📢 Don't miss our Voices of Change Fellowship Info Session on March 27th, 4:30-5:30 PM CT! Learn about the fellowship, eligibility, and application process.

🗓️ Reserve your spot now! bit.ly/3wTUwAb

Is the Mitchell Scholarship going to have to shut down? It's on pause for lack of funding: us-irelandalliance.org/mitchellschola…

We dove into the issue on a podcast a while ago: edsurge.com/news/2022-11-1…

Interesting new newsletter about making better newsletters...

What does GenZ want in a library? It's an interesting mix of practical desires (light) and inspiration. edsurge.com/news/2024-03-1…

If you're at #SXSWedu , join our live taping of the EdSurge Podcast at 4 pm:
Examining the Impact of the 'College is a Scam' Narrative
schedule.sxswedu.com/2024/events/PP…

This week we posted the 500th episode of the EdSurge Podcast, so we're celebrating nearly 10 years of weekly episodes. Thanks to everyone who listens, and we're excited to keep this going.

This week we dive into an innovative use of VR that aims to get students more connected…

Inside the Push to Bring AI Literacy to Schools and Colleges.

This week on the EdSurge Podcast we dive into the tough challenge of helping students understand basics of new AI tech when many of the educators themselves are struggling to keep up.
#teachertwitter #edupodcast …

“We’ll have flying cars before we will have AI tutors,” says Satya Nitta. “It is a deeply human process that AI is hopelessly incable of meeting in a meaningful way. It’s like being a therapist or like being a nurse.” f-st.co/D06unxE

Smartphones Have Changed Student Attention, Even When Students Aren’t Using Them

edsurge.com/news/2024-01-1…
#EduPodcast

When teachers think their students aren’t paying attention in class, they’re probably right. In this week's podcast, we dive into the new world of fragmented attention and what educators can do to reach these increasingly distracted students.

🎧: bit.ly/3S6bAJQ

It's one of the toughest questions for many teachers: Should you ban smartphones in class. Actually that's gotten even more complicated as devices become ubiquitous, argues Jeanine W Turner. edsurge.com/news/2024-01-1…

A study by researchers at the University of Cambridge suggests that students who have higher levels of eudaimonia (feeling a sense of competence and purpose in life) also perform better academically. Nadia aka relatable data journalist 📊 EdSurge

edsurge.com/news/2023-12-2…

Apparently, Elon Musk is planning to open a STEM-focused university in Austin. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

The origin story of billionaire Peter Thiel's fellowship that pays young people not to go to college is as unusual as the fellowship itself. We dig into that and the impact of this program (which is still paying 20 people $100,000 a year to stop out). #EDUPodcast

Listen (or read…

Excellent piece by Emily Tate 19thnews EdSurge

Some schools are changing how they grade students. Here's why some parents are upset

Excited to co-publish this @edsurge story with USA TODAY
edsurge.com/news/2023-11-3…

It’s been two months since pandemic-era funding for child care expired. Now, providers and families are forced to make “impossible choices.” buff.ly/47B0dQS

This is surprising AI news: nytimes.com/2023/11/17/tec…

I wonder what happened?

Is this the moment when colleges will improve the college transfer process to make it easier for students to move from community colleges to four-year universities?

My EdSurge colleague Becky Koenig takes a look...

edsurge.com/news/2023-11-0…

When OpenAI released a new FAQ for educators in September, one detail surprised observers: “users between the ages of 13 and 18 must have parental or guardian permission to use the platform.”

What does that mean for use of AI in schools?
edsurge.com/news/2023-11-0…