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EdSurge Reporter Wins Top Prize for Journalism About Low Teacher Pay

Edsurge

EdSurge senior reporter Emily Tate Sullivan won a top journalism prize this month for her work documenting the chronic, national problem of low teacher pay in the United States. The Education Writers Association named Tate Sullivan the winner of a 2022 National Award for Education Reporting in the beat reporting category.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Wally Clipper, has a great run-down on 8 trends you’ll want to watch in 2020: 8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020. Additionally, Chron reports that some schools have even replaced the usual blackboard and whiteboard with smartboards this year. AR & VR. Artificial Intelligence.

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Join Digital Promise in Shaping the 2020 National Education Technology Plan!

Digital Promise

Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology to develop and share the 2020 National Educational Technology Plan. The National Education Technology Plan (NETP) is the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. I am pleased to announce that Digital Promise is partnering with the U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: Three reports on student achievement during the pandemic

The Hechinger Report

Three new reports on student achievement during the pandemic all point to larger declines in math than in reading and widening gaps between the haves and have-nots. The McKinsey report predicted that this generation of less-educated students could potentially reduce the size of the U.S.

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What’s New in Google Classroom? [2020 Updates]

EdTechTeam

Previously only available in beta, Originality Reports and Rubrics are Google Classroom features that are now available to all users. . Originality Reports. Google Classroom’s Originality Reports function as a tool to correct un-cited content and potential plagiarism. Teachers can view reports for each file submitted.

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OPINION: Our workforce must be ready to help growing numbers of students who come to school learning English

The Hechinger Report

public school enrollment in 2020, up from 8.1 Spanish was the most-reported home language among English learners in 2020, followed by Arabic. There are several ways to make this happen: Our recent report outlines recommendations for states and districts to get started, and spells out how. These students made up 10.3

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What kids stand to lose if 2020 steals kindergarten

The Hechinger Report

million — pre-pandemic prediction for 2020-21 kindergarten enrollment. She’s hooked her document camera up to her video feed so that kids can see her writing, and a colleague created digital versions of their social-emotional teaching materials. Kindergarten is designed for young children, who learn best by doing.

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