Don’t wait to secure your endpoints from cyberattacks
As we enter a new school year, among the myriad things that instructors and administrators need to be concerned about, ransomware remains high on the list. According to…
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4 ways to tackle IT workforce shortages
K-12 school districts have a retention problem and it’s not unique to teaching staff – superintendents, principals, nurses, bus drivers, paraprofessionals, and others are departing in droves.
ClassTag Awards $10,000 Community Engagement Grant
August 2, 2022 – NEW YORK: As schools and families prepare for back-to-school, ClassTag is announcing the winning district of ... Read more
Aperture Education Creates New Tool to Support School Districts that are using the Harmony SEL Curriculum
Charlotte N.C. (June 23, 2022) — A new tool from Aperture Education helps schools and districts use data from Aperture’s ... Read more
Saint Louis University School of Education and BloomBoard Partner to Help School Districts Elevate the Careers of Paraprofessionals and Address Teacher Workforce Shortage
ST. LOUIS, MO (June 23, 2022) — Saint Louis University School of Education and BloomBoard have partnered to announce a ... Read more
3 “keepers” from teaching in a pandemic
Who would have thought that we would still be teaching in the midst of a pandemic? At the beginning of this school year, public school districts had to…
Iowa Department of Education Selects YouScience as a Pre-Approved Career Information System Provider
AMERICAN FORK, UTAH (PRWEB) MAY 26, 2022 — YouScience, the leading student engagement platform that leverages data science to improve student ... Read more
3 strategies to address new school nutrition standards
The summer of 2022 brings changes to school meal requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program, as school nutrition programs transition from pandemic-era…
7 tips for teacher mental health
When COVID struck, schools and teachers had to pivot quickly, adapting to lockdowns and online classes on the fly. Naturally, there were a lot of stumbles. Teachers are…
FEV Tutor’s Personalized High-Impact Tutoring is Now Available to Over 5 Million Students
WOBURN, Mass. – March 16, 2022 – FEV Tutor, the most comprehensive virtual tutoring solution in K-12, today announced that ... Read more
Georgia Principal Wins Curriculum Associates’ 2022 Inspire Award
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., February 17, 2022—Curriculum Associates has named Jamilah Hud-Kirk, principal of Fountain Elementary in Clayton County Public Schools ... Read more
Happy habits: SEL matters more than ever
Like St. Louis, school districts across the country opted to add an additional partial or entire week off during the holiday season/winter break to allow the students and…
K-12 Districts Nationwide Expand Usage of ParentSquare to Strengthen Family Engagement
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. Jan. 20, 2022—As educators gear up for the remainder of the 2021-22 school year, school-to-home engagement continues ... Read more
3 best practices to take with us to the ‘other side’
Who would have thought that we would still be teaching in the midst of a pandemic? At the beginning of this school year, public school districts had to…
Our rural district’s 4 steps to a new post-pandemic learning reality
Maintaining the continuity of student learning during the COVID-19 pandemic has been an extremely challenging feat for most school districts across the country. However, in the nation’s rural…
Automation can help K-12 cybersecurity–here’s how
Across industries, ransomware and cyberattacks have proliferated in the past year, largely due to the rapid shift to remote work and school. The education sector has been hit…
How to Simplify Vaccine Management Compliance
There’s no question that vaccine mandates — from the federal level to state and organizational mandates — leave employers with ... Read more
How social and emotional competence leads to educational equity
Educational equity is achieved by equipping students with tools to overcome some of the pre-existing barriers that impede their ability to succeed in school and thrive. Although educational…
5 workable scenarios for flexible pandemic learning
We all thought and hoped we were out of the COVID woods, but the rise of the Delta variant left school districts, parents, and teachers rethinking their back-to-school…
Delta variant forcing districts to find new ways to assess learning
At this point last year, we hoped we'd be on the other side of COVID-19. Instead, the combination of the Delta variant and a new school year means…
Eight Keys To Building A Better Master Schedule
Building a school master schedule isn’t easy. There are many moving parts to consider, including the required and elective classes ... Read more
Collaborative Mental Health Efforts
Educators, students, parents, and the greater community are facing a mental health crisis. Fortunately, with the right knowledge and tools, ... Read more
Comprehensive Mental Health in Schools is Necessary
As young people respond to global circumstances, there is a new urgency to address mental health needs for all students. ... Read more
Happier kids, better students. Improve achievement through student well-being.
Social and emotional learning is critical for students’ mental well-being. And it may just be helping improve their academic achievement. ... Read more
Keep your best teachers from burning out, and leaving the job they love.
Teaching consistently ranks as one of the most high-stress occupations. Find out how you can STOP teachers from leaving a ... Read more
How K-12 School Districts Can Take Advantage of ESSER Funds
Learn how schools will be using ESSER funds, and as a result, ramping up processes that DocuSign can help streamline, ... Read more
Filling the Gaps: How Modern, People-Centric Solutions Boost K-12 Success
The K-12 industry has been expected to do more with less as budget constraints have plagued school districts across the ... Read more
CASEL mourns the loss of Dr. Roger P. Weissberg, Board Vice Chair and Chief Knowledge Officer
CHICAGO – It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of Dr. Roger P. Weissberg, the Collaborative for Academic, ... Read more
Creating a Better Work Experience for School Staff in 2021-22
Outdated back-office technology is costing districts more than just time, dollars, and lost grant monies — it’s costing them their ... Read more
How to ensure classroom air safety during COVID-19
Ensuring classroom air safety is more critical than ever this year--and every school year in the foreseeable future. As we prepare for a return to in-person learning for…
Why automation is key to education’s cybersecurity problem
Across industries, ransomware and cyberattacks have proliferated in the past year, largely due to the rapid shift to remote work and school. The education sector has been hit…
School’s (locked) out: Defending against the new ransomware threat
With schools planning for the 2021-2022 school year, a threat already impacting districts across the country is on many district leaders' minds. Ransomware is proving to be a…
USF and BloomBoard Announce New Partnership to Address Pandemic Recovery while Offering Teachers Graduate-level Credit via Micro-Credentials
JOILET, Ill. (August 4, 2021)- Today, the University of St. Francis and BloomBoard announced a partnership to help Illinois schools ... Read more
3 strategies for making the most of education funding
As school districts across the country make plans for their stimulus funding, it’s critical that they prioritize the purchases that will spur equitable student growth.
Cheers and questions as some states and big school districts remove virtual learning option for fall
The school districts serving Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami, and Houston have all said they intend to continue offering a fully virtual option this fall. This week, the…
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…
Rural districts are quicker to return to in-person learning
About 42 percent of rural school districts in the U.S. offered fully in-person instruction as of February, compared with only 17 percent for urban districts, according to a…
Lexia Names Kerri A. Larkin as Senior Education Advisor, Education Partnership
BOSTON (May 11, 2021) – Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today announced the appointment of Kerri A. Larkin ... Read more
4 ways our district finds educational opportunities during the pandemic
The pandemic has created plenty of seemingly insurmountable challenges, but it has also presented amazing opportunities for school districts.
How this Texas district prioritizes SEL
New Caney Independent School District, northeast of Houston, Texas, understood that social emotional learning (SEL) and the missed opportunities to identify students with deficits played out in school--specifically…