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Backed by $400,000 in funding from Google.org, Genesee Valley BOCES, a New York state organization supporting 22 school districts through shared services and instructional leadership, today called for “a fundamental reset in how schools respond to artificial intelligence (AI)."

When I was in the seventh grade, or eighth, or maybe it was ninth, I was presented with a brief bit on Reconstruction. The gist: Reconstruction was a terrible time in American history, terrible in part because a number of black men held political office and, boy, oh, boy, did they made a mess of things with their corruption, their ignorance.

Abrams Children’s Books has announced a new series of biographies for middle grade readers: First Names. Eight books are planned and will cover historical and contemporary figures in a highly illustrated format, with titles on Harry Houdini and Amelia Earhart due August 2019.

A lesson plan for Sophie Blackall's award-winning picture book. 

I’ve been in love with writing stories since I was a tiny ten-year-old girl with a curious mind and big opinions. In those three decades, it has been through writing that I’ve come to understand the world and my connection to it.

At Solomon Schechter Day School of Bergen County, NJ, the Popkin Innovation Lab has brought a new curriculum and problem-solving approach, along with a different culture, to  school this year. 

Visual literacy demands increasingly sophisticated tools to expand kids' critical skills.

Educating kids on how lighting, camera movement, sound, body language, and other film strategies convey meaning.