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I Once Made a Student Cry, and It Made Me a Better Teacher | EdSurge News

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20.02.2025

Could Play Boost Students’ Math Performance? | EdSurge News

Research has linked long term development of math skills with certain kinds of play. For some researchers, it’s clear that American students don’t ...

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A Reading Expert’s Case for Rethinking Fluency | EdSurge News

Reading fluency — the ability to read accurately, automatically and with appropriate expression — remains a critical yet often overlooked component of ...

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When Early Learning Serves as a Catalyst for Change | EdSurge News

Early learning is taking center stage in education, and for good reason. As schools across the country face resource constraints and potential teacher ...

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19.02.2025

Using Technology to Build a Culture of Authentic Student Engagement | EdSurge News

To support improved student outcomes, educators increasingly look to technology. But how do they fuel authentic engagement, using technology as a tool ...

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19.02.2025

Teachers Say Parental Engagement Can Make or Break Efforts to Close Learning Gaps | EdSurge News

With the results of the nation’s report card showing dismal results in math and reading, a recent survey of elementary and middle school teachers found ...

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19.02.2025

Why Don’t Early Childhood Programs Have Access to Substitute Teachers? | EdSurge News

Early care and education programs lack the substitute teaching infrastructure that is well-known in K-12 schools. So what happens when an early ...

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19.02.2025

How Creative AI Is Reshaping Education [Infographic] | EdSurge News

The Creativity with AI in Education 2025 Report, based on insights from over 2,800 educators across the United States and UK, reveals how AI technology ...

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19.02.2025

School Districts Lost Federal Funds. Will Students Lose Digital Access? | EdSurge News

With federal relief dollars gone and few states planning to step in with more money, will schools lose digital access gained during the pandemic?

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19.02.2025

What We Can Learn From Red States' Approaches to Child Care Challenges | EdSurge News

“We've had a lot of freedom to really build a system that meets the needs for Alabama families and children,” Jan Hume, acting secretary of Alabama’s ...

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19.02.2025

New Education Department Officials Say Book Bans Are a 'Hoax.' Teachers Disagree. | EdSurge News

“U.S. Department of Education ends Biden’s book ban hoax.”That headline from a recent press release by the federal agency has sparked outcry from free ...

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19.02.2025

These Schools Are Banding Together to Make Better Use of AI in Education | EdSurge News

Across the U.S., educators from 19 pioneering schools are helping lead the way on AI in education.

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19.02.2025

Reading Skills Are in Sharp Decline. Rescuing Them Won't be Easy. | EdSurge News

The recent report on national reading scores was, as a top education data official put it, a “sobering” reminder that students aren’t rebounding from ...

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19.02.2025

Students Are Not Well, and It's Our Job to Save Them | EdSurge News

“I firmly believe our failure to teach our children across all the dimensions of wellness has left them unprepared to tackle life's challenges in and ...

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30.01.2025

Nation’s Report Card Shows Students Struggle With Basic Reading Skills | EdSurge News

The nation’s report card, a federally mandated assessment, spotlighted low levels of basic reading skills.

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29.01.2025

Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway. | EdSurge News

“Embracing challenging topics like religion in the classroom has been a transformative journey for my students and me. It has empowered them to think ...

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28.01.2025

Relationships Are Key to Kids’ Growth — And They’re in Crisis, Expert Says | EdSurge News

Relationships are the “secret ingredient” to thriving children, writes Isabelle Hau in her new book Love to Learn. The trouble is that for many ...

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28.01.2025

Smarter Schools: Artificial Intelligence Enters the District Office | EdSurge News

In the hallways of schools across the nation, a quiet revolution is taking place. As students tap away on their devices and teachers explore new ...

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25.01.2025

Is Classroom Discussion a Dying Art? | EdSurge News

“There's this fear, and I'm not even sure that it's conscious, that if they say something that other people don't agree with, it will undermine their ...

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24.01.2025

Can ‘Math Therapists’ Make a Dent In America’s Declining Math Performance? | EdSurge News

Math performance for American K-12 students is slumping. Can “math therapists” for early educators help?

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24.01.2025

How Enrollment in the 100 Largest School Districts Has Changed Since the Pandemic | EdSurge News

Federal data shows that school enrollment in the country’s 100 largest districts has taken some wild swings since the start of the pandemic, from the ...

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23.01.2025

Art Saved My Life When I Was a Student. Now, It's Helping My Multilingual Learners. | EdSurge News

“The arts can transform education, especially for multilingual learners navigating the challenges of language and cultural integration. My journey as a ...

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22.01.2025

This School Librarian Thinks Her Job Is the ‘Best-Kept Secret in Education’ | EdSurge News

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18.01.2025

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17.01.2025

Why ‘Brain Rot’ Can Hurt Learning — and How One District Is Kicking It Out of School | EdSurge News

“Brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of the year, conjures up images of TikTok users scrolling mindlessly through hours of short, absurd ...

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16.01.2025

How Wicked Taught Me to Defy Gravity — One Student at a Time | EdSurge News

“Transformation, I’ve learned, isn’t a single dramatic act. It’s a series of choices: staying curious when things feel rigid, meeting students where ...

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16.01.2025

AI for Educators: Actions to Drive Student Growth [Infographic] | EdSurge News

2025 marks an exciting journey into AI-powered learning! Use these AI tools and activities to deepen AI understanding, spark student curiosity and ...

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15.01.2025

How a Vacant School Building Became a Symbol of Loss and a Source of Hope for a Small Town | EdSurge News

A University of Pittsburgh professor spent three years documenting life in a fading small town for an unusual podcast series that ran late last year. ...

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15.01.2025

As Apprenticeships Expand in Early Childhood, These States Are Training the Field’s Future Leaders | EdSurge News

Apprenticeship programs for early childhood educators are booming. Now three states have launched apprenticeships specifically for the field’s emerging ...

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14.01.2025

Supporting All Learners: Building an Inclusive Classroom With Universal Design for Learning | EdSurge News

Schools should provide a window through which all students can see the future they want for themselves. Students arrive in the classroom with a diverse ...

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As the Administration Changes, Will Fear Keep Newcomer Students From Schools? | EdSurge News

For newcomer students, fear can get in the way of attending school. With the incoming administration, will that get worse?

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4 Benefits a Digital Credential Program Offers Right Now | EdSurge News

Imagine a recent graduate armed with a degree but struggling to convey their specific skills to potential employers. Now picture that same graduate ...

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These Higher Ed Stories Resonated Most in 2024 | EdSurge News

Which higher education stories resonated most with EdSurge readers? We crunched the numbers for 2024, and the rankings are in. And AI continues to ...

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At a Time When Students Feel Alone, Affinity Groups Connect Us All | EdSurge News

“Our educational systems are built on antiquated systems that unfairly and incorrectly position whiteness and heterosexuality as the norm. To combat ...

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States offering free child care to educators, the merits of home visiting programs, kindergarten readiness on the decline: These themes all featured ...

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AI Has Changed Student Cheating. But Strategies to Stop It Remain Consistent. | EdSurge News

In a new book, a long-time expert on academic integrity argues that understating why students cheat is key to making adjustments in teaching to prevent ...

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Like air, humanities-driven work is everywhere but taken for granted, so much a part of life it’s easy to overlook. A scholarly book or article about ...

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Laws Against Black Literacy in Pre-Civil War South Still Haunt Education, Expert Says | EdSurge News

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Students Are Not Well, and It's Our Job to Save Them | EdSurge News

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