New AI Tutor Chatbot Considered for Districtwide Use
Newark Public Schools wants to see a districtwide expansion of an artificial intelligence tutoring tool after it was piloted at First Avenue School last year, according to Chalkbeat Newark. The district was among the first in the country to test the chatbot called Khanmigo, an AI program developed by online learning company Khan Academy that…
Case Study: How to Improve Attendance of Chronically Absent Students
An alarming number of K-12 students aren’t going to school, according to NPR. In 2023, about 1 in 4 was chronically absent, according to new research. Schools are trying to turn those numbers around and get students back in class. Often, that means having difficult conversations with kids and families. Leigh Paterson of member station…
How to Use AI Behind the Scenes to Build Lessons and Save Time
The sixth-graders learning about ancient Greek vases in their classroom at John Street School looked like students in nearly any other social studies class in the country, according to an article in The 74. Wearing sweatpants and hoodies, they heard a short lesson about what the vases were used for and how they were decorated…
How to Help Students Learn to Respectfully Disagree
Learning to thoughtfully navigate difficult conversations can better prepare students to think critically and engage with the community at large, according to K-12. As a contentious election season approaches and ongoing world events continue to flare, student disagreements are likely to ignite. A discussion may devolve into a shouting match or a debate into a personal attack. While…
Tap the Power of VR and Storytelling to Bring Subjects to Life
ASU Prep Pilgrim Rest announced a new partnership with Dreamscape Learn, making it the first elementary school in the country to offer students a new learning experience blending experiential pedagogy, cinematic engagement, and advanced virtual reality (VR) technology, according to eSchool News. ASU Prep Pilgrim Rest, located on the campus of Pilgrim Rest Church, gives…
Inspire Curiosity and Engage Students with These Digital Resources
“I have had the pleasure to serve as an educator in Wisconsin’s Verona Area School District for over 30 years,” writes Rita Mortenson in eSchool News. Rita is the Educational Technology Coach for Verona Area High School, in Verona, Wisconsin. “As the Educational Technology Coach, I support the classroom teachers I serve by modeling innovative…
Tips to Avoid Burning Out in the Long Haul
Writing in Education Week, Kelly Scott, in her eighth year as a secondary English teacher in Chesterfield, Va., offers four tips to ease the long-haul end-of-the-school-year blahs when you’re already feeling brain weary. Limit negative teacher social media “Following teacher accounts on Instagram and TikTok is pretty much synonymous with teaching these days. Many teacher-related…
How a Teacher Ignites Love of Reading for Pleasure
Jackie Chaney conducts her second grade class at New Town Elementary School in Owings Mills, MD, with the finesse of a seasoned conductor: gaining her students’ attention at will, facilitating smooth transitions, and creating an atmosphere that promotes wiggling around in one’s space for a moment before plunging into deep and focused concentration, according to…
Channeling Student Pessimism into Action
”The first thing that has positively shifted the tone of conversations we have in class is the decreasing stigma of mental health concerns,” says Caitlyn Homol, the International Baccalaureate, or IB, Teaching and Learning Coordinator and IB Psychology teacher at Brooklyn Prospect High School, in an interview in Chalkbeat New York. “At our school, we…
How to Strengthen Math Instruction
Students’ math scores have plummeted, national assessments show, and educators are working hard to turn math outcomes around, according to Education Week. It’s a challenge made harder by factors like math anxiety, students’ feelings of deep ambivalence about how math is taught, and learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic’s disruption of schools. Three educators offered…
