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Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s fourth period in the auto lab at Vel Phillips Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin, and a dozen students maneuver between nearly as many

Reading Time: 5 minutesIn late 2022, when generative AI tools landed in students’ hands, classrooms changed almost overnight. Essays written by algorithms appeared in inboxes. Lesson plans suddenly

Reading Time: 5 minutesSitting in a recent district administrator meeting, I found myself excited about a new student data platform my district is rolling out. This new tool,

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen it comes to the affordability crisis in child care, Lenice Emanuel says that it’s forcing families to take a hard look at their budgets

Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ve been teaching long enough to recognize when something fundamental is shifting in the classroom. Lately, that shift sounds like a single word echoing through

Reading Time: 7 minutesWhen completing math problems, students often have to show their work. It’s a method teachers use to catch errors in thinking, to make sure students

Reading Time: 5 minutesI’ve attended my share of professional development sessions as an educator. Too often, I’ve walked away asking the same question: Is this really how we

Reading Time: 4 minutesAn early childhood center director in Washington re-draws the weekly menu to contend with the rising cost of food. A home-based provider in Arkansas stays

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen Dr. Carolina Gutierrez’s physics students used artificial intelligence to solve problems, something unexpected happened: The answers were wrong. But instead of provoking frustration, those

Reading Time: 5 minutesIt’s 2005, and the computer room has been vibrating for two hours straight, my fingers gliding across the keyboard copying HTML and Java code while

Reading Time: 8 minutesKrystalyn Musselman holds a worn cardboard box up to the screen on our Zoom call. It’s the anonymous question box she relies on to field

Reading Time: 4 minutesImagine spending thousands of dollars on an edtech product for your school or district that promises to transform student learning, only to watch students struggle