November 2009

North Carolina Schools encouraged to apply for ARRA funding

December 30, 2009November 30, 2009 by ESchool News

The U.S. Department of Education (USED) distributed ARRA funds to states to save and create jobs while advancing reforms and improvements that will create long-lasting results for K-12…

Teaching Trends

$5,000 for teachers who provide science teaching excellence

December 30, 2009November 30, 2009 by ESchool News

The Amgen Award for Science Teaching Excellence (AASTE) is an annual awards program that recognizes extraordinary contributions by educators across the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada who…

21st Century Libraries Around the Web

Teachers using cell phones for class lessons

January 26, 2010November 30, 2009 by ESchool News

Ariana Leonard's Spanish class at Wiregrass Ranch High School in Wesley Chapel, Fla., is one of a growing number around the country that are abandoning traditional policies of…

Teaching & Learning

Taiwan plans to roll out e-Readers in schools

November 30, 2009 by ESchool News

Taiwan's Ministry of Education plans to offer e-readers to school kids on the island next year as part of its efforts to digitize schools and promote reading, PC…

District Management

Avg. school district IT director makes $87,898

December 30, 2009November 30, 2009 by By Laura Devaney, Senior Editor

Despite the slumping economy, technology personnel working in public school district central-office positions saw a 2.1-percent increase in average salary over the past year, with district-level technology directors…

District Management

Survey shows untapped potential for campus IT

December 30, 2009November 30, 2009 by From staff and wire reports

More than 90 percent of college students use social-networking services such as Facebook and Twitter, but only 28 percent say they have used these tools in a course…

Teaching Trends

Money Matters

December 10, 2009November 25, 2009 by

Strategies and solutions your schools need right now 10 ways to save on schoolbudgets, How to trim the fat without ... Read more

Teaching & Learning

Web-savvy parents have art for raising money

November 25, 2009 by ESchool News

Parents of students at Cobble Hill's Public School 29 last summer launched an online viral marketing campaign that brought in $40,000 in just a month and rescued the…

Teaching & Learning

Hutchison wants more technology in Texas schools

November 25, 2009 by ESchool News

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison said Nov. 24 that if elected governor of Texas, her education plan would focus on bringing more technology to the classroom and helping…

District Management

Students spread the Google gospel

November 5, 2013November 25, 2009 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

Boise State University senior and self-described Google fanatic Taylor Bell landed his dream job this semester when the internet mega-site hired him as an ambassador, charged with evangelizing…

How immersive technology can empower students (and teachers) to learn

Immersive, experiential technology is transforming how both students and teachers learn. Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR and VR) provide deeper engagement, opportunities for collaboration.

Digital Learning Tools

6 benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse

The metaverse is a tool that blends experiences typically associated with either the virtual or physical worlds. It can deliver greater immersive learning for students while also creating some new and exciting teaching opportunities. For educators, it is crucial to not only understand what the metaverse is and its uses within education but to also realize the benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse.

North Carolina Schools encouraged to apply for ARRA funding

$5,000 for teachers who provide science teaching excellence

Teachers using cell phones for class lessons

Taiwan plans to roll out e-Readers in schools

Avg. school district IT director makes $87,898

Survey shows untapped potential for campus IT

Money Matters

Web-savvy parents have art for raising money

Hutchison wants more technology in Texas schools

Students spread the Google gospel

Two Remarkable Educators Honored with YouScience® Innovative Educator Award

Spanish and English Versions of Science Techbook for Texas by Discovery Education Now Available for Use In K-8 and Biology Classrooms Statewide

American Student Assistance Announces Strategic Alliance with Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

HSPA named a 5-Star Innovative School 2023 in The Educator report for Mastery Learning

ParentPowered PBC Appoints new Chairman of the Board: Luis Duarte, Partner at Imaginable Futures, as Company Ushers in the Next Phase of Growth

Login