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Adeel Khan says artificial intelligence can save teachers time by helping plan lessons and put together IEPs. But he acknowledges there’s a risk that it will just be used as a short cut.
Florida school districts are eyeing school closures and selling spots in classes to homeschool students as enrollment declines.
Students will keep using AI to cheat, more teachers will use it as a teaching assistant, but it won’t be a supertutor.
Margaret Spellings, who led the agency under George W. Bush, says scrapping it would be ‘inefficient.’
There have been some Southern success stories, though we’re still figuring out what drove them.
This new section at Chalkbeat, led by Matt Barnum, will focus on explaining, examining, and elevating ideas about the policy, politics, and practice of American education.
If schools were legally required to provide an adequate education for all kids, they might radically overhaul and improve their instruction, 2 researchers say.
The Stanford University research looked at how often disruptions took away from tutoring time, and how tutors did or didn’t build relationships with students.
The school’s Christian affiliation was omitted or downplayed in documents submitted to the state, a BOCES, and a Pueblo area school district.
Researchers found modest test score increases in a Florida school district after the state banned phones in schools. Suspensions also rose.
National test results from the most recent school year show gaps based on race and household income narrowing slightly in math. Reading is a different story.
Only a few top officials remain in the office that oversees the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the employees union said.
Nearly everyone below the director level in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education is set to lose their job, an employee union said.
Some advocates worry the Labor Department will put a greater emphasis on earning short-term credentials that may not pay off in the workforce.
Trump’s new $100,000 fee on H1B visas would close a door for rural schools that have turned to foreign teachers for special education, high school math, and more.
Ryan Walters said his goal in his new job is to ‘destroy the teachers unions.’
Supporters of the president’s move to cut resources and funding for English language acquisition say such activities should be left to states. Critics say the feds have an obligation to help these students.
Debates about what teachers can say — and what they should say — have intensified as GOP officials seek consequences for some who’ve commented about Kirk’s death on social media.
Two years ago, the Students for Fair Admissions decision ended affirmative action as the nation knew it. The Trump administration has repeatedly cited the ruling as it seeks to end a wide range of efforts to support students of color and diversify schools.
Many Americans don’t think undocumented immigrants should get public benefits. But the Trump administration has admitted its new rule could have a relatively small impact.