“Black children’s brilliance wasn’t dimmed by ability, but by systems too broken — or too indifferent — to see them. I stopped begging to do what was ...

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26.06.2025

Inside a New Partnership to Help Schools Keep Students Safe Online | EdSurge News

Schools increasingly find themselves on the front lines of managing the ripple effects of students’ online lives — from digital distractions that ...

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25.06.2025

Forget Prestige. A New Ranking Shows Great Colleges May Be Close to Home. | EdSurge News

Ever notice how college rankings get a little repetitive? A new Carnegie Classification is upending the typical methodology by rating schools on how ...

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24.06.2025

Can the Most Populous State Pull Off Universal Pre-K? | EdSurge News

California is the latest to offer universal pre-K, but some teachers and experts are concerned about unintended consequences.

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21.06.2025

An AI Wish List From Teachers: What They Actually Want It to Do | EdSurge News

“Our focus is on skills, not tools. What do we want students to learn? That comes first,” says Bill Bass, innovation coordinator at a Missouri school ...

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19.06.2025

Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners | EdSurge News

The energy was electric: Three teams of students from three neighboring school systems faced off in a high-stakes competition, their colorful jerseys ...

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19.06.2025

Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do | EdSurge News

Can a punk-rock teacher still run a classroom — and teach students to question authority? EdSurge Voices of Change fellow Dan Clark says yes: ...

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19.06.2025

What Will Kids Lose If PBS Gets Cut? | EdSurge News

PBS is one of the rare places that offers both educational and entertaining television for children. What happens if that gets cut?

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17.06.2025

Through Comedy Classes, Students Take ‘Big Swings’ for Mental Health | EdSurge News

Research shows that students who practice social-emotional skills in safe environments with well-defined goals have improved social behavior, emotional ...

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17.06.2025

How Teachers Are Making Computer Science Click | EdSurge News

“Let’s do it!” That was Alexis Johnson’s reaction when she saw professional learning opportunities focused on computational thinking. A first grade ...

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14.06.2025

I’ve Taught Gen Z for Almost a Decade. I’m Split on the So-Called Gen Z ‘Split’ | EdSurge News

Gen Z is more mindful and less divided than some suggest, writes Jeff LeBlanc in a thoughtful commentary on his experiences teaching post-Millennials.

EdSurge

14.06.2025

AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers | EdSurge News

Adolescents are early adopters of AI, but they crave guidance on using it ethically, a new study finds.

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13.06.2025

Dual Enrollment Unpacked [Podcast] | EdSurge News

With declining college enrollment, institutions are rethinking the traditional four-year model. Dual enrollment has emerged as a significant growth ...

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13.06.2025

Schools Can’t Find Teachers. Do States Need More Credential Rules or Fewer? | EdSurge News

As schools struggle to find teachers, is relaxing the credential rules a good idea?

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12.06.2025

Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency | EdSurge News

Students light up when they create something meaningful, and every educator has seen that spark. Self-expression fuels learning, and creativity lies at ...

EdSurge

11.06.2025

From English to Automotive Class, Teachers Assign Projects to Combat AI Cheating | EdSurge News

As teachers experiment with ways to block students from cheating with generative AI, including going back to pen and paper, some educators see a ...

EdSurge

10.06.2025

Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education? | EdSurge News

Montessori schools were once the hottest pre-K trend. Is it still the 'it' thing?

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10.06.2025

A District, a Diagnostic and a Drive for AI Readiness | EdSurge News

Picture this: Tomorrow’s graduates walk into workplaces where AI tools are as common as email — diagnosing patient symptoms, analyzing market trends, ...

EdSurge

05.06.2025

What Can We Do About Chronic Absenteeism? Ask Detroit. | EdSurge News

“Schools were not designed to solve a problem like chronic absenteeism,” say two researchers who studied Detroit’s school system for seven years, ...

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05.06.2025

Emergent Bilingual Students Find Their Voice With Real-Time Translation | EdSurge News

As classrooms across the country become more linguistically diverse, educators face a growing challenge: ensuring that every student, regardless of ...

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04.06.2025

School Counselors Worry About Students’ Misguided Use of Social Media | EdSurge News

With social media, “we need to teach our kids what’s their agenda, what are they ultimately trying to sell?” warns Jamie Nunez of Common Sense Media — ...

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03.06.2025

Report: For First Time in Years, Home-Based Child Care Programs Are on the Rise | EdSurge News

Some states are seeing a spike in child care programs — but experts worry it’s not enough to outrun rising child care costs.

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03.06.2025

Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI | EdSurge News

On a Wednesday afternoon, a school district director emailed to say she might be late to the first community of practice session. She explained she was ...

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31.05.2025

Why Are Teachers Burned Out but Still in Love With Their Jobs? | EdSurge News

When Molly Lane was a school social worker, walking down the hall with colleagues sometimes turned into impromptu therapy sessions. Parsing education ...

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31.05.2025

Teachers From Mexico Give English Learners a Boost in Small Texas School District | EdSurge News

Mexican teachers on J-1 visas offer new avenues of learning for Spanish-speaking students in a small school district in south Texas.

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30.05.2025

Has the Supreme Court Resolved the Charter School Identity Crisis? | EdSurge News

Does the recent Supreme Court decision ease the charter school movement’s identity crisis?

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29.05.2025

How Bold Leadership Builds Personalized Pathways | EdSurge News

If you’ve ever watched a student light up after cracking a tough problem or finally connecting the dots, you know learning is personal. Every classroom ...

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29.05.2025

Researchers Turn to AI to Help Diagnose Children’s Speech Disorders | EdSurge News

In some parts of the country, speech language pathologists are scarce, even as more children need support with verbal communication. Researchers are ...

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28.05.2025

Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change | EdSurge News

With six new fellows entering the fellowship program for the 2025-2026 academic year, we hope to continue to publish stories where fellows are not only ...

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22.05.2025

Career Education Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It’s Adapting for Future Jobs | EdSurge News

Career and Technical Education (CTE) is at a turning point. What once lived on the margins of academic planning is now front and center in national ...

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22.05.2025

Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out | EdSurge News

If schools want to boost student achievement and engagement, they’re going to have to start by making sure the people at the head of the classroom are ...

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20.05.2025

Facing Cuts to Vital Online Resources, School Librarians Look to States for Help | EdSurge News

An Oval Office executive order threatens access to trusted databases used by thousands of students in public libraries. “People are angry,” says Deb ...

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17.05.2025

Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems | EdSurge News

It’s time to give tired tech the boot: “We can’t hold on to systems that don’t align with our vision,” says Grace Magley of Natick Public Schools in ...

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16.05.2025

Parents and Teens Agree Social Media Can Be Harmful — But How Much? | EdSurge News

Finally something teens and their parents can agree on: Social media isn’t great for young people’s mental health. But how much should we be worried? ...

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15.05.2025

Edtech’s ‘Privacy Pledge’ Is Going Away. That Doesn’t Mean Student Data Is Safe. | EdSurge News

The Student Privacy Pledge was recently retired. But that doesn’t mean that student privacy is safe from threat.

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14.05.2025

Three Districts Took the Long View With Federal Relief Funds. Their Bets Are Paying Off. | EdSurge News

Tutoring, literacy programs and focused math instruction were long-term district investments that stretched the impact of short-term federal grants.

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13.05.2025

Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life | EdSurge News

From focusing more on careers to connecting with computer science, K-12 math instruction is changing. How are publishers and experts thinking about ...

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10.05.2025

Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing. | EdSurge News

As more high school students benefit from taking college classes, education experts want to make sure that all districts, not just wealthy ones, give ...

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09.05.2025

Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain | EdSurge News

Preschool enrollment and funding reached record highs in 2024. But with Head Start programs on the chopping block, experts are concerned this could ...

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08.05.2025

Politics, Pressure and Poor Sources: History Teachers Have It Tough These Days | EdSurge News

History teachers are feeling the pinch of politics, and the latest rhetoric from the White House isn’t helping. “We feel so polarized right now,” says ...

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Why I Left the Classroom to Build a School Black Children Deserve | EdSurge News

Inside a New Partnership to Help Schools Keep Students Safe Online | EdSurge News

Forget Prestige. A New Ranking Shows Great Colleges May Be Close to Home. | EdSurge News

Can the Most Populous State Pull Off Universal Pre-K? | EdSurge News

An AI Wish List From Teachers: What They Actually Want It to Do | EdSurge News

Why Districts Are Turning to Esports to Reach More Learners | EdSurge News

Why Giving My Students More Choice Was the Most Punk Rock Thing I Could Do | EdSurge News

What Will Kids Lose If PBS Gets Cut? | EdSurge News

Through Comedy Classes, Students Take ‘Big Swings’ for Mental Health | EdSurge News

How Teachers Are Making Computer Science Click | EdSurge News

I’ve Taught Gen Z for Almost a Decade. I’m Split on the So-Called Gen Z ‘Split’ | EdSurge News

AI Is Still an Unknown Country — and Teens Are Its Pioneers | EdSurge News

Dual Enrollment Unpacked [Podcast] | EdSurge News

Schools Can’t Find Teachers. Do States Need More Credential Rules or Fewer? | EdSurge News

Coding, Creativity and the New Digital Fluency | EdSurge News

From English to Automotive Class, Teachers Assign Projects to Combat AI Cheating | EdSurge News

Montessori Schools Are Hot — Until They're Not. What Does That Mean About Education? | EdSurge News

A District, a Diagnostic and a Drive for AI Readiness | EdSurge News

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Report: For First Time in Years, Home-Based Child Care Programs Are on the Rise | EdSurge News

Learnings From the Front Lines on Redefining Leadership for the Age of AI | EdSurge News

Why Are Teachers Burned Out but Still in Love With Their Jobs? | EdSurge News

Teachers From Mexico Give English Learners a Boost in Small Texas School District | EdSurge News

Has the Supreme Court Resolved the Charter School Identity Crisis? | EdSurge News

How Bold Leadership Builds Personalized Pathways | EdSurge News

Researchers Turn to AI to Help Diagnose Children’s Speech Disorders | EdSurge News

Educators Speak Out About Leadership, Identity and Systemic Change | EdSurge News

Career Education Is Having a Moment. Here’s How It’s Adapting for Future Jobs | EdSurge News

Most Teachers Are Satisfied With Their Workplace, but They’re Still Burned Out | EdSurge News

Facing Cuts to Vital Online Resources, School Librarians Look to States for Help | EdSurge News

Trimming the Edtech Fat: How Districts Are Streamlining Their Digital Ecosystems | EdSurge News

Parents and Teens Agree Social Media Can Be Harmful — But How Much? | EdSurge News

Edtech’s ‘Privacy Pledge’ Is Going Away. That Doesn’t Mean Student Data Is Safe. | EdSurge News

Three Districts Took the Long View With Federal Relief Funds. Their Bets Are Paying Off. | EdSurge News

Making Math Class Relevant to Real Life | EdSurge News

Dual Enrollment Numbers Are Rising. Colleges Want Them to Keep Growing. | EdSurge News

Pre-K Spending and Enrollment Reach All-Time High, But Quality Concerns Remain | EdSurge News

Politics, Pressure and Poor Sources: History Teachers Have It Tough These Days | EdSurge News

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