Latest posts by Laura Ascione (see all)
- Friday 5: Teacher stress - May 3, 2024
- Student success is impacted by issues outside of school, survey finds - May 1, 2024
- Friday 5: Virtual field trips - April 26, 2024
Santa Fe Public Schools opts for fiber network
Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS) has partnered with Tellabs, a provider of passive optical network (PON) solutions, to deploy the company's fiber-based Optical LAN network solution in seven…
Neverware launches cloud-based operating system
Chromebooks are one of the hottest trends in ed tech, but with ever-tightening district budgets, schools are struggling to balance new expenditures with previous PC investments that reportedly…
ESEA would see $2.7B increase under FY 2016 budget
President Obama's FY 2016 budget request includes four focus areas for education, including increasing equity and opportunity for all students; expanding high-quality early learning programs; supporting teachers and…
Observation tool measures 7 ‘learner-centric’ factors
Bolstering student engagement is a crucial strategy to increase student success, but school leaders and classroom teachers typically lack tools that determine the extent to which their classrooms…
LearnSprout announces Early Warning Solution
LearnSprout, an education data analytics company, has launched the LearnSprout Early Warning Solution (EWS), a comprehensive data analysis service to help schools identify at-risk students early enough to…
Study: Tech access in, outside classroom boosts engagement
Students are more engaged in their learning and tend to show more achievement in certain areas when they have access to technology during school and at home, according…
Idaho district implements online speech therapy
School districts spanning large areas, like 10,000-plus student Bonneville Joint School District 93 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, often struggle to hire and retain enough fully qualified speech-language pathologists…
Texas approves Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook for statewide use
Following a rigorous evaluation, the Texas State Board of Education has approved the Discovery Education Social Studies Techbook for statewide use as a core instructional resource through its…
Austin ISD offers free test prep to high school students
Austin ISD (AISD) is partnering with Edgenuity, an online education provider, to expand support for all high school students by offering free test preparation services for college entrance…
Infobase relaunches Issues & Controversies
Infobase, a provider of educational content to schools and libraries, has announced the relaunch of Issues & Controversies. The database, which aims to offer balanced treatment of complex,…
InfoSnap honored as inaugural Pearson award winner
InfoSnap, a provider of cloud-based registration management solutions, is the winner of Pearson’s inaugural Independent Software Vendor (ISV) Integration Excellence Award. Chosen from the more than 100 technology…
Maker movement front and center at EDexpo
Makerspaces will be showcased at EDexpo 2015 with a unique exhibit area and education offering to help dealers and manufacturers tap into this growing opportunity surrounding hands-on learning.…
Will big data jobs go unfilled?
Students at both the K-12 and university levels should learn how to handle and interpret big data, but to do this, educators at both levels must be comfortable…
Cogent Education wins 2015 FETC Goldfish Tank Innovators Competition
Cogent Education: Interactive Cases is the winner of the Goldfish Tank Innovators Competition during the 2015 Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, Florida. The Education Technology Industry…
DCPS implements Follett’s Aspen SIS
The District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) system has selected Follett and its Aspen solution to help the 47,000-student district capture, report, manage and analyze its student data,…
eSchool Media effort will address education’s challenges
eSchool Media (eSM), is thrilled to announce the launch of its eSchool Experience and Exchange Regional Assembly Series (E3). The vision behind the E3 series is to shed…
ClassDojo updates classroom management app
ClassDojo, a tool that gives real-time, positive feedback to students, updated its flagship mobile app to let teachers and parents build stronger relationships with each other. ClassDojo helps…
Gaming, coding top students’ ed tech wish lists
Access to high-speed internet is among middle and high school students' top technology preferences, according to a CompTIA national survey of students and educators Fifty-six percent of surveyed…