E-rate spending reveals schools’ tech evolution
Schooling has changed in many ways in the last two years, but while remote learning, mask policies and increased federal spending in education have gotten lots of attention, another trend has gone nearly unnoticed.
Powering K-12 Digital Transformations
The pandemic has hastened schools’ investment in edtech tools and competencies. In shifting to remote learning, many school systems gave ... Read more
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4 ways to avoid cybersecurity snake oil
When it comes to cybersecurity, you want to do right by your students, your schools, and your district–but it’s not that simple.
How innovative teaching helps boost productivity
AI has untapped potential in classrooms, from preschool through higher education. An AI digital assistant used in a classroom can transform how educators teach, giving them the freedom to teach from anywhere in the room.
Students’ emotional growth continues beyond classroom walls
As the days of summer dwindle, many parents are looking at the fast-approaching new academic year with a sense of uncertainty and unease. A nationwide teacher shortage has left schools scrambling to fill critical vacancies in a matter of weeks. And tensions over mask-wearing may soon return to a fever pitch as a rise in COVID cases and hospitalizations is already leading some public school districts to announce a planned reinstatement of controversial mandates.
Education’s Great Resignation
Is it another symptom of The Great Resignation facing many sectors in America? Is this an esoteric threat to public education?
Don’t wait to secure your endpoints from cyberattacks
As we enter a new school year, among the myriad things that instructors and administrators need to be concerned about, ransomware remains high on the list. According to the K-12 Security Information Exchange, there were 166 publicly disclosed cyber incidents affecting 162 school districts across 38 states during the 2021 calendar year.
3 strategies to support youth mental health
Every year more than 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States–that breaks down to 7,000 students every day. Leaving high school has major implications for the rest of a student’s life, including considerably higher rates of unemployment, poverty, depression, chronic physical and mental illness, incarceration, and even a shorter life span.
5 ways to support educator well-being this school year
From teaching through a global pandemic to adjusting in real time to teacher shortages and policy changes, from worrying about school safety to trying to manage more disruptive behavior in your classroom, this past school year alone has presented huge challenges.
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4 Practices for Innovative School Leaders
If your school or district is anything like many others across the country, it has undergone transformational changes at a rapid (perhaps even dizzying) pace over the past two years. The challenges you continue to face demand that you influence more change, driven by creative problem solving and a bit of risk.
Building a Successful Certification Program at Your Institution
In a world where competition for jobs, pay increases, and academic success continues to increase, certifications offer hope because they are a credible, third-party assessment of one’s skill and knowledge for a given subject.
Whitepapers and Resources
K-12 Voice Guide (aka Trunking Guide)
The power of language learning for K-12 students
Rethinking Attendance Interventions for Remote or Hybrid Learning
Calculate the Value of Software and Inform Licensing Using Data
Fostering Student Well-being with Microsoft Education Solutions
Tips, Tools and Solutions for Safe, Accessible, and Easy to Manage IT
K-12 Funding Opportunities and Strategies
Implement the Science of Reading with Ease
Education’s New Normal: Creating the Future Classroom, today – future-proofing for tomorrow
Enrich Learning in Higher Education with New Display Technology
Living for today or planning for tomorrow with digital learning investments
Cybersecurity Challenges Facing K-12 Schools – Awareness and Solutions
Interactive flat panel solutions for today’s classroom
Future-Proofing Your District
Best Practices for Hiring Substitute Teachers
Teacher Shortages: Viable Solutions to Meet Immediate Needs
Distance and Hybrid Learning
Discover the five steps towards a zero trust campus network
