April 2012

U.S. to fall short of 2025 college grads goal–by 24 million degrees

April 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Despite persistent appeals from policymakers and politicians to increase the number of college graduates in the United States, a new report projects a shortfall of nearly 24 million…

District Management

Suspended high schoolers organize their own school

April 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Students suspended for walking out of class at Detroit's Western International High School earlier this week to protest school closures and demand a better education, are holding a…

District Management

The challenge of the introverted student

April 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

One of my teacher interns at San Francisco State University wrote a paper a few years ago that reminded me of what I occasionally missed as a teacher,…

District Management

School cyberbullying victims fight back in lawsuits

April 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

When a Georgia middle school student reported to police and school officials that she had been bullied on Facebook, they told her there was not much they could…

District Management

Watch: Sisters in trouble with school for shirts supporting father, paralyzed Afghanistan veteran

April 30, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Two girls from James Master Elementary School in Converse, Texas, are in trouble after officials claimed their t-shirts, which bore logos of the non-profit Homes For Our Troops,…

Teaching Trends

Up to $5K for healthy students

April 30, 2012 by ESchool News Staff

Through partners such as Kellogg's and the Walmart Foundation, Action for Healthy Kids is pleased to release its School Grants for Healthy Kids opportunities for the 2012-2013 school…

Teaching Trends

Up to $500K for RTI programs

April 30, 2012 by ESchool News Staff

This grant program is designed to assist school districts in the development and improvement of their Response to Intervention (RTI) programs.

Teaching Trends

Win an iPad for inspired teaching

April 30, 2012 by ESchool News Staff

In 50 words or less, entrants will explain: What Inspires You to Help Children Learn? Just by entering, each participant will receive a $10 coupon for Evan-Moor products…

Teaching Trends

Mobile Device Management and Bring Your Own Device in Education Environments

July 3, 2012April 28, 2012 by Kaseya

Mobile devices have the potential to engage students in new ways, but IT often doesn’t know how to manage the ... Read more

District Management

InfoComm 2012 exhibitors prepare for record-setting show

April 27, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

InfoComm International, the trade association representing the commercial audiovisual industry, will hold InfoComm 2012, its annual commercial audiovisual show, in Las Vegas from June 13-15. InfoComm 2012 will…

District Management

ISTE 2012 will expand horizons

April 27, 2012April 27, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) will hold its 33rd annual conference and exposition, with a theme of ... Read more

District Management

Rise in autism increases calls for awareness

May 1, 2012April 27, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

A new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in early April during Autism Awareness Month indicates that one child out of 88 is believed to…

Teaching Trends

eSchool News March 2012

May 1, 2012April 27, 2012 by ESchool News

• Apple dives into digital textbooks • New ed-tech products aim to cut costs, boost learning • How to engage parents more effectively in their children's education •…

IT Management

Rural schools testing 360-degree cameras for teacher observation

November 6, 2013April 27, 2012 by By David Hopkins

Thanks to the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, videotaping teachers has become a focal point of discussions on effective teaching. As part of its Measures…

District Management

EveryVote: An open source platform with a side of democratic collaboration

April 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

You want to get more involved with your government, but the red tape and politics are overwhelming. Maybe you just want "the facts" to make your own informed…

District Management

Maine teachers to get ‘financial literacy’ how-tos

April 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Maine teachers will get some training on how to help their students manage money, the Associated Press reports.

District Management

A moving film about the life of a school

April 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Too many films about school insist on showing the teaching and learning enterprise at its worst. Students are portrayed as at best troubled and often just rotten, teachers…

District Management

Kindergarten bill would require ‘maturity test’ for thousands, shift age cutoff date

April 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

Thousands of Tennessee children would be required to pass a "maturity test" every year to enter kindergarten under a new bill passed by the state House of Representatives…

IT Management

Students speak out against arrests in public schools

April 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

A coalition of students protested outside Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's office Tuesday, calling on the city to implement new disciplinary policies that would reduce the arrest rate among…

District Management

British royal to visit Philly school for low-income students

April 27, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

When the future King Edward VII visited Girard College in 1860, the boarding school for underprivileged students served about 860 white boys in a bucolic setting on the…

U.S. to fall short of 2025 college grads goal–by 24 million degrees

Suspended high schoolers organize their own school

The challenge of the introverted student

School cyberbullying victims fight back in lawsuits

Watch: Sisters in trouble with school for shirts supporting father, paralyzed Afghanistan veteran

Up to $5K for healthy students

Up to $500K for RTI programs

Win an iPad for inspired teaching

Mobile Device Management and Bring Your Own Device in Education Environments

InfoComm 2012 exhibitors prepare for record-setting show

ISTE 2012 will expand horizons

Rise in autism increases calls for awareness

eSchool News March 2012

Rural schools testing 360-degree cameras for teacher observation

EveryVote: An open source platform with a side of democratic collaboration

Maine teachers to get ‘financial literacy’ how-tos

A moving film about the life of a school

Kindergarten bill would require ‘maturity test’ for thousands, shift age cutoff date

Students speak out against arrests in public schools

British royal to visit Philly school for low-income students

CIESC Member Schools Gain Access to Metrasens Ultra Weapons Detection Systems Through New Partnership

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Frontline Education Releases Inaugural K-12 Lens Survey Report To Guide K-12 Decision-Making

Arizona’s Apache Junction Unified School District Supports Innovative Teaching and Learning with New EdTech Resources

AI Educational Partnership to Elevate Classroom Presentations, Assessments

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