Today we have a really important post for K-12 educators: What is all that ed tech doing for kids? Amy Tyson of EverySchool analyzes the research, alerts us to 5 myths, and shows that the distraction effects may outweigh any educational benefits afterbabel.com/p/false-promis…

"Are you unsure about what to do after a professional learning session? Consider using the Challenge, Choose, Collaborate reflection tool to help you dig deeper into both your own learning and how you will move forward." —Educator jujumaqq is a free Black woman docs.google.com/document/d/1su…

The jury is in. For the most part, tech in the classroom produces poorer learning outcomes. The article is overly long but chock full of evidence about why we should reconsider its use. The EdTech Revolution Has Failed buff.ly/3Z6AMnp

Someone recently asked me in a thread for kindergarten classwide math intervention & small-group intervention video clips. Here they are: vimeo.com/showcase/11098… Sorry I lost track of the actual thread.

Coaches: High-level athletes often spend as much time watching video as they do on the court/field/pitch. This paper makes it clear that embedding low-stakes quizzes in video study is likely to help players learn. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

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Q&A: Putting AI in its place in an era of lost human connection at school buff.ly/4glnCcX

Ever heard of the Formative 5? Authors of "The Formative 5 in Action, Grades K-12," @skipfennell, Beth McCord Kobett, and Jon Wray guide you through everyday uses of 5 classroom-based formative assessment techniques in this webinar:  ow.ly/OGYK50UbSsS

“Do not allow people to kill the ideas that you genuinely care about.” All big ideas start out as small, fragile, and vulnerable ideas that can easily be ignored.

We've had decades of "caring." Years of "urgency and accountability." We've even had brief periods of bipartisanship. We lack neither "national will" nor sufficient "resources" devoted to education. We assume we have a policy problem. We don't. We have a *professional

Dating is definitely in crisis mode among U.S. 17- and 18-year-olds. Data from Monitoring the Future (graph is an update of Figure 6.16 in *Generations*) Derek Thompson

Here's a response to the position statement from the NCTM and CEC. Stay tuned for more! aletheia-society.org/wp-content/upl…

The thing that most disturbs me about NGSS is the number of leaders (and, sadly, teachers) who think that because a list of standards was written, it was handed down by researchers so it must be true.

Class time has become screen time in American schools. Educators wonder if the rapid tech transformation has really benefited learning—or if it’s done kids a disservice. wsj.com/us-news/educat… via The Wall Street Journal

This is not okay. Can we get past the bright and shiny syndrome and focus on instruction?

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Xiaoma, a polyglot, was invited to give a speech at a high school for Language Week, and he delivered the entire speech in Gen Alpha slang.

Now there are *two* reasons to question the quasi-therapeutic role we're asking schools and teachers to play: it distracts from the academic goals we're already struggling to meet. And it's not working.

Labels like “high” or “low” can limit how we teach. In this column, Teresa Hill explains how perceived-ability bias creates a self-fulfilling prophecy—and what leaders can do to break the cycle. hubs.li/Q03qFxPK0