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Why Accessibility Must Be a Part of Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity Initiatives

Companies that are committed to diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) provide products and services that authentically and accurately reflect the learners they serve—whoever they...

What The White House ‘AI Bill of Rights’ Means For Education

With anxiety over AI growing, the federal government published its blueprint for how to keep privacy from flatlining in the digital age.Published last week,...

If We’re Serious About Student Well-Being, We Must Change the Systems Students Learn In

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. Last year’s stress led to record levels of teacher burnout and mental health challenges...

Can Analyzing Clicks in Digital Systems Predict Which Students Are Struggling? It Depends.

Now that so much college work is done digitally in learning management systems, many colleges are trying to analyze student data from those platforms...

New Effort Hopes to Make ‘Weed-Out’ Courses More Equitable

Some introductory courses have a “weed-out” reputation for narrowing the paths students can take through college. (Organic chemistry, anyone?) Research by the nonprofit Gardner...

My School Learned The Hard Way That Edtech Saves Time, But It Can’t Solve Human Problems

I’m so sick of hearing about self-care and feelings. Life just happens to us, and there’s not much we can do about it.A former...

Lego’s Parent Company Acquires Edtech Firm BrainPOP

The company that owns Lego is diving headlong into K-12 education’s switch to digital.Kirkbi A/S, the private investment and holding company that owns a...

Google Discreetly Acquires Edtech Analytics Company BrightBytes

Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company.The tech giant confirmed, in an email to EdSurge, that it's picked up BrightBytes...

Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 1)

A little over 50 years ago, a student teacher in Minneapolis hit upon a novel idea to engage his eighth grade American history class...

A Year After the Online Tutoring Industry Was Roiled, Teachers Are Still Searching for Stability

Log on to the website for the online tutoring company VIPKid, and a pop-up will appear asking visitors to select which part of the...

Schools Are Still in Disaster Recovery Mode. They Must Invest in Student and Staff Well-Being.

I recently asked a teacher friend how the school year was going. She said that since August, COVID protocols have been manageable and work...

Inventing a Job-Skills Machine

The problem with infrastructure is that it tends to be expensive. And slow to build. And hard to maintain. Oh, and also kind of...

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