Nadia Tamez-Robledo

Jan 16, 2025 | edsurge.com | Nadia Tamez-Robledo

I was recently sitting with my friend’s 9-year-old son, Guillermo, as he teed up a YouTube video on the TV. I’d wanted to get a kid’s perspective on “brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching too much of it. Naturally, I sought out someone with on-the-ground experience. The playground, to be specific.

Jan 10, 2025 | zephyrnet.com | Robert Ubell |Nadia Tamez-Robledo |Adam Brown |Soulaymane Kachani

We've been crunching the numbers, and your votes are in. Here's the countdown of the top EdSurge stories about the college world in 2024, based on readership. Nearly half of the stories in our top 10 involve the impact that AI tools like ChatGPT are having on campuses. No surprise there, considering that just about every week brings new AI products, and students rushing to social media to share how they're using them on assignments.

Jan 9, 2025 | edsurge.com | Nadia Tamez-Robledo

Here Are the 10 Stories K-12 Readers Couldn’t Put Down in 2024By Nadia Tamez-Robledo     Jan 9, 2025 As we look back at the K-12 stories that resonated the most with our readers last year, a trend quickly emerges: 2024 was the year of the personal essay. Columnists and EdSurge Voices of Change fellows clearly captivated our audience with their reflections both technical and emotional. They gave their takes on innovating in math and social emotional learning.

Dec 19, 2024 | edsurge.com | Nadia Tamez-Robledo

The results are in — and they’re not great. International data on math and science released earlier this month gave the globe its first chance to compare progress since the pandemic. For the United States, it appears that the COVID-19 pandemic reversed more than 20 years of progress in math scores, based on results from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said as much during a briefing with reporters.

Dec 12, 2024 | edsurge.com | Nadia Tamez-Robledo

Findings from a recent survey by the Trevor Project, a nonprofit focused on suicide prevention among LGBTQ+ youth, show transgender, gay and nonbinary teens have worse mental health than their peers—and school policies targeting them contribute to their mental health struggles. The data comes from the Trevor Project's 2024 national survey on mental health, gathered from more than 28,500 LGBTQ+ young people in the United States.