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AI in Education

AI teacher tools display racial bias when generating student behavior plans, study finds

August 7, 2025 by Norah Rami, Chalkbeat

When asked to provide behavior intervention plans, AI teacher assistant tools generated more-punitive recommendations for students with Black-coded names

Asked to generate intervention plans for struggling students, AI teacher assistants recommended more-punitive measures for hypothetical students with Black-coded names and more supportive approaches for students the platforms…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

In an alarming trend, teacher diversity is slowing

January 13, 2025 by ESchool News Staff

A report outlines a decline in teacher diversity and offers a new tool to give education leaders data needed to increase teacher diversity.

A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) reveals a troubling trend: Nationally, the diversity of the teacher workforce is growing at a slower pace…

Teacher Well-Being

Better pay, benefits can boost teacher retention

December 3, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

Larger pay increases and better benefits could improve K-12 teacher retention, finds a new, nationally representative RAND survey.

Larger pay increases and better benefits could help keep K-12 teachers in the teacher workforce, finds a new, nationally representative RAND survey.

Teacher Well-Being

School leaders of color face high levels of burnout–here’s what they need to thrive

August 12, 2024 by Harrison Peters, Chalkbeat

Emboldening resilient leaders of color without creating systems that support their advancement is a recipe for burnout

As a novice teacher in 1999, I was grateful to have a colleague across the hall who was also new to the profession. We swapped stories, shared strategies,…

STEM & STEAM Trends

Putting the ‘E’ in integrative STEM instruction

June 26, 2024 by Laura Ascione

Educators don't have to shy away from engineering--it's a STEM component that works across core content areas

Engineering and the engineering design process, when incorporated into classrooms correctly, can increase student engagement and subject matter understanding.

AI in Education

Why AI in the classroom needs its own ‘doll test’ 70 years post-Brown

June 13, 2024 by Priten Shah, Contributing Writer

AI chatbots could become the new face of discrimination in education--they have the potential to exacerbate existing bias.

As we mark the 70th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, it's worth reflecting on a simple experiment's role in dismantling the doctrine of…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

How are you attracting and retaining teachers of color?

June 5, 2024 by Erin Werra, Skyward Advancing K-12 Blog

Automating your applicant tracking eases the effects of covert biases and helps ensure teachers of color are represented in your district.

Teacher retention is in crisis. Teachers of color leave the classroom at a higher rate than their white counterparts (19 percent vs. 15 percent, respectively), and students need…

STEM & STEAM Trends

5 ways teaching science with probeware promotes 3D learning

May 30, 2024 by Vernier Staff

Probeware supports science learning by adding precision and furthering students’ investigation of natural phenomena.

Probeware can play a pivotal role in creating opportunities for students to make sense of phenomena in the ways envisioned by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

Black students need more STEM career exposure

April 4, 2024 by Laura Ascione

A new report analyzes data from students across the U.S., highlighting significant career exposure gaps in STEM for Black students.

Black students across the nation possess the aptitudes for in-demand STEM careers, but lack interest in pursuing them, indicating that a significant career exposure gap exists.

How to direct a districtwide tech transformation on a budget

March 7, 2024 by Dr. April Kay Vauss

A superintendent explains how she navigated a district tech transformation for her classrooms (and teachers) without breaking the bank.

I have been with the district for 20 years, though I didn’t become the superintendent until April 2020. When I came into the office, I had a tech-focused…

Discovery Education Offers Educators New Resources Supporting Black History Month Observances

February 2, 2024 by ESchool News Staff

Charlotte, NC. — Discovery Education today unveiled a new collection of engaging, high-quality digital learning resources supporting Black History Month ... Read more

AI in Education

4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

January 8, 2024January 8, 2024 by Carl Hooker

Educators may never truly trust AI when it comes to the generative tool's place in classroom learning, but we are sure going to use it.

As a forward-thinker in the realm of education, I’m constantly exploring how emerging tools and strategies shape learning. Each year I share my predictions about these trends.

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Abbott Elementary and a push for Black educator representation

December 20, 2023 by Laura Ascione

During ISTELive 23, panelists discussed the need for students to see themselves in their teachers--and the need for Black educators.

Representation matters, and when students have educators who look like them, it does wonders for their learning experience. At ISTELive 23’s opening mainstage event, featured speakers sat down…

School Management

School leaders need to create opportunities for teachers as well as for students

October 26, 2023 by Garland Thomas-McDavid, Chalkbeat New York

I’m a Black woman who never saw herself as a school CEO--that’s a problem, and here’s what we can do to create opportunities for teachers.

While some of the recent efforts focused on recruiting more teachers of color have paid off, keeping those teachers in our schools and classrooms is an urgent challenge.

Poptential™ High School Economics Curriculum by Certell Offers Free Stock Market Investment Lessons

October 20, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — October historically has been a month of notable volatility in the stock market, with historic crashes like ... Read more

National Math and Science Initiative Receives $100,000 Grant from TC Energy to Train Virginia Teachers

August 7, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

DALLAS AND NORFOLK, VA. — The National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI) is pleased to announce the generous support of TC ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

A small number of teachers can double the racial gap in disciplinary action

July 3, 2023 by Laura Ascione

Schools that unfairly discipline students based on race widen the racial gap and could be in violation of the Civil Rights Act.

The top 5 percent of teachers most likely to refer students to the principal’s office for disciplinary action do so at such an outsized rate that they effectively…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

ISTELive, Abbott Elementary, and a push for Black educator representation

June 27, 2023 by Laura Ascione

During ISTELive 23, panelists discussed the need for students to see themselves in their teachers--and the need for Black educators.

Representation matters, and when students have educators who look like them, it does wonders for their learning experience. At ISTELive 23’s opening mainstage event, featured speakers sat down…

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

With Critical Race Theory spurring debate, is there hope for diversity in schools?

June 16, 2023 by Krystal Allen, Founder & CEO, K. Allen Consulting

The absolute best thing you can do as an educator is embrace the fact that the work of diversity in schools must begin with you.

The greatest social justice movements teach us that progress isn’t linear, but is rather dynamic. This means that progress doesn’t transpire overnight. It doesn’t transpire instantaneously with one…

College and Career Readiness

Fewer than half of underserved students believe post-high school education is necessary

April 6, 2023 by Laura Ascione

Only a shocking 8 percent of surveyed students say they feel fully prepared to make the decision of what to do after high school.

As school district leaders continue to worry about students' college and career readiness, a new survey finds that less than half of students from traditionally underserved populations believe…

STEM Careers Coalition Offering Educators No-Cost Resources to Celebrate Black STEM Leaders During Black History Month

February 1, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

NC — The STEM Careers Coalition™ – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by corporate leaders and anchored in schools by ... Read more

Certell’s Poptential™ Free American History Curriculum Highlights Legacy of African Americans for Black History Month

January 26, 2023January 19, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Poptential™, a family of free, award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers ... Read more

National Alliance of Black School Educators Names Patricia Smith of St Charles Parish Public Schools the 2022 NABSE $10,000 Scholarship Award Recipient

January 3, 2023 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.—The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) recently named Patricia Smith, director of federal programs for St. ... Read more

Computer Science Education

Computer science classes have an equity issue–some NYC educators are trying to change that

December 28, 2022 by Amy Zimmer, Bureau Chief, Chalkbeat New York

Computer science education has to start when children are younger to give students a stronger foundation as coursework becomes challenging.

Computer science teacher Shanua Newton-Rodriguez is hoping to lead by example. A woman of color who grew up in the Bronx, she wants to see more students who look…

Curriculum & Assessment

7 Black History Month resources to use the whole year

December 21, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Black History Month teaching materials offer excellent insight to help students grasp the challenging topics surrounding race and prejudice

During Black History Month, educators have the opportunity to delve into the difficult–and often uncomfortable–experiences of Black people in the U.S. and around the world.

The phonics fix?

January 26, 2023December 14, 2022 by Britten Follett

Some teachers are reconsidering the role phonics plays in modern elementary education and turning more often to a science of reading approach

Much like the return of Cabbage Patch Kids, He-Man, and the Lite Brite I saw at the store on Black Friday, we’re living in an era where what’s…

Student from New Jersey Receives Award for STEAM Sustainability Innovation from Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education

August 10, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Silver Spring, Md. (Wednesday, August 10, 2022) – Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education today recognized a New Jersey ... Read more

Sachs Foundation and Teach For America Team Up to Deliver Funds and Support to Black Educators in Colorado, Addressing the Black Teacher Shortage

June 16, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., June 16, 2022 — The Sachs Foundation, an organization that has supported Black Coloradans since 1931, and Teach ... Read more

High-Achieving Black Students from Colorado Receive More than $2 Million in Sachs Foundation Scholarships Over the Past Year

May 19, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 19, 2022 — The Sachs Foundation, an organization that has provided college scholarships to Black Coloradans ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

Major equity gaps persist in access to AP science learning

December 7, 2022May 13, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Study finds finds Black and Latino students voice interest and college aspirations in STEM but are excluded from AP STEM learning and courses

Despite students saying that STEM courses are their favorite subject areas and that they aspire to go to college, Black and Latino students and students from low-income backgrounds…

District Management

Bringing our history to light can improve our students’ futures

April 15, 2022 by Dr. Mark Bedell, Superintendent, Kansas City Public Schools and Doug Roberts, CEO, Institute For Education Innovation

As educators, we must work tirelessly to advocate for students and educators who have endured generations of inequity.

Our job as a community is to actively understand the historical contexts that our kids bring into the classroom and advocate for children and educators who have endured…

Honoring Black History Month by Celebrating Black STEM Leaders with Career Readiness Resources for Students from the STEM Careers Coalition

February 2, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

Silver Spring, MD (Tuesday, February 2, 2022) — The STEM Careers Coalition™ – the first-of-its-kind national STEM initiative powered by ... Read more

DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access)

7 Black History Month resources for February and beyond

January 25, 2023February 2, 2022 by Laura Ascione

Black History Month teaching materials offer excellent insight to help students grasp the challenging topics surrounding race and prejudice

During Black History Month, educators have the opportunity to delve into the difficult–and often uncomfortable–experiences of Black people in the U.S. and around the world.

Curriculum Associates’ Vice President of Strategic Partnerships Sonya Coleman Named to the National Alliance of Black School Educators Board of Directors

January 31, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., January 31, 2022— The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) recently named Sonya Coleman, vice president ... Read more

Virtual, Interactive Expeditions for Black History Month Provide Students with a Diverse and Multi-Dimensional Look at African Americans Throughout History

January 28, 2022 by ESchool News Staff

North Mankato, Minn. (January 28, 2022) – The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, a veteran expert and thought leader ... Read more

District Management

When it comes to learning loss, don’t reinvent the wheel

January 18, 2022January 14, 2022 by Melissa Sinunu, President and Chief Operating Officer, Classworks

MTSS interventions can help in learning loss

As we head towards the last half of our second school year in a pandemic, there is no doubt that the impact of learning loss has exceeded all…

National Alliance of Black School Educators Names Audrey Muhammad as Inaugural Recipient of the 2021 NABSE $10,000 Scholarship Award

December 14, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., December 13, 2021—The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) recently named Audrey Muhammad, college success instructor ... Read more

Stanley Black & Decker and Discovery Education Invite High School Students to Win $30,000 in Prizes from the Trade Champions Challenge

December 14, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

Silver Spring, Md. (Monday, December 13, 2021) – Supporting students on their pathway to STEM success, Stanley Black & Decker ... Read more

BetterLesson’s ‘Empowered Algebra Learning For All’ Named 1 of 11 Grand Challenge Grantees

September 10, 2021 by ESchool News Staff

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 — BetterLesson, a leading provider of high quality virtual and in-person K–12 professional learning, announces ... Read more

3 ways to teach about Juneteenth all year long

August 27, 2021 by Tracey Matthews, Content Strategist, K-12 Databases, Gale, part of Cengage Group

Juneteenth is not just a holiday--it is knowledge, and making the effort to teach about Juneteenth helps everyone, from students to teachers

Research shows that only 8 to 9 percent of class time, equivalent to 1-2 lessons, is currently dedicated to Black history. Juneteenth being established as a federal holiday…

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