Young people are increasingly turning to AI bots and companions, entrusting them with random questions, schoolwork queries and personal dilemmas. On occasion, they even become entangled romantically, according to an article in The 74. Some
Education systems need to improve family-school connections to support student outcomes, nonprofit Learning Heroes said in a report described in a K-12 Dive article One of the biggest barriers to partnerships: a “perception gap” that
The number of Virginia students being educated at home increased last school year by 4.3%, according to the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). The year before an almost 6% increase occurred, according to a report
A new partnership between The Fight for Life Foundation (FFLF) and the Indianapolis Colts’ Kicking the Stigma program is providing free mental health counseling sessions for teachers, according to WRTV Indianapolis. The goal is for
Pilot studies conducted by Judy Paulick and Natalia Palacios, professors at the University of Virginia Education School, have shown that with training, teachers who engage in home visits with families change their beliefs and understanding
Larry Ferlazzo, a former award-winning high school English and social studies teacher and opinion contributor to Education Week, interviews educator Valerie Bolling, who has written a book about setting writing goals to make the writing
The push for implementing AI literacy in K-12 education came quickly after the 2022 public release of ChatGPT, a generative AI tool that can answer seemingly any prompt, according to an Education Week article. With
Banning cellphones improves school climate, claim almost three-quarters of principals surveyed by the research think tank RAND Corp. and reported on in Education Week. “Principals overwhelmingly felt that these cellphone bans had safety-related benefits,” says
Today’s career and technical education (CTE) looks nothing like the “vocational ed” of the past, write Hannah C. Kistler, assistant professor at the University of Albany, Shaun M. Dougherty, professor of education & policy at
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