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Only 1 in 8 elementary teacher prep programs adequately teach math

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More than 80 percent of graduate programs earn an F grade for their math preparation. Regent University, for instance, improved from a D grade to an A+ by introducing two new mathematics courses designed to fill gaps in math content preparation. They need to know why those steps work,says NCTQ President Heather Peske.

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How Should We Approach the Ethical Considerations of AI in K-12 Education?

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And with this change comes a host of new questions—concerns about the ethical design and implementation of these new tools. In K-12 education, a focus on ethical considerations is of critical importance. This year, ISTE has added a new volume to the series— Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom: A Guide on Ethics and AI.

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Why agentic AI matters now more than ever

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Easy to find, not always true: Helping students evaluate AI-generated content For more news on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub For years now, the promise of AI in education has centered around efficiency–grading faster, recommending better content, or predicting where a student might struggle.

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How Teachers Are Pondering the Ethics of AI

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It’s also somewhat eclipsed conversations about the ethics of how these tools are implemented, according to one observer. The study , “How Teachers Navigate the Ethical Landscape of AI in Their Classrooms,” interviewed 248 K-12 teachers. Those teachers were largely white and from public schools, introducing limitations.

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CoderZ Launches New Code Farm Coding and Robotics Course for Grades Four Through Six

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CoderZ, an award-winning, cloud-based robotics and STEM platform, is helping educators introduce computer science in elementary and early middle school with its new Code Farm coding and robotics course for grades four through six.

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Ethical PD: Doing right by the teachers who do right by the world

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Key points: Ethical PD is a call to action for all involved in teacher professional development Key questions that unleash powerful PLCs GenAI and cultural competency: New priorities in teacher preparation For more news on teacher PD, visit eSNs Educational Leadership hub Teachers are superheroes.

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Is It Ethical to Run Learning Experiments On Students Without Their Knowledge?

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That’s the ethics debate playing out in one online educator space , a lively back-and-forth carried over from a recent workshop on educational A/B testing. He adds that the discussion is ultimately one among practitioners about methods and what’s ethical. “It It carries with it the question of, what’s benign? Lynch says.

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