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Out-of-school learning is often more meaningful than anything that happens in a classroom. How can educators make school more interesting for students? How can schools surmount the relevance gap?

What is the future of special education? Forty years since students with disabilities were legally guaranteed a public school education, many still don’t receive the education they deserve. Policies, practices, and funding are at a crossroads with the education law. The bill is 10 years overdue for reauthorization, what questions should we consider if Congress picks up the law again?

A world without annual testing may be closer than you think, but it would come with some serious tradeoffs. Is it really time to kill annual testing? What would be the alternatives and the disadvantages?

What can we learn from how military-affiliated K-12 schools educate children whose lives—and learning—are constantly disrupted by moves, new friends, emotional challenges, and more. Emerging research on military-connected students and a new ESSA mandate will be able to shine light on an unusual finding: Black students in these schools outperform their civilian peers.

Are education leaders spending too much time chasing the latest tech trends rather than trying to maintain what they have? Is there a way to bring students into the process of making decisions that are right for the schools and the teachers who educate them. And how can schools and districts be more thoughtful and realistic about what innovation means within limited budgets?

Innovative—sometimes disruptive—changes sparked by technology and other forces are on the radar of education analysts. But how do educators currently working in schools and districts think about innovation? How much of a priority is it for them? And what unanswered questions do you have about innovation in education? In this conversation, analysts from the °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ Research Center will offer insights and takeaways from their national survey. They look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas. Your feedback and insights will inform future studies.

Content Provided by Microsoft

AI focuses on the creation of intelligent machines that can perform functions like speech recognition, learning, and problem solving.
In the education sector, AI is increasingly used to enhance student learning; intelligent interactive programs using various technologies such as machine learning, natural language processing, and deep learning help in overall learning of students.
The analysts forecast the Artificial Intelligence Market in the US Education Sector to grow 47.77 percent during the period 2018-2022.
This interactive chat session explores the current uses for AI in education K-H, new possibilities and also examines the ethical and other challenges which may present from the perspective of educators, futurists and technology experts.

Content Provided by ExQ

What’s the one thing that can help every child succeed? It’s the ability to learn HOW to learn, otherwise known as, Executive Function. By directly, explicitly and systematically teaching this process, students build insight that directly influences their strategy selection and adaptive adjustment during the challenges of everyday learning. Sucheta Kamath, Founder and CEO of ·¡³æ²Ï® hosts a discussion with educators about the value of teaching Executive Function skills as a crucial foundation for strengthening educational outcomes. Learn about empowering students with self-awareness and life skills to become more creative, empathetic, problem solvers. Join us as we seek to further explore and advocate for teaching Executive Function, the key to infinite know how!

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How are innovative technologies and teaching strategies introduced in your school or district? Innovations can be tested in libraries before being rolled out into classrooms, making such spaces powerful agents of change and hubs of digital citizenship, creativity, critical-thinking, communication, and other 21st century skills. Yet, 20 percent of library staff positions have been cut at US schools since 2000.

Big Ideas in Education: In Conversation With °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳
Led by the Opinion Editor Elizabeth Rich, the °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳ newsroom will close out the day with insights from the discussions they’ve had with you, the readers.