1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (824+ words) Artificial intelligence-based writing coaches have gained popularity as a way to give teachers quick feedback on hundreds of student drafts, reducing one of their most time-intensive tasks. But efforts to make that feedback more personalized may backfire, new research on…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1050+ words) The use of artificial intelligence continues to increase rapidly, but unevenly, across schools. States and school districts have different policies governing AI use. In some cases, state policies simply say that districts must have their own guidelines at the local…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (613+ words) Childhood has been rewired in the age of smartphones, social media, and artificial intelligence in ways that are linked to higher rates of depression, anxiety, and self-harm. How can schools and society combat these troubling developments? "The whole point of…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (367+ words) My U. S. government students were considering the 1787 gathering of state delegates that ultimately gave the nation its Constitution and current system of government. Twelfth grader Sadou asked: "Should the federal government have ultimate power over the states? Or would that get…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (760+ words) Even as schools invest in expanding their career education offerings, students still don't have access to all the information and counseling they need to make sound and realistic career decisions, argues a new report. Furthermore, the report says, there's little…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (469+ words) November is Native American Heritage Month, a tribute dating back to a 1990 presidential proclamation by President George H. W. Bush to recognize the rich history and culture of Indigenous peoples in the United States. The month affords K-12 educators an opportunity to illuminate…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (754+ words) Roughly one in five student interactions with generative artificial intelligence on school technology involved cheating, self-harm, bullying, and other problematic behaviors, according to data collected and analyzed by Securly, a company offering internet filtering and other safety services. What's more,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (556+ words) As districts nationwide experiment with strategic staffing'an attempt to use teachers" time in different ways to free up collaboration and reduce class size'a group of California schools wants to ensure new teaching structures relieve rather than increase teacher stress. This…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (204+ words) It's no secret that teachers are stressed and, in some cases, planning their next career moves. And, still, even when teachers say they plan to leave their jobs at the end of the year, many end up staying. When they…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (773+ words) The focus on teaching students how to code'a big emphasis for years'is now expanding to showing them how artificial intelligence works. Code. org, one of the major K-12 computer science education curriculum providers, is rebranding to Code AI, expanding its mission…...