An unexpected group of presenters–11th graders from Whitney M. Young Magnet High School in Chicago–made a splash at this year’s ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAccT).

Five recommendations can strengthen digital literacy teaching and learning in ways that are equity-centered and grounded in ...

The digital world continues to rapidly evolve, creating opportunities for users to continually learn innovative technologies. Beginning in elementary school and extending to middle and high school ...

Instead of investing in prepackaged software programs, many teachers are harnessing the technology they already have—such as webcams, audio recorders, blogs, and other Web 2.0 tools—to boost literacy ...

Classroom Connection features teachers writing about their experiences and views on education issues. Look for Classroom Connection every fourth Sunday in Forum. I grew up on a farm where I learned to ...

Tricia Ebarvia, educator, author, consultant, has a new book out: Get Free: Antibias Literacy Instruction for Stronger Readers, Writers, and Thinkers. A DEI expert, Tricia spent some time talking ...

As we face another year of unpredictability triggered by the global pandemic and other factors, perhaps the only thing we can be certain of is that the future is uncertain. An ability to digest data ...

Reading was easy for Dr. Doug Fisher when he was growing up in San Diego, but it wasn’t for everybody. “I had friends who were illiterate,” he says. “They just pretended they could read, and the ...

This fun event gives students the opportunity to perform poems and short stories in front of their families and teachers.

The National Financial Educators Council has launched a petition website to advocate for a comprehensive financial education program to be taught at all public schools nationwide, according to a ...

There was a time when being literate meant being able to read, write, and comprehend what was being said. It served a functional purpose – as long as we could all agree on the meaning of words and ...