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Schools want to teach AI literacy. But 60% of districts have no guidance on generative AI. Only 17% of computer science teachers have CS degrees. Teachers are asked to teach what they don't know. That's a recipe for failure. https://bit.ly/4rBxoOB
Lack of Guidelines and Expertise Prove Challenging for AI Use in Schools
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A new report pushes for more AI-integration in the classroom — but argues the effort has to go beyond teachers.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Schools want to teach AI literacy. But 60% of districts have no guidance on generative AI. Only 17% of computer science teachers have CS degrees. Teachers are asked to teach what they don't know. That's a recipe for failure. https://bit.ly/4rBxoOB
AI translation removes language barriers in classrooms. But educators worry: students dependent on devices in first grade struggle in second grade without them. Technology must build independence, not replace instruction.
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Schools Turn to AI Translation Tools to Support English Learners
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Teachers and school administrators are turning toward AI tools to help bridge the language gap with English learners — but experts caution their use.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
AI translation removes language barriers in classrooms. But educators worry: students dependent on devices in first grade struggle in second grade without them. Technology must build independence, not replace instruction.
https://bit.ly/49wnk31
https://bit.ly/49wnk31
Classrooms are facing mismatches between student needs and available staffing. Behavioral and learning challenges escalate when specialized support is limited. https://bit.ly/3LZcgl5
Why I Stopped Believing Every Child Belongs in Every Classroom - EdSurge News
What I learned about “school choice” and belonging from the student who loved me, and the student who didn’t.
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December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Classrooms are facing mismatches between student needs and available staffing. Behavioral and learning challenges escalate when specialized support is limited. https://bit.ly/3LZcgl5
Physical and mental health. Economic status. ZIP code.
These are just a few of the factors that impact student learning every day. And districts don’t have to face them alone. #SponsoredContent
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11-12-how-three-districts-built-a-collaborative-model-for-change
These are just a few of the factors that impact student learning every day. And districts don’t have to face them alone. #SponsoredContent
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11-12-how-three-districts-built-a-collaborative-model-for-change
How Three Districts Built a Collaborative Model for Change - EdSurge News
Physical and mental health. Economic status. ZIP code.These are just a few of the factors that impact student learning every day. For district leaders, ...
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December 2, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Physical and mental health. Economic status. ZIP code.
These are just a few of the factors that impact student learning every day. And districts don’t have to face them alone. #SponsoredContent
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11-12-how-three-districts-built-a-collaborative-model-for-change
These are just a few of the factors that impact student learning every day. And districts don’t have to face them alone. #SponsoredContent
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11-12-how-three-districts-built-a-collaborative-model-for-change
Schools are discovering it's nearly impossible to get edtech vendors to delete student data after contracts end. One administrator waited months for confirmation, missed her state's deadline, and now faces personal liability for data she can't control.
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
Breaking Up With Edtech Is Hard to Do - EdSurge News
Shedding old edtech is a real pain, district experts say. Worse, student privacy may be at risk.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Schools are discovering it's nearly impossible to get edtech vendors to delete student data after contracts end. One administrator waited months for confirmation, missed her state's deadline, and now faces personal liability for data she can't control.
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
A teacher taught art in a windowless basement. When the school renovated and moved the program to a stylish new wing, students' perception of themselves changed. He was so moved, he became an architect. Spaces communicate what communities value. https://bit.ly/3MbPXsv
The Once and Future Classroom - EdSurge News
A teacher-turned-architect talks about the value of renovating old schools for today’s learners.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A teacher taught art in a windowless basement. When the school renovated and moved the program to a stylish new wing, students' perception of themselves changed. He was so moved, he became an architect. Spaces communicate what communities value. https://bit.ly/3MbPXsv
Early intervention programs identify problems like speech impediments before they worsen. These prevent future special education needs. But with cuts and Medicaid reductions, the system is already straining. https://bit.ly/4a1RT0q
Special Education Services At Risk Under Department of Education Cuts - EdSurge News
Department of Education cuts leave advocates and parents worried about the fate of special education services.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Early intervention programs identify problems like speech impediments before they worsen. These prevent future special education needs. But with cuts and Medicaid reductions, the system is already straining. https://bit.ly/4a1RT0q
Nearly 6 in 10 child care providers experienced extreme weather in the last two years. Young children's bodies regulate heat poorly. They depend entirely on caregivers. Disasters disrupt routines and attachment. https://bit.ly/4pGUwJM
What Climate Change Means for Little Kids — And Their Caregivers - EdSurge News
Climate change looms large over virtually every population, every geographic region and every industry. Yet children and their caregivers are some of ...
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December 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Nearly 6 in 10 child care providers experienced extreme weather in the last two years. Young children's bodies regulate heat poorly. They depend entirely on caregivers. Disasters disrupt routines and attachment. https://bit.ly/4pGUwJM
Rigor is no longer about how much students can recite but about how they apply what they learn, how they adapt when confronted with new challenges and how they persist through ambiguity. #SponsoredContent https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11-05-beyond-memorization-redefining-rigor-in-the-age-of-ai
Beyond Memorization: Redefining Rigor in the Age of AI - EdSurge News
Ask a student to memorize a formula, and AI can do it faster. But ask them to apply it to a real-world problem, and that’s where the future of rigor ...
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December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Rigor is no longer about how much students can recite but about how they apply what they learn, how they adapt when confronted with new challenges and how they persist through ambiguity. #SponsoredContent https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-11-05-beyond-memorization-redefining-rigor-in-the-age-of-ai
Teachers have become first responders and grief counselors while underpaid and unsupported. Studies show higher PTSD rates than most professions. One educator transformed pain into purpose through Project 214 and advocacy for trauma-informed schools.
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After Losing My Student to Gun Violence, I Teach for the Ones We Lost - EdSurge News
As a veteran educator and activist, EdSurge Voices of Change fellow Sofia Gonzalez has witnessed the devastating impact of gun violence on students and ...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Teachers have become first responders and grief counselors while underpaid and unsupported. Studies show higher PTSD rates than most professions. One educator transformed pain into purpose through Project 214 and advocacy for trauma-informed schools.
https://bit.ly/4oqd8gR
https://bit.ly/4oqd8gR
Yale researchers analyzed 40 SEL studies covering 33,700+ students and found consistent gains across all grade levels and assessment methods. But as evidence of SEL's effectiveness grows, so does political backlash against the programs.
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Social-Emotional Learning Can Boost Student Achievement. New Data Says By How Much. - EdSurge News
“They could be learning the best possible math curriculum from the best possible teacher. But if that student is feeling anxious or embarrassed or ...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Yale researchers analyzed 40 SEL studies covering 33,700+ students and found consistent gains across all grade levels and assessment methods. But as evidence of SEL's effectiveness grows, so does political backlash against the programs.
https://bit.ly/47xyce5
https://bit.ly/47xyce5
Why do we celebrate stories of kids paying off classmates' lunch debt instead of asking why children carry debt for food? With SNAP uncertain, schools face unprecedented pressure to fill nutrition gaps. The system needs restructuring, not more fundraisers.https://bit.ly/47VylcK
The Power of a School Lunch With SNAP Benefits in Limbo - EdSurge News
“School students need to be well-nourished to be ready to learn.”
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November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Why do we celebrate stories of kids paying off classmates' lunch debt instead of asking why children carry debt for food? With SNAP uncertain, schools face unprecedented pressure to fill nutrition gaps. The system needs restructuring, not more fundraisers.https://bit.ly/47VylcK
Federal privacy law requires data deletion, but edtech vendors ignore it with impunity. Schools face personal liability while vendors ghost requests. The fix: clear data privacy agreements before contracts begin. But many schools skip this step entirely.
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
Breaking Up With Edtech Is Hard to Do - EdSurge News
Shedding old edtech is a real pain, district experts say. Worse, student privacy may be at risk.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Federal privacy law requires data deletion, but edtech vendors ignore it with impunity. Schools face personal liability while vendors ghost requests. The fix: clear data privacy agreements before contracts begin. But many schools skip this step entirely.
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
https://bit.ly/47Q7PA6
Schools deploying smart glasses for English learners. Technology removes immediate barriers. But linguists warn: AI struggles with kids' voices, misses cultural context, risks creating dependency over fluency.
https://bit.ly/49wnk31
https://bit.ly/49wnk31
Schools Turn to AI Translation Tools to Support English Learners
- EdSurge News
Teachers and school administrators are turning toward AI tools to help bridge the language gap with English learners — but experts caution their use.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Schools deploying smart glasses for English learners. Technology removes immediate barriers. But linguists warn: AI struggles with kids' voices, misses cultural context, risks creating dependency over fluency.
https://bit.ly/49wnk31
https://bit.ly/49wnk31
School districts are pooling resources and using free materials to maintain STEM programs as federal funding disappears. But can they reverse the widening gender performance gap without the resources that created progress in the first place? https://bit.ly/3JgjXT7
Girls Are Scoring Worse Than Boys in Science and Math — Again. What Now? - EdSurge News
A magic trick that nobody wanted: the reappearing gender gap in K-12 students’ science and math scores. Beset by problems and starved of funding, can ...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
School districts are pooling resources and using free materials to maintain STEM programs as federal funding disappears. But can they reverse the widening gender performance gap without the resources that created progress in the first place? https://bit.ly/3JgjXT7
Kids today have fewer mixed-age interactions outside school than ever. Smaller families, structured activities, less free play. Schools have a chance to fill that gap, but most maintain age-based sorting despite growing evidence it holds kids back.
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https://bit.ly/3WxLcLQ
How Multi-Age Groups Changed My Teaching Forever - EdSurge News
Children aren’t standardized, and diversity is an asset to learning and society.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Kids today have fewer mixed-age interactions outside school than ever. Smaller families, structured activities, less free play. Schools have a chance to fill that gap, but most maintain age-based sorting despite growing evidence it holds kids back.
https://bit.ly/3WxLcLQ
https://bit.ly/3WxLcLQ
Students say: "I can't stop seeing systems now." That's the goal. Not trivia, but understanding how "natural disasters" result from policy, how toxic industries cluster near vulnerable neighborhoods, how power shapes space. https://bit.ly/4o3OWQh
What If Geography Is the Curriculum We Need for the Future? - EdSurge News
A student once told me, halfway through the term, “I thought this class would be about memorizing countries. But now I can’t stop seeing systems.”He ...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Students say: "I can't stop seeing systems now." That's the goal. Not trivia, but understanding how "natural disasters" result from policy, how toxic industries cluster near vulnerable neighborhoods, how power shapes space. https://bit.ly/4o3OWQh
Young brains can learn to read faster than we think if we follow neuroscience. But this teacher's bigger lesson: knowing what research says is half the battle. The other half is knowing when to let your kid just be a kid.
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
This Teacher Says Toddlers Can Read. Here’s What Science and My 4-Year-Old Say. - EdSurge News
A researcher-dad breaks down how the science of reading made him a believer that toddlers can read after trying simple, evidence-based methods that ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Young brains can learn to read faster than we think if we follow neuroscience. But this teacher's bigger lesson: knowing what research says is half the battle. The other half is knowing when to let your kid just be a kid.
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
Federal orders, court rulings, and lawsuits are creating uncertainty for school districts managing DEI programs. Some districts suspended or cut initiatives to avoid potential funding penalties, but judicial decisions have blocked those funding threats. https://bit.ly/4pOI0YX
Orders, Lawsuits, Rulings: Districts Struggle with DEI Amid a Flurry of Legal Actions - EdSurge News
Education leaders are reading the fine print and tracking the lawsuits as they navigate DEI under Trump.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Federal orders, court rulings, and lawsuits are creating uncertainty for school districts managing DEI programs. Some districts suspended or cut initiatives to avoid potential funding penalties, but judicial decisions have blocked those funding threats. https://bit.ly/4pOI0YX
The belief that every child belongs in every classroom is being tested as students with significant disabilities are placed in general education settings without the support those environments require. https://bit.ly/3LZcgl5
Why I Stopped Believing Every Child Belongs in Every Classroom - EdSurge News
What I learned about “school choice” and belonging from the student who loved me, and the student who didn’t.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The belief that every child belongs in every classroom is being tested as students with significant disabilities are placed in general education settings without the support those environments require. https://bit.ly/3LZcgl5
The Office for Civil Rights was gutted. Parents filing disability rights complaints will struggle to get help. Many will need private lawyers, but there aren't enough. Families are taking out second mortgages. https://bit.ly/4a1RT0q
Special Education Services At Risk Under Department of Education Cuts - EdSurge News
Department of Education cuts leave advocates and parents worried about the fate of special education services.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The Office for Civil Rights was gutted. Parents filing disability rights complaints will struggle to get help. Many will need private lawyers, but there aren't enough. Families are taking out second mortgages. https://bit.ly/4a1RT0q
Youth mental health crisis + shortage of mental health professionals = Youth Mental Health Corps. 317 young adults deployed as navigators in schools. Year one results: 16,000 students reached, behavioral referrals down, attendance up.
https://bit.ly/3WFeuYW
https://bit.ly/3WFeuYW
Schools Tapped Young Adults to Serve as Mental Health Navigators. What Happened Next? - EdSurge News
One year into deployment of the national Youth Mental Health Corps, schools are seeing an impact in student behavior and attendance
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November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Youth mental health crisis + shortage of mental health professionals = Youth Mental Health Corps. 317 young adults deployed as navigators in schools. Year one results: 16,000 students reached, behavioral referrals down, attendance up.
https://bit.ly/3WFeuYW
https://bit.ly/3WFeuYW
Early childhood care workforce shortage + lack of infant seats + federal funding gaps = states getting creative. Maryland's latest investment could inspire others. The domino effect might be slow-growing, but it's rolling. https://bit.ly/3XcrPYW
As More States Expand Child Care Programs, This Is One to Watch
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One county in Maryland is garnering attention after a $10 million initiative to boost early childhood programs.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Early childhood care workforce shortage + lack of infant seats + federal funding gaps = states getting creative. Maryland's latest investment could inspire others. The domino effect might be slow-growing, but it's rolling. https://bit.ly/3XcrPYW
Inside a former convent on a college campus sits a functional crime scene. Gwynedd Mercy University's criminal justice students are analyzing fingerprints and interpreting blood spatter patterns, all before they ever enter a police academy.
https://bit.ly/47gjCce
https://bit.ly/47gjCce
Fingerprints and Blood Spatter: How a College Readies the Next Cohort of Investigators - EdSurge News
The new crime scene house at Gwynedd Mercy University is part of a growing trend in experiential learning that gives students needed skills to enter ...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Inside a former convent on a college campus sits a functional crime scene. Gwynedd Mercy University's criminal justice students are analyzing fingerprints and interpreting blood spatter patterns, all before they ever enter a police academy.
https://bit.ly/47gjCce
https://bit.ly/47gjCce
The science of reading works, but forcing optimization can backfire. One educator found success by intertwining phonics with his daughter's existing interests: cooking shows, magnetic blocks, and the phonics songs she actually loves.
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
This Teacher Says Toddlers Can Read. Here’s What Science and My 4-Year-Old Say. - EdSurge News
A researcher-dad breaks down how the science of reading made him a believer that toddlers can read after trying simple, evidence-based methods that ...
bit.ly
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The science of reading works, but forcing optimization can backfire. One educator found success by intertwining phonics with his daughter's existing interests: cooking shows, magnetic blocks, and the phonics songs she actually loves.
https://bit.ly/4nAneus
https://bit.ly/4nAneus