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Artificial Intelligence
What the Research Says
AI Chatbots Tend Toward Flattery. Why That's Bad for Students
Flattering technology can make people less willing to admit they are wrong.
Artificial Intelligence
FAQ: Artificial Intelligence in Schools
Education Week answers some key questions about the use of artificial intelligence in schools.
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Artificial Intelligence
Opinion
Can AI Support Student Learning? Depends Who You Ask
Ed tech is supposed to give teachers more time to mentor. It’s not clear if it does.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Download
4 Tips for Schools to Survive Tech Meltdowns
It's important for schools to be able to pivot when the technologies they use daily are out of commission.
Artificial Intelligence
Letter to the Editor
Artificial Intelligence: Reality Versus Hype
"AI is a deeper manifestation of the pernicious trend to let technology co-opt human agency."
Artificial Intelligence
Video
Reading Is Hard to Teach. Can AI Help?
Artificial intelligence might be able to drive cars, treat diseases, and train your front door to recognize your face. But can it help kids learn how to read?
Strategy & Operations
Market Analysis
When to Bring in a Consultant — and How to Make it Pay Off
Industry advisors and business officials discuss the factors that contribute to a successful engagement.
Meeting District Needs
K-12 Insider
What Made a Middle School's First-Ever ELA Curriculum Launch a Success
The process that Principal Anne Heck led in Lake Geneva Middle School offers one vision for how professional development and procurement can pair to improve student learning.
Education Market
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Vendors Are Pairing Assessment And Curriculum. Is That What K-12 Officials Want?
New EdWeek Market Brief data explores the ideal number of companies that district and school leaders say they want to work with, and whether they're open to a single provider for both curriculum and assessment products.
Regulation & Policy
K-12 Market News
EdMarket Recap: Feds Move to Rewrite Grant Rules; States Pitch Funding Changes
EdWeek Market Brief staff writers dissect significant news of the week and identify the most important takeaways for companies serving K-12 districts.
- Ed-Tech Policy AI Is Changing Teaching, But Few Labor Contracts Reflect ItClassroom educators are using artificial intelligence to help with their work, yet union agreements have not caught up.Classroom Technology Q&A Why One Teacher Told Students to Put Their Chromebooks Away—for GoodChemistry teacher Marcie Samayoa went back to paper-and-pencil lessons this school year. It's led to deeper engagement.Artificial Intelligence Americans Grow More Skeptical of AI in K-12 Schools, Poll FindsSupport for some AI use in schools has declined, according to the latest PDK poll on American attitudes toward public education.Artificial Intelligence Are AI Teacher Assistants Reliable? What to KnowWithout diligence, these AI tools can cause problems.Artificial Intelligence ‘We Need to Reimagine What We Can Do’: How Teachers Are Adapting to AIEducators are divided on AI in classrooms, weighing its benefits for learning against risks of cheating and overreliance.Artificial Intelligence Researchers Posed as a Teen in Crisis. AI Gave Them Harmful Advice Half the TimeChatGPT prompted teens to harmful acts, a study reveals.
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Mathematics
Spotlight
Spotlight on Creating a Positive Math Culture
This Spotlight explores instructional practices that help build students’ math skills, confidence, and willingness to tackle hard problems.
Student Well-Being & Movement
Spotlight
Spotlight on The Science of Self-Regulation: The Missing Foundation of Academic Success
This Spotlight focuses on ways to build students’ self-management skills, a foundational predictor of academic success.
Reading & Literacy
Quiz
Quiz Yourself: Is Your Literacy Plan on Track?
Where does your literacy strategy and goals stand? Is it going well, or does it need a little retooling?
- Artificial Intelligence Students Are Worried That AI Will Hurt Their Critical Thinking SkillsDespite those concerns, students are using the tech more and more for schoolwork.Artificial Intelligence How AI Could Help or Hurt Student TestingThere's a balance to strike that uses AI to improve assessments and keep humans in charge, experts say.Artificial Intelligence Q&A How a School Uses AI to Address Student Behavior ProblemsAI has helped streamline the development of behavior intervention plans, a school leader said.Privacy & Security A Potential Breach of an Anonymous Tip App Could Have Exposed Sensitive Student DataThe breach may have exposed personal information of students attending more than 30,000 schools.Artificial Intelligence Teachers Move Beyond AI Basics to More Sophisticated Instructional UsesA national AI training academy introduces teachers to complex collaboration with the technology.Artificial Intelligence Opinion Why Teachers Shouldn’t Offload Their Busywork to AIThe idea that AI can let teachers carve out more time for students is appealing, intuitive—and wrong.
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