$500 grants for K-12 teachers
Beginning February 14, teachers nationwide can visit the Kids In Need Foundation website to apply for an Elmer’s Teacher Tool Kit grant that can range from $100 to…
Month: February 2013
eSchool News February 2013
• Feds target kids' web privacy • Publishers answering the digital textbook call • Four key elements of online education programs • How to sustain technology funding in…
Tennessee ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill now requires teachers to tell parents if child is gay
A controversial Tennessee bill that would stop teachers from discussing sexuality with their students has been resurrected in the state legislature, and the 2013 version includes a troubling…
Governor issues ultimatum in teacher-evaluation fight
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo warned the Bloomberg administration and the New York City teachers’ union that if they did not create a new teacher evaluation system quickly, he…
Charter schools that start bad stay bad, study finds
Charter schools that start out doing poorly aren’t likely to improve, and charters that are successful from the beginning most often stay that way, according to a new…
Skeptics: Profit and education don’t mix
When state officials here tried last year to recruit a for-profit company to manage schools in rural Tate County, the community outcry was swift, according to The Hechinger…
The iPhone 5S rumor roundup
iPhone rumors are like flies at a summer picnic: they're nearly unstoppable. Collected in one batch are all the iPhone 5S/6 rumors CNET has reported so far, with…
Meet the winners of our 2013 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards
A competency-based learning program that blends face-to-face and online instruction, iBooks created for classroom lessons, and computers refurbished by students and donated for use by families: These are…