Beyond the Basics: Why Executive Function Is the Secret Engine of Career Success
Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute, argues that cultivating executive‑function skills—working memory, cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control and reflection—in preschool years is essential for lifelong career success. She highlights that the brain’s plasticity peaks between ages two and five, making early intervention far more effective than later remediation. The article links these neurocognitive abilities to workplace competencies such as problem‑solving, collaboration and adaptability, noting that employers now value them over traditional academic metrics. Galinsky’s partnership with the AASA aims to embed a curriculum that reinforces these skills from birth through high school.
What Is Buzzmath and How Can I Use It To Teach Math?
Buzzmath is a web‑based platform that delivers gamified math practice to students aged 6‑16, featuring more than 14,000 curriculum‑aligned questions. The service provides instant feedback, hints, and retry options, allowing learners to work at their own pace while teachers monitor...
Get Cash Out of the Backpack: Adopting Digital Communication And Payments
ClassDojo is launching a new Payments feature that embeds a payment button directly into its messaging platform, allowing teachers to collect field‑trip fees, fundraisers, and technology charges without envelopes or separate portals. The service is powered by PayTheory’s infrastructure, which...
Better Safe Than Sorry: A Gold-Standard Approach To Cybersecurity
Cypress‑Fairbanks ISD, one of Texas’s largest districts, earned the Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) certification, joining only eight other districts statewide. The district instituted a dedicated staff role to oversee vendor data‑privacy agreements and leverages the Student Data Privacy Consortium and...
Do Grades Make Sense In The AI Era?
The rise of generative AI is exposing long‑standing flaws in traditional grading, where the same paper can receive scores ranging from 50 to 96. AI tools not only widen these inconsistencies but also create a new cheating incentive, turning grades...
What Is Pathwright and How Can I Use It To Teach?
Pathwright is a design‑focused learning management system that lets educators build modular "learning paths" for both K‑12 and professional audiences. Since its 2010 inception, the platform has served over 2 million learners, tracking more than 80 million completed steps. It supports self‑paced...
From Apprehension To Empowerment: Creating A Four-Part AI Education PD Series
Mead School District’s AI Implementation Specialist Courtney Bock launched a four‑part professional development series to build AI literacy among teachers. Each 90‑minute session—covering AI fundamentals, ethics, classroom integration, and workflow automation—serves cohorts of about 25 educators and offers STEM clock...
AI Music Generators: Teaching With These Catchy AI Tools
Google’s Gemini platform now offers Lyria 3, an AI music generator that produces 30‑second clips from short text prompts. Educators are experimenting with the tool to create catchy jingles that reinforce classroom concepts, though the output often sounds generic and lacks...
Take Teaching To The Next Level: Live From The Kira Event
Kira unveiled its AI operating system for education at a New York launch, spotlighting the Student Atlas—a longitudinal data tool that delivers real‑time skill mapping, gap identification, and automated intervention plans. The platform also includes Course Studio, which can generate...
ChatDOC: Teaching With The AI Summarizing Tool
ChatDOC is an AI‑powered platform that lets users upload PDFs and interact with the content via a chat interface, offering summaries, searches, and citation‑linked answers. The tool’s free tier permits up to five files and twenty queries per day, while...
Supporting Digital Learning In Rural School Districts
Montana Digital Academy unveiled the Frontier Learning Lab, a statewide hub offering AI, virtual reality and augmented reality tools to K‑12 students and teachers. The Lab addresses the chronic staffing and budget constraints of rural Montana districts by providing 24/7...
Tech & Learning's 2026 EdTech to Watch
Tech & Learning’s 2026 EdTech to Watch webinar series showcased a curated set of K‑12 solutions, spanning primary literacy, AI tutoring, Google ecosystem management, hydroponic STEM labs, and campus security. Products highlighted included Reading Eggs’ four‑program literacy suite, Lincoln AI’s...
Mining “Dark Data”: How Instructional Coaches and Tech Facilitators Can Turn Hidden Signals Into Instructional Gains
Schools generate vast amounts of under‑utilized "dark data"—LMS click paths, revision histories, help‑desk tickets, and device logs. Instructional coaches and technology facilitators can translate these silent signals into concrete instructional insights. By starting with focused coaching questions, prioritizing high‑impact data...
What Is Knoword and How Can I Use It To Teach Vocabulary?
Knoword is a web‑based, gamified vocabulary platform that lets educators create or use community‑made word packs across subjects. The tool offers multiple play modes, AI‑driven clue generation, and detailed analytics, while students can join without individual accounts. It operates on...
What Is Groovelit and How Can I Use It To Teach Writing?
Groovelit is a free, gamified writing platform for students in grades 4‑10 that blends creative prompts with AI‑driven scoring. Teachers set genre‑specific tasks, launch timed sessions, and receive instant feedback and aggregated performance data. The system evaluates grammar, vocabulary, relevance, and...
