Edsurge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Once I was in my placement school, the families of my Black, Latino, and white Middle Eastern students, a majority of whom spoke a language other than English at home , deferred to me in a way that felt undeserved, almost as if I was perceived to be a savior that could parachute in and fix all their child’s problems.

Teaching 168

Teaching Culture Failure Fairness 168

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

Some reasons include a lack of prior knowledge, poor grasp of the content, language barriers, personal issues or stress, and difficulty comprehending complex instructions. Repeated failures without the opportunity to improve can impact students’ self-esteem and confidence in their abilities. Learning environment becomes stressful.

Student Engagement 98

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 98

Faculty Focus

JULY 30, 2023

Some reasons include a lack of prior knowledge, poor grasp of the content, language barriers, personal issues or stress, and difficulty comprehending complex instructions. Repeated failures without the opportunity to improve can impact students’ self-esteem and confidence in their abilities. Learning environment becomes stressful.

Student Engagement 92

Student Engagement Instructors Fairness Assignments 92

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2023

That podcast investigates a few educators and a publisher who have made a small fortune selling an approach to reading instruction based on a concept called Whole Language, which has been proven ineffective for many children. That was sort of her first one really looking at the failure of early reading instruction.

Reading 162

Reading Failure Fairness Testing 162

Edsurge

JULY 25, 2018

The historic Celeste Bartos Forum in the New York Public Library buzzed with ecstasy and creativity recently at the 10th annual Emoti-Con , a fair for students to showcase the projects they’ve been working on all year. Additionally, they got to listen to keynote speakers who shared their successes and failures in the world of technology.

Failure 88

Failure Fairness Students STEM 88

Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2017

When it comes to our children’s education, there’s no room for failure—fast or slow—and layers of bureaucracy and tight budgets often make big changes impossible. Fair, Honest Product Valuation When a developer has built a new edtech product with blood, sweat and tears, it’s easy for her to see its worth.

Evaluation 93

Evaluation English History Failure 93

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Be responsible for failures. In looking back at your years at LAUSD and in other districts, you’ve worked a fair amount with bringing technology into the classroom. The language is not obscure; it’s actually very direct and very personal. Let’s think about language of acceptance and understanding and debate, as opposed to hate.

Languages 70

Languages Language Failure Fairness 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2017

And while Google vastly improved its scanning technology as the project went along, it wasn’t ultimately able to resolve a persistent cultural challenge: how to balance copyright and fair use and keep everybody—authors, publishers, scholars, librarians—satisfied. That work still lies ahead.

Fairness 167

Fairness History English Internet 167

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2017

You can't raise somebody in a closet so that they don't learn a language, right? And to be fair, Carol Dweck has acknowledged that this is part of her research program, so I'm not criticizing her particularly. But actually, learning is failure driven; it's when surprising things happen that you're forced to learn new things.

Teaching 149

Teaching Laboratory Motivation Testing 149

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The failure rate among Hispanic, Black and Native students was higher by more than 10 percentage points. About a quarter of the kindergarten through second grade students she tutors in dual language programs in English and Spanish. For the little chiquitos, its all muddy, its all one language, she says. And they ask me, Why?

Reading 191

Reading Skills Language Languages 191

k12 Online Schools

MAY 6, 2025

Parental Pressure We often feel guilty when our kids are bored, interpreting it as a failure to engage them. Its the kind that leads to exploration, whether thats organizing toys by color or inventing a language for stuffed animals. Host a Boredom Fair where students present ideas or creations sparked from unstructured time.

Intelligence 52

Intelligence Evaluation Interdisciplinary Writing 52