Backgrounds This resource identifies and describes seven harmful racial discourse practices that are found not only in mainstream media, but also more broadly throughout our society. They are used by public officials and their staff, by lawyers and judges, and by advocates of various political backgrounds, by cultural…
Nicola Sturgeon set out her stall right from the start of her tenure as Scotland’s first minister – or, if you’re being less generous, she built a rod for her own back. Education was to be her number-one priority. It never felt like it had been for her…
UPDATE: NCLB has been replaced. For information about the latest education law, read our explainer on ESSA, the Every Student Succeeds Act. The No Child Left Behind law—the 2002 update of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act—effectively scaled up the federal role in holding schools accountable for student…
I am an educator of educators. I teach others how to be the best teacher. But, I’m also different. I have learning challenges. As we celebrate the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), I’m reminded of my personal journey. My disabilities could have defined me. But…
Chat GPT is an artificial intelligence program that generates dialogue. Created by Open AI, this high-capable chatbot uses machine learning algorithms to process and analyze large amounts of data to generate responses to user inquiries. This language processing program is able to understand human language as it is…
A recent eSchool News contributed article, Differentiation, individualization and personalization: What they mean, and where they’re headedwhich helped define personalized learning in relation to both differentiation and individualization, is a wonderful reminder that while there is broad agreement on many aspects of the definition of personalized learning, there…
©Shutterstock/M-SUR Research Conference 2018, hosted by the Australian Council for Educational Research, took place in Sydney this month. In his keynote, ACER CEO Professor Geoff Masters AO explored the role of evidence in teaching and learning. Evidence-based teaching involves the use of evidence to: (1) establish where students…
Even after years of debate and litigation over teacher evaluations and tenure, California has no official definition of what constitutes a bad educator — until now. Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, states must report on whether disadvantaged students have a higher proportion of ineffective, out-of-field or…