PowerMyLearning, a national nonprofit, is committed to helping school and district leaders who are mobilizing to implement remote learning plans ... Read more
Demographics: Nazareth Area School District is an eastern Pennsylvania school district with more than 4,800 students across six schools. Biggest challenge: Facing increasing demands to provide exceptional experiences…
District administrators are under immense pressure from parents to keep their children safe and are investing money in school safety initiatives. Communities have shifted from the belief that…
We explored the topic of school and district communications technology by deploying a survey to school administrators nationwide. Nearly 200 ... Read more
There are a number of factors—10, to be specific—that have a sizeable impact on the success (or failure) of edtech implementations. The EdTech Genome Project, a collaborative effort…
Whichever assessment practice model you use—be it Response to Intervention (RTI), multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), or any other—building a positive culture of assessment is the key to…
A few years ago, I had the opportunity to become the coordinator of professional development and induction at Turlock Unified School District. I leapt at the chance! In…
Students expect easy and immediate access to technology tools and high-speed internet in schools, and recent research shows that 99 percent of school districts are offering enough bandwidth…
In order to support digital and mobile learning, students in K-12 classrooms need access to sufficient bandwidth, scalable and affordable broadband infrastructure, and robust Wi-Fi. And for the…
Robotics is attracting more student interest, and there's a reason--when students can make real-world connections between what they learn in the classroom and exciting careers, their engagement and…
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…
Every school district is faced with a choice about how to protect student data. As districts have implemented more technology to support digital learning, student data privacy in…
Demographics Hatboro-Horsham School District, located in suburban Philadelphia, has a strong history of academic excellence. Serving approximately 5,000 students, the ... Read more
Esports is booming, from K-12 right on up to college and at the professional level. As more districts start K-12 esports leagues of their own, the academic and…
As classroom teachers, we are always on the lookout for new resources and services that will benefit every student in our school. One day we encountered an edtech…
Summer isn't quite over, but now that August has claimed its place on our calendars, many educators are getting ready to welcome students back to school in the…
It's not exactly a secret that most educational institutions are vulnerable to data breaches and security hacks. All it takes is one attack to freeze school operations and…
Communication and collaboration are not the same thing. There are many tools that allow educators and administrators to talk to each other, but to take advantage of edtech’s…
Several school district officials have told us they want to embrace our philosophy of empowering students and teachers through technology innovation, but lack the right infrastructure to support…
Demographics Cordata Elementary School is a 400-student public school serving grades PreK-5 in the Bellingham School District in Washington. The school has the highest percentage of English Language…
The industrial education model was massively successful at first, with high school graduation rates and student achievement increasing decade after decade. However, by the end of the 20th…
Demographics McMinnville School District serves 6,800 students across 9 schools Biggest challenge We are a Title 1 school in rural Oregon with over 60 percent of our students…
Instructional coaching can be a powerful framework for teacher professional development, but not all coaching is created equally. As a beneficiary of a Teacher and School Leader Incentive…
CASEL, The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning, defines social and emotional learning (SEL) as the “process through which children and adults understand and manage emotions, set…