Inspiring: Technology flips a school’s culture from negative to positive
Risk assessments are awful, but necessary
Here are 5 ways to improve risk assessments in your district
3 tips for connecting students to internet resources during summer
How teachers and schools can help ensure out-of-school access and digital resources for students.
How can schools ensure a “return on instruction?”
Authors discuss delivering a return on instruction in new book; 8 keys to designing tomorrow's schools, today.
Learn how this state is expanding off-campus connectivity for students
Minnesota districts will receive state funding to help students get online outside of the classroom.
The 3 major dos and don’ts of blended learning
Administrator discusses how to think about blended learning implementation in stages, refinement and honing.
Opinion: School vouchers will test our democracy
Vouchers are used by less than 1 percent of the nation's students. Trump and DeVos want to change that.
Why you should include simulations in your STEM lessons
Physics teacher discusses 6 reasons why simulations take STEM learning to the next level.
App of the Week: Screen recording made easy
Easy screen-recording tool facilitates outside-the-box teaching.
Got summer PD? Here are 10 options
If you're still looking for a PD opportunity to fill your summer, check out this list.
3 ways to ease grading with blended technology
How to use blended learning platforms to improve student grading.
Educator: These are “My Tech Essentials”
Curriculum Specialist uses technology to aid in 1:1, project-based learning designed by teachers.
3 school security musts for summer kick off
How schools and universities can fiercely guard their student and school information.
3 things schools must know about the rising “phigital” student
Why education must adapt now in order to accommodate Gen Z—but how?
App of the Week: Survey student and classroom strengths
Robust personality survey for students results in real-world insights.
4 points DeVos makes about school choice
Though few exact details were released, DeVos encouraged states to invest in school choice initiatives
How to be an award-winning teacher
Three celebrated educators share their innovative classroom practices, along with tips on how to apply for honors and what to do once you’ve won.
Wow! This inquiry-based, technology-rich school has no tech staff
An innovative principal empowers her teachers and students to take ownership of tech-infused teaching and learning.
Virtual island destination aims to prevent the summer math slide
Can students not only enjoy playing, but make significant gains in their math knowledge, when playing Fog Stone Isle this summer?
5 ways teachers can improve student learning based on current brain research
How students can better overcome language and reading problems thanks to the plastic brain and teacher know-how.
K-12 is undergoing a purchasing renaissance—and it has massive implications for educators
Why teachers and IT need to be part of the quickly evolving K-12 purchasing process.
Brace yourselves: AI is set to explode in the next 4 years
As AI grows in the education sector, its impact could be felt in student learning programs, websites and admissions programs
6 steps to strengthen early STEM learning
Report aims to help knock-down barriers to early childhood STEM education inclusion that are often pervasive in schools.
Principal: Real school transformation starts with a magical triangle
A principal shares how his data-based approach to discipline, academics, and SEL have transformed his middle school.
In a shaky political climate, here’s why students are more important than ever
Why changes in education due to students' needs are eclipsing the political quagmire that generally maintains the status quo.
Chromebook takeover signals major shift in education…but not in the way you may think
Google's Chromebooks are now the most used devices in K-12 classrooms across the U.S. But is there more to the story than cheaper hardware?
App of the Week: Students find their STEM passion!
Individualized STEM career exploration targets students' values.
Teachers speak: What PD actually works?
When it comes to effective professional learning, teachers identify the PD approaches they say have the most impact.
7 go-to apps for students with special needs
These apps can be used for a range of special needs, including autism, social skills, and anxiety.
Best practices for rolling out tech in the classroom—an administrative perspective
Edtech director describes how her school planned a 1:1 rollout with success.
HOT: Millennial parents are loving this school communication app
Connected parents of a first-grader break down the benefits of parent-teacher communication app via smartphone.
3 better alternatives to “gotcha” tactics for teachers
An innovative principal shares how video takes the ‘gotcha’ out of teacher evaluation—and why tech initiatives are like cheese soufflés.
These schools are leveraging E-Rate for a complete digital transformation
How IT, school leaders can use the E-Rate’s latest expansion to provide a full digital student learning experience.
8 things teachers want you to know about their profession
A new survey examines how teachers handle career changes and how they view job satisfaction.
Debunked: 5 myths about classroom technology
Arguments against classroom technology are often unsupported by empirical evidence.
App of the Week: Explore mysteries in space
Zoom into our solar system, solve mysteries with open-ended play.
Researchers develop groundbreaking technology for student writing success
This IB school gives students more writing practice—without taxing teachers.
Here’s how you tie spending to student outcomes—with big success
A Chief Financial Officer shares how his district office moved from 500-page PDFs to real-time financial analysis.
5 teacher-loved technology tools to meet STEM NGSS standards
Recommendations for NGSS –friendly technology tools that enable students to communicate information in innovative, creative, and visually appealing ways.
How to prevent accidental plagiarism in an online world
