7 eye-opening back-to-school predictions
This back-to-school season is unlike any before it. Not only are many students heading back to full in-person learning after more than a year of virtual or hybrid…
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Using Tech to Give Students Choice When Learning
EdTech entrepreneur and teacher Kyle Niemis took time to talk to EdTech Heroes host Nefertiti Dukes about his products – ... Read more
It’s beyond time to showcase all postsecondary education paths
COVID-19 has caused a marked shift in attitudes toward higher education, particularly among high school students who are rethinking their options as they look ahead to a future…
Rethinking How We Teach Emergent Bilinguals: Edtech and Learning Science
Accelerate English language acquisition with proven educational technology solutions. Find out how in the eBook, “Supporting Emergent Bilinguals with Edtech.” ... Read more
Slooh Launches New Grant to Help One Million Students Explore Space Using Its Robotic Telescopes
Washington Depot, Connecticut, August 19, 2021 – Slooh, the only organization offering live online telescope feeds of amazing astronomical events ... Read more
The future is all about durable skills
The price of a college degree continues to creep higher across the country. But has the value of that degree kept pace? Students expect their investment in college…
A New Approach to Kentucky Teacher Rank Change Seeks to Increase Teacher Growth and Retention in Kentucky
ASHLAND, Ky. (August 17, 2021) –The Kentucky Educational Development Corporation ( KEDC), in partnership with BloomBoard, is accelerating career advancement ... Read more
Wasted Technology: Why Many Teachers Don’t Use the Programs Their Districts Provide
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
Virtual Education in a Post-Pandemic World
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
Virtual Education Vs In-Person Classes
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
Returning to School When the Pandemic Isn’t Really Over
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
The Emotional Impact Covid Has Had on Our Teachers
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
How Bullying in Schools Affects Our Children
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
How to Combat the “Hey Look! A Squirrel!” Syndrome
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
3 ways to build better edtech processes for teaching and learning
The pandemic forced a significant shift from traditional classrooms to virtual and hybrid teaching environments--often before schools and districts were ready. It quickly became apparent that reliable virtual…
No, it’s not “the end of going to college”
According to data from National Student Clearinghouse, undergraduate enrollment declined by nearly 3 percent this spring, following a similar drop last fall. These statistics have inspired dire headlines…
Improving Equity: One Step, One Goal at a Time
Educational inequality is at a crisis point. Watch this on-demand webinar to learn what you can do right now to ... Read more
Oklahoma State Department of Education Names i-Ready® a Reading Sufficiency Act K–3 State Approved Screening Instrument
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., July 14, 2021—The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OKSDE) recently named Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready as a Reading ... Read more
6 necessary steps to move K-12 education forward in 2021
Six key K-12 education trends, including teachers and parents becoming more open to new ways to teach and learn, and finding value in technology to stay connected, will…
4 steps to combat ransomware in schools
In a ransomware attack, hackers use malicious software to lock out organizations from their data and systems, including email and video conference tools, to extort increasingly large sums…
How to prepare students for the jobs of the future
Less than twenty years ago, a student saying that they wanted to be a data scientist, digital artist, app developer, virtual assistant or blogger would’ve been met with…
4 facts about student-centered learning
A report from the Clayton Christensen Institute offers unique insights and recommendations for education as schools strive to move toward ... Read more
3 ways assessment data advances student equity
As educators, we all know the importance of data in decision-making. We understand how limited, skewed, or biased data--or no data at all--can result in faulty decision-making and…
Next Gen TV Prototype Shows How Educational Equity Can Be Achieved For All Students
Washington, D.C. — The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has collaborated with Howard University Middle School of Mathematics and Science, ... Read more
DreamBox Learning® Equips Educators with Lesson Recommendations to Accelerate Student Learning
New Lesson Recommendations feature helps teachers understand where students are in their math learning to support academic growth toward proficiency ... Read more
5 ways to address inequities in pandemic teaching and learning
Remote learning is consistently associated with decreased instructional opportunities and student outcomes when compared to in-person schooling, according to data from a RAND Corporation study.
Aircuity Introduces New ‘Airside’ Energy Dashboard
New ventilation analytics provide insight, down to room level, to measure key areas of energy consumption NEWTON, Mass., USA, June, ... Read more
Data doesn’t talk–people do
Professor Andrea Jones-Rooy brilliantly stated in Quartz: “Data doesn’t say anything. Humans say things. We’ve conflated data with truth. And this has dangerous implications for our ability to…
Data-informed instruction can affect every lesson; here’s how
Teachers from previous decades may have focused on “What did I teach?,” but the new focus is “What did the students learn?”
11 facts about today’s K-12 IT leadership
Broadband access and the ever-growing equity gap are among K-12 IT leaders' top concerns, according to CoSN's annual IT Leadership Survey.
Enabling the next generation of citizen data scientists
Thanks to algorithms, predictive text, billions and trillions of bytes of data, cookies, and the like, we’re used to searching for a needle in a haystack and Google…
How teletherapy enables access to special education services
Whenever families shift from public education into alternative modes of education, there is a particular need to pay attention to services for students with disabilities.
5 reasons to not pass on password protection
Although no password is uncrackable, increasing the complexity of the password can make the process more difficult and has proven an effective method for dissuading hackers, ultimately keeping…
North Carolina State Board of Education Names i-Ready® as the Recommended Competency-Based Assessment for Summer Learning Programs
Award-winning Diagnostic, which is already widely used across the state, provides educators with actionable criterion-referenced and normative data to deliver ... Read more
In an Extremely Challenging Year, Innovative STEM Educators Shine to Win 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards
Each winning high school and college-level educator awarded cash and technology prizes valued at $5,500 for their creative use of ... Read more
3 reasons we’re still using outdated assessments
It’s time to rethink accountability and examine where we’ve been—and where we could go—in the world of assessments.
Mackin Announces Global Partnership with Ad Fontes Media
Mackin’s Global Partnership with Ad Fontes Media to Provide 130,000 K-12 Schools with Access to In-Depth News Literacy Curricula and ... Read more