A federal report on students' home access to digital learning resources is months late, and ed-tech groups say the delay is impeding efforts to close the homework gap.…
At Gridley High School in California, we’ve built a self-sustaining floral design program that teaches students valuable career skills and gives them a chance to earn industry certification,…
It takes a lot of work to cultivate strong, engaged online learners, and every district has its own unique needs and challenges. For these reasons, developing a successful…
Gaps in internet access are an all-too-familiar struggle for many schools, particularly those in rural or low-income districts where coverage is spotty or too expensive. In 2015, President…
Interest in K-12 coding and computer programming has increased tenfold in recent years, due in part to the nation's need for highly-qualified computer programming graduates to fill jobs…
Podcasts and collaborative audio projects are becoming more prevalent in the classroom, thanks to technology that is constantly improving and the proliferation of smartphones and other mobile devices.…
Audiovisual (AV) technology is at the center of many classroom initiatives. Whether students are watching videos in a one-to-one classroom setting or English language learners are working on…
Technology changes so rapidly that the newest tablets, phones, and tools are often outdated within a couple years. Pair that fast pace with the education industry, which is…
Savvy school districts are starting to harness the cost and time-efficiency benefits that video interviewing platforms provide to make faster, cheaper, and smarter hiring decisions. The key feature…
A recent Mobile Beacon report analyzing mobile broadband usage by non-profit organizations, including schools, finds that schools utilizing Mobile Beacon’s 4G LTE internet service indicate that the ability to…
For many of the 4.5 million English language learners (ELLs) in elementary and middle school classrooms, learning and understanding the language of mathematics can be a challenge. Supporting…
According to Steve Jobs, “Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.” We live in a digital age in…
We know we must teach children to read proficiently, yet the age-old challenge of getting a child to read on grade level still persists. Fortunately, science and technology…
It's no secret that finding and hiring teaching talent is one of the biggest challenges schools and districts face. My school, Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health and Science Charter…
STEM and STEAM are all the rage these days, and for good reason--the skills students take away from STEM and STEAM classes help them succeed in advanced education…