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The beginning of a year usually involves a lot of reflection and planning. If your life is anything like mine, most of those plans will be thwarted, almost immediately. And last month was no different. The year didn’t exactly let anyone ease into it, and protests are still ongoing over immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis.
But meanwhile, EdSurge’s top stories explored the use of artificial intelligence by preschool teachers — occurring when there are deep concerns about the impact of screen time and a lack of guidance for how these disruptive tools should be allowed in classrooms — as well as why older students have lagged behind in academic achievement.
Readers also wanted a heads up about what new trends to expect in the year ahead in both early childhood education and K-12 — presumably to reflect and plan. Well, here’s to best-laid plans.
— Daniel Mollenkamp, EdSurge reporter |
- 1 in 3 Pre-K Teachers Uses Generative AI at School
A third of preschool teachers are using generative artificial intelligence in the classroom, but many still have concerns with screen time and lack of guidelines from their schools, Lauren Coffey reports.
- Are Schools Underestimating How Badly the Pandemic Hurt Older K-12 Students?
The pandemic disrupted learning for millions of American students. But are educators focusing on younger students at the expense of those most hurt by its disruptions — those now in middle and high school? At least one researcher thinks so, as reporter Daniel Mollenkamp explores.
- Peering Into the Future: Look for These K-12 Education Trends in 2026
To help readers focus on top trends worthy of their attention, EdSurge journalists distilled expertise from education sources of all sorts into half a dozen predictions for K-12 education this new calendar year. Look into the crystal ball with the EdSurge team.
- Schools Overhauled Reading Programs. Older Students Are Being Left Behind.
Roughly 40 states have overhauled their reading laws in the last five years to better tackle literacy efforts. But these programs focus largely on elementary school students, leaving middle school students — and their teachers — behind, EdSurge reporter Lauren Coffey investigates.
Following the countdown, that means that last month’s top story was:
- Early Childhood Experts Expect to Hit ‘Tipping Point’ in 2026
It could be fair to say 2025 was the year that early childhood education was thrust into the national spotlight, between political wins, looming budget cuts and the rising cost of child care. While the last year brought confusion and concern, experts warn EdSurge that 2026 may be the year that the field’s troubles all come to a head.
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⏪ BACK IN TIME
The most popular story this time last year:
Can ‘Math Therapists’ Make a Dent In America’s Declining Math Performance?
Many early K-12 educators have math anxiety. It means that those who are introducing students to the topic are more likely to give substandard instruction or pass that anxiety along to young learners. A teacher’s coach in Milwaukee has found success approaching her work as a form of therapy. So, EdSurge reporter Daniel Mollenkamp asked: Would more math therapists help improve the nation’s slumping math scores?
The most popular story this time five years ago:
Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education.
Not many years ago, Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos made a $2 billion investment to establish a Montessori-inspired network of preschools. Five years ago, the director of academic impact and operations at Tulsa Public Schools argued that this investment would be easy to shrug off as another billionaire dabbling in the education system, but that it was really part of Amazon’s attempt to insinuate itself into consumers’ lives with an eye for the long term. |
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