How Teachers' Unions Are Involved in the Fight Against Cellphones in Class VIDEO: How Schools Can Harness the Power of Relationships A look at the benefits of building strong student relationships. A cellphone sits on a student's desk during a 9th grade honors English class at Bel Air High School in Bel Air, Md., on Jan. 25, 2024. The policies that districts and schools use to manage the use of cellphones during the school day vary widely ..read more

Don't Make This Mistake When It Comes to Teaching AI Literacy So Much Research, So Little Time for Teachers to Put It Into Practice The advisers of Baldwin County High School’s chapter of Future Teachers of Alabama pose with seniors who are committed to a career in education in April 2024. From left to right: Chantelle McPherson, Diona Davis, Molly Caruthers, Jameia Brooks, Whitney Jernigan, Derriana Bishop, Vickie Locke, and Misty Byrd. Courtesy of Baldwin County High School Teachers often aren't shown how to adapt research findings into their practice ..read more

The distractions of cellphones compound a general lack of interest in learning, a new national survey shows. An informal survey of the 2024 RHSU Edu-Scholars reveals vast differences in their perspectives. Student Apathy Is a Big Classroom Challenge, Teachers Say. Cellphones Aren’t Helping DigitalVision Vectors / Getty ..read more

A high school teacher and two students asked a federal judge to strike down the restrictions. How to end this chapter of your career gracefully. Teacher, Students Sue Arkansas Over Ban on Critical Race Theory Students from Bethel High School in Hampton, Va., film "Fear the Fog" at Virginia's Fort Monroe on June 21, 2023. Students wrote, directed, produced, and starred in the film through a partnership between their district, Hampton City Schools, and two television actors that's designed to give them applied, entertainment industry experience. Courtesy of Hampton City Schools ..read more

When This Principal Talks About Mental Health, People Listen. Here's Why A Vermont educator is an advocate in the classroom—and on Capitol Hill. Vanessa Solis/Education Week via Canva Frank Rivera teaches 7th grade ELA at Chaparral Star Academy in Austin, Texas, on Nov. 15, 2023. Montinique Monroe for Education Week Oklahoma Nonbinary Student's Death Shines a Light on Families' Legal Recourse for Bullying ..read more

The Peninsula School District in Washington state was one of the first school systems in the country to craft AI policy guidance ..read more

Child development experts and teachers offer advice on when K-12 students should start using AI-powered tech and for what purposes ..read more

Most district leaders are in the beginning stages of figuring out how to integrate AI into K-12 education ..read more

Nearly 8 of every 10 educators say their districts don’t have clear AI policies, according to an EdWeek Research Center survey ..read more

AI Policies Should Leave Room for Teachers and Students to Mess Up, Superintendents Say Superintendents discuss establishing guardrails and encouraging the AI-hesitant to try it out. More than a half million people under 20 could have the chronic health disorder by 2060. Camilla Sucre for Education Week ..read more