Mine is cheat sheets. I used to think they were stupid and wouldn't be testing student properly. But now I believe having a cheat sheet is more reflective of knowledge application in the real world and how individuals have access to information all the time.
Hi everyone,
I'm a student dev and I built a free web application to help educators and students manage their PDF documents more easily: **https://pdfedit.best\*\*.
I was tired of \"free\" tools that either limit features or add giant watermarks unless you pay for a subscription.
Features: - **100% Free** - **Private:** All processing happens **locally in your browser** (no server uploads). - **No Watermarks** - **No Sign-up**
Hopefully, this makes organizing lecture notes or study guides a little easier!
I'd love to hear your feedback or if there's any other feature you'd like to see!
There is currently some debate in the UK about whether phones should be banned in schools. Some schools already do this. I started being favourable about it, but now I'm not so sure. I think lots of parents won't be comfortable sending their kids to school without phones as they may want to track them or communicate with them for the journey to and from school. That means kids will bring them anyway but keep them hidden in their bags, which is what they have to do at the moment because in pretty much every school phones shouldn't be seen or heard even though they're not banned. Banning phones completely seems to benefit the school more: if a kid has their phone stolen at school they won't be able to tell the school or they'll get in trouble themselves for having it. What do you think?
This article tells the story of Victoria Soto, an elementary school teacher whose actions during a school shooting continue to be discussed years later.
It raises difficult questions about school safety, how educators are prepared for emergencies, and the responsibilities society places on teachers beyond teaching itself. I’m sharing this to spark discussion around how schools, policymakers, and communities can better support educators and students in crisis situations.
Hi everyone — I run a small education business in the U.S. I’m not a developer, but I hit a point where spreadsheets + random Slack/text threads were quietly breaking our operations.
I kept thinking, “We’re not even that big — why does this feel so messy?” Turns out the mess wasn’t the people. It was the system (or lack of one).
The real win wasn’t the first version. It was being able to make changes in minutes when we realized we forgot a field, needed a new status, or wanted a slightly different workflow.
That “we can just fix the system” feeling was huge.
I can share a checklist of the exact screens + database fields I used (and a lightweight template you can copy). Comment with your use case (school / tutoring / edtech / internal ops) and what you’re tracking (teachers, students, classes, payments), and I’ll adapt it.
Note: I used a full-stack app builder to implement this. Happy to share what I learned either way — not here to spam links.
Hi there everyone,
I built mexty.ai, it's a SCORM package authoring tool, you can create any type of SCORM compatible interactive content with AI and export it to the LMS of your choice. You can also upload your existing content and work from there. I'm thinking of creating an LMS as well, so I wanna to know what features you think an LMS SHOULD have that most today don't.
I also would love to have feedbacks before i start moving on to building the LMS. In the mid-long term, I want people to be able to collect data on their students, draw learning profiles, adapt the content to the learning profiles and make the authoring + LMS into a single platform. But I need to make sure the base is solid before I build anything else.
If you need some free subscription / more credits just let me know.
Hey r/education,
I’m a solo developer/educator in CA and created a free tool called SmartSyllabi to help with quick, standards-aligned planning. It generates worksheets, quizzes, essays, problem sets, matching, true/false, multiple choice, open-ended questions, and more — all CA/Common Core focused, no student data/PII, fully teacher-directed.
It’s free (iOS app + web version, Google/Apple sign-in). There’s also a built-in community forum for teachers to share how they’re using it, post generated worksheets, and discuss planning tips.
Here are a few real examples I generated (PDF previews attached):
• 6th-grade adding/subtracting multiple choice
• Multiplication true/false quiz
• Ancient Greek matching/sorting worksheet
• Pre-K shapes & colors activity
• Open-ended adding/subtracting practice
• Extended essay on Ancient Greek democracy
Does this save you time? Any formats/features you’d want? Feel free to try it and share thoughts here or in the app’s community.
APPSTORE Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/smartsyllabi-ai/id6752587173 or smartsyllabi.ai (web)
Thanks for any input — aiming to make planning easier!
Before he retired, my sociology graduate professor gave me his life's work which includes 2,000 self-published articles and 30 books, which he wrote for his classes. He gave me permission to make his materials available but I have no idea where to start. His materials are a bit technical so it needs some contextualization for non-graduate level readers but they could really help people.
1) I want to find a way to compile and streamline his material. How would I go about doing this?
2) Instead of building a website, I'm thinking of making his materials available on Substack. Any thoughts?
China's educators must teach students to ask thousands of good questions, rather than give the same correct answer, Ma says
Different divergent views about using online services when seeking help, would you rather trust any?
Im at an art school and I like it and all but I don’t see a rich future career with this major. I lost my passion for art or I never had any to begin with. My parents are paying 75k a year and about 37k per semester.
I want to transfer to a normal college this fall as an econ major so I registered for calculus 1 for this spring.
But after a long talk, I realized that a better financial option would be to withdrawl from my current school and just get the required credits from a community college because I feel bad for my parents and don’t want them to pay so much for a school that I am trying to transfer out of.
Is it still possible to get a refund if I withdrawl now and leave, and can I still apply to community college classes for this spring?
Thank you
I don't know if I can write this here or not, I'm 17 years old and I passed the 6.5 degree and I'm going to enter the Chinese university ZJUT (Zhejiang University of Technology) and I need help, I don't know if it's a good university or there are other good universities, I can study and on a paid one about $6,000 a year, it's normal, but I don't know if I chose a good university, I need your advice and help 🙏
Computational Physics: Problem Solving with Python (4th Edition) PDF Download. ISBN13: 9783527414253, Available on YakiBooki.
saw a stat saying ~65% of gen z thinks a degree won’t protect them from ai and yet… we’re still pushing everyone into 4-year programs designed decades ago, with slow curriculums and delayed outcomes. not saying education is useless but the structure feels outdated for how fast the world is changing.
what actually needs to change first, the degree itself, or what we expect it to do?
I would love to hear your experiences on this.
I have taught at public schools for the last 16 years. In my district (medium sized city around 500,000 people). My district and a few others in the area are looking at budget cutting, merging some schools, and closing down some that have really low standardized test scores.. State standardized test scores seem to be looked at more heavily than I ever I have seen in my career as a rating for a school as well.
Do you all think this will be temporary? Will this balance out in the next few years and this stuff will stop or do you think it will continue? What happens if it continues?? To me I have a lot of unknowns.
I realize this isn't "everywhere"' either as some areas are growing with students are doing quite well.
It's just bit nerve wracking with all of the unknowns.
Just curious what others think.
This question is for K-12 principals and other front office folks in US schools. Scheduled to launch an online research poll tomorrow, when many schools in the region will likely be closed or have delayed openings due to weather. Would it be better for a research request to land in your email inbox on a day when schools are closed, or would it be better to wait until one or two days after? I have no idea what a principal's day is like when their school is closed due to weather, and I want to be respectful of the demands on their time.
Hi, I’m a 17-year-old college student and I’m feeling really unsure about my next steps, so I’d appreciate any advice.
I wasn’t fully sure what I wanted to do career-wise, but I found out about diagnostic radiography and applied to uni (BCU and a few others). I got rejected because they said I couldn’t do a foundation year without science qualifications. I was confused by this because I thought science wasn’t required since it’s an A-level course.Also I wouldn’t say I’m good at science however I’ve been told it’s not like overly complicated and there’s not much maths involved either.
Now I’m thinking about applying for an Access to Higher Education Diploma at a college near me, as my current college doesn’t offer it. My plan would be to use that to apply for diagnostic radiography at uni.
However, I’m really unsure if this is the right move. I don’t know if I’d say radiography is my passion because I don’t know loads about it yet — just the basics — but I do like the flexibility and the pay compared to teaching.
Speaking of teaching, my family has been encouraging me to go into it, and I do think I’d enjoy it. But the pay worries me long-term, and I’m scared of burning out. I also posted on Reddit about teaching before, and a lot of teachers commented saying they regret it and wouldn’t recommend it, which honestly scared me.
I’m also nervous about doing an Access course because I’d be 18/19 in a completely different college where I don’t know anyone, and that feels intimidating.
So I guess my questions are:
Is doing an Access to Higher Education Diploma for radiography a good idea?
Is it okay to choose a career based on things like job security, flexibility, and pay rather than pure passion?
Has anyone been in a similar position or done an Access course and gone into radiography?
Any advice would really help. Thank you.
Any project ideas that are:
Beneficial to the society
Can be done by a 6th grader
Materials should be easily available and sourceable
I don’t know, if I am asking in the correct place, but feel free to either provide suggestions or redirect me to another community.
What I'm asking about is as a 7th grader are scores of 1176 ranking 4th then 1181 ranking 6th then 1200 ranking 4th in my class good? Because my teachers have been giving me my percentiles up until this year so I have no idea if my class is just really behind or the opposite?
I am a first year teacher. I had my mid year evaluation and had no positives. I only had the comment "attitude, emotional, and could have handled situations better" it was completely skipped over in the meeting.
I know I am decent teacher. ALL my kids are above average, bringing up a quarter of them from below to above. Minimal behavior issues. The class is full of love and laughter. Parents are great, never had a complaint. I work well with the teachers. I am really direct and my principal tends to be very vague and doesnt like that I need clarification all the time bc it points out her lack of competency. I had an incident last week with a teacher who yelled at me. I reported her and then it was turned on me being the problem to going to her in the first place. It is clearly personal. And not based on my performance. Which is why I have not reported anything this other teacher has done in the past. I knew I would be painted as the villain for even bringing up that the teacher is a pain to work with and is unprofessional.
It was not addressed in the meeting bc I did not see it. I had a rough morning and didnt get a chance to see it before the one on one. I then signed off thinking we went through it all until I just reread it. I went to my department head and she disagreed completely with the assessment.
My son absolutely loves this school and it has been such a blessing to him so I really do not want to leave it. What should I do??
I live in the Philippines. Average passing grade is 75%. As living in one of the eastern countries, there is a lot more pressure, so cultural average is 80% ish, probably more. I was just starting to think USAs education might, in the words of someone who I forgot, "is cooked".
Can I retake highschool courses to improve my grades? The course I want to take require a minimum grade I don't meet.
this is a follow up for this old post I made: https://www.reddit.com/r/education/s/PwyYnJtQWA
I decided I want to go for online schooling and to get a high school diploma instead of a GED.
My main issue with online school was that there was no real teachers in the ones I was put in so I felt no pressure or motivation. I really want an online school that has real teachers maybe even zoom or something. I also want something that I'm able to do as fast as I want but if thats not possible then thats fine. If it costs some money thats okay too just not crazy expensive, preferably something mid range if the best options cost money.
I live in Virginia and I just turned 17 in November.
I just spent the last semester trying out AI slide makers for lectures and thesis defenses. Most of the free ones out there are failing academic stuff.
Export images rather than pptx.: can't change citations or update a data point, totally unedittable. I have to start over from the prompt.
Generate only based on my own research: still need loads of time for desk work (but it's fine)
I heard loads of tools rec, gamma, Skywork, Gemini etc. Nor sure which one to start, ANY ideas about these tools?
I’m working on a project/assignment and was wanting to get some honest answers on a few topics from parents/guardians, students, and school faculty. Please keep all responses respectful and relevant to the topic listed in this post. I will be posting different discussion topics in different posts to help organize and keep track of responses. This is not about race, religion, gender, politics, or any other controversial subject.
What was your biggest challenge when your child was between the ages of 3-5 from a financial, and educational standpoint? For example, did you struggle to find reliable, safe, and affordable childcare that prevented you from being able to work or restricted your work schedule? Did you feel like you did not have enough knowledge or experience to teach your child critical skills needed for when they entered school like reading, writing, tracing, and so forth?
My 2nd grader's teacher called me today to inform me that she has been having trouble with my son not focusing and acting up in class. I worked in the school system for a number of years and don't want to be one of those parents who insists my child is gifted when all the teachers are looking at me like I'm and idiot for even thinking that. He began to complain about school last year. He would say he was bored, they never learn anything new, and they learn the same things everyday. So I began to ask him more specifics daily so I could get a better understanding of what exactly was frustrating him. From what I could tell, they would spend about a week or so on each thing they were learning. For example, they spent a week learning the 'oa' vowel combination. Okay, that sounds fairly standard to me, but I was advanced in school and so was my husband so my thought at the time was that he just needs some advanced classes or to be allowed to move ahead or faster. I brought this up to his teacher last year and the response I got was "why? There's too much to learn in first and second grade and he doesn't know everything". I let it go at the time because there was only a few weeks of school left. I didn't bring it up at the beginning of this school year simply because I wanted to see how he would do and how a new teacher would be. Now because it has become a behavior issue there is no way they would test him or put him in an advanced program and I understand why at this point. But I can't help still feeling like it's a boredom problem. What do I do? Is there anything I can do?
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Two students at university in their final year. One student writes a paper and gets 66%. Friend uses AI and gets 80%. My question is what is actually happening in higher ed. To battle AI because from what I can see, they are unable to meaningfully adapt.
I have these vague recollections of being pulled out of normal class during early elementary school and completing a series of random disconnected tasks with a private instructor such as:
- making butter myself from cream
- creating a geodesic dome out of toothpicks and gumdrops and learning about the life of Richard Buckminster Fuller
- learning about different types of clouds (cumulonimbus, etc.)
- learning long division
- reading and discussing Animal Farm
Most of the time, I was just me alone with the instructor but there was another girl for a few months that joined and then I think she moved addresses and switched schools or something.
What the fuck was the point of this program? Did I just imagine the whole thing? What was the criteria for getting pulled into this program? How widespread was this program across the US? Does it still exist?
My 7th grader came home visibly upset and described a disturbing scene that made me realize the class had been shown the horror movie Terrifier. The teacher reportedly played it for the class and stayed in the room watching it with them.
I emailed the principal. The principal told me the teacher said she “didn’t realize it was so intense,” but I’m struggling with that explanation given the content and the fact that she sat through it with students.
The principal’s response so far has been to send a reminder to staff that any media shown in class must be related to the curriculum. I appreciate that step, but it feels insufficient given what happened and the impact on students.
What would you recommend as reasonable next steps with the school? What specific actions should I ask for (documentation, policy changes, consequences, parent notification, etc.)?
Hello everyone! I’m an English teacher and i consider myself very good at it. So i have decided to gain more students but i have never done it online. So my request is that i need help in creating a platform to have one on one online sessions with students. But i don’t know how to do it or where to start. Any idea would be helpful.
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I want to start community college in the fall and I called my childhood school board today to see if they have anything about me graduating on file. My parents never gave me a diploma when I “graduated high school” in 2015.
The school board transferred me to the homeschool department.
The lady said there was nothing on my profile, except that I was in a homeschooling program from 2003-2012. I asked her why my program ended 3 years early and she said the system doesn’t say why, it just says that’s when I finished the program.
How could I have finished the program at age 15? I asked my parents and they said they never asked for my program to be closed. But I also never got a diploma.
The school board said they can’t help me because there is no other information on my profile. They said I should’ve asked my parents for a diploma.
How is them printing out a piece of paper at home an official document for college?
Now I’m trying to figure out what to do because they had no high school credits or anything whatsoever on file. And my parents didn’t keep any transcripts.
I’m looking into online “adult high school” because you can get a diploma that way, but with 0 high school credits it could take up to 2 years to get the standard 24 credits.
Or I could just take my GED. If I go that route I want to study and get college credit with good scores, not just barely pass to say I finally “graduated” 11 years late.
Has anyone been through something similar?
Would you recommend the adult high school diploma or a GED?
I’m in Florida if it helps.
It is on chrome and firefox, we're looking for people to give us honest feedback. What annoys them, where does it fail, what edge-cases are we missing, etc. It is a small passion project, we hope to make an impact on how anyone processes the things on the internet. We have received some interest in people who teach kids how to browse the internet responsibly, and so have decided to post here.
(Firefox mobile is working, but it may not be as intuitive to use on mobile)
All feedback can go here, thanks for anyone who looks into it and tries it out!
Leo King has made a database of educational journals, for undergraduates who want to submit their work for publishing
Hello teachers. I am new here bcs i need some help. So, iam an English teacher and i have a one on one online session with a 40 years old indian man who needs to work on his English for business and daily life. Starting today it’s gonna be just 30 minutes. My question is what should i ask or do to make the first one productive and for him to like it enough to book a second one ? What are the types of questions or tasks i should give him?
I am not a parent, nor do I have someone in custody, hence I can not post on more appropiate subreddits, but I want to hear opinions on such thing.
Suppose you are a parent and you have a daughter in high school. You work to provide your daughter with an above-average living, you take her on trips, to water parks, etc., but she disrespects someone of a different ethnicity (although from the same country) who can't afford to go in the city, can't afford mobile internet and blames him for being bullied.
She is understandable and compasionate towards others. Majority of her friends are of the same ethnicity with the exception of few foreigners (kids of people from other countries), but can not understand why for that particular individual is different. He didn't wrong her with anything, no nothing; only that he is socially isolated in the class. You also find that she is friend with his bullies.
What would you teach her exactly?
every night from the day they are born until kindergarten. I promise you they'll be literate. do it even at the end of a long day and you're tired as hell and it's not fun and you hate it. just DO IT
I have 5 letters and I want to make five sentences out of them
Although it have no meaning, but it really disturbed the lesson
TBH I've been intensively exploring this topic and think the way things are going is absolutely insidious and destructive. I am 'not' an educator but can only imagine many who are being equally appalled. What's stunning to me right at the moment is how business interests can completely overrun school boards and change the very purpose and function of schools. Either that or they can redirect or siphon public monies to 'charter' schools that are allowed to have their own standards, curricula, agendas and to also keep students with special needs out. Charters as big-business 'starve' public schools as funding goes with students. Then, the ones left at these places who aren't doing as well because funding for resources and experienced teachers has gone get used to justify vilification of the whole public system. How does this help the kids? 'Tons' of them are being robbed of the tools necessary to choose their own future! There may soon come a point when corporations make sure none have lives designed for anything other than serving 'them!
This idea of corporate interests and execs aligning--willingly or not--to exhaust parents so much with stagnant wages, Etc. that they're too caught-up to realize their kids are being robbed of the solid public education their tax dollars are said to be paying for 'should' be a crime!
A ton of kids from many walks of life can't read because the standards for that were changed to line the pockets of entities associated with promoting methods which have scientifically been proven to 'not' work.
If people really don't care, is it then safe to say they--and their kids unfortunately--get what they deserve?
I see it as a battle between corporate and similar interests and regular people in this country where the people 'aren't' winning and are indeed maybe not even fighting. What's up with that?
If I'm off in 'any' of this, please 'educate' me kindly. I am here to learn.
In about two months, I’ll be graduating as a high school teacher, something I’ve worked toward for years.
And yet… instead of feeling excited, I mostly feel unsure.
Lately, I’ve been asking myself a question I never expected to ask this close to the finish line:
Is being a teacher still worth it?
ICE is the hall monitor.
excuse me what class should you be in?
Oh you are not a student here
let me just call the main office and have you escorted out.
This is a mandatory literature that I need to be able to do one of my course assignments. When I look online in different browsers it's like 12$ for 22 pages, and I'm not paying that. So if anyone maybe knows where I can find it for free, or maybe has it and is okay with sending it to me I would really REALLY appreciate it. Thanks!🙏
Do academic services provide the best to students in need of uplifting their academic scores?
I don’t know, school/college feels exhausting sometimes. So much homework, exams, and projects all the time. Some days I feel like I’m learning stuff, other days I’m just surviving.
How do you stay motivated or not go crazy with all this?
How do you juggle your academics and work and remain unbothered with failure
Hi Everyone, In my undergrad at Mills College, I was assigned an article to read in my foundations of education class.
It was a comparison of the type of teaching that happens in poor/working class schools vs. middle class schools vs. “elite” schools. For instance, it compared rote learning with collaborative/creative problem solving with students being given the freedom to “create” knowledge.
I often reference the ideas in this article, but cannot seem to find it. Anyone know what I’m talking about? Know the author?
Thanks in advance!
I’m curious if anyone here has completed the online Master’s in Educational Leadership at Wake Forest University. If you have, I’d love to hear about your experience!
Any tips or insights would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! 🙏
Hey y’all. I’m running a program for about 3500 students and it’s lanyard season. Our last vendor messed up so we’re looking for a new one. Anybody here use Lanyard Labs before? Their website and emails look legit but I cannot for the life of me find reviews of them…
https://prospect.org/2025/12/10/for-profit-school-opening-in-for-profit-ice-family-prison/
Virtual education company partnering with ICE. This company only cares about money. Not students. Is this not a good enough of a statement, mods?
So for context I am a sophomore in a senior only class because I had exceptional grades freshman and 8th grade year. I literally gave this class my all and its looking like my final grade will be either a C or C+. I am obviously not happy about this but will this affect my transcript or anything major? Sorry if I sound like I don't know a lot I dont use this app often. Any help or advice is appreciated!
I may be pessimistic but the world feels like a dead zombie world, so many people I met just feel like they stopped critically thinking and cognitively die after a certain age and caved to the idea of convenience in their beliefs....
Now my question is how does one learn after college? I didn't realize it while I was in school, but one of my favorite things was to reflect on my learning and come home from school each day thinking and feeling like I've grasped a new source of knowledge.
Now days I feel like it's hard to feel like that anymore. Recently I've been trying to sift through new sources, social media, audiobooks, YouTube videos but I don't get the same vigorous feeling I had in school. I certainly would like to go back to school but I just cannot afford it and I'm sure there many ways to learn and retain information and feel like I live every day learning something new in the same way I felt going to school...
Now my question is how do you guys get that feeling and keep up with learning? How does one learn new things in the same educational way you learned from school? What FOSS (fully open source) educational materials are out there that genuinely help you learn and thag isn't just slop.
My 10-year-old child was verbally threatened by another student during lunch at school. The other child knew my daughter was going to a friend’s house after school and said they were going to go there and shoot my daughter and her friend with a “Glock.” By coincidence, that same child ended up at a playdate in the house next door that afternoon.
We reported the incident to the school. The principal called us and said the situation was “being handled,” but refused to provide any further information, saying everything is confidential. He would not say whether a formal threat assessment was conducted. He also avoids written communication — every email we send results in another phone call instead of a reply.
We are not seeking details about discipline or punishment. Our only concern is our child’s safety. We want to know whether a threat assessment team reviewed this and whether the threat was considered credible.
Are parents entitled to that information, or are we supposed to just trust the principal’s word that it’s being handled?
Our district has gotten involved with the Ford Next Generation Learning program, which is a philanthropic arm of the Ford Motor Company that focuses on creating career pathways for high school students. I haven't found much discussion online about it that isn't directly from them and their marketing materials. I'm curious, if you've been involved with the program in any capacity, how did it go and what can we expect?
For context, this is a Council of Great City Schools district in the Midwest. It's not a high performing district but has some very successful high school programs.
I would like to actually purchase a DVD copy of a good documentary on Summerhill that I could show to teenagers. One that isn't too old, too pedantic, or too slow paced.
Thank you!
I'm 17 male from Malaysia, finished my finals (we call it SPM). Still awaiting for my results around March or April. I've wanted to go for UTAS ever since I heard about the Marine Biology course they have with IMAS.
I've contacted some education advisors. They took a look at my Trials results and said there's definitely a worthy scholarship for me.
PROBLEM STARTS HERE: I don't know if I should or not. As of now my mom gave hints about how it's such a cold course and have bad employment rate. I have a partner currently and we've made plans to move to Australia (I understand we're still young but that's been what we're aiming for in our lives). I'm scared of not being able to earn enough to support both me and my partner. At the same time I'm concerned about long term job opportunities.
This has been running through my head none stop and it's made my anxiety worse and worse. I now don't know if I should even go for this course anymore. I understand the thought of not being able to provide for a family is really inappropriate and kinda too much for a 17 year old but money has always been important to me and allows me to have a stable and safe life.
On top of that, I've heard stories about how Marine Biologist stay out at sea for weeks or months and only come home once or twice. I don't want that. That's a mandatory need for me. I understand my own capabilities, and having to stay away from my friends and family physically for work sounds like it would DESTROY me completely. If given the options, I would choose something where I get to work and come home at night to spend time with my partner, share feelings and open conversations physically rather than through text.
I don't know what to do and it's been weighing on me this entire year. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, someone help me with this
Please note that:
No I don't mind going out for trips once in a while. I do not care how hectic work can be.
No it's not a single income household should me and my partner move in together
Yes I understand it sounds delusional and naive to talk about "moving together" when it's a young love situation.
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I’m a math consultant in Ontario, and I’m currently working with a small team in preparing a professional development day to help Grade 9 math teachers become comfortable with coding. As coding was implemented into the Ontario Grade 9 Math Curriculum 5 years ago, the need for teachers to learn how to code has grown significantly. We were using Trinket.io because it allows embedding of pre-set Python code into web pages, and it’s ad-free and user-friendly. Unfortunately, Trinket.io is shutting down soon, and all our embedded content will vanish.
Here’s a link that shows you what we were thinking of creating: https://www.bhnmath.ca/code/displaying-results/
I’m reaching out to this community for recommendations on alternative platforms that offer similar functionality, specifically, the ability to embed pre-set code into a webpage without ads. We need something that’s easy to use and can help teachers create and share coding lessons with students.
If anyone has experience with platforms that can do what Trinket.io does or has suggestions for a good replacement, we would really appreciate your help. This is crucial for helping teachers in Ontario get comfortable with coding and, in turn, empowering their students.
Thank you in advance for any assistance!
I live in Kazakhstan and the mentality there is very bad. Almost everyone in the public school doesn't study because whoever studies poorly, then everyone studies poorly because whoever sits next to them has no brains, but they are always given higher priority because they taught well before or they just treat the teachers well. They don't know their jobs; they know nothing there. I wanted to study in a Russian school because Russians have a different mentality and the toastmaster in Kazakhstan is not racism or Nazism, but simply not liking their own. They are divided into "Ru" and they don't like you if you are from the south of Kazakhstan. Please support this. Maybe the future of Kazakhstan will be educated because in Kazakhstan it is very difficult for anyone from state entities to notice. They seem to only be interested in money.
Who needs help with tutoring and advise on their academic research work? am all here to help with tips and give the best solution to your tasks
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I run an academic tutoring service that runs nine concurrent group courses alongside private 1-on-1 lessons. We have 50+ students and several teachers. The scheduling side of the business is a nightmare.
The core problem is dynamic scheduling with constantly changing constraints. Group courses require every enrolled student and the assigned teacher to be available at the same time, while private lessons need one-to-one teacher/student matching. Availability changes often, and right now we manually recalculate conflicts and rebuild parts of the schedule whenever anyone’s availability shifts. Each student and each teacher needs a personalized calendar as well. So we have to manually make a schedule for each individual. That's over 50 different schedules.
Currently, we manage all this on paper. One scheduling cycle takes 30+ hours to make. A single availability change cascades into hours of rework.
What we’ve tried and why it failed:
Constraints:
What I’m asking: what scheduling systems and processes actually work at this scale? If you run tutoring services as well, how do you handle:
I am going to interview for a teaching position next week. I'm unlicensed, but its for a specialized niche that I have a good background for. During the phone call to set up the interview, they said that they would support me getting my license. If I get hired, I would be moving across country for the position. A university nearby has the only program that would support this specialty in the state.
My question is this: Is it likely that the school district would cover tuition? It's a public university, so if not, I would be expected to pay out of state tuition myself, or wait an entire year to get started to establish residency.
Hey all! I have been accepted onto the Teach First programme and am due to start at a school in East of England in September. I am really looking forward to it and I am not disillusioned in thinking that it will be easy. To my understanding there are assignments to be done as well as working and I'm fine with that. I used to study full time at uni, work part time and also volunteer so that doesn't bother me.
I have read nothing but negatives for TF and to be honest everyone so far on this journey has been amazing. I got my feedback as well and it was exactly what I thought it would be. It just feels like teaching is a calling and not just a job so I am going into it with an open mind.
Has anyone had a TF experience and maybe specifically in East of England? If not, would anyone be willing to chat about their TF experience. Please don't just bombard with me with negatives. I'd like an objectively honest experience of something, while yes it may include negatives but there must have been something good about the journey. It can't be all that bad if they've been going for 20+ years.
Also I am listening now to Running the Room as I have been told it's a really good book to read! If anyone else has any recommendations for pedagogical approaches, what the best thing is for a first year teacher to focus on I would love that. To my understanding it's about building consistency, building routines and starting your year with a clear expectation from the pupils but also from how you want to manage the classroom. Any advice is welcomed :)
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I’ve been working at a Reggio based daycare for the past 6 months and am just curious if what I am experiencing is on par with Reggio daycares or if anyone else has had similar experiences. For starters, it is a family owned in home daycare, the owner has her own children as a part of the program as well. Most of the kids in the program are great, but the owner has her nephew in this program who continuously breaks the rules and has horrible behavior with no consequences. He is 4 years old and has kicked, hit, and spit on me with no repercussions to his actions whatsoever. When mom comes to pick him up it’s usually a vague conversation about how he had ‘bad listening’ today. Today he showed horrible behavior (climbing on tables, running in the classroom, climbing under tables, hitting me) but was still given the opportunity to play with special toys at the end of the day. I am honestly fed up and when I came back from my break to see that he was not given any repercussions I just felt so defeated. Once again, my boss is very kind and I am glad to work for an independent business but the behavior of this kid with lack of discipline is tiring. Also for context I’ve been working with kids for the past 3 years and have never been hit, spit on, or disrespected to this point with no repercussions. Just looking for advice on what I should do or if this is normal.
Like the title says, I am curious about how to determine a “good” district or school. I will have a kindergartener in about a year and a half, and our family is looking at moving so that we can be in a “good” district but I feel lost trying to compare districts. I have looked on Niche.com but what else can I do to find the “best” school/district?
In the wake of Lucy Calkins, it’d be nice to see the “equations on the board” so to speak of how long standing phrases in education came to be.
I know that years ago, in CA, we raised the math rigor- when we start teaching algebra concepts. Common Core sort of made the argument moot…
What’s the science behind “grade level”?
I don't have the latitude to score less than 80% so please give me valid and achievable advise
In my country, attending a public university is often a privilege. The schedules are usually incompatible with having a job, you either have family support, or you barely sleep because you need a part-time job just to get by.
I earned my bachelor’s degree and licentiate degree at private universities with little prestige. These institutions are often dismissed as “garage universities” or seen as low quality, even though they are officially recognized by the government body that regulates higher education. Despite this, I feel ashamed to say where I studied. I feel that it is looked down upon on a résumé, even though earning my degrees required a great deal of effort. Today, I am a competent professional, valued mainly for my experience and performance. I also work as a professor at one of these universities, although after the pandemic the program moved fully online.
I’m not sure how to deal with these feelings. Has anyone else experienced something similar? What did you do to make peace with your academic background?
I’d like someone to help me understand my confusion. I have seen others say that it’s better to send your kid to an ok public school district rather than spending more on a house in a good public school district or sending them to a private school. Then this money can be used to pay for the kid’s college. But what if the kid doesn’t go to college? What if their friend group holds them back? Do we just assume the kid would be amongst the same kind of group of friends regardless of school district? Do we just assume the kid would go to the same college regardless of school district? Why wouldn’t a parent want to spend more money early on and send their kid to the better district or private school? What am I missing here?
Always advised on this, these tools will irrevocably extinguish your academics,. Why don't people wan to consult and seek help from others especially from experts knowledgeable in the subject area
I’m a high school student building a very small K‑12 classroom “check‑in” tool to help students signal confusion or overwhelm during lessons without calling themselves out. Before I go too far, I’d love input on: • Biggest ethical/privacy concerns with tools that collect student check‑in data in class • How to ensure this kind of tool supports teachers instead of adding more work • Any research or frameworks on student voice / SEL check‑ins I should read first The project is currently called StandUp; there’s a basic site up, but this post is mainly for feedback on the concept and guardrails, not promotion. If there are specific guidelines or policies I should be aware of (FERPA‑type issues, district norms, etc.), pointers would help a ton.
What are your thoughts on free college? Do you think that to participate in a democracy, one must go to college? I have to write an essay about this but I'm unsure.
Hello! I am a bachelor student in Economic Informatics and this is my final year. It’s time to choose a thesis topic, but I feel anxious and unsure about what to pick. I want something fresh and creative, not a subject that has already been treated too much. I know AI will be mentioned, but I would like something more original and appropriate for my degree. I’m open to suggestions and thank you in advance. One more thing: I live in Albania.
Hi guys so Ive been really struggling with this and I thought maybe there's people out there who have gone through the same thing I'm going through or are already going through it but have a decision so I thought maybe I'd ask here for everyone else's experience
So I'm a young girl in a third world country where safety and economic growth and other things are almost impossible, 80% of the people in my country or under the line of poverty (80million toman a month as salary which 80 percent of people don't receive including my family) even though I don't want to be too dramatic with it as my father and my mother have managed to get our family by and we're well fed, not a problem isn't with me starving or anything but more with my personal beliefs and how they clash with the rotten cultural old beliefs of my country as I'm an atheist and I like dogs and I'd love to keep one as a pet and I don't cover my hair and I'm studying in major which needs expensive equipment (animation) that with this economy I can only buy overpriced stock/secondhand laptops after years of saving and also borrowing from people and my country is an Islamic republic which if they(armed forces) find out I'm an atheist or if they(police) see me outside without hijab they could legally 💀 me and for many other reasons aswell I've decided I need to get out of this country, but as I mentioned before the economy is extremely corrupt and my family could not afford a single flight for me to get out of here, and then even if they could after I got out of here if I go to somewhere without anything then I just have to work without insurance and in a completely unknown country without having time to study and I'd be left to start from zero as young girl with no experience of life out there salon the best way for me to escape this hell is moving out of the country through a education scholarship and even though the future of animation as a major is collapsing, for now it is still popular and I yet have time, even though I did my research for the best universities for animation most of them were either in the US or Canada and I'm not moving to the us due to the news and everyone recommending me not to, and then I thought I don't want to move to cold countries like Canada and Germany and Finland even though they have the best economic systems and a good amount of job opportunities for a major that's quite rare not to exaggerate, but I really can't live in such countries as the people are extremely socially awkward and cold and the weather is also cold and I grew up in the opposite culture which would probably cause me to be depressed cuz I've seen relatives who moved to such countries and have returned to depressed (my uncle from Finland calls a therapist from here weekly and my other uncle from Belgium says living there only has good travel) So then my best option were Spain and Italy, but as far as I know the university options in Spain were extremely limited and most of them very rarely offered full scholarships and only offered partial scholarships which would still be very expensive for me to afford, and Italy is generally not considered that safe and I've heard the economy is also not that good
So keeping everything in mind a university that offers a full scholarship that's has professional animation as a major and is also generally considered a good University to learn animation in and their degree is recognized at least in all of Europe or even better internationally that also isn't in America or in a country where it isn't too socially awkward and too cold and the weather isn't cold as well as all of those so I don't get depressed and also a country that's safe and economicly well enough to afford a simple life as a single woman on an unknown land cuz the only reason I'm going through in education scholarship is to get a degree there so I can start working there and then become a citizen of that country so I can continue to live there
Anyone have any ideas which university that is and when country it's in? Orrr anything similiar I could sometimes ignore a few conditions if it's worth the degree and living there
What’s your earliest memory realizing that you were good at math or that you liked it? What influenced that?
I wish test scheduling considered cognitive load more seriously. Multiple exams right after a break doesn’t feel effective. I used Quizzify while reviewing and it helped structure things, but the pacing is rough.
In my opinion, one of the huge fatal flaws with the US education is that at the younger levels of education (K-12 mainly), the ideas of educating students on jobs and careers is fairly limited. Schools have often taught business materials, like finance, economics, and marketing, but never anything about the ideas of career education, you know?
I am curious about you guys' opinion on the matter, and if i'm just biased.
*On a side note, I am going to shill a little bit, but in a good way. I have a website that I developed in the past that aims to solve this exact problem. You don't have to visit it, but I'd recommend seeing what I can fix with the site. It aims to teach students, especially children, about this matter, and I would love to advocate for this cause. The link below is this site, aka my form of advocacy.
I noticed a recurring problem while talking to a few local institutes and colleges:
Most student inquiries now come through WhatsApp — ads, Google Maps, walk-ins — but the system behind it is usually messy.
What I saw:
So I built a simple WhatsApp automation system that:
Important: it doesn’t replace staff — it just removes repetitive work so staff can focus on real conversations.
I’m still improving it and learning from feedback.
If you work in education and deal with inquiry overload, I’d love to hear:
Happy to share learnings.
I am a teenager rn but I know want to pursue my startup as my main career. But ofcourse it's unstable risky af and my parents won't let me just 100% depend on it without a backup plan.
I am an academically above average student, so I want to prepare for any competitive exam and end up a prestigious to good college so I can peacefully work on my startup while studying there. I can't do private universities cuz I'm not that richh whatsoever.
I really am clueless about universities rn. I just know I don't wanna go to DU lol.
If anyone knows or has been here, can you please tell me about?
Just a question come to my mind recently , in the emerge of the AI, where do we position ourselves as a teacher / educator? Where do we stand in the context of this new tech ?
Our school is still using the classic clipboard at the front desk. Write your name, scribble a reason for being there, and hope whoever comes after you doesn’t flip back through everything It works right up until it absolutely doesn’t.
When there’s a drill or a real emergency, it gets weird fast. Nobody is totally sure who’s actually inside the building. And when admin teams have to go back and review visitors later, the handwriting alone becomes an investigation. I’ve noticed more schools moving to digital visitor systems where guests sign in, get a temporary badge, and there’s a clean log if something ever needs to be reviewed. It seems less about being “high tech” and more about just not guessing anymore.
I saw *ChexPass *mentioned in one conversation, apparently it’s built more for school front desks than IT departments but I know there are lots of different tools. It feels like one of those “baseline safety” things that nobody thinks about until a situation makes it painfully obvious. Has your school switched yet? Was it worth it? Did it slow things down or make life easier? And during an audit or incident, did it actually help? Really curious to hear what front-office folks and admins think, because the theory and reality aren’t always the same.
So I am currently in grade ten. I’m taking the highest classes I can atm including a grade eleven class next semester. I’m also in French immersion (this is where the problem starts) which is my lowest grade 75%. I know it’s kinda stupid to say this but I know she (my teacher) has it out for me. I’ve asked how to improve my grade towards the beginning of the semester because I had a 62% and she simply said it was only the beginning of the year and to relax. It is now one month from next semester and it’s bringing my average down by a lot (I have 88+ in all my other classes.) Anyway I’m wondering if I drop French immersion. French is a big thing to my parents they would be devastated…and honestly I would be as-well. I’ve sunk hours into studying for French and it never pays off I’m clueless. I’ve done the math, and if I keep my grades up (excluding French) I’ll have an average of 88.
I firmly believe that no matter your political affiliation or status you should back education as the most important policy and it should be a #1 priority of any nation looking to improve its future.
Education shapes everything downstream: the workforce, the economy, innovation, public health, crime rates, civic participation, general population happiness, and national competitiveness. When education is weak or underfunded/underdeveloped, every other system pays the price long-term. When it’s strong, societies become more stable, productive, and resilient and this is proven through countless countries, especially in Europe.
The core principle and idea of education is to educate the youth and develop minds so that they can grow into leaders of the next generation. For many politicians from all different perspectives, they focus on things we can only see in the short-term. Things like the economy, immigration, and social issues, and although it’s mainly seen in the U.S. during elections voters focus on these issues and candidates that primarily support education are left behind. It’s not a partisan issue, nor is it something any side or party should back. Education should be a human right and access to it needs to be promoted and protected for less-developed countries around the world.
It provides opportunity and vastly increases almost every aspect of a society, everything from jobs and employment to mental health to even the life expectancy of a nation’s population. It’s hard to realize for many citizens but no matter what it will end up affecting them, maybe in 10 years, 20 years, even 30 years but it will always happen. We just need to make sure we don’t have any regrets for our education system and re-structure the fundamental idea of the real-world implementation of it.
Governments often treat education as a long-term issue that can be delayed or underfunded, but it affects people every single day, even ones not currently involved in the education system. Students sit in overcrowded classrooms, teachers burn out or leave due to low pay and lack of support, and schools struggle with outdated materials and infrastructure. This is even if the government provides an education system. These aren’t abstract problems, they’re daily realities for every school and I’ve experienced it myself every single day in school.
Investing in education isn’t just about test scores or college admissions. It should be about teaching critical thinking, not just simple memorization, preparing students for real-world problem solving, supporting teachers as professionals and not expendable labor, making learning accessible and effective for all students. Of course, it’s easy to discuss all of these points and topics but real-world implementation will take time and a lot of effort, but it’s certainly achievable and beneficial to every quite literally single citizen of every country across the globe. That’s simply a fact.
If governments want long-term economic growth, social stability, and an informed population, education funding and reform should be a constant priority, not just talking point every election that gets ignored (by the politician and the citizens) during their terms.
You can disagree on taxes, foreign policy, or social issues, but strong education benefits everyone, regardless of ideology. It’s not a left or right issue. It’s a future issue. And I’ve seen it firsthand, I’m currently a teenager in an American high school and I feel completely unfulfilled from the education system and I feel that it should be much more important and the public needs to realize that.
TL;DR education deserves more importance and attention as a policy because it directly affects a nation unlike any other policy.
Hi Parents, what are some must-enroll extracurricular activities for a K1 girl? I appreciate your help. Thank you.
That was our reality with our daughter for a long time, and it honestly left us pretty confused. On the surface, she looked like a “fine” reader. She could read out loud, get through the pages, and didn’t resist much. But as soon as we asked what the story was about, it was like it disappeared. We first chalked it up to attention, effort, or just her age before realizing something else might be going on.
What really clicked for us was noticing the difference between her reading and her listening. When we read to her, she could follow the story, explain what happened, and make connections. When she read on her own, that understanding fell apart, especially with longer texts. That was the big aha moment. In working with her specialist and the school, we stopped focusing on how “good” she sounded and started noticing how hard reading actually was for her.
Instead of jumping to labels, we slowed things way down and tried to figure out where things were breaking. We read in smaller chunks, asked simple who and what questions, let her explain things in her own words, and used drawings or retelling instead of quizzing her. It wasn’t a quick fix, but it helped us move from frustration to clarity.
Sharing this because I know how easy it is to second-guess yourself when your child looks like they should be getting it but clearly isn’t. Curious how common this is for others. If you’ve seen this with your kids or students, what helped you make sense of it?
It's here: Daemon Time
It's a pvp game, though you can play by yourself as practice. Currently it's 10 questions and 45 seconds for each, but I will make it editable later.
You join a game just by pressing the arrow button. currently there is no limit to max # players.
There's a rating system, a lobby chat, chat for each game.
For answering, just enter 1, 2, 3, or 4. Since SAT/ACT is multiple choice.
If you have any bug reports or feedback, or you want to add a question to my database (I literally have written all of the current ones, which is not a lot), you can submit at the bottom
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Hello everyone,
My name is Garrett Duncan and I am making a documentary called "The Reading Wars" as a personal project. It is a history of the argument between phonics and whole language. Right now I am trying to find the origin of phonics in America, and I've tracked it down to The New England Primer, a book from 1690, but I can't find a real copy of the book. Does anyone have some obscure knowledge that they could give me on this ancient book?
