#k-12-education

#k-12-education

The concept of the BANI World was proposed by Jamais Cascio in 2018 and further refined in 2020 to describe four major characteristics of future society: Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, and Incomprehensible. Compared to the previous VUCA ( Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and A mbiguity) World, the BANI World more accurately depicts the increasingly complex and volatile global situation and trends. "Brittle" refers to social systems being more susceptible to shocks and damage, often accompanied by the risk of sudden collapse.

Was there ever a time when Americans believed that kids were actually being educated well? A look back through The Atlantic's archives shows that bouts of optimism are very occasional. I recently joined this long line of pessimists when reporting on the stunning decline in educational performance among K-12 students in the United States over the past decade. After a temporary period of improvement

Google had recently made the visual search tool easier to use on the company's Chrome browser. When users click on an icon hidden in the tool bar, a moveable bubble pops up. Wherever the bubble is placed, a sidebar appears with an artificial intelligence answer, description, explanation or interpretation of whatever is inside the bubble. For students, it provides an easy way to cheat on digital tests without typing in a prompt, or even leaving the page. All they have to do is click.

To bridge the digital divide and provide all our students with the technology they need to succeed no matter their zip code or income this school year, we are providing 350,000 brand new Chromebooks to New York City public school students with LTE or 5G access. These free devices will be distributed to students at more than 1,700 schools to help bring them on a level playing field for academic success.

The Trump administration has targeted transgender athletes in female sports, diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and pro-Palestine student protests viewed as antisemitic.

"Every iteration of ClassDojo is built on feedback from the people who use it," said Chad A. Stevens, Ph.D., ClassDojo's Head of K-12 Engagement. "Superintendents were clear that they wanted to use tools that were already rapidly adopted and loved by school staff. So, we built tools that bring the whole district together-with consistency, control, and care."

In just six months, the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress have brought lasting change and enormous unpredictability to federal education policy.

A California district Office of Equity circulated a message to teachers and staff stating, 'Hands off Sacred Land from Shellmo[u]nd to Jerusalem' and 'Zionism is Racism.'