Edsurge

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

From among hundreds of nominations, the award team gave the Learning Science Research prize to Arthur Graesser , Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute of Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis. That’s where intelligent tutoring systems come into play. What drove you to develop these systems?

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Now, educators are trying to navigate the ethical use of artificial intelligence in the field. As insights from neuroscience increasingly inform educational practices, we are seeing old theories and practices, such as whole language, challenged and new approaches more aligned to the science of learning emerge.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2016

In a space where words carry wide currency, our choice of language matters. That’s why I’m troubled by Artificial Intelligence (AI). With the rise of AI-driven intelligent tutors , educators have been forced to confront their own existential crisis: can a machine teach and, if so, where does this leave teachers?

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

But despite its rapid advancements, AI still struggles with many aspects of human intelligence, especially when it comes to nuance, creativity, and real-world application. Here are 10 areas where AI falls short–and why human intelligence remains essential. But it does not experience emotions or understand human relationships.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The first big myth, based on reading assessment measures, is that comprehension is the problem. The majority of reading assessments and standardized tests for older students focus on reading comprehension measures without determining gaps in the essential components that lead to comprehension: decoding, fluency, and vocabulary.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2023

Cabin John MD – Early learning leader, Learning Without Tears, today affirmed that equity and access are at the core of Phonics, Reading, and Me —its K–3 supplemental literacy program designed to help students learn the skills they need to become proficient readers.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2025

When Marisha Speights first started as a speech language pathologist in preschools serving affluent families in Nashville, Tennessee, she used the typical screening and assessment measures that she believed and was taught worked well. It was, I dont think this child has a speech or language issue, but the test says theyre at risk.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2024

1 Within this larger pool, a core group is considered to have a reading disability or dyslexia. For example, the Shaywitz DyslexiaScreen (Yale) is a survey that asks teachers to make judgments on how often they think a student displays problems in their language behaviors such as oral expression.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2020

Partnership offers automated assessment of students’ oral reading fluency — for testing at school or at home . AMI) , an educational technology company, to provide a fully automated assessment tool that uses artificial intelligence and voice technology to measure K-5 students’ reading abilities. (AMI)

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eSchool News

MARCH 26, 2024

Ed is accessible to students and families in multiple languages, shares information to support learning needs and helps students improve skills and pursue interests.” “Teachers are have been and will always be central to education,” Carvalho said. “Artificial intelligence will never replace the talent of a teacher.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2025

Learning a language is a long process, often filled with ups and downs. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has these six tips to help you learn any language faster: Be a Quick Learner: 6 Tips to Learn Any Language Faster Learning a new language may be overwhelming, but it can also be enjoyable and rewarding when you apply the right strategies.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. Why it matters for K-12 teachers As educators, we regularly interact with data, benchmark scores, reading levels, engagement analytics from edtech tools, and state test results. What is data literacy for K-12 learners? The same goes for students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Communication as a student in a foreign land depends heavily on knowledge of the language. The Ask a Tech Teacher international team has a few broader issues to think about when considering what barriers face students in foreign lands: Language: The Biggest Communication Barrier for Foreign Students? Ive been on the same page also.

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eSchool News

JUNE 25, 2024

It enhances learning experiences with tailored learning paths and immediate feedback, improves accessibility and inclusivity through assistive and adaptive technologies and language translation, and boosts efficiency and administrative support by automating routine tasks and improving data management.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) is supporting the creation of powerful tool suites that can enhance the teaching and learning process, it seems reasonable to identify some ways that teacher assistants can use these tools as well. The nationwide shortage of teachers has caused a similar shortage in the ranks of teacher assistants.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2024

MATHia is an intelligent math software supported by sophisticated AI technology and is designed to provide individual student support and insightful data. AudioPen is an AI-powered tool that converts voice notes into text that’s easy to read and ready to share with students and fellow teachers.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Reading a Story: After reading a story with a surprise ending, the teacher could guide students to discuss how their predictions evolved as they read. This promotes emotional intelligence and self-awareness. This helps students understand the scientific process and how their understanding changed based on evidence.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Key points: Gen AI is a game changer for all industries due to its ability to produce original outputs Don’t miss out–stay up to date on AI in Education Can artificial intelligence help teachers improve? Try asking a Gen AI chatbot such as ChatGPT to customize text to a specific reading level.

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new. Beyond basic editing, students can add specifications such as editing for English as a first language, or editing for the academic environment. The result was the same, as I could tell students were simply reading from a pre-written source. Edit papers: Students can ask AI to edit papers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Today, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) announced the expansion of its work in artificial intelligence to help ensure education tools that leverage AI are grounded in research and best practices for teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Debi Ryan insists that bad days are few and far between in her line of work as a school-based speech language pathologist. Ryan has worked in a public school setting for about two decades, following a stint in the medical track of speech language pathology. She calls her job soul-filling, and she has anecdotes to back it up.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Not only has the explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) and chatbots created concern about assigning writing, but myriad challenges exist when we send writing home with students. #1 by January 8th , we’ll send you the “Active Reading Observation Journal” Choice Board that you can begin using right away!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2020

Social-emotional learning will remain a big focus, along with edtech driving personalized learning experiences and the growing potential of artificial intelligence and augmented reality. Read on to see what’s in store for 2020…. Related content: Innovation tips from pioneering schools. Many other immigrant groups are doing the same.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2023

For more on AI in education, visit eSN’s Digital Learning page In education, we tend to move pretty slowly when it comes to adopting new technology, and that pattern won’t change with artificial intelligence (AI). Artificial intelligence tools also have great potential to automate a lot of the grunt work in teaching.

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Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

On Wednesday, the firm announced it invested $50 million in a Series C round for Newsela , which offers an instructional content platform containing news and nonfiction articles at various reading levels. Sanchez says the platform saves teachers about five hours a week from searching for content online to use in a reading class.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

they have no idea that reading is much more difficult for them than it is for other students. In the ‘30s, Taylor’s grandfather—along with his brothers—had pioneered research addressing reading inefficiency. What does reading efficiently mean and why is it so difficult for some students?

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Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2024

Like many of our colleagues, the emergence of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence sites initially created a mild panic. Students regularly shared they were not interested in using a generative intelligence site to complete their work—they were not ready to trust AI with their learning, and more specifically, course grades.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Classcraft allows students to submit written comments during turn and talk conversations, which are then intelligently summarized by the GenAI and shared with the educator.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Or rather, an artificially intelligent tool is listening. Researchers like Warschauer are studying whether and how conversational agent technology—the kind that powers smart speakers such as Alexa and Siri—can enhance the learning benefits young kids receive from hearing stories read aloud and from watching videos.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Join eSchool News for the 12 Days of Edtech with 2024s most-read and most-loved stories. The fortuitous rise of artificial intelligence and large language models couldnt have come at a better time. Modern students dont want to read generic texts about things that happened 10 or 20 years ago. Personalized learning 2.0

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) has raised the promise of that decades-old goal to new heights. Creating reading level-appropriate text can be another tedious task for special education teachers. This can be used for students with either higher- or lower-level reading needs. The number of students we are focusing on is significant.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

I predict two issues will take center stage- artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity. Kris Astle, Global Education Strategist, SMART Technologies Far too many students continue to struggle with reading, with post-pandemic recovery remaining slow—and in some cases, stagnant—among our young readers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The kid-specific speech recognition that now powers oral reading fluency tools are much more accurate and effective, and have the potential to offer what I have described as an increased “return on instruction” for children and their teachers. De-biasing Intentional processes used to reduce or remove unintended bias in speech recognition.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The fortuitous rise of artificial intelligence and large language models couldn’t have come at a better time. Modern students don’t want to read generic texts about things that happened 10 or 20 years ago. The only “personalization” involved is too often limited to the order in which the lessons are presented.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

With special supports for students who had difficulty reading, MATHia worked as a tool to empower learners with a wide range of skill sets. MATHia offers multiple hints and has read-aloud supports for students who are struggling readers,” Tracy explains. “I I think the reading part is a really big deal,” she continues. “I

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

This predicament is only exacerbated by the recent breakthroughs in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and technology, which are accelerating scientific and mathematic discoveries, leading to rapid changes in every field’s accepted pedagogical and theoretical practices.

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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. Having this AI-powered tool give immediate feedback was really exciting to them because they didn’t have to wait a week or more for me to read critically through all of their papers.

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