We're likely to miss the root causes of drops in test scores and other issues because we don't often collect 'warm data' about how our students are feeling.
Here's why banning artificial intelligence tools won't work and why these tools are dumber than they appear plus an idea for how we can change student assignments to measure thinking in new ways.
Most notably, nearly every school that reported having students that were behind academically cited English (99%) or math (99%) as the most common subjects students are struggling in.
A majority of parents say the culture wars—i.e., banning books and stifling 'woke' agendas—are much less important than academic advancement and school safety, according to a new survey.
"With ChatGPT, students can ask the bot for feedback on their writing. It can provide example texts students can study. It can provide creative ideas for projects and prompts the student (or the teacher) might not think of otherwise," says author and former teacher Matt Miller.
Women scientists are getting the spotlight both on screen and in the real world. Still, a clear gender gap in science persists. According to the American Association for University Women, only 27 percent of the STEM workforce is made up of women.
Father-son duo David and Charlie Levine will guide educators at FETC with ideas to keep students from falling behind, including instructional coaching and organizational technology.
"We're actually calling 2024-25 'the bloodletting,'" said Dr. Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. "Public education has not seen a right-sizing, fiscal cliff, whatever you want to call it, of this magnitude at any time in the past, including the last recession. I think it's going to be quite shocking."
Superintendent of Putnam County Schools Rick Surrency will share his tour of Finland's schools in 2022, where his outlook on education changed forever.
