Overworked and understaffed: Special ed teachers turn to AI for help

A fast-growing number of special educators nationwide are using AI to create customized education plans. Despite the risks, ...
The Assembly NC

UNC System Turns Attention to Math Instruction After ‘Science of Reading’ Battle

It took years for UNC system’s educator programs to adopt the method of teaching literacy. Now they’re looking at math “proactively.” ...
The Spokesman-Review

St. John teacher accused of having sex with student

A first-grade teacher at St. John Elementary School in Whitman County has admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old student attending the neighboring high school, according to court documents.
TechCrunch

Duolingo is now giving users access to advanced learning content

Duolingo announced on Wednesday that it’s offering advanced language learning content for free across nine languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and ...
InvestmentNews

Advisors reveal the most important lessons to teach kids about financial literacy

School may almost be out for summer, but that doesn't mean the lessons should end with the final bell. In fact, summer may be the best season to teach kids the financial skills they will need for a ...
VTDigger

The lesson Vermont refuses to teach

Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and ...
New York Post

Ivy League teacher makes students use typewriters to fight against AI-written work

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language ...
The Hechinger Report

OPINION: Teachers are being deprived of chances to learn Black history and bring lessons back to the classroom

Tourists photographing historic birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia. The National Endowment for the Humanities is cutting funding that supports courses for K-12 teachers in ...
The Washington Post

Schools are teaching AI — and making a massive mistake

Jenny Anderson, a journalist, is author of the Substack “How to Be Brave.” Rebecca Winthrop is director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution and author of the newsletter ...
Education Week

A Third of Civics Teachers Have Changed Lessons for Fear of Political Backlash

Political pressure is prompting more than a third of social studies teachers to axe some topics from their lessons, according to a new survey. The poll, from the education nonprofit and advocacy group ...
Austin American-Statesman

I teach at a Muslim school. Our students deserve access to vouchers

After retiring from Texas public schools as a teacher and administrator two years ago, I still felt called to serve students and families. In 2024, I accepted a position at an Austin pre-K–12 school ...