A new privacy debate is emerging around more sensitive information that could be harvested by AI-powered tools: neural data, writes Julia Gilban-Cohen, a staff writer for the Center for Digital Education, in a GovTech article.
For many school administrators, the end of the fiscal year means scrambling to decide whether to spend more money on AI tech products, writes Stephen Aguilar, co-director of the USC Center for Generative AI and
Strategic staffing—schools giving schedule flexibility and sometimes differentiated pay for teams of classroom educators—is providing more professional development for young teachers and retaining educators longer, according to an Education Week article. Strategic staffing uses teachers’
Nearly 84% of Detroit district high schoolers were paid for coming to school this year, with far more students in neighborhood schools receiving the payout, according to Chalkbeat Detroit. About 12,800 Detroit Public School Community
Students at Percy Julian Middle School in Oak Park, Ill., volunteered this school year to use some of their recesses and lunch periods to investigate AI tools, according to an article in Education Week. They
Four-day school weeks are attractive for many districts, but a study by University of Oregon researchers released in April recommends that states and school districts avoid reducing time in school, finding increased hours in the classroom generally produces
Superintendents are constantly bombarded with emails, brochures, and demos from education technology companies while teachers and students are trying to figure out how to make the most of top-down mandates on technology from school and district
Today’s young people spend an alarming amount of time in passive, solitary screen use, writes Shawna Rosenzweig, CEO of Camp Fire, a youth development organization, in an essay in The 74. Research has linked heavy passive screen use among
A new national survey suggests parents are concerned about teens’ mental health and well-being due to social media use similar to their concerns about classroom technology, according to an article in Education Week. Parents say
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