Do CS Teachers Need To Know CS?
"I'll say it over and over until I retire — CS teachers really do need to know CS," says Mike Zamansky, a coordinator of CS teacher certifications. He was criticizing groups that instead provide teachers with scripted content and short-form "tr.....»»
5 years after Parkland shooting, a school psychologist offers insights on helping students and teachers deal with grief
Whenever a school shooting takes place, school officials often arrange for grief counseling services to be made available for whoever needs them. But what exactly do those services entail?.....»»
Black girls benefit most when STEM teachers pursue professional development, shows study
When middle and high school teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pursue continuing professional development, their students benefit, and a new study from Rice University shows the payoff can be dramatic......»»
Teachers bullying children: A global problem
All over the world, children are being bullied by adults in school. New research now shows that these students could also be at increased risk of being bullied by their fellow students......»»
ChatGPT creator rolls out "imperfect" tool to help teachers spot potential cheating
Two months after OpenAI unnerved some educators with the public release of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can help students and professionals generate shockingly convincing essays, the company is unveiling a new tool to help teachers adapt......»»
How rising household debt could slow UK labor strikes this year
After decades of declining real wages and deteriorating working conditions, strike activity has spiked over the last year, particularly in the United Kingdom. From nurses and teachers to railway and postal workers, employees are demanding wage increa.....»»
College student evaluations of teachers found to have another kind of gender bias
A trio of researchers from the University of Cincinnati, the University of Colorado Boulder and Clemson University has found that college students giving evaluations of their professors in upper-level courses exhibited a gender bias based on the pred.....»»
How ChatGPT robs students of motivation to write and think for themselves
When the company OpenAI launched its new artificial intelligence program, ChatGPT, in late 2022, educators began to worry. ChatGPT could generate text that seemed like a human wrote it. How could teachers detect whether students were using language g.....»»
Teachers are adapting to concerns about a powerful new AI tool
When Kristen Asplin heard about a powerful new AI chatbot tool called ChatGPT going viral online recently with its ability to write frighteningly good essays in seconds, she worried about how her students could use it to cheat......»»
Sex, drugs and alcohol are the top reasons that Texas teachers get in trouble, but overall, such cases are rare
Only about 1 in 200 teachers in Texas are sanctioned for misbehavior, but the largest portion of those sanctions involve sexually related offenses. That's according to a new study we published recently in the Journal of Education Human Resources. The.....»»
Children facing racist bullying at school need support from teachers, but many don"t get it, says researcher
In the academic year 2020–21, there were 1,198 instances of racially motivated bullying reported in Scottish schools—up from 409 in 2016–17. These are the highest recorded figures to date......»»
Teachers" well-being doesn"t fully recover over the Christmas break, study finds
Primary and secondary school teachers experiencing high levels of exhaustion when term ends are typically still recovering by the time school starts again, a research project into teachers' mental health over Christmas breaks has found......»»
How to improve math skills among American children
In the past two decades, researchers have made great strides in uncovering how children learn math, but little of that new knowledge has trickled down to teachers, according to a new book on math education......»»
New York City public schools ban access to AI tool that could help students cheat
New York City public schools will ban students and teachers from using ChatGPT, a powerful new AI chatbot tool, on the district's networks and devices, an official confirmed to CNN on Thursday......»»
What constitutes teacher expertise? New research points to the answer
In the largest ever review of teacher expertise, including data from over 1,000 teachers from around the world in primary and secondary school education, 73 features common to many expert teachers have been identified......»»
New study shows scientists improve communication, education skills after working with teachers
Every summer from 2012 to 2016, Bruce MacFadden and a team of scientists accompanied K-12 teachers on an expedition to collect fossils around the Panama Canal. During this professional development program, educators learned from paleontologists how t.....»»
We asked 900 Australian teachers if evidence informs how they teach. We found most use it, but there are key gaps
There are many ways to teach school students. But research shows only some will significantly improve learning......»»
White teachers often talk about Black students in racially coded ways
When a white Texas middle school teacher told his students in November 2022 that he was "ethnocentric" and thought his race was "superior," he attempted to explain his position by arguing that he was hardly the only person who held such a view......»»
Teachers entering the profession from other fields often less satisfied
There is a shortage of teachers not only in Germany, but in many countries around the world. For this reason, people without formal teaching degrees are often brought in from other fields to teach in schools. Yet according to a new study, they are of.....»»
New research highlights challenges of teaching sex education in New Zealand
University of Canterbury-led research has shown teachers experience significant barriers teaching Relationship and Sexuality Education, including lack of time and the subject not being prioritized in New Zealand schools......»»
Project seeks to learn how to grow super mushrooms, with termites as teachers
Termites have cultivated and eaten them for 30 million years. This incredible mushroom has more protein than chicken, soy and corn, but has yet to be grown by humans. By imitating termites, scientists at the University of Copenhagen will investigate.....»»