Teaching & Classroom
Researchers found that simply giving students access to a capable AI tutor did little to ensure they used it for learning. More structured use of the technology showed greater promise.
The poll, conducted in May and June, is a window into the state of Michigan’s educator workforce.
Experts worry NYC’s new class size bonuses could disproportionately benefit teachers at more affluent schools, where classes tend to be larger.
After streamlining its annual survey to get clearer, more direct answers, NYC got feedback from more than 357,000 students. Here are key takeaways from the newest questions.
At Voyages Prep in Elmhurst, students found purpose and accountability through a hands-on project to renovate a playground. Their effort won $50,000 and changed how they viewed their own potential.
The rise of AI-generated materials is testing educators’ trust in Teachers Pay Teachers, which has long been at the center of debates about curriculum quality.
Teacher attrition peaked in many places around 2022 and has since declined. But years of churn have reshaped faculties, strained school leaders, and may have slowed academic recovery.
Schools can block gambling and sports betting websites, but financial literacy teachers say it is much harder to counter sports betting’s growing appeal to teenage boys.
About 1 in 10 Indiana educators had significant apprehension teaching math. Their students made less progress, and struggling students faced the greatest risks.
At the Virtual Innovators Academy, NYC science teacher Jude Julien reaches students who struggled in traditional classrooms. Now he’s won Math for America’s prestigious Muller Award for his work.
Many future teachers are not receiving evidence-based literacy training. The New York State Education Department wants to require programs to teach the science of reading.
When students audition for a spot at Denver School of the Arts, Shawn Hann looks for potential, positivity, and kindness.
The backlash to classroom technology is colliding with a basic reality: Many required exams now happen on computers.
One reason: Voters aren’t prioritizing it either.
Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, a free AI assistant for educators, joining Google, OpenAI, and Khan Academy in the growing race to cement AI as a classroom staple.
The policy is one of the most recent examples of school districts and states seemingly wanting more control over what teachers say and display in the classroom, especially when it comes to LGBTQ content.
To wrap up P.S. Weekly’s season, student reporters look back on their hard-hitting journalism during a live-recorded event at the Brooklyn Public Library.
FLAG Award winner Rayhan Ahmed ditches traditional exams for real-world fieldwork, taking his students to Flint, Michigan, and Washington, D.C., to learn the human stories behind climate and environmental issues.
Politicians and educators are encouraging students to consider routes outside four-year college. A Chalkbeat analysis finds well-paying options exist, but they are not available at scale.
Families say their kids get more-personalized learning in the Indiana Microschool Collaborative. Others worry about the network’s impact on students who remain in traditional public schools.