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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.

Latest posts by Laura Ascione (see all)

Children learn best on paper: We need better technology, not less of it - July 13, 2026
In districts, reaching readiness, retention, and success - March 5, 2026
AI use is on the rise, but is guidance keeping pace? - January 2, 2026

District Management

FCC seeks input on rules for online services

September 3, 2010September 2, 2010 by Laura Ascione

In the latest twist in the Federal Communications Commission’s pursuit of “net neutrality” rules to prevent broadband providers from discriminating against certain types of traffic flowing over their…

Designing a high-definition high school TV production studio

November 6, 2013September 2, 2010 by By Jerry Gale

When Minnesota School District 112 decided to build a new high school, it offered Dan Pelowski, instructional technology coordinator for the district's secondary schools, a rare opportunity to…

Teaching Trends

UC campuses mitigate risk–and save millions in the process

August 31, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The University of California’s Office of Risk Services worked with IBM to design and build an Enterprise Risk Management System ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Helping schools forecast future trends

August 31, 2010 by Laura Ascione

In the last few years, IBM has acquired two companies to help it improve its offerings to the education industry ... Read more

Teaching Trends

HISD sees 151-percent ROI in 10 years from analytics project

August 31, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Houston Independent School District faced the same management challenges encountered by many large urban school districts: a wide variety ... Read more

Teaching Trends

Tennessee district improves student performance, reduces dropout rates

August 31, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Hamilton County Department of Education (HCDE) oversees nine K-12 school districts in and around Chattanooga, Tenn. Evaluating and improving school performance became a critical task for the…

District Management

More schools take security seriously

August 31, 2010August 31, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

As we enter a new school year, I'm happy to see several districts spent the summer making investments in keeping their students, faculty and staff safer. One New…

That’s so Shark Dog!

November 6, 2013August 30, 2010 by By Tricia Fuglestad

My fourth grade students coined a new phrase: “That’s so Shark Dog!” This phrase refers to an art piece that was transformed from a mistake into something brilliant.…

District Management

Train and maintain

August 26, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

One of the more confusing stories I’ve read lately comes from East St. Louis, Ill., where burglars have taken more than $1 million in...

Formative assessment that ‘clicks’ with students

November 6, 2013August 25, 2010 by By Eileen Shihadeh-Shald

Williamsburg Collegiate Charter School, a member of Uncommon Schools, is the only school in New York City where every student in grades 5-8 passes the state exams. In…

District Management

Copper thieves continue to strike

August 24, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Schools are not immune. I recently wrote about an Oklahoma district hard hit by thieves taking or gutting…

District Management

Mac-based districts could face SIS quandary

November 5, 2013August 19, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Education industry giant Pearson says its PowerSchool student information system will cease to support Macintosh database servers by Dec. 31, forcing Mac-using districts to make some tough decisions.

District Management

Good advice for campus administrators and law enforcement

August 19, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

The recently released report, Campus Security Guidelines: Recommended Operational Policies for Local and Campus Law Enforcement Agencies, prepared by the Major Cities Chiefs of Police Association, contains some…

District Management

Superintendents turn to tech academies to boost skills

September 6, 2010August 18, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

As the need for tech-savvy students becomes more pressing, school leaders' technology skills must also keep pace, and superintendents across the nation are enrolling in technology-focused professional development…

District Management

We owe our students more

August 17, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Once a student becomes a victim of a school crime, he or she becomes more aware of…

District Management

APQC: Process management can improve education

August 28, 2013August 12, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

An ambitious program aims to transform K-12 education outcomes by focusing on the processes through which schools strive to achieve those outcomes--and it already has led to positive…

District Management

Detroit’s commitment to school security

August 12, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

The Detroit Public Schools is moving briskly forward with plans to spend nearly...

District Management

Great cooperation between school and law enforcement officials

August 10, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

School and law enforcement officials in Central Florida’s Volusia County are to be commended for their efforts to…

District Management

Sowing the seeds of creativity

November 21, 2010August 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Joaquin Horton, 19, who just graduated from Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles, credits a new online resource called Seedplay for helping him take his company to the…

District Management

Handcuffs for first graders?

August 5, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

How far can a school go in disciplining students? Twenty states have laws permitting…

District Management

Schools: Protect yourselves

August 3, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Here’s another story that leaves me shaking my head. A Midwestern school district has reported…

District Management

Obama defends education policies to critics

July 30, 2010July 30, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Challenging civil rights organizations and teachers' unions that have criticized his education policies, President Barack Obama said that minority students have the most to gain from overhauling the…

Why the iPad is not ready for college this fall

July 30, 2010 by Laura Ascione

School is starting in late August, and already a few universities are touting their decision to make the iPad a part of the classroom. But these universities might…

District Management

Justice Dept. joins suit accusing Oracle of overcharging U.S.

July 30, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Justice Department has joined a whistle-blower in accusing business software giant Oracle Inc. of defrauding the federal government by overcharging for software, reports the New York Times.…

District Management

IBM to open infrastructure lab at Carnegie Mellon

July 30, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Computer giant IBM is teaming up with Carnegie Mellon University on a research lab to develop technologies to help governments better manage their infrastructure, BusinessWeek reports. The collaborative…

District Management

Last-minute funding for education jobs looks grim

November 18, 2010July 29, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

The fate of additional funding that might save thousands of teachers' jobs remains uncertain after a $10 billion education jobs bill failed to pass in Congress, leaving many…

District Management

Don’t ‘pass the trash’

July 29, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

An investigation in 2008 by the state of Oregon found that 47 schools in the state had made a “pass the trash” deal over the previous five years.…

Teaching Trends

Ten awards of $1M each for higher education

July 31, 2010July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The objective of this program is to provide grants to institutions of higher education (IHEs) for pilot programs that expand the services of bookstores to provide the option…

Teaching Trends

$650,000 for individuals with disabilities

August 6, 2010July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

This program aims to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, by developing methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technologies that advance a…

Teaching Trends

$65,000 for literacy programs

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy's grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers…

Teaching Trends

Recognition for the nation’s top school counselor

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The American School Counselor Association School Counselor of the Year program honors the best of the best--school counselors who are running top-notch, comprehensive school counseling programs at either…

Teaching Trends

Funding for music programs and instrument repair

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Mr. Holland's Opus Music Foundation Grants have two programs, the Melody Program that targets qualified school music programs in need of assistance, and the Special Projects Program that…

Teaching Trends

$5,000 for school improvement projects

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant program funds school improvement projects initiated by parents in recognition of the importance of parent involvement in education.

Teaching Trends

$250 for aerospace education programs

July 29, 2010July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Air Force Association Educator Grant Program is designed to promote aerospace education activities and encourage use of innovative aerospace activities within the prescribed curriculum. Each school year,…

Teaching Trends

Complete classroom A/V system

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Extron Classroom A/V System Grant Program provides increased visibility to K-12 educational technology projects by supplying selected pilot classrooms with advanced audio/video solutions. This grant program aims…

Teaching Trends

Recognition for extraordinary science educators

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The National Science Teachers Association Distinguished Fellow Award recognizes NSTA members who have made extraordinary contributions to science education through personal commitment to education, specifically science teaching or…

Teaching Trends

Awards for schools committed to character

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The National Schools of Character Awards program has a twofold purpose: To identify exemplary schools and districts to serve as models for others; and to help schools and…

District Management

Momentum building for federal online privacy rules

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Sen. John F. Kerry, D-Mass., plans to introduce an online privacy bill that would create standards for how consumer information is collected and used for marketing, reports the…

District Management

Second lawsuit filed over Lower Merion webcam snooping

July 28, 2010 by Laura Ascione

A second lawsuit has been filed on behalf of a student whose laptop web camera was secretly and remotely activated by a Pennsylvania school district, reports the Philadelphia…

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