Nick & Kelly Revak, Author at eSchool News

HOT: Millennial parents are loving this school communication app

May 11, 2017 by Nick & Kelly Revak

We are parents of a 1st-grader and are used to communicating with friends and colleagues instantly and often. Today, almost 90 percent of parents own a smartphone and…

District Management

3 better alternatives to “gotcha” tactics for teachers

May 10, 2017 by Kathryn Procope

I have been in school administration for 12 years now, and one of the things that I absolutely have learned to hate is the formal teacher evaluation process.…

District Management

These schools are leveraging E-Rate for a complete digital transformation

October 31, 2017May 10, 2017 by Rich Nedwich

Textbooks and blackboards have become a thing of the past in K-12 schools as educators collaborate with IT teams to shape a full digital core curriculum as part…

Curriculum

Researchers develop groundbreaking technology for student writing success

May 8, 2017 by Dennis Pierce

As with any skill, the key to better writing is more practice. But that creates a dilemma for the teachers tasked with helping students improve their writing skills:…

District Management

Here’s how you tie spending to student outcomes—with big success

May 5, 2017 by T.J. Vinci

When I first came on board as the CFO in Pueblo, Colorado, I asked my finance manager to compile a complete financial report of all of our budgets.…

STEM & STEAM

5 teacher-loved technology tools to meet STEM NGSS standards

May 4, 2017 by Ashley Pereira, MS

The Science and Engineering Practices of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) require students to ‘obtain, evaluate, and communicate information’ (NGSS Lead States, 2013). As students engage in…

Curriculum

How to prevent accidental plagiarism in an online world

May 4, 2017 by Lesley Vos

Don't hurry up to blame a student. They might plagiarize accidentally. A responsible educator, you can help students write original academic papers and teach them to distinguish whether…

District Management

Is this increasingly popular teaching job the Uber for teachers?

May 3, 2017 by Karina Godoy, Rebecca Crutchfield, and Sarah Griego

Apps like Uber, Lyft, and Task Rabbit have helped millions of people use their skills to earn money on their own schedule. This model has now come to…

Classroom Innovations

3 innovative communication tips for students with autism

May 3, 2017 by ESchool Media Contributors

Communicating can be a challenge for certain individuals with autism. In “Communication Innovations for Individuals with Autism,” Howard C. Shane, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, associate professor at Harvard Medical School…

eClassroom News

Is the digital divide entirely different from what we think it is?

April 27, 2017 by Jeff Rubenstein

For a while now, there’s been a great deal of concern over the digital divide—the gap between students who have easy access to technology and those who don’t.…

Blended Learning

5 education trends of the future catapulted by blended learning

April 27, 2017 by Julia Freeland Fisher

With so many students engaged in blended learning, it’s important to examine current trends and technologies to try and predict where blended learning could take students in the…

District Management

Superintendent: Gen Z achievement soaring with student choice

April 24, 2017 by Dr. Royce Avery

So how can educators find the perfect balance between traditional and digital approaches to better focus their student’s attention? How can they gain back control in a classroom…

eClassroom News

How an edtech innovation is giving performance assessments new life

April 25, 2017April 24, 2017 by Stuart Kahl

Internet access, electronic collection of student work, and online distributed scoring, for example, can all play significant roles in making performance assessments more manageable and efficient.

eClassroom News

3 ways new-to-online students can thrive with virtual learning

April 21, 2017 by Erica Cirino

Digital learning opportunities are widely available and abundant today. From MOOCs to digital study aids to virtual tutoring, there are many ways for students to hone their academic…

Blended Learning

Real talk: This is what successful blended learning actually looks like

April 20, 2017 by Andy Franko

In theory, blended learning sounds straightforward: You replace a portion of the traditional face-to-face instruction with web-based online instruction. In practice, though, launching and sustaining a blended learning…

eClassroom News

School sees massive literacy boost thanks to new assessment attitude

April 19, 2017April 17, 2017 by Heidi Busk

At the beginning of the 2016-17 school year, 82 percent of Morgen Owings Elementary School’s students were working below grade level. Now, six months later, just 40 percent…

Curriculum

This is what Gen Z-designed curriculum looks like for the future

April 19, 2017April 17, 2017 by Darren Faust

The generation in school now is the first generation raised entirely in the Age of Technology. They are digital natives, many of them using computers, smartphones, and other…

Educational Leadership

Why education needs strong advocates now more than ever

January 25, 2023April 14, 2017 by Charles Sosnik

Spring time is invigorating, especially in my home town of Gastonia, North Carolina. Gastonia is very southern; its roots are in the textile business, and in many ways,…

District Management

3 keys to student success with early college programs

May 19, 2017April 13, 2017 by Dennis Pierce

Like a growing number of school districts, North Carolina’s Guilford County Schools (GCS) has early college programs that allow students to earn college credit while they’re still in…

District Management

5 reasons why blended learning programs fail-and how to save them

April 13, 2017 by Mark D. Benigni and Barbara A. Haeffner

Too often, educators who are considering investing in blended learning pull back after hearing horror stories of good programs gone bad. Whether it’s botched rollouts, network snafus, or…

District Management

Greatest lesson: Teacher buy-in is overrated

August 30, 2017April 12, 2017 by Dr. Karen Beerer

One of the greatest lessons my 30 years of experience in education has taught me is that teacher buy-in is, sometimes, overrated.

District Management

Why Gen Z needs librarians now more than ever

April 10, 2017 by Ginny Boughter

Librarians and media specialists are in a unique position within schools, since they are very often the person responsible for introducing students to new technologies, and are also…

Classroom Innovations

7 ways edtech boosts student confidence in the classroom

April 6, 2017 by Na’ama Y. Rosenberg

Edtech is making is easier and more efficient to help students at every level, and to bring even the most timid of learners out of their shells. Dr.…

District Management

District’s parental engagement soars with new “Glow and Grow” practice

April 6, 2017 by David W. Gaston

When my district, Charles City Public Schools (CCPS), created our strategic plan, we established “Community Investment in Public Schools” as one of our five core goals. As a…

eClassroom News

What does assessment without testing look like?

April 5, 2017 by Linda Baker, Chris Marczak, Ed. D., and Jude Miqueli

Educators at all levels agree on the need to assess what their students know, but a growing number of them find that tests are not the best way…

District Management

There’s an emotional side of edtech—and it’s affecting school innovation

April 5, 2017 by Alan November

At one of my recent workshops, I was approached by a teacher who had never redesigned her lessons to take advantage of edtech’s potential to transform learning. She…

IT Management

5 tips for new, easy and affordable school edtech upgrades

April 7, 2017April 5, 2017 by Jonathan Weech

Waiting on a slow computer to load or update wastes valuable time and can detract from lessons and class time. ... Read more

District Management

Teaching Generation Z? Start by engaging their parents—here’s how we did it

April 3, 2017 by Dr. Shawn Bishop

A huge body of research shows that parental involvement in a child’s education results in higher student achievement, both academically and behaviorally. I’ve been in K-12 education for…

STEM & STEAM

Why STEM education could get a transformative makeover—soon

March 31, 2017 by Russell D. Shilling, Ph.D.

Engaging young children in STEM is critical for creating a lifelong love of learning and for developing critical thinking skills which will serve them well across all academic…

District Management

5 school areas that desperately need student voices

March 31, 2017March 31, 2017 by Michael Niehoff

As a graduate journalism student over 20 years ago, I worked on a thesis project centered on education reform news reporting. I was analyzing how often education reporters…

District Management

The 3 biggest Twitter problems for teachers—and how to overcome them

March 30, 2017 by Heather Ngoma

Despite clear advantages to advancing digital literacy, schools often experience considerable roadblocks to implementing digital literacy initiatives. Interestingly, accessibility often isn’t the biggest factor blocking this process—more often…

District Management

How school districts are leveraging Twitter to become rock stars

April 3, 2017March 30, 2017 by Amy Jenkins

When a student tweets at their school’s Twitter handle, chances are they don’t expect a response--it’s like tweeting at Starbucks, or the Office of the Comptroller of the…

IT Management

These 8 schools have A+ mobile device programs—here’s why

March 31, 2017March 29, 2017 by Dave Saltmarsh

Technology continues to raise the bar of what is possible in education. As more schools discover the power and benefits of education technology, mobile devices such as Chromebooks,…

Apps

March’s 11 buzzworthy edtech tools

March 29, 2017 by Common Sense Education

Things move fast in the edtech world, and we hear all the time from teachers how hard it can be to keep up. This is why we've created…

IT Management

Warning: These fraud attacks are wreaking havoc on education

March 28, 2017March 27, 2017 by Stu Sjouwerman

On March 14, it was reported in CSO (a leading cybersecurity outlet) that 110 organizations experiences successful phishing attacks targeting their ... Read more

Curriculum

Teachers: Online learning goes 2.0 with new technology

March 27, 2017 by Peter West

Video tutorials in the style made famous by Sal Khan of the Khan Academy changed the face of education, empowering anywhere, anytime learning. However, they were Tutorials 1.0.…

HOT: Millennial parents are loving this school communication app

3 better alternatives to “gotcha” tactics for teachers

Researchers develop groundbreaking technology for student writing success

Here’s how you tie spending to student outcomes—with big success

5 teacher-loved technology tools to meet STEM NGSS standards

How to prevent accidental plagiarism in an online world

Is this increasingly popular teaching job the Uber for teachers?

3 innovative communication tips for students with autism

Is the digital divide entirely different from what we think it is?

5 education trends of the future catapulted by blended learning

Superintendent: Gen Z achievement soaring with student choice

3 ways new-to-online students can thrive with virtual learning

Real talk: This is what successful blended learning actually looks like

School sees massive literacy boost thanks to new assessment attitude

This is what Gen Z-designed curriculum looks like for the future

Why education needs strong advocates now more than ever

3 keys to student success with early college programs

5 reasons why blended learning programs fail-and how to save them

Greatest lesson: Teacher buy-in is overrated

Why Gen Z needs librarians now more than ever

7 ways edtech boosts student confidence in the classroom

District’s parental engagement soars with new “Glow and Grow” practice

What does assessment without testing look like?

There’s an emotional side of edtech—and it’s affecting school innovation

Teaching Generation Z? Start by engaging their parents—here’s how we did it

Why STEM education could get a transformative makeover—soon

5 school areas that desperately need student voices

March’s 11 buzzworthy edtech tools

Teachers: Online learning goes 2.0 with new technology

ISTE Takeaways:What’s the Deal with Data—EdTech Research and Challenges

North Carolina District Wins ISTE 2025 Distinguished Award for AI Leadership and Parent Engagement Innovation

10 (and counting…) Google goodies for your classroom

ISTE Takeaways—What It Takes To Win the Impact Award

Look Who’s Talking—Bringing STEM Up To Speed

With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts

Savvy Cyber Kids Appoints New Members to Board of Directors

Project POTUS 2025 Middle School Winners Announced

K12 Earns High Marks for Excellence in Online Public Education

First AI-Powered Special Education Management Platform Helps Districts Reach 100% IEP Compliance

Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Outperformed Their Peers On the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment

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