Month: September 2025

The Back Channel: How Tech Directors Quietly Share Solutions, Save Money and Stay SaneThe Back Channel: How Tech Directors Quietly Share Solutions, Save Money and Stay Sane

Joanna Cook, chief technology officer at East Noble School Corporation in Indiana, had a problem. “We were transitioning from iPads to Chromebooks, but I was getting pushback from our elementary

Teachers Try to Take Time Back Using AI ToolsTeachers Try to Take Time Back Using AI Tools

Heather Gauck has spent most of her three-decade teaching career sleep-deprived — turning in after midnight and waking up at dawn. The Michigander made the sacrifice to ensure she completed

Meet the Students Resisting the Dark Side of AIMeet the Students Resisting the Dark Side of AI

For Christianna Thomas, a senior at Heights High School in Texas, an artificial intelligence policy once stymied an attempt to learn. Thomas is in her school’s International Baccalaureate program, which

What if Literacy Instruction Went Beyond Building Knowledge?What if Literacy Instruction Went Beyond Building Knowledge?

In classrooms across the country, teachers are rethinking how students build reading comprehension — not just how they decode words, but how they make meaning from text. That shift is

What I’ve Learned About Building Citizens, Not Just StudentsWhat I’ve Learned About Building Citizens, Not Just Students

This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Part of my civic responsibility as an educator is to stay abreast of the

What Stanford Learned By Crowdsourcing AI Solutions for Students With DisabilitiesWhat Stanford Learned By Crowdsourcing AI Solutions for Students With Disabilities

What promise might generative artificial intelligence hold for improving life and increasing equity for students with disabilities? That question inspired a symposium last year, hosted by the Stanford Accelerator for

What It Takes to Scale Dual Enrollment — and Keep It Meaningful for StudentsWhat It Takes to Scale Dual Enrollment — and Keep It Meaningful for Students

High school students aren’t waiting for graduation to get a head start on college, and school districts aren’t waiting to rethink how they deliver it. Dual enrollment, once a niche

Teachers Learn the Art of Teaching Civics in a Hot-Button AgeTeachers Learn the Art of Teaching Civics in a Hot-Button Age

Melanie Fisher understands why K-12 teachers might be nervous to tackle civics and the Constitution in their classrooms. In an era when Americans of every ideological stripe, at all levels

Inside a Program Supporting Black Girls Who Love MathInside a Program Supporting Black Girls Who Love Math

Bailey Hairston and Lauren Duval-Shepherd participate in a summer math lesson.Photo by Daniel Mollenkamp for EdSurge. PHILADELPHIA — Elle Oliver knows anger. Multiplying by 12 used to make the rising