Digital access improved this fall, but increasing COVID-19 cases will lead to more struggles with at-home learning, according to a UCLA researcher.

Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform teaching and learning, according to a report from the Center for Integrative Research in Computing and Learning Sciences. Researchers say it could be between five and 10 years, however, before AI is fully integrated.

Nine months since many teachers and students made an abrupt transition to remote instruction, some are preparing to once again teach and learn virtually. Darren Schwartz, chief academic officer in a Connecticut school district, says his district is better prepared this time around because of adjustments, such as eliminating packets and investing in more technology…

Självständigt och individuellt lärande är inte rätt väg att gå för den finländska skolan. Självstyrt lärande ger nämligen sämre läranderesultat. Inte heller de digitala lärmiljöerna är någon frälsning. Det slår Aino Saarinen fast i sin pinfärska doktorsavhandling. Tidningen Läraren har träffat forskaren som ruskade om det finska skolsamfundet innan avhandlingens ens var klar.

How Boston’s bold attempt to increase equity and reduce student travel time by giving families smarter options didn’t quite work — but could.

Study in Mexico also finds that giving parents more decision making power can sometimes backfire.

Design thinking can help encourage students to read on their own, writes Katie Durkin, a middle-school English-language arts teacher. In this article, Durkin shares how the process works, including modeling reading goals and helping students to set and achieve personal goals.

Work that emphasizes students’ developing skills instead of a graded product reminds them to see learning as their goal.

Teachers should strive to give directions that are observable, clear, concise with start and end times, according to Rachel Fuhrman, a ninth-grade special-education math teacher. In this article, Fuhrman offers examples of specific instructions, such as advising students when to turn pages, what they will do in a task, how many minutes they will work…

A report shows that remote learning is here to stay because of the coronavirus pandemic and suggest ways to make it better, such as connecting all learners, supporting teachers and building relationships. The report suggests that schools use both asynchronous and synchronous learning, providing individual help and monitoring student disengagement and equity.

Giving grades that truly reflect student learning is one of the perennial problems in teaching, and these shifts in thinking about how to gather and report grades can help.