How an art teacher tackles STEM and PBL
This past year has been, without a doubt, the most challenging one of my entire teaching career. As an art teacher, I always say that my teaching style…
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South Windsor High School Impresses with “Mighty” Audio System Powered by Renkus-Heinz
South Windsor High School, the home of the Bobcats in South Windsor, Connecticut, recently updated its 660-seat theater on campus ... Read more
From Pre-Hire to Retire: Why a Total Approach to Human Capital Management Makes Sense for Schools
Keeping employees happy is essential to retaining them and getting their best effort. But achieving this goal while also managing ... Read more
Building an Engaging K-12 HCM Experience in Challenging Times
This past year has been challenging for K-12 districts. The day-to-day uncertainty and pressure felt by school leaders has been ... Read more
Kaiser Permanente, Alliance for a Healthier Generation, and Discovery Education Offer New, No-Cost, Digital Resources Supporting Emotional Resiliency
In what has been an unprecedented and challenging year for schools across the U.S., educators now have access to new, ... Read more
mindSpark Learning Impacts Record Number of Eductors Amid COVID-19 with 207% Rise in Professional Learning Participants
Education has been significantly impacted by COVID-19. Educators have been tasked with pivoting from in-person to remote learning more than ... Read more
School innovation in a challenging year
Across the country, redefining the status quo has become the status quo for K–12 schools. Wide-scale remote and hybrid learning, mask-wearing culture, and “pods” all fall outside the…
Class Solver Reduces COVID-19 Outbreaks through Class List Management
Class Solver the most flexible program for creating and managing class lists, has developed an algorithm that’s been proven to reduce ... Read more
Using data to strengthen writing instruction
Writing is often difficult for educators to teach, challenging for students to do, and hard for administrators to monitor and evaluate. Yet writing well—and the high-quality writing instruction…
PresenceLearning Partners with the Council of Administrators of Special Education
PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education related services for K-12 schools, today announced a new partnership with ... Read more
Book Uses Neuroscience to Reduce Conflict
With COVID-19 changing the way we work and live, combining those spaces in unprecedented ways, and happening concurrently with massive ... Read more
National Network Launches to Connect Students in Crisis
InsideTrack — the national student success nonprofit that established the use of coaching for higher education enrollment, completion and career ... Read more
Assessing at Home i-Ready Diagnostic Kit Helps Educators Administer Diagnostics
After the extended period of distance learning this past spring, it is more important than ever that educators know students’ ... Read more
Teton Science Schools Launches Online Courses
Teton Science Schools opened enrollment for 2020-21 Place Network Online courses for middle school students this week. Three courses will ... Read more
15 skills students need for success — and how to teach them
21st century skills. Social and emotional learning skills. “Soft” skills. Whatever you choose to call them, there is a set of skills that are essential for success in…
Verizon announced support for relief efforts
Verizon announced support for relief efforts across communities impacted by the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic by tripling monthly data allowance ... Read more
New Science Kit Series for Educators
Carolina Biological introduced a new Next Generation Science Standards® (NGSS)-aligned science kit series for educators of elementary students in both ... Read more
All learning is personalized learning
When personalized learning came on the scene, some found it challenging to get a grip on what it meant for instruction. A beloved retired master teacher colleague mused,…
Google introduces Teach from Home
To support the hundreds of millions of students and educators currently facing school closures, we’re introducing Teach from Home—a hub ... Read more
No-Cost Access to ST Math
With the spread of Coronavirus, COVID-19, schools across the country are temporarily closing. At MIND Research Institute, our mission is ... Read more
We need to put robotics in rural schools
Rural schools in the United States face challenges many of their suburban counterparts couldn’t fathom. For example, access to challenging and engaging STEM courses such as robotics and…
How we developed a personalized PBL model for STEM
How can schools and districts prepare students for college and careers in STEM? Is it by asking them to passively read a textbook or listen to a teacher…
Why this school is thriving after implementing a 100% blended learning model
Located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 225 students along with the faculty and staff of the Village Green Virtual Charter High School (VGV) have been pioneering the school…
15 of the best apps to engage students outside the classroom
Learning shouldn’t stop when students leave for summer vacation. Rather, this extended break from the classroom is the perfect time to introduce kids to a variety of mobile…
Survey: Parents prefer texting and mobile communication from schools
Determining the right mix of traditional and digital tools to best engage with parents and district stakeholders remains a primary challenge for district communications, according to a new…
These 7 keys are helping one district better prepare its students
In any given third-grade classroom, you can find a student who is reading at a level far beyond their age, and another who is still working on letter…
New professional development focuses on engagement through gaming
The ever-increasing omnipresence of digital media in student’s lives can be challenging for teachers as they compete for kid’s attention in and out of the classroom. With this…
America’s most challenging high schools
America's Most Challenging High Schools ranks schools through an index formula that's a simple ratio, reports the Washington Post.