Microsoft just released the third edition of its AI in Education Report, surveying more than 3,000 students, educators and leaders across six countries.…
Ira Apfel sat down with Pat Yongpradit, general manager of global educ…
Pat Yongpradit on Adoption, Trust and CheatingYongpradit walks through…
The Language Barrier Is the Real Barrier in Edtech
When I started looking closely at the learning platforms schools ask families to use, I noticed something easy to miss if it doesn’t affect you: almost all of them are built in English first.…
For families who speak Spanish at home, that one fact quietly changes …
A child might be able to follow along in class, but the parent often c…
Early Childhood Education Teachers Grapple with Screen Time
When the American Academy of Pediatrics updated its guidelines around screen time for children and teenagers for the first time in 10 years this past January, many teachers and educators applauded the news.…
The document focused less on television and more on digital devices.
It offered educators, families, pediatricians, and other stakeholders …
Artificial intelligence has wreaked havoc across secondary and higher education classrooms, leaving educators struggling to figure out how to create cheat-resistant assignments and assessments.…
While everyone is good at diagnosing the problem, no one seems to have…
So I designed a free tool to help teachers create uncheatable assessme…
New findings from Turnitin highlight the growing leadership role of teachers integrating artificial intelligence into the classroom, the demand for education-specific AI solutions, and the importance of guiding students toward using AI as a tool for learning rather than a substitute for thinking.…
Based on data gathered during the first half of 2026 and an analysis o…
Educators say they found parallels from the data with their schools’ a…
The Library That Sparked a STEM Revolution for Our Students
For years, as a library media specialist, I took great pride in my role as guardian of the 20,000 books in our library, meticulously cataloging and protecting our collection.…
But after dedicating nearly two decades to education, I came to a vita…
I’ve seen firsthand how easily innovation can get reduced to a one-tim…
Reading Scores Continue to Drop for Many Middle Schoolers
For the most part, public school students have made significant strides in returning to subject proficiency levels from before the pandemic, according to a new study by NWEA.…
But a disturbing exception is the lowest-achieving students in middle …
The NWEA study finds that, not only have reading scores not stabilized…
College Admissions Testing is Returning to Mixed Reactions
Several leading colleges and universities are reinstating SAT or ACT scores as part of their admissions requirements after years of being "test blind" (not looking at standardized test scores, even if submitted).…
The move has revived the debate over the fairness and value of such te…
Institutions initially removed the test score requirements during the …
Early Childhood Educators Are Leveling Up at Community Colleges
When the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) revamped its childcare rules in 2019 to require educators to earn more credentials, Aida Rodriguez decided to pursue her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.…
When it was time to choose a school, she chose the less common path.
Rodriguez earned her bachelor’s degree in 2022 from North Seattle Coll…
The Case Against the Classroom Cellphone Crackdown
In 2025, my home state of Missouri passed a law, Senate Bill 68, that prohibits students from possessing any electronic communication device from the start of the school day until the end of the school day.…
“It’s simple — cell phones have no place in Missouri classrooms,” Miss…
Department of Education Issues Long-Awaited Edtech Guidance for States and Districts
The U.S.Department of Education today issued new guidance about educational technology usage in the classroom but left rulemaking to states and school districts.…
Edtech should ensure that “technology use is purposeful, instructional…