One of the dirty little secrets of being an “expert” in a field such as classroom use of AI is that you develop much of your expertise by facilitating workshops and speaking at…
Read moreI am the daughter of educators, So, I became a learnerI am the granddaughter of resilient women, So, I became their strength and determination Recently, I had the honor of joining a local gathering in…
Read moreBy: Kara Stern, Ph.D I recently spoke with a middle school principal in the lower Hudson Valley who challenged her team to a simple exercise: reading down the entire school roster, could someone…
Read moreWhat if, instead of asking what technology can do, we started by asking who we want to become? In an age where “junk tech” floods our lives—designed to extract attention rather than deepen…
Read moreBy: Colleen Keating-Crawford, Michelle Jia, and Goutham Marimuthu School leaders, organizations and governments are sounding the alarm about chronically absent young people, typically defined as those who miss 10% or more of the school year whether due to excused…
Read moreIt is the top of the second inning in the age of AI, and I think in the last few weeks we passed a new threshold of access to expertise. The information age,…
Read moreIf you arrive in Newport, Rhode Island via the long bridges from the mainland that stretch across Narragansett Bay, you are immediately faced with a choice: Head south, and you’ll find the legendary…
Read moreA few nights ago I spent 90 minutes online with the staff of an elite public school in Shenzhen, China. I gave an hour-long talk about generative AI and its uses in education…
Read moreBy Alan Cheng, High School Superintendent, NYC Public Schools Having spent two decades in New York City Public Schools, including six years leading 50 high schools in the Consortium, Internationals, NYC Outward Bound…
Read moreIn a recent design session with a partner, we debated the merits of the grain size of reporting and learning experience design. Most secondary schools (and higher education) across the United States report…
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