Jeffrey R. Young
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Washington, DC, United States
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AI Tools Like ChatGPT May Reshape Teaching Materials — And Possibly Substitute Teach
This summer, a coding class offered by a private school in Austin, Texas, was led by an unusual teacher. The PreK-8 school, Paragon Prep, offered a ... → Read More
How to Best Teach Immigrant and Refugee Students, and Why It Matters
In Jessica Lander’s classroom at Lowell High School, every student is a recent immigrant or refugee. They come from about 30 different countries, ... → Read More
Most Popular EdSurge Podcast Episodes of 2022
Listeners to the EdSurge Podcast like to learn about brains—and what research shows can best reach and teach them. Our two most popular episodes of ... → Read More
What Will ChatGPT Mean for Teaching?
By now you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT. It’s a free AI chatbot that can spit out long-form answers to just about any question, in a way that sounds ... → Read More
A Teacher’s Podcast Got Him Fired. It Also Led to Greater Self-Reflection
These days teachers often look to social media and podcasts to find community and unwind. That means educators are spending time following other ... → Read More
How High School Should Change for an Era of AI and Robots
Public high school in America was the product of the time of its invention, which was way back in 1821. But in this era of rapid technological change ... → Read More
ASCD and ISTE to Merge in Partnership Aimed at Reducing Education Silos
Today, after a key vote, it's official: Two giants in the education space will join forces, creating a professional development powerhouse for their ... → Read More
How a Student Podcast Is Calling Out Inequities in Schools
What if you gathered a group of high school students, gave them fancy microphones and some training, and challenged them to make an investigative ... → Read More
Should We Rethink Our Notion of Who is ‘Smart’?
People who happen to be good at school and college are often described as ‘smart,’ and our systems tend to reward them with cultural status and good ... → Read More
How Metaphors Shape Edtech
The tech world is teeming with metaphors (you might say the way an ocean is teeming with fish). Sometimes those metaphors are helpful for understanding ... → Read More
How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters
Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. And she says the stakes for improving classroom teaching ... → Read More
This YouTube Star Says AI Will Become a Creative ‘Collaborator’ With Students
Taryn Southern is a performer who likes to experiment with cutting-edge technologies. She’s recorded a pop album that she co-wrote with some AI code, ... → Read More
How to Help Teachers Tell Their Stories — And Why It Matters
When teachers tell their authentic stories it can lead to powerful insights and spark discussions about how to solve the many problems facing school ... → Read More
High School Students Say They Learn The Most Important Skills Outside of School
If you ask middle school and high school students these days the most important skills they’re learning, they’re likely to name something they picked ... → Read More
Where Does Education Fit in an Emerging Metaverse?
Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—is running a new TV ad showing a future in which college students slip on a lightweight VR headset to enter ... → Read More
‘How Are You Feeling Today?’ More Teachers Use Tech to Check Emotional Pulse of Students
Shea Smith starts the middle-school digital media class he teaches with a ritual: He asks his students to open up their Chromebooks and answer a simple ... → Read More
Scholars Create Graphic Novel to Spur Discussion of Inequity in Computer Science
Who gets to learn about computer science in school?While a growing number of schools offer some form of computer-science class or after-school program, ... → Read More
Why This Children’s Show Host Pulled His Videos Off YouTube
Not that long ago, shows like “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” and “Sesame Street” were the main entertainment options aimed at the youngest children, and a ... → Read More
Teen Sleep, Brain Science and the Debate Over School Start Times
Scientists ran an unusual summer camp in the 1970s and ‘80s—and its main purpose was to study the sleep patterns of kids and teens. Campers actually ... → Read More
New Research Looks for Better Ways for Schools to Recruit Teachers of Color
America is getting increasingly diverse. But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the makeup of public-school teachers, who are overwhelmingly white.Over ... → Read More