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- Friday 5: Digital equity in schools - May 24, 2024
- 5 key recommendations for AI in education - May 23, 2024
- Personalized Learning: eSN Innovation Roundtable - May 22, 2024
New PD focuses on dyslexia
Literacy publisher MindPlay has introduced a new professional development program about dyslexia for K-12 teachers and parents. Understanding Dyslexia is an online program that helps teachers identify students…
District rolls out ‘neuroplasticity’ language development programs
Alachua County Public Schools, a district serving 27,000 students in North Central Florida, has partnered with Scientific Learning Corp. to help students improve their language, literacy and reading…
How Twitter influences the Common Core debate
Researchers tracked thousands of tweets on Common Core. What they found was a fascinating look inside the minds of supporters and detractors. University researchers Jonathan Supovitz (University of…
Are students getting enough STEM?
Washington residents are concerned about the state’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs, according to a survey conducted by Washington STEM, a nonprofit aiming to improve innovation…
Miami-Dade partners with myON for literacy goals
Florida’s Miami-Dade County Public Schools, the fourth largest school district in the United States, is implementing myON in all 250 of the district’s K-8 schools for the 2014-2015…
New platform supports Windows apps in the cloud
A new visual cloud platform that runs Windows applications in the cloud could have big implications for school and district IT staff. The solution from Mainframe2 enables Windows…
New STEM PD program targets admins
With a $500,000 commitment from Chevron, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) has launched a new initiative to support school administrators as they work to strengthen teaching and…
‘Collaboration Nation’ offers $50K to one tech-savvy district
Collaboration Nation, a new awards program from CDW-G and eSchool News, will recognize the nation’s finest examples of collaboration and successful educational technology projects. CDW-G will share the…
800 new digital learning activities help prepare for PARCC and SBAC tests
Compass Learning recently announced its Pathblazer math and reading intervention solution and Hybridge blended learning solution have been enriched with more than 800 new digital learning activities for…
Skyward introduces new test bank management solution
As school districts prepare students for assessments, administrators are looking for tools that ease teacher prep time, address established curriculum, and encourage schools and districts to share assessment…
Admins target metrics with new analytics dashboard
Panorama Education, which partners with K-12 schools to collect and analyze feedback from teachers, parents and students, has launched a new Leadership Dashboard designed to provide principals and…
District implements new school locator technology
Iowa City Community Schools recently launched a new school locator technology as part of the district’s comprehensive plan to communicate 2015-2016 elementary school year boundary changes to students’…
Philip Lanoue named 2015 AASA Superintendent of the Year
Philip Lanoue, superintendent of the Clarke County School District in Athens, Ga., has been named the 2015 AASA National Superintendent of the Year. The Febuary 26 announcement came…
Net neutrality gains FCC approval
In a momentous decision for the future of the open internet, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on February 26 approved net neutrality regulations to oversee online traffic and…
LightSail announces free digital ebook library
K-12 literacy solution provider LightSail will offer a free Starter Library for all customers. The Starter Library includes 200 texts spanning elementary, middle, and high school reading levels,…
School implements standing desks to boost student engagement
As educators turn their attention to how physical learning environments can influence student learning, more companies are responding to the demand for flexible and innovative classroom furniture. Ergotron,…
Schools, STEAM professionals interact online
Schools in Porterville Unified, Long Beach Unified, and Oakland Unified school districts in the Linked Learning Alliance are receiving full access to Nepris— a cloud-based platform connecting science,…