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S.C. district increases student motivation, confidence, and success

November 6, 2013June 23, 2010 by By Maureen Tiller

The leap from elementary school to middle school can be daunting, particularly for students who struggle academically. Each day, students working below grade level not only toil to…

District Management

Peers judge peers

June 22, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

The idea behind zero tolerance for school violence is generally a good one. But some states and local districts have taken their policies a little bit too far...

District Management

Penn adds additional safety and security with emergency notification

November 6, 2013June 21, 2010 by By University of Pennsylvania staff

Providing peace of mind to faculty, staff, students and their parents is a key initiative for any academic institution. Rapid, mass notification during a crisis on campus is…

IT Management

Educators, students can benefit from technology training

November 6, 2013June 17, 2010 by By Michael Hildebrandt

Technology is changing the face of education. Typing on a keyboard can make learning proper handwriting unimportant. Using a calculator can make simple math functions technology-assisted processes. And…

District Management

Hotline goes 21st century

June 17, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

I applaud the state of Missouri for taking one of my favorite ideas for deterring campus crime and violence...

District Management

Use summer to upgrade campus lockdown procedures

June 23, 2010June 16, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Summer is a good time for a college or university administration to review its emergency/crisis plans. Your first step in creating or upgrading a plan should be…

District Management

Cameras help the human eye

June 23, 2010June 15, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

We always have to be cognizant of privacy rights when installing cameras. I could never support cameras in restrooms or athletic locker rooms. But I also don’t see…

IT Management

California district integrates assessment tool with SIF environment

November 6, 2013June 14, 2010 by By George Araya

Desert Sands Unified School District (DSUSD) is located in southeastern California, 130 miles east of Los Angeles. It serves K-12 33 schools with a student population totaling 29,300.…

District Management

Wisconsin agency aims to transform education’s core

November 5, 2010June 10, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

With support from all of its 45 superintendents, a Wisconsin regional service agency is determined to reinvent the very nature of public education so that all students are…

District Management

Problems happen

June 23, 2010June 10, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Fortunately, the cost of delaying installation of basic security measures didn’t result in much more than an inconvenience for one midwest K-12 district.

IT Management

Going green with multimedia

November 6, 2013June 9, 2010 by By Eric Lawson

The shift in technology integration has proven very valuable to learning, but it has also been valuable to the Earth. I have observed many computer lab lessons in…

District Management

Cameras, guards, and alarms

June 23, 2010June 8, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Video surveillance cameras, police or security guards on campus, and alarmed doors are all fairly common on K-12 campuses. Here's my take on how effective they can be...

District Management

Online safety report discourages scare tactics

June 22, 2010June 7, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Although internet safety education is essential, scare tactics do little to influence the behavior of children and teenagers, who spend a large part of their lives on social…

District Management

No access for bad guys

June 23, 2010June 2, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

In my last blog, I referenced some of the security measures used on K-12 campuses, according to a Zogby International survey of 400 teachers. The most popular measure…

Blended Learning

Michigan uses online learning to reach at-risk students

November 6, 2013June 2, 2010 by By Bruce Umpstead with Kyle Grigg

As a struggling high school student in metro Detroit, Kyle Grigg faced a terrible prospect. Last spring, Kyle was asked by his public high school counselor to leave…

District Management

Final common standards in English, math released

October 29, 2010June 2, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

A year-long effort to define a common set of academic standards for English and math culminated on June 2 with the release of the final version of the…

District Management

Teachers speak about campus security

June 23, 2010June 1, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Last fall I was involved with a Zogby International survey, in which 400 K-12 teachers answered all manner of campus security questions. There were some interesting findings. Nearly…

IT Management

Glassboro Public Schools stay a step ahead of district needs

November 6, 2013June 1, 2010 by By George Weeks

As the technology requirements of teachers, staff, and students at Glassboro Public Schools evolve, we often find the answers to our needs in our existing Schoolwires Centricity web…

District Management

Mizzou balances line between protecting students and staying out of faculty’s way

November 6, 2013May 27, 2010 by By Eric Leiss

Universities pride themselves on giving students the intellectual freedom to explore their academic interests in an open, independent, and safe learning environment. A critical component of this mission…

District Management

HISD hopes $8K-a-year program can save millions in e-Rate funding

May 27, 2010May 25, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

The Houston Independent School District will implement monitoring software to ensure that district employees abide by federal e-Rate compliance rules, after the district settled a lawsuit with the…

District Management

Stop the bullying

May 25, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Data indicating that more children are being bullied in and out of school, along with news that a 15-year-old girl committed suicide after being bullied by classmates, have…

Blended Learning

The 21st century classroom

November 6, 2013May 25, 2010 by By Jonathan Carrier and Jonathan Stovall

Imagine a classroom where the teacher can evaluate and analyze student performance in "real-time." Envision collaborative instruction on one side of a metropolitan area, using team teaching, with…

District Management

Rivals seize on troubles of Facebook

May 24, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The New York Times reports that it sounds like a kamikaze mission: an upstart with a meager number of users and no capital squaring off against Facebook, a…

IT Management

WebM and Google’s web-video plan

November 5, 2013May 24, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Google, trying step by step to rebuild everything in the computing industry from internet protocols to cloud-computing services, began a new project called WebM on Wednesday that seeks…

District Management

Goodbye to privacy?

May 24, 2010 by Laura Ascione

PC World reports that New Yorker Barry Hoggard draws a line in the sand when it comes to online privacy. In May he said farewell to 1251 Facebook…

District Management

At 25, AOL switches tracks: Creating content, not just connecting users

May 24, 2010 by Laura Ascione

AOL these days fills only a little more than half of its original 1.2 million-square-foot Virginia home, the Washington Post reports. Several of the buildings were recently leased…

District Management

Why transparency in college admissions is bad

May 24, 2010 by Laura Ascione

There are few experiences short of death, disease, injury or divorce that have as much potential for trauma for American families as the college admissions process, reports the…

Curriculum

Vote on social studies standards likely today

May 21, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Dallas News reports that social conservatives on the State Board of Education were poised on May 20 to push for a curriculum standard that would encourage high…

IT Management

Android Music Store to take on Apple iTunes

November 5, 2013May 21, 2010 by Laura Ascione

All gloves are off between Google and Apple, after the search giant unveiled a host of products to compete with the Cupertino company, PC World reports. Following Google…

District Management

Facebook, MySpace confront privacy loophole

May 21, 2010 by Laura Ascione

Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers' names and other personal details, despite promises…

District Management

ACLU helping keep Twitter users’ IDs secret in Pa.

May 21, 2010 by Laura Ascione

The Associated Press reports that an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer said May 20 his organization is helping two anonymous Twitter users fight an effort by prosecutors to…

IT Management

FCC says wireless market is ‘concentrated’

November 5, 2013May 21, 2010 by Laura Ascione

CNET reports that the Federal Communications Commission warned May 20 in a new report that the wireless industry is becoming more concentrated. In its annual report on competition,…

District Management

Administrators take top role in security

June 8, 2010May 19, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Everyone involved with our schools has a role in keeping our campuses safe and secure. That includes teachers, staff, parents, students, and law enforcement.

District Management

Focus on higher education security

June 8, 2010May 19, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

The recent death of a University of Virginia student and the arrest of her former boyfriend for suspected murder once again casts a shadow over the safety of…

IT Management

West Virginia looks to Second Life

November 6, 2013May 18, 2010 by By Robert Mellace

On Dec. 21, 2009, the West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) launched a definitive online resource for potential and current educators in West Virginia called Teach West Virginia.…

District Management

Maintain your security investment

May 19, 2010May 18, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

Perhaps even more than other big cities, Detroit has suffered from our nation's recent economic problems. It's gotten so bad that next month the city's school district will…

District Management

Keep the gates locked

May 19, 2010May 13, 2010 by By Patrick Fiel

A group of eight high school boys armed with metal baseball bats recently attacked about 50 fourth and fifth grade ... Read more

District Management

Report highlights ed-tech lessons from abroad

November 5, 2013May 13, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Scotland and the Netherlands both invest significantly more federal money per student in information and communications technologies (ICT) than the United States, and they both view ICT as…

Curriculum

Augmented reality takes hold in classrooms

November 5, 2013May 11, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

A small but growing number of schools across the nation are turning classroom lessons into engaging experiences with augmented reality (AR), a technology that overlays digital information on…

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