Computational Thinking and why its important for kids
Computational Thinking (CT) is emerging as a new key intellectual skill for children. In a 2021 ACM paper called Computational...
3 reasons Social Emotional Learning is Vital
Social Emotional Learning has become one of the “hot buzzwords” in education and EdTech, but at its core, it has...
3 Ways to Overcome Learning Loss
We are living in interesting times for education. With the pandemic winding down, schools and districts are pushing for accelerated...
It’s Banned Book Week!
September 18th -24 is Banned Books Week according to BannedBooksWeek.org. This is an organization that dates back to 1982 and...
Low-income students Increasingly targeted by monitoring software in schools
Student monitoring software, like GoGuardian, Blocksi and Securely, has been used for years, coinciding with many 1:1 technology initiatives that...
BYJU’s receives a clean bill of health from Deloitte
BYJU’s received an “unqualified” report from Deloitte last week, to the relief of the Indian government and BYJU’s investors alike....
More the 50% of States are Banning Books
Book banning is back in style. According to Pen America, school districts in 26 US states have banned or are...
Review of “How to Raise Successful People” by Esther Wojcicki
This is an interesting book with the perspective of a unique person that ultimately falters because of the blind spots...
5 Alternatives to standardized testing
When my younger son was in school, he absolutely hated the yearly California standardized testing. He figured out that he...
How can we change teaching so that teachers stay?
Willie Carver, Kentucky’s 2022 teacher of the year, is fed up and is leaving teaching. Two months ago Carver testified...