The dress code at the Charter Day School, a supposedly nonsectarian, publicly funded K-8 charter school in North Carolina, requires that female students wear skirts, jumpers, or "skorts." The school's founder justifies the dress code by explaining that girls are "fragile vessels."
District Administration even went so far as to ask ChatGPT to write a "believable" phishing email targeting a school. Needless to say, the program didn't hesitate.
"Leaders in government and beyond must redouble efforts to end, once and for all, the scourge of gun violence in and around our schools," wrote U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.
The movement, under the banner of "the science of reading," is targeting the education establishment: school districts, literacy gurus, publishers and colleges of education, which critics say have failed to embrace the cognitive science of how children learn to read.
When Superintendent Jonathan Prince took the helm at St. Lucie Public Schools in 2022, he described it as being passed the torch by Bear Bryant. Fortunately, he had the experience from District Administration's Superintendent's Academy to rely on.
Artificial intelligence in the classroom is seemingly inevitable. Some might argue it's already here. Whether you choose to allow your students to use ChatGPT to learn, edtech companies are now using it.
Amid an alarming rise in hate crimes in the United States in recent years has come a rise in antisemitism – hostility or discrimination directed against Jewish people – and antisemitic attacks. Educators can play an important role in teaching students about antisemitism, helping them make sense of events globally and in their own community.
The bill would require schools to adopt a protocol for student opioid overdoses as part of a school safety plan. That could include training staff to administer medication like Narcan to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Educator-turned-best-selling-author of The AI Classroom Dan Fitzpatrick shares his insight on AI in education and its potential to transform not just how students learn, but how they are taught.
Physical security and training are two of the most-needed safety improvements among school leaders, according to new survey. Yet, there's one major barrier that money can't fix.
