From classroom to boardroom: Building diverse workforce tech talent starts with STEM
Encouraging more girls to pursue STEM learning and work in STEM fields should start in the early grades.

Starting a K-12 classroom drone program
Drones can be an excellent way to engage students in hard-to-teach subjects—here are some tips to start a classroom drone program.

Getting students back on track to higher education
Higher education lost about 400,000 students this fall--who are they, and what can educators, families, and students themselves do to help them towards their goal of college and a career?

Making mental health checks during remote learning
Students are under unprecedented stress from COVID-19—and their mental health is suffering.

Using Mobile and Other Tools to Track Your Workforce During a School Closure
We never thought it would happen. Many schools across the country being closed for the remainder of the school year. Naturally this caused a lot of pain as districts scrambled to get employees set up for telework where possible. Managing the remote workforce became a major hurdle for those districts without telework policies and procedures in place. In this session you’ll learn how innovative school districts used modern tools to track and account for time worked during the recent school closure.

5 Ways Student-Level Data Can Ensure Learning Continuity
Most districts lack visibility into their students’ patterns of digital engagement and learning, leaving them scrambling to figure out what is working and what is not. Check out five ways CatchOn’s NEW student-level data module empowers education leaders to track, visualize, and analyze data at the student level to detect emerging trends and assess student engagement, both inside and outside the classroom.

Survey: Increased ebook usage & value amid COVID-19
With COVID-19 altering nearly all aspects of daily life, including the way students learn, this survey sought insight from those on the front lines of education, specifically regarding the use and impact of ebooks. As the pandemic has changed the way educators teach, we wanted to understand what adjustments were made, and how ebooks help educators ease the transition between classroom and at-home learning. The survey found that ebooks have become even more essential for learning during the current school year.