[ad_1] At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators are skeptical of the pace and excitement behind it. As we’ve reported in the past, some teachers have made it clear that technology tools should support, not replace, their expertise. Meanwhile, the changing demographics ...

[ad_1] Hayley Wise has had to move four times in her 12 years as a home childcare provider. Each time she moved, Wise’s rent went up. Each time she moved, she had to go through the daunting search for a friendly landlord who would rent to her even though she is allowed to have up ...

[ad_1] As technology becomes more integrated into our daily lives, schools are recognizing the importance of equipping every student with a personal device to facilitate digital learning. These individual initiatives aim to provide students with equal access to educational resources, fostering creativity and critical thinking while preparing them for the demands of a technology-driven world. ...

[ad_1] Everyone has a group project horror story. Maybe you had a classmate who got away with doing none of the work. Or maybe a group member doubled down on doing something incorrectly. For the really unlucky, perhaps a teammate repackaged your work as their own. Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo ...

[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] Last fall, Gisela Sance’s landlord approached her family about raising the rent. He wanted $2,000 a month, an astonishing hike over the $1,300 she and her husband were paying for the house they lived in with their young son. The decision to leave was painful but not hard: There was no way they could ...

[ad_1] Kareem Edouard has been researching for years on how to make children’s media more inclusive. And these days, he’s putting those ideas into practice – on a big platform. He is applying his research as a creative producer for a new show on PBS called Work It Out Wombats!, aimed at teaching computational thinking ...

[ad_1] School is out for the summer. School’s out…forever? When we started designing a summer reading list of EdSurge articles from 2023 that have been the most popular so far this year, we couldn’t help but notice a trend: readers are craving stories about teachers leaving the profession. In fact, our top stories all address ...