Should businesses run schools?
It's a question that has come up recently thanks to a national movement towards school reform: “Should schools be run like a business?” According to a new guide…
The former Editorial Director for both eSchool News and eCampus News, and was formerly the Managing Editor of eCampus News. Before working at eSchool Media, Meris worked as an assistant editor for The World and I, an online curriculum publication. She graduated from Kenyon College in 2006 with a BA in English, and enjoys spending way too much time either reading or cooking.
Latest posts by Meris Stansbury (see all)
- #4: 25 education trends for 2018 - December 26, 2018
- Video of the Week: Dealing with digital distraction in the classroom - February 23, 2018
- Secrets from the library lines: 5 ways schools can boost digital engagement - January 2, 2018
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Learn how to become a connected educator
Connected Educators Month (CEM), an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to help educators make better use of digital and social media tools for collaboration,…
Are digital badges the new ‘disruptive’ technology?
Over the last year, the concept of digital badges has been gaining momentum in states and school district initiatives across the country. But thanks to a new standard,…
15 Twitter tweets for amazing Common Core resources
More than just a virtual message board for what your superintendent had for breakfast, Twitter is always packed with information that can be crucial to every educator’s job.…
App of the week: Tales2Go
Tales2Go is a kids' mobile audiobook service that gives teachers and parents unlimited access to thousands of name-brand audio titles from publishers and storytellers.
INFOGRAPHIC: Readers’ poll results
As part of eSchool News' mission to engage our readers with current hot-button topics in education, eSN editors are including polls in most of our daily stories. From…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Tablets for education: Fewer iPads?
As more tablets emerge in the ed-tech marketplace, including Intel's new education-focused tablets designed with science inquiry and online collaboration in mind, tablet users are moving into two…
What makes a successful urban principal?
“Urban schools often face great challenges, low test scores and high dropout rates,” according to a recent PBS Newshour segment. But just as schools are trying to create…
Creating videos for flipped learning
Learn how to create education videos for students through vodcasting, a cheap and easy way to flip classes.
App of the week: Zorbit’s Math Adventure
This app lets preschoolers learn math concepts through practice and play–listening to the storyline.
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
App of the week: Grammar Pop
This app from Grammar Girl lets users match words in sentences with 1 of 11 speech parts.
INFOGRAPHIC: Our top stories this week!
The editors at eSchool News understand it's not always possible to read every article we publish-you're a busy educator! That's why we've created our "Top News" infographic, which…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
MOOCs: How will they affect your K-12 classroom?
The term "MOOC"--an acronym for massive open online course--is no stranger to the higher-education community. Providers such as Coursera, edX, and Udacity have helped to boost MOOC mania,…
States worried about Common Core tests
A new study highlights an interesting trend happening in states across the country: backtracking on Common Core State Standards (CCSS). States say issues with development, as well as…
10 school solutions for mobile device management
Schools are experiencing a huge boom in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Mobile device management (MDM) has never been more vital.
Social and Video-Enabled Platform Transforms Professional Development
Teaching Channel.com, a video showcase of inspiring and effective teaching practices in America’s schools, has built a site that teachers ... Read more
New Common Core resources link data with instruction
New resources released this month link Common Core-aligned curriculum with any school system’s assessment data, and what's more, these resources for educators are also 100 percent free. The…
App of the week: Wanderful Storybooks
This Storybooks sampler presents pages from seven award-winning children’s books. These are fully interactive and animated apps.
Five education trends for the new school year
education-trendsTrends in education are always appearing, such as iPads and online testing (and remember virtual reality classrooms?), but with recent developments in national standards and a new federal…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Report: Public fuzzy on Common Core State Standards
At a time when most U.S. public schools are implementing the Common Core State Standards, a new report finds that Americans don’t know what the Common Core State…
App of the week: OutlinesOutloud
This app converts study outlines to spoken audio.
Listen up, schools! Technology helps with parent participation
A new survey reveals that though most parents want to participate in their child’s school or district, not enough technology options exist to help them communicate with educators…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
How music technology can boost student skills
A new study reveals that music education can offset widespread student achievement gaps, enhance student learning skills, and promote better brain function later in life. The good news…
Creating your own eTextbooks for Common Core
In an effort to save schools and districts money that’s often spent on outdated textbooks, many of which are not aligned with the Common Core State Standards, innovative…
App of the week: ChemDraw
A chemistry app for drawing and publishing chemical structures.
10 places to find great BYOD lesson plans
There’s a growing concern amongst schools and educators that though "bring your own device" (BYOD) and mobile learning initiatives are in place, teachers and school leaders still have…
App of the Week: K12 Timed Reading & Comprehension Practice
This app lets readers in levels K–4 practice fluency by reading 250+ short, timed stories.
School web filtering needs extreme makeover
During a recent symposium on the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), experts agreed that though the law backed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has good intentions, school…
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
Does research support flipped learning?
Though quantitative and rigorous qualitative data on flipped learning is limited, a recent literature review based on teacher reports, course completion rates, and supported methodology research indicates that…
App of the week: MayaNumbers
MayaNumbers turns math skills-building into a fast-paced learning game that encourages players to think differently about addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
The best tweets of the week for education
Here are the education-related tweets that we found most enlightening, helpful, or interesting this week.
App of the week: Math Ref
An award-winning math app with over 1,400 formulas, figures, and examples to help with math, physics, chemistry .
4 reasons why the Common Core Standards are losing popularity
In what could be compared to, well, many education reform initiatives over the years—educational technology included—a once-widely, and quickly, accepted initiative is dividing the education community; begging the…