Category: Education
AI Is Changing Classrooms. Teacher Expertise Still Sets the Direction.
One of my earliest memories of using technology for teaching and learning was when I taught English at a small […]
January 12, 2026
Are Schools Underestimating How Badly the Pandemic Hurt Older K-12 Students?
During the pandemic, Lauren Bauer’s second grader attended a learning pod, a small group of students organized by parents outside […]
January 9, 2026
Most Popular EdSurge Early Education Stories of 2025
Changes — and subsequent confusion and concern — largely defined the early childhood education sector in 2025. Multiple social programs […]
January 8, 2026
How Teaching Saved My Life
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Teaching is many things. […]
January 7, 2026
Revealing the Top EdSurge K-12 Stories of 2025
EdSurge readers are well-rounded students of education news. In 2025, the K-12 articles that proved most popular with our audience […]
January 6, 2026
1 in 3 Pre-K Teachers Uses Generative AI at School
Preschool teachers use generative artificial intelligence the least out of educators in grades pre-K-12, but they are starting to use […]
January 5, 2026
In Wisconsin, Dual Enrollment Stalls: Teachers Must Go Back to School
It’s fourth period in the auto lab at Vel Phillips Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin, and a dozen students […]
December 19, 2025
What AI Integration Really Looks Like in Today’s Classrooms
In late 2022, when generative AI tools landed in students’ hands, classrooms changed almost overnight. Essays written by algorithms appeared […]
December 17, 2025
Rethinking What We Choose to Measure in Schools
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Sitting in a recent […]
December 17, 2025
Child Care Costs More than Rent in Most Metro Areas. Why Can’t We Fix That?
When it comes to the affordability crisis in child care, Lenice Emanuel says that it’s forcing families to take a […]
December 16, 2025
Teaching a Generation That Questions Everything
I’ve been teaching long enough to recognize when something fundamental is shifting in the classroom. Lately, that shift sounds like […]
December 12, 2025
Teaching Machines to Spot Human Errors in Math Assignments
When completing math problems, students often have to show their work. It’s a method teachers use to catch errors in […]
December 11, 2025
Why I Can’t Pretend Teacher Learning Doesn’t Matter Anymore
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. I’ve attended my share […]
December 10, 2025
More Than Half of Child Care Providers Have Gone Hungry, New Report Finds
An early childhood center director in Washington re-draws the weekly menu to contend with the rising cost of food. A […]
December 9, 2025
Beyond Easy Answers: How AI Can Deepen Learning
When Dr. Carolina Gutierrez’s physics students used artificial intelligence to solve problems, something unexpected happened: The answers were wrong. But […]
December 8, 2025
Is it Possible to Make Learning as Addictive as TikTok?
It’s 2005, and the computer room has been vibrating for two hours straight, my fingers gliding across the keyboard copying […]
December 8, 2025
Teaching Sex Education in Schools Is More Fraught Than Ever
Krystalyn Musselman holds a worn cardboard box up to the screen on our Zoom call. It’s the anonymous question box […]
December 5, 2025
What Students Actually Want From Edtech — and Why We Should Listen
Imagine spending thousands of dollars on an edtech product for your school or district that promises to transform student learning, […]
December 3, 2025
Students Want Power, Not Worksheets. Schools Must Teach Them to Organize.
This story was published by a Voices of Change fellow. Learn more about the fellowship here. Over the past two […]
December 3, 2025
Lack of Guidelines and Expertise Prove Challenging for AI Use in Schools
Emily Musil reviews her 11- and 13-year-old children’s report cards, scanning through the typical categories: language arts, math, social studies. […]
December 2, 2025