Arianna Prothero

Classroom View: How AI Is Influencing Teacher Approaches to Career and Technical Ed. Teachers share examples of how the technology is playing a bigger role in their lessons.

AI can be a lifeline for new career and technical education teachers, many of whom come from industry instead of traditional educator prep programs.

Read on for more on the opportunities and challenges AI creates for CTE teachers: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #CTE #AIineducation #edtech

U.S. Department of Education Poised to Announce Significant Downsizing Many of the department's biggest programs could move to other agencies, advocates say.

The moves would mark the most significant step the department has taken to follow through on Trump’s March executive order, which directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to “facilitate” the closure of the 45-year-old agency. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... @marklieberman.bsky.social #edusky

When ICE Arrests Rise, Student Test Scores Fall, New Study Suggests The working paper focused on a Florida district where both foreign-born and U.S. born students saw test scores drop.

Researchers may have found a connection between heightened immigration enforcement arrests and a decline in test scores among Spanish-speaking students, both U.S.-born and foreign-born, according to a new working paper.

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"... public faith in technology matters. It encourages investment, increases adoption and trust in new products, and attracts top talent to the United States. To put this in terms tech executives will understand: Trust is a feature, not a bug."

Opinion | I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.

"What happened? The answer is simple, if dispiriting: For tech companies, courage doesn’t scale."

This piece argues that public trust in big tech is important for not only Silicon Valley's future, but also for the rest of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

Schools Scramble as SNAP Lapse Nears, Affecting Students and Staff Schools prepared by partnering with food pantries to provide food for families.

Schools Scramble as SNAP Lapse Nears, Affecting Students and Staff: Schools prepared by partnering with food pantries to provide food for families.

You describe the end stages of a trend's lifecycle perfectly😂

Six Seven! The 2025 Dictionary.com Word of the Year Causes School Chaos As the new trend spreads, teachers are left to wonder—should they stop it or embrace it?

How teachers are dealing with the very weird and disruptive 67 trend among students. Love this quote:

“I haven’t heard them say it since,” said Anderson. “As soon as I showed the buy-in to it, it was not cool anymore.”

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Teachers Are Using AI to Help Write IEPs. Advocates Have Concerns Experts call for guardrails around the ethical, legal, and instructional concerns.

This is a really important issue, and my coworker @evieblad.bsky.social explains it perfectly:

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#EDUsky #EduSkyAI #edtech #AIineducation #SPED #SpecEd #SpecialEducation

(cont'd) “It feels what is being prioritized is being the most outrageous, and I think we need some self-imposed restraints on what we put out there because it reflects our thoughtfulness.”

This right here, from the article: "It bothers me because I think it says something about the character of our culture,” said Regina Musicaro, a licensed clinical psychologist who practices in New York City and specializes in trauma.

AWS Outage Hit Schools Hard. How to Prepare for the Next Tech Meltdown Schools need continuity plans that feature teaching without the help of technology.

Schools’ heavy reliance on the services of major technology companies comes with significant risks. Those risks became a reality this week when an outage at Amazon Web Services led to widespread internet disruptions. Story by @laurainegl.bsky.social www.edweek.org/technology/a... #edtech

Social-Emotional Learning Linked to Higher Math and Reading Test Scores A Yale study finds that explicitly teaching students SEL skills can have big academic payoffs.

Teaching students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students' grade-point averages and standardized test scores in reading and math, via @edweek.org @ariannaprothero.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/s...

Yes! I wrote about the Fordham Institute report at the time. It was very interesting. I wish they would do another survey to see if parents' attitudes have changed.

As secretary, Hegseth has railed against “woke garbage” and purged materials of any mention of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

As a masters student, he advocated for creation of a high school that would “emphasize equity” and prioritize a “diverse student body.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

SEL by Another Name? Political Pushback Prompts Rebranding Some districts are still teaching social-emotional learning, but they are calling it something else.

16% of educators said in a survey that their school or district in the past year has tried to limit controversy by referring to social-emotional learning by another name while continuing to teach the concepts and skills associated with it.

www.edweek.org/leadership/s... #SEL #EduSky #teachers

Did This Parent Hire a Lawyer? Schools Face a New Challenge With AI Complaints written with AI can have a very legalistic tone, costing schools extra staff time and money to respond.

Parent complaints written with AI can have a very legalistic tone and indiscriminately reference a litany of potential legal issues. This causes school and district staff (and their lawyers) to sink hours of time into responding. www.edweek.org/technology/d... #EduSky

The New AirPods Can Translate Languages in Your Ears. This Is Profound.

An example of how AI technology can work in a seamless, practical way that could benefit lots of people: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/t...

The U.S. Department of Education unveiled plans to promote “patriotic education” in the nation's civics and history classrooms.
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Trump Says Ed. Dept. Will Release New Guidance on School Prayer The federal agency will wade into an intensified debate over the place of religion in schools.

The guidance would come as some Republican-led states have sought to increase the presence of Christian teachings in schools. www.edweek.org/policy-polit... #educhat

In each case, the cancellation notices cite language from the grantees’ application materials that references diversity, equity, inclusion, racism, and related concepts. 2/2

Trump Canceled Millions for Special Education Teacher Training. What's Next? More than $30 million for teacher training and parent resources will no longer flow as scheduled.

The Ed Department cancelations jeopardize more than $30 million worth of federally funded efforts in 14 states to help educators better serve students with disabilities. 1/2

www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #specialeducation #teachers Story by @marklieberman.bsky.social

Struggling High School Seniors Fall Even Further Behind on 'Nation's Report Card' More 12th graders than ever before are scoring below the test's threshold for mastery of “basic” skills.

New results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress show that more students than ever are scoring below the threshold for mastery of “basic” skills. It’s the first time the tests have been given to 12th graders since before the pandemic. www.edweek.org/leadership/s... #edusky

High Quality Research Rarely Informs Classroom Practice. Why? (Opinion) The connection between education research, policy, and practice is broken. Here’s what it would take to fix it.

"...embrace opportunities for quick and meaningful wins. These are the common-sense education initiatives that share three critical features: evidentiary support, low financial costs, and scalability." - @tomdee.bsky.social www.edweek.org/leadership/o...

House Lawmakers Endorse Some—But Not All—of Trump's Education Cuts House budget writers are proposing to cut Title I funding by nearly $4 billion.

New: House lawmakers yesterday advanced a federal budget that cuts billions of dollars from Title I and other K-12 education programs. School districts would feel the hit in a matter of weeks--if this bill becomes law by Oct. 1, which is a BIG if. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

Nearly Half of Teens Can’t Identify What Causes Climate Change. Why That Matters Climate change is affecting many industries and students need a basic understanding of the concept to succeed in those fields, experts say.

Nearly 6 in 10 teens don't know how strong the scientific consensus on climate change is. Just over half could correctly identify emissions from human activity as the primary driver of it.

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A Third of Public Schools Require Mental Health Screenings. Then What Happens?

Nearly one-third of K-12 public schools in the United States now require mental health screenings for students.

But according to a new study, ensuring that they receive adequate follow-up care after a diagnosis has been more difficult.

Senate HELP Chairman Bill Cassidy calls on Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices to indefinitely postpone its September meeting, but doesn't say what he'd do if the panel meets as scheduled.

What Happened When This District Did an About-Face on Cellphones

After years of allowing middle school students to have cellphones in class, this district decided to change its tune. #EWArchive