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Viewpoint: The future of education lies in the cloud
Calls to improve K-12 education are routine. Business leaders, educators, and other stakeholders demand that our children acquire the knowledge and skills needed to grow our rapidly evolving economy. Yet,…
Exinda helps district bring Web 2.0 technology into the classroom
Bandwidth-heavy applications can impact the performance of other academic and educational network traffic. Exinda solved this problem for Andover Public Schools in Essex County, Mass., by allowing Web 2.0 and…
Victory in Victorville: A replicable model for school improvement
Sixth Street Prep School is a K-6 charter school in the Victor Elementary School District in San Bernardino County, Calif. Linda Mikels became Sixth Street's principal in 2001 and was…
Visual learning delivered on Cat 6A cable
Students can watch TV programs on a large projection screen from their desks or anywhere in the classroom, thanks to a specially designed and integrated video and data system that…
Predictive assessments help enhance one district’s performance
Missouri's Park Hill School District (PHSD), with 15 schools and more than 10,000 students, has seen a 17 percent increase in enrollment over the past decade. Teachers used classroom assessments,…
Online tools boost parent-teacher communications
Few will dispute the fact that parental involvement improves a student's chances for success. And in order to engage parents, first we need to communicate effectively with them. To increase…
Going green saves green
School districts consume huge amounts of energy. But as much as we wanted to turn green talk into action, it was difficult to do with our aging buildings, large…
IPTV goes to school
Though parting may still be sweet sorrow, no one at Michigan's new Pennfield High School misses the days when they had to search for an AV cart to show Romeo…
Florida Department of Education builds plans for disaster and recovery
In preparation for a disaster, Florida's DOE was paying an annual maintenance fee to SunGard to reserve equipment in their facilities. Duncan realized there were significant cost inefficiencies in that…
Perfect harmony
Empire Union School District in Modesto, Calif., is a K-8 district serving 3,500 students, with seven sites and a district office. It employs 192 full-time equivalent (FTE) certificated staff, 150…