k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

Nam’s work is grounded in the belief that education must be both empowering and compassionate—equipping learners not only with knowledge, but with resilience, empathy, and the confidence to shape a better world. It should extend our ability to listen, relate, and empower learners to co-create knowledge within a community of care.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2025

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

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2021

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 software with or without encouraging messages, she writes. “If Lynch says.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This encourages them to synthesize their knowledge, form their own interpretations, and express their perspective on the matter. Math Problem Solving: Students make claims about solutions to math problems, provide evidence by showing their work, and ask questions about different problem-solving strategies.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Consider how their thoughts have changed, evolved, or expanded as they’ve gained more knowledge or insights. Math Problem Solving: After introducing a new problem-solving strategy in math class, the teacher could ask students to share how their approach to solving math problems has shifted.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2019

PLTW creates an engaging, hands-on classroom environment and empowers students to develop in-demand knowledge and skills they need to thrive. Form a student perspective, it’s not just learning math for the sake of it but understanding the relevance of math and science in an applied way. That’s how new knowledge is created.’.

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eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

Today, math scores are at pre-pandemic lows (thanks in part to years of remote learning) and elementary-aged children are falling behind grade-level standards, posing significant risks to children’s educational development.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2024

By equipping students with the skills, knowledge, and competencies they need to succeed, we can create a highly skilled and adaptable workforce that is capable of meeting the demands of a rapidly changing global economy. Virtual HDT has made great strides in addressing some of these challenges.

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Achievement Education Ethics Evaluation 293

eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

Generating truly new ideas (instead of just remixing old ones) AI is great at rearranging existing knowledge, but it doesnt create truly original ideas. Retaining knowledge like a human learner AI experiences catastrophic forgetting, meaning that as it learns new information, it forgets previously learned data unless explicitly retrained.

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Intelligence Education Languages Language 304

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Learners can more effectively assimilate and interrogate new concepts by connecting new information to prior knowledge, extending ideas beyond initial comprehension, and pinpointing areas of challenge or uncertainty. Math Problem Solving Connect: Relate a new math concept to a daily life scenario or a previously learned concept.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2025

Florida Virtual School (FLVS) is partnering with the University of Florida (UF) and the Concord Consortium to introduce a groundbreaking year-long Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Math supplemental certification for FLVS middle and high school students enrolled in the schools Flex option.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

“With this name change, we want to make it clear that we’re dedicated to using our experience in science education to partner with educators and communities to develop the next generation of knowledgeable citizens who can solve problems, contribute to their communities, and drive innovation.”. About Vernier Science Education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A high school teacher in Committee member Kathleen Stephany (School District of Holmen, Wisconsin)s district is piloting a new course called Data Science, which will have a math component, content knowledge, and communication. The role of vendors when it comes to ethics and transparency in educational technology.

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Schools Languages Language Ethics 307

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

We don't want students to be reading an article and writing up a reflection to it,” says Evelyn Hunter, a former math teacher who helped design the course as CodeHS’s curriculum lead. Students should have at least a semester’s worth of programming knowledge, according to the company. That's how it works, that's the math of it.”

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Ethics Teaching Math Instructors 122

eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

All it asks for is the topic, reading level, and any additional criteria teachers might have for their class, like an enhanced focus on accessibility or detailed deep dives into ethical implications. By distilling a lecture’s knowledge into a set of handy flashcards, teachers can ensure their students’ progress and performance.

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Quizzes Lecturing Exams Ethics 291

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

It’s important that kids leave our classrooms with real-world knowledge and industry-standard software and technical experience under their belt. None of us come from a science or math background, though we all teach kids how to use computers and software in our classes. Ethics was also something they really liked.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Nationwide, the pandemic has exacerbated preexisting educational inequalities and led to steep academic declines in both math and reading that have not yet stabilized. Drawing on scientific knowledge, learners brainstorm designs, and then build, test, and analyze them iteratively to generate original solutions.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

Reflect from your own life: it’s not just your own knowledge, but how you use that knowledge — your skills. It is not just your skills and knowledge, but also how you engage in the world– your character. First there is knowledge — which still matters of course! It is knowledge and competencies.

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Curriculum Critical Thinking Knowledge STEM 189

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

They also were required to pass a test on national and state civil rights laws and professional ethics, as well as a rigorous state test required for the grade-level and subject-matter area. He said the STEM classes allow him to design the curriculum, and he plans to utilize his real-world knowledge.

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Teaching Teachers Schools Science 251

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Some of the long-term results of the students who were in the smaller classes include: Higher student achievement levels in grade seven language, reading, science, math, and social studies classes. You’ll study topics like community relations, ethics, meeting the needs of diverse learners, budgeting, research, and more.

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Achievement Students Instructors Ethics 267

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2024

This potential hinges on the responsible and ethical use of AI, taught through a framework that addresses critical concerns such as bias, misinformation, and the preparation of students for a world transformed by AI. This partnership will enable teachers across Canada to offer ethical, quality AI training to their students.

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Intelligence Exams Ethics Learning Styles 256

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

The future of education is changing, and global workforce demands will be influenced by the need for knowledge around and skills in fast-growing technologies such as AI. Currently, more than 25 percent of K-12 students are chronically absent and most students have ground to make up in math and reading.

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Gamification Intelligence Reading Ethics 360

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. Expect them to read closely, but work quickly, and make decisions based on their knowledge of reliable websites. Math, technology, enrichment, and a wide variety of academic subjects. critical thinking.

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Activities Schools Writing Knowledge 202

Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

It builds on years of work in Digital and Media Literacy and Computational Thinking , including elements of computer science, ethics and additional areas beyond science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). AI Literacy applies 21st-century skills , including communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity.

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Intelligence Education Learning Ethics 203

Teach Thought

JULY 20, 2024

Discussions and Debates: To encourage critical thinking, engage students in conversations about AI ethics, societal impacts, and future possibilities. Math Integration: Use math lessons to teach statistics and probability, linking these concepts to how AI processes data.

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Intelligence Technology Teaching Ethics 126

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

However, after listening to a TED Talk featuring Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy , demonstrating the use of AI tutors in his school, I realized that my days of teaching traditional math content and language arts skills are numbered. The AI could focus on how they are doing in math and I could focus on who they are becoming as people.

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k12 Digest

MARCH 4, 2025

There is a stronger emphasis on interdisciplinary learning, where subjects like science, math, and technology are integrated to reflect real-world applications. There is also an emphasis on real-world applications to make math more relevant and engaging for students.

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Technology Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 8, 2023

I have seen friends on Facebook create decent songs and stunning artistic creations with little knowledge of music or art, all after spending a bit of time getting to know an AI art or music generator. It can execute math problems, showing all its work with written explanations. What could we accomplish then?

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Metacognitive Skills Ethics Writing Plagiarism 138

Faculty Focus

MARCH 26, 2024

Using AI to create tailored learning In a not-too-distant-past, math teachers complained that calculators would make students worse at basic arithmetic. They projected that students would not be able to make calculations through mental math or even lose the ability to put pen to paper. So, what really happened?

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Plagiarism Ethics Education Intelligence 134

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Regardless, we’ve met great success, with more than 40 percent of SMA graduates intending to pursue college majors in math or science. Every young woman at SMA now has a personal relationship with technology and science in an atmosphere that encourages her to be brave, analytical, ethical, and creative. And none of us would go back.

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STEM Blended Learning Science Coaching 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2019

In the past, where digital citizenship and online games most often intersected was in the realm of communication—namely, norms around respectful language and dialogue that are aligned with the ethical and moral standards that someone would have for face-to-face conversations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. Team Challenge Time required: 1.5

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. Here are some of my favorites: Math Pickle – put students in a chaotic situation and see how they solve the problem. Quandary – challenge students ethically in this MIT game. A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity.

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Activities Learning Attention Failure 174

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 24, 2015

Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations. The Common Core is not a curriculum, rather a collection of forty-one overarching Standards in reading, writing, language, math, and speaking/listening that shape a student’s quest for college and career. ” Applying Past Knowledge to New Situations. Managing impulsivity.

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Critical Thinking Knowledge Failure Communication 130

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Life Skills That Go Beyond the Job Learning a trade isnt just about mastering technical skills; its about acquiring knowledge that has real-life applications. Exposing kids to trades isnt just about preparing them for jobsits about strengthening their minds and teaching them valuable life skills.

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Skills Cognitive Development Ethics Critical Thinking 114

Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2018

Water is a unique discipline, it’s not like math or history or communication studies were major publishers put out multitudes of textbooks on,” she says. Some, Anagnoson says, did “not read at a deep level for students,” and others “assumed a lot of prior knowledge.” Water was a great place to apply my knowledge,” she says.

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Teach Hub

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Promotes Knowledge. Through completing this activity, students bring ethical talk and thinking into a STEM activity, making it a classroom imitation of civic engagement. Math and the Community . The post How to Promote Civic Engagement through English and Math appeared first on TeachHUB. Classroom Culture.

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