning.

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Math Feedback Writing Educational Technologies 297

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

“We are honored to have Esther join the team, and are eager to work with and leverage her unique perspective as an educational trailblazer as we continue to develop Pressto into the leading tool for teaching kids how to write,” says Pressto Founder and CEO Daniel Stedman. To learn more about Pressto, please visit www.pressto.ai

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Education Writing Motivation Feedback 257

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

’ Students are allowed to use AI for research assistance, data analysis, language translation, writing assistance, and accessibility.”

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Ethics Schools Intelligence Assignments 335

eSchool News

JUNE 13, 2022

“This is a perfect merger of capabilities,” says Al Noyes, CEO of Walch, “Walch brings a platform that has been used for over 50 years and now we are adding the engagement applications for reading and writing in the classroom.” BW Walch has over 1m registered users of its technology solutions combined.

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Gamification Education Writing Math 257

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Key points: K-12 cybersecurity is of paramount importance in digital classrooms A secure by design approach can help reduce cybersecurity risks See related article: Reading, writing, and cybersecurity: Practicing good cyber hygiene In early September, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a voluntary pledge for K-12 (..)

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Reading Writing Educational Technologies Technology 324

eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

the award-winning provider of distance learning, video collaboration and education technology solutions, announced their participation in the ISTELive 22 , one of the world’s most influential education events, hosted by The International Society for Technology in Education ( ISTE ). AVer Information Inc.,

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eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2022

NEW YORK — AtomicMind , an education technology company that offers families a boutique coaching experience in the increasingly competitive college admissions landscape, today announced the launch of a unique technology platform. About AtomicMind.

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Technology Coaching Essay Feedback 244

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Emmersion’s adaptive assessments evaluate and certify speaking, writing and reading abilities, which shorten an organization’s time-to-hire and improve customer satisfaction scores. With over 700 customers around the world, Emmersion’s cloud-based, AI technology automates assessment processes and provides the most accurate results.

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Language Languages Exams English 241

eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2022

. “Implementing TutorMe gives our students access to a vetted education professional tutor anytime they need help, in any subject, at their fingertips,” said Neal Kellogg, director of educational technology services. Trusted by thousands of schools nationwide, over 1.5 To learn more, visit www.tutorme.com.

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