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One Day, AI Will Make Teaching Obsolete. As Educators, We Have a Different Role to Play.
This past spring, I overheard one of my fifth graders boast that he would start using ChatGPT to do his homework. I chuckled because I knew him well …
Young Kids in Low-Income Families Get Less Exposure to Math. Can the Right Apps Help?
Recent public debates have focused a spotlight on K-12 math pathways. But there’s been less attention paid to what math skills students need early in …
Higher Ed Should Pay Attention to the Corporate World’s Growing Use of Skills Data
Employers these days are moving to skills-based hiring — looking for signs that candidates have specific abilities rather than just checking for a …
As Schools Turn to Tech for Mental Health Support, the Best Solution Might Be More Analog
Youth mental health is in trouble, and schools have seen firsthand the rise in need for mental health services among students. Districts are …
Does ‘Toxic Gratitude’ Harm Latino Educators in the Workplace?
This is the third in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Read the first part here and the second part …
How Schools Are Coaching — or Coaxing — Teachers to Use ChatGPT
“If educators can reclaim their time by using generative AI to do the mundane tasks, they can get back to doing some of the fun stuff that made them …
Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?
Teachers see inadequate design, unequal access and cultural barriers in their classrooms.
Latino Teachers Share How Their Communities Can Reshape Education — If Given the Chance
This is the second in a three-part series of conversations with Latino educators and edtech experts. Read the first part here.As Latino children make …
Teachers Leaving the Classroom: An EdSurge Summer Reading List
School’s out for summer. School’s out … forever?When we started to devise a summer reading list of EdSurge articles from 2023 that have been most …
The Education Department Outlines What It Wants From AI
OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, predicted last year that it will usher in the greatest tech transformation ever. Grandiose? Maybe. But while that …