Personalized education was already big pre-pandemic, but home schooling and digital instruction made more parents and teachers embrace the idea. With a shortage of human teachers, many schools jumped on the bandwagon of using technology that collects each child’s personal data and tailors content accordingly. Researchers, however, warn of three dangerous pitfalls.

“We know that teens’ use of social media increased during the pandemic, and along with this increase in time, we’ve seen more of both the positive and negative aspects of social media,” said Dr. Jacqueline Nesi, an assistant professor of psychology at Brown University who specializes in social media and adolescent development.

Trods manglende videnskabelig evidens er teorien om, at vi lærer bedst ved enten at se, høre, røre eller bruge kroppen, udbredt i Danmark. Selvom mange forskere er enige om at teorien om læringsstile er forkert, peger flere studier på, at den lever i bedste velgående blandt undervisere verden over.

Very little in teaching can truly be boiled down to five simple strategies (teaching is hard, and those who do it are heroic), but these suggestions can add to your remote-teaching skills.

Teacher shares how to help students get back on math track.

Only when we take the time to learn about the socioeconomic and historical backgrounds of our students and leverage their cultural strengths and knowledge, will our schools become spaces for healing from trauma.

Teachers can use advertisements in a variety of media to help students cement their science knowledge and develop media literacy skills.

The pandemic has shined a light on the importance of teaching educators about data privacy, according to Ellen Mandinach, senior research scientist at WestEd. Mandinach and the Future of Privacy Forum released two training resources this week -- the Student Privacy Primer and a guide to data ethics - aimed at better preparing K-12 teachers…

Årets mottagare av ekonomipriset har gett viktiga metodologiska bidrag till hur man kan undersöka kausala effekter, och de har även använt dem i flera studier om skolan. – Pristagarnas stora bidrag är att de har visat att det i många fall går att dra kausala slutsatser genom så kallade naturliga experiment, säger Jan-Eric Gustafsson, seniorforskare…

A look at three steps schools can take this year to ensure that students are deeply engaged in their learning.

Teachers can rethink their grading practices to make them more mathematically fair for students and allow for redemption for a missed assignment.