Future of Learning
The factory model of education is out. Now more schools are personalizing learning and trying to motivate students by empowering them in the classroom. Will this improve academic outcomes? Will it close achievement gaps? The Hechinger Report explores the innovations at the core of today’s cutting-edge schools.
5G means smoother virtual reality and a chance for students to birth stars
Two Cleveland schools are the first to get Verizon’s super-fast 5G connection and access to a new app, Visceral Science
Will AI really transform education?
Promoters show off promising applications of the technology, but AI is not changing the world quite yet
COLUMN: AI can disrupt racial inequity in schools, or make it much worse
When it comes to tech and education reform, there’s been more talk than transformation
OPINION: From a former teacher, four ways to take the drama out of math class
When it comes to building skills, we can't throw confidence under the bus
What makes education innovation succeed?
An education nonprofit argues it comes down to five conditions
A school where character matters as much as academics
A Washington, D.C., charter school prioritizes students’ emotional development — and finds ways to grade them on it
Using virtual reality to help students with disabilities
Virtual tours and virtual social interactions give kids a chance to practice life skills in safe spaces
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States increasingly extend charter-like flexibility to district schools
24 states now give districts or individual schools freedom from state regulations to innovate
COLUMN: Evidence increases for reading on paper instead of screens
Most studies point to better reading comprehension from printed material, researcher says
Anatomy of a failure: How an XQ Super School flopped
Innovation and equity didn’t mix