Special Reports
With earlier technologies, the term “cloud computing” was an apt description: As users connected to the cloud, the system couldn’t “see” the type of device they were using—so it delivered…
May 14, 2012 / No Comment / Read More 
School bullying is now at crisis levels in the U.S., and it’s one of the primary challenges that school leaders face in managing the learning environment. As school leaders look…
May 1, 2012 / 1 Comment / Read More 
Spurred by a federal directive to use “multiple measures” of student success, performance assessment is reemerging as a strategy to delve more deeply into students’ skills.…
January 19, 2012 / 6 Comments / Read More 
As school districts replace their antiquated phone systems, a growing number of districts are choosing hosted, or “managed,” voice-over-IP service. Besides being easier to manage, hosted VoIP service also enables…
November 7, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More 
For years, marketers have used sophisticated software to track consumers’ buying habits and web browsing activity, then crunch this information and make intelligent predictions to target their sales messages more…
November 4, 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More 
Is cloud computing secure? That’s a question many ed-tech leaders have been asking as they’ve considered moving applications to the cloud. And the answer many are finding is: Yes, it…
September 30, 2011 / 2 Comments / Read More 
The slumping economy hasn’t been kind to schools, especially in California—but that hasn’t deterred the San Diego Unified School District from its ambitious plan to give all students a technology-rich…
September 30, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More 
Online and blended learning have taken off in the last few years—and that has spurred more interest in learning management system (LMS) software among K-12 schools.…
June 7, 2011 / 4 Comments / Read More 
While most schools now measure students’ progress more frequently throughout the year, using this information to target instruction more effectively can still be a challenge. Here's how some schools have…
June 2, 2011 / Comments Off / Read More 
Not all that long ago, the term “mobile learning” implied laptop computers and mobile carts that were wheeled from classroom to classroom. Now, as a growing number of students carry…
February 25, 2011 / 5 Comments / Read More 
