Laura Ascione is the Editorial Director at eSchool Media. She is a graduate of the University of Maryland's prestigious Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
Student access to the internet outside of school is a growing concern among district technology leaders, and with one-third of U.S. public school students lacking broadband at home,…
Many schools begin implementing mobile devices by opting to try a pilot of devices, and increasingly, they are also piloting charging carts or charging stations as well. Pilots…
TabPilot Learning Systems has announced that its Tablet Manager for iOS will now be free for all public and private K-12 schools with 25 or more iPads through…
The Adobe Foundation announced its call for entries for the fourth-annual international Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) Awards. The AYV Awards recognizes insightful digital media projects created by youth…
New federal interagency partnerships will bring hands-on STEM learning opportunities to high-need students during after-school and out-of-school time. Through this collaboration, the Department of Education's 21st Century Community…
During the Texas Computer Education Association's annual conference in Austin, Texas, OKI Data Americas will demonstrate its end-to-end printing solutions and services for the education market, including digital…
3rd Quote, an online community and marketplace that facilitates ed-tech product discovery, research, evaluation, and purchasing into a single, secure platform, announces two major features designed to further…
Acer expanded its line of Chromebooks for the education market with two new models, the Acer Chromebook C910 and Acer Chromebook C740, both introduced at BETT 2015 in…
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…
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…
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…
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, 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…
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…
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…
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 (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, 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,…