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Back office business: 5 big K-12 edtech deals this week

June 7, 2023June 6, 2023 by Kevin Hogan
AI-inspired edtech helps prevent school shootings, enhance lesson plannig, and track butterflies?
IT Management

Tips to safely navigate Valentine’s Day in your classroom

February 10, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Valentine's Day is coming up, according to this SlideShare.net presentation.
IT Management

Place your bets: An Apple tablet, laptop — or both?

February 10, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Is Apple going to take a crack at a hybrid? Or is it eying a more conventional product? Those are burning questions that analysts and the supply chain…
District Management

Think big: How to jumpstart tech use in low-income schools

February 10, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
The challenges of rural schools are many of the same (though not all) that low-income public schools face across the country: inadequate access to technology and broadband, tight…
Teaching Trends

Volunteer pays for hot lunch for kids who can’t afford it

February 7, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
A volunteer at a Houston-area elementary school who noticed some students were getting a smaller lunch of cold cheese sandwiches is digging into his own pocket to cover…
IT Management

4 ways educators are using Google Glass in the classroom

February 7, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
With the emergence of Google Glass onto the gadget scene, tech-lovers everywhere are itching to get their hands on the famous eyewear, edcetera reports.
Curriculum

Rich resources for celebrating Black History Month

February 7, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
In recognition of Black History Month, PBS LearningMedia offers a rich collection of multi-media resources, lesson plans and student guides that can complement educators’ teaching tools, MindShift reports
Curriculum

How to mine Sochi Olympics for teaching and learning

February 7, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
This is an updated version of a piece that Jeffrey S. Hacker, a teacher at Beall Elementary School in Rockville, wrote years ago for The Washington Post.
District Management

4 steps to making rigorous discussion a routine

February 6, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
For many of us who are intimidated by the idea of "rigor" and exactly what it means to make our lessons more rigorous, thinking about it as a…
IT Management

Dying student still has to prove he can’t take a standardized test

February 6, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Eleven-year-old Ethan Rediske has been in hospice care for the past month and is likely nearing the last days of his life, the Huffington Post reports.
Teaching Trends

Study: Single-sex ed may not actually be better for kids

February 25, 2023February 6, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Do students really learn better when separated by gender? New research indicates that they do not, the Huffington Post reports.
IT Management

A really scary headline about kindergarteners

February 6, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Rob Saxton is Oregon’s deputy superintendent of public instruction, reports the Washington Post.
IT Management

30 education innovators worth following on Twitter

February 5, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Yesterday, we wrote about the latest Forbes list of ’30 Under 30′ in the education field, noted Edudemic.
STEM & STEAM

STEM program gives Coney Island elementary school students a leg up with Lego

February 5, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
A scrappy Coney Island elementary school is creating opportunity for disadvantaged students, with innovative academic programs that have kids fired up about science, technology, engineering and math, the…
District Management

Ravitch: The ‘White House’s obsession with data is sick’

February 5, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Education historian and activist Diane Ravitch has been blasting the Obama administration for a long time for education policies that have expanded the importance of standardized tests and…
Teaching Trends

Then-and-now photos bring iconic Black History moments back to life

February 5, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Every day, we walk in the very places where history was made years ago, the Huffington Post reports.
Curriculum

Get ready for Digital Learning Day with these resources

February 4, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
The third annual Digital Learning Day is on February 5, 2014, Edutopia reports.
Teaching Trends

Humble teacher shocks community by leaving $8.4 million

February 4, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
A retired teacher who worked with special-needs kids, the late Margaret Southern drove a 1980s Cadillac, lived in a modest home and had just one indulgence in life:…
District Management

Charter experiment ‘spinning out of control’

February 4, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
What is happening in Durham County, N.C.,  is exactly what charter school critics have long feared: the destabilization of the ... Read more
Curriculum

5 things you should know about flipped learning

February 4, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Flipped learning — the name says it all. It’s a 180-degree shift in how we approach learning and teaching, reports the ISTE Connects Blog.
IT Management

9 ways Facebook changed how we talk

February 3, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
"I'm gonna tag you in this hideous photo and then unfriend you if you don't stop oversharing and poking me." If you said this to someone 10 years…
District Management

Fight over effective teachers shifts to courtroom

February 3, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
They have tried and failed to loosen tenure rules for teachers in contract talks and state legislatures, The New York Times reports.
IT Management

10 teaching with technology mistakes you don’t want to make

February 3, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Are you tentative about how to go about integrating technology in your classroom? Are you already doing it, but want to make sure you’re doing the right thing…
District Management

How can data increase college access for all?

February 3, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
There are real questions about the value of a college education, Getting Smart reports.
IT Management

Augmented reality books? New ‘wearable book’ feeds you its characters’ emotions as you read

January 31, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
eBooks are going to look quaint in the future, when we have wearable books that make us feel everything that's going on in our favorite fictions, the International…
District Management

Why Common Core isn’t the answer

January 31, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
As far as I know, no one has asked the general public’s opinion about the Common Core State Standards for school subjects, the Washington Post reports. My guess…
District Management

Feds block education funding because of lawsuit

January 31, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
The federal government said it has blocked millions in funding to Idaho's education broadband system because a lawsuit over the project's $60 million contract raised questions about who…
IT Management

Meet the $38 tablet

January 31, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
What’s that? You’d love a new tablet – for yourself, your parents or the kids – but think you need to take out a second mortgage to afford…
Curriculum

When parents define “educational” media, SpongeBob sinks

January 30, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
Any self-respecting skeptic has to be careful with the word educational, according to the Joan Ganz Conney Center blog. Thousands of games in the iTunes App Store describe…
District Management

Microsoft CEO could be named next week, says report

January 30, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
Microsoft may finally be set to reveal its next CEO, CNET reports. Yes, that rumor has been a running gag after current boss Steve Ballmer announced his impending…
District Management

Do CIOs know what is running on their network?

January 30, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
The Huffington Post features an infographic detailing CIO knowledge from a variety of industries. How does K-12 fare? Check out the visual to learn...
IT Management

Managing class in the age of distraction: 6 ideas

January 30, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
Managing your class in the age of distraction? It’s a quandary for many teachers, WJU EdTech reports. Do I allow them to use their device? What if they…
IT Management

Infographic: The evolution of learning tools

January 29, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
How have learning tools changed? What's obsolete? How do computer science, apps, and social media impact learning today? Find out...
District Management

Nation’s youngest will face less competition getting into college

January 29, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
Demographics are changing rapidly in the United States. From the late 1980’s until a few years ago, the number of high school graduates has been steadily increasing until…
District Management

Estimate for statewide pre-k in New York puts schools chief in a tangle

January 29, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
New York State’s top education official was caught in a battle between city and state leaders on Tuesday after he suggested that providing universal access to prekindergarten would…
Curriculum

Civil rights hero launches ‘American Child’s Education Bill of Rights’

January 29, 2014 by ESchool News Staff
Calling modern school reform “catastrophically misguided and ineffective,” civil rights icon James Meredith is launching what he calls the American Child’s Education Bill of Rights, a 12-point declaration…
Apps

How can we maximize the potential of learning apps?

January 28, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Let’s dive directly into the world of educational apps. Our survey suggests that the majority — one might even say, the vast majority — of educational apps encourage…
IT Management

The two-horse smartphone race

January 28, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. should make it abundantly clear this week that the smartphone industry is increasingly dividing into the haves and have-nots, The Wall Street…
District Management

When this New Zealand school got rid of playtime rules, it actually got safer

January 28, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
One school has found that eliminating rules can actually be a good thing, The Huffington Post reports.
IT Management

The Netflix of kids’ books? Epic launches on iPad for $9.99/month

January 28, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
The Netflix monthly subscription model is a hit for movies and TV, and is spreading to music with paid versions of services like Pandora and Spotify. In 2014,…
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