[ad_1] Imagine that you are a potential first-generation student, seeking to attend a higher education institution with the goal of gaining economic mobility. Chances are your first steps (among many others) will include visiting the websites of colleges and universities that interest you. What will you find when you search online? Well, if you visited ...

[ad_1] The childcare sector was already fragile when the pandemic hit, causing immense damage. In 2021, recognizing the urgency of the situation, Congress stepped in and provided $52 billion in grants, mostly through the US bailout, to stabilize the industry. These grants, which were given to states to improve the affordability, availability and quality of ...

[ad_1] Companies like Amazon and Facebook have systems that constantly react to how users interact with their apps to help the user experience. What if educators could use the same “adaptive experimentation” strategy to regularly improve their teaching materials? That’s the question posed by a group of researchers who have developed a free tool they ...

[ad_1] For teachers and students, summer vacation has arrived! (Not so much, though, for parents dealing with child care.) We couldn’t let too much of this special season pass without bringing you an EdSurge summer playlist. It’s more than a little partial, as each recommendation is one of our stories, published so far in 2023. ...

[ad_1] The Pentagon has announced it will improve how it monitors people who work with classified information, based on the results of a 45-day security study conducted after the leak of dozens of classified documents. This change includes the creation of a new office to oversee user activity and improve “threat monitoring” (the Integrated Management ...

[ad_1] Everyone has a memory of feeling lost on the first day of school – figuratively or literally. Whether it’s trying to find your very first locker at the start of college or walking into a giant college campus for the first day of classes, studies have documented how that sense of isolation can continue ...

[ad_1] There is no doubt that our schools are in crisis. The trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing culture wars and disappointing educational outcomes have made the education discourse particularly charged. As many families have rightfully become more involved, they are often pitted against teachers, causing each side to pit against the other. Across the ...

[ad_1] In today’s rapidly changing educational landscape, technology plays an increasingly vital role in supporting student learning. However, districts often lack the capacity to effectively assess the functional qualities of edtech products, resulting in teachers being frustrated with tools that may not be intuitive or usable vehicles for delivering instruction. To address this issue, ISTE ...