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How to realize ed tech’s game-changing potential
During a recent webinar, the nation's director of educational technology highlighted how technology can support more effective instruction—and a North Carolina superintendent revealed how his district has successfully made the…
‘Embodied learning’ blends lessons with student-computer interaction
In an Elizabeth Forward Middle School classroom, students in an eighth-grade math class spent a recent morning getting into their lesson—literally.…
In Michigan reform district, students set their own pace for learning
The chancellor of the Education Achievement Authority of Michigan plans to improve the state's lowest performing schools by dumping traditional teaching methods and giving students a learning plan that will…
Technology helps make school bus rides safer
As students returned to school this year, many were riding buses newly equipped with cameras designed to nab dangerous drivers, buzzers intended to make sure they weren’t left on the…
Miami-Dade Superintendent on public schools, immigration, and the FCAT
It's hard to imagine more than a handful of jobs more difficult than that of Superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the Huffington Post reports. …
School lunches get a 21st-century makeover
With new limits on calories, sodium, and saturated fats, as well as increases in minimums for fruits and vegetables, schools are revisiting their nutrition management. Thankfully, there are software programs,…
Until we get rid of funding inequities, real education reform can’t happen
Many of our schools lack adequate financial support, and the public is willing to pay higher taxes to remedy the situation. The problem lies in the ways our schools are…
Anatomy of a school construction project
Before a ribbon is sliced by comically oversized scissors, before a brick is laid or an architect is chosen, before voters approve funding for a sparkling new school building, there…
New online community shares ed-tech best practices
Project RED, an ed-tech research and advocacy group that has been studying how technology can help re-engineer the education system, has created a new online community for school technology decision…
Ten tips for forging successful school-community partnerships
The American Association of School Administrators is a strong proponent for the education of the total child. What we mean by that is, we firmly believe that the schools…