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Backup Plans

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
Backup Plans
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For Mark Dean, Senior Systems Administrator at Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) in Atlanta, Georgia, the cybersecurity war is a never-ending tit for tat with what he calls the ransomware people. Think you have built-in redundancy? They are already after it. In this premiere episode of Innovations in Education—Higher Ed, Mark discusses his strategies for keeping the data, and more importantly, the people safe online at this prestigious institution. MSM is among the nation’s leading educators of primary care physicians, biomedical scientists and public health professionals. An independent, private and historically Black medical school, MSM works to increase patient access to high-quality care and eliminate health disparity in underserved communities.…Read More

Hero Awards Winner: San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) – 1:1 Computing

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Getting There: Innovations in Education
Hero Awards Winner: San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) - 1:1 Computing
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As the second-largest district in California, San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) has more than 121,000 students enrolled across its 181 schools. The district’s student population is extremely diverse. Nearly 6,000 teachers are in classrooms at the district’s various educational facilities, which include 117 traditional elementary schools, nine, K-8 schools, 24 traditional middle schools, 22 high schools, 49 charter schools, 13 alternative schools, and five additional program sites.…Read More

Hero Awards Winner: Navajo Preparatory School (NPS) – Student Connectivity

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
Hero Awards Winner: Navajo Preparatory School (NPS) - Student Connectivity
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Navajo Preparatory School (NPS) is the only Navajo-sanctioned college-preparatory school for Native American students providing opportunities to and shaping the futures.…Read More

Hero Awards Winner: Brevard Public Schools – Cybersecurity

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
Hero Awards Winner: Brevard Public Schools - Cybersecurity
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Everyone likes a good scare on Halloween, but for the Brevard Public Schools IT team, October of 2020 brought a scare they’d never before experienced. At 10 p.m. on Halloween night, Barrett Puschus, the Director of IT for Brevard Public Schools, received a call from an unknown number. Because he was outside listening to music with his family, he ignored the call, only to see a message appear in his inbox. When he listened to the message, the Microsoft DART team (Microsoft’s cybersecurity arm) let him know it had flagged the Brevard School system with metrics that indicated the district was experiencing the onset of a ransomware attack.…Read More

Whatever It Takes—How one underserved district continues to make it through the pandemic.

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
Whatever It Takes—How one underserved district continues to make it through the pandemic.
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Listening to Alena Zachery-Ross, Superintendent of Ypsilanti Community Schools in Michigan, managing her district through this pandemic almost sounds like a positive story. In this conversation with eSchool News, Alena recalls her strategies for success. From a new appreciation for student voice to closer interactions with the wider community, her ideas will help any district not only survive but thrive in these times.…Read More

Why districts need to think creatively–inside the box

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Getting There: Innovations in Education
Why districts need to think creatively–inside the box
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Scott Bailey, Superintendent for Desert Sands Unified School District (CA), didn’t let the pandemic get in the way of his team’s plans. Instead, he used the disruptions as an opportunity to accelerate.…Read More

Onwards and Upwards—How one district not only survived, but thrived, through the pandemic.

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
Onwards and Upwards—How one district not only survived, but thrived, through the pandemic.
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Every district obviously had struggles during this past year. But for Chattahoochee County School District, a small, rural community in Southwest Georgia, it was also a time to automate and accelerate. In this episode of Innovations in Education, Superintendent Kristie Brooks, Ed.D., describes how they were able to grow their student body, provide improved personal and professional development, and change some pre-pandemic practices like attendance for the better.…Read More

Making a post-pandemic promise

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Getting There: Innovations in Education
Making a post-pandemic promise
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Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD) Superintendent Chad Shealy is irrepressible. Whether you are talking about COVID response, CTE strategies, or curriculum content, Chad not only makes you feel happy you asked, but even happier with his answers.…Read More

Change for the Better—How one district has adjusted to more flexible learning methods

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
Change for the Better—How one district has adjusted to more flexible learning methods
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For Rick Cave, Director of Technology at West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District in New Jersey, the biggest challenge to pivoting during the pandemic weren’t the platforms but the people. In this conversation with eSchol News, Rick talks about how the changing behaviors of everyone—students, teachers, and parents—made remote and now hybrid learning work and what aspects should remain once the crisis has passed.…Read More

No Going Back—why schools need to keep some pandemic techniques

Getting There: Innovations in Education
Getting There: Innovations in Education
No Going Back—why schools need to keep some pandemic techniques
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For Dr. Matthew X. Joseph, Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment in Leicester Public Schools (MA), this past year has meant fewer frequent flier miles but a huge increase in his network, albeit virtually. In this conversation with eSchool News, Matt talks about the importance of these sorts of connections for both students and faculty.…Read More