Tag: students

July 17, 2024

The law, which goes into effect Jan. 1, comes after some California school districts required that parents be notified of students’ gender identification changes. While LGBTQ+ civil rights organizations and teachers have praised the new law prohibiting such policies, it has received […]

July 17, 2024

From the widespread decline in youth mental health to the influx of young employees shifting workplace culture, Gen Z seems to be the topic on everyone’s tongue. Articles about the younger generation’s lack of faith in higher education institutions are […]

July 16, 2024

It’s no secret that high school students are looking at the prospect of college more skeptically, and a large part of their hesitation comes from worry about taking on thousands of dollars in student loans. It’s only natural that they would experience sticker […]

July 12, 2024

The modern classroom is evolving, and technology is at the forefront of this transformation. Imagine a classroom where the lights automatically adjust to the optimal brightness for learning, where the air quality is constantly monitored to ensure student focus, and […]

July 8, 2024

Students are missing a lot of classes. Chronic absenteeism, when a student misses at least 10 percent of the school year — which includes missing school for any reason, and not just unexcused absences — nearly doubled from 2019 to […]

June 5, 2024

As a mathematics education researcher, I study how math instruction impacts students’ learning, from following standard math procedures to understanding mathematical concepts. Focusing on the latter, conceptual understanding often involves understanding the “why” of a mathematical concept; it’s the reasoning […]

June 4, 2024

Young people are struggling with mental health, and for many, the challenges have worsened over the last decade. About one in three high schoolers report persistent feelings of hopelessness and an alarming number say they’ve had thoughts of suicide. Blame […]

June 3, 2024

Despite district and school leaders’ significant efforts to address accumulated learning loss from the pandemic, student achievement has yet to recover. In a report from January, researchers from The Education Recovery Scorecard Project found that nationally, by June 2023, only […]

May 31, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are fun to use, but AR and VR tools also have a number of uses when it comes to connecting students with experiences they can’t necessarily have in person. These tools are engaging, […]

May 22, 2024

As a Technology Explorations teacher for my district, I’m tasked with finding and incorporating the latest technology resources into classrooms effectively and engagingly. One of my biggest goals as a technology instructor is to teach my students skills and provide […]

May 14, 2024

What do you want to be when you grow up? That’s a question long faced by high school students. But these days, students have access to far more information than in the past about what, specifically, they could do as […]

April 26, 2024

Each year, D’Youville University, a small, private institution in upstate New York, strives to bring in a commencement speaker to address a topic that’s both timely and relevant to its roughly 500 graduates. Past topics have run the gamut, including […]

April 24, 2024

If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, does it make a sound? If a student uses AI to write and nobody notices, does it matter? I’ll admit: the latter question is hard for me to […]

March 25, 2024

Congress voted late last week to approve a 2024 fiscal year budget for agencies covered by six of its 12 annual appropriations bills, belatedly completing its work nearly halfway into the fiscal year. Members of Congress had approved legislation covering […]

March 6, 2024

Faculty and staff members are increasingly being called upon to help students with their mental health, addressing stress, anxiety and depression, among other challenges. In a January survey of faculty members, 76 percent said they believe supporting students’ mental health […]

March 1, 2024

In summer 2012, my life changed. I was a 20-year-old college student with a bright future. I was fearless and ready to take the world by storm. All of my hopes and dreams came crashing down when I began experiencing […]

February 29, 2024

The headline of the lead article in the Feb. 27, 2024, edition of Inside Higher Ed says, “Facial Recognition Heads to Class. Will Students Benefit?” I have an answer to the question posed at the end: no. No, facial recognition […]

February 27, 2024

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. It makes sense. The early childhood teachers […]

February 26, 2024

Past research has linked higher state appropriations with better graduation rates, but it has not established that relationship for students who are underrepresented in higher education, such as Black and Latinx students. The paper — by researchers at the Midwestern […]

February 26, 2024

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in higher education has skyrocketed in the last year, but what does research tell us about how students are responding to technology? VitalSource’s team of learning scientists recently conducted the largest empirical evaluation […]