12 ways to adopt Google Apps for Education
A new resource from Gaggle and Amplified IT offers technology facilitators 12 tips to help ensure that Google Apps for Education safe for teachers and students to use.…
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Teach students to learn by doing with Google school coding clubs
Today my school is a Google CS First site, meaning we host CS First clubs that take place before or after school as an enrichment experience for students…
Set Up Your Own Digital Media Lab for Next to Nothing
A green screen, a Mac, and some digital tools turn a tiny storage space into a hi-tech playground for video production that students and teachers love--all with minimal…
School eMail, Websites Hit by eRate Changes
Beginning with the 2015 funding year, eMail, voice mail, and website hosting no longer will be eligible for eRate support. What will this change mean for schools?
Three Ways Digital Badges are Used in Education
As children, our accomplishments were recognized with trophies, plaques, a pat on the back or cloth badges sewn on to a Girl Scout or Boy Scout sash. In…
10 changes a school library must consider in the digital era
School libraries have come a long way from card catalogues thanks to surges in education technology. But besides re-categorizing, how can libraries support an increasingly digital education? According…
10 ed-tech resources for school administrators
Sometimes it may seem like teachers get to experience all the technology “fun,” but there are many education technology resources that school administrators can use to meet the…
One amazing example of how to train teachers on technology
eSchool News provides not only daily original content on the latest in technology and innovation in education, but is a trusted resource for teachers and administrators on how…
Schools need models for linking data, practice
States and school systems are making significant progress in building educational data systems and are starting to use these systems to improve student achievement, according to a new…
8 incredibly easy steps to a professional development makeover
There’s a lot of talk these days, especially with the implementation of Common Core, about how to reform student learning. However, there’s a group of learners education is…
School principals beg for help with Common Core
It’s no surprise that schools across the country are gearing up for implementation of Common Core, with many teachers and school principals fully aware of what the standards…
How to Create Assessments for The Common Core
Assessments for the Common Core require more than just multiple choice. Learn how to create practice assessments that measure concepts, not facts.
The 6 hidden tricks for Bring-Your-Own-Device success
By now, most districts considering the implementation of BYOD know there’s a lot more to success than apps and devices. But how can districts accurately measure how much…
The best and worst districts for school choice
According to a new report, there is little information available on what makes a school district not only suitable for school choice, but what differentiates the districts that…
These districts score better than the rest
According to new results released today from a report that measures student achievement progress in math and reading in U.S. urban school districts, two districts are at the…
10 school initiatives that never go away
There’s a philosophy in fashion that goes something like this: Keep it, it’ll be back in style in another few years. Just like the clothing industry, education has…
INFOGRAPHIC: Huge changes for school tech leaders!
A new risk has arisen for school technology leaders: Being perceived as inessential Education technology is constantly changing, which means ... Read more
NBA great promotes STEM education at event
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar bent down Monday to study the solar-powered car being demonstrated by sixth-graders from Miller’s Hill School in Shingle Springs, the Sacramento Bee reports.
App of the week: School Fuel
A customized app that provides resource libraries aligned to Common Core Standards.
South Portland ‘university’ promotes high school STEM education
The transparent gelatinous alginate strands South Portland High School junior Jackeline Zarate and Portland High School junior Bailey Ruesch pulled from a test tube last week at Fairchild…
WWU researchers to study math, science teaching methods in area schools
Starting this fall, researchers from Western Washington University will study local elementary school math and science teaching methods in an attempt to figure out if specialists - those…
November: Three education grants you don’t want to miss
School funding difficulties show no sign of abating this November, and school budgets are stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund…
Newtown residents demolish a school, and violent memories
Demolition has begun at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 students and six adults last December, NPR reports.
Queens school that went vegetarian shows student gains, draws plaudit
Their school swapped sloppy joes and fried chicken for organic roasted tofu and braised black beans, and these kids ain’t complaining, the New York Daily News reports.
What poor children need in school
Most educational policy elites, whether in government or in the nonprofit sector, mean well, the Washington Post reports.
7 signs your school needs a technology makeover
Every teacher has a technology wishlist, Edudemic reports.
Schools learn tablets’ limits
The Wall Street Journal Reports: As schools rush to embrace computer tablets as teaching tools, glitches have officials in a few districts rethinking the usefulness and even security…
National education reform conference starts this week
Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE) will host the National Summit on Education Reform on Oct. 17 and 18 in Boston, Mass.,…
Silicon Valley magnate? There’s a STEM school for that
Too often educators have heard stories of brilliant students like Mark Zuckerberg dropping out of school to get a head start in the technology industry, eager to become…
App of the week: Everyday Mathematics apps
A popular elementary math program that offers several apps that help students (PreK-6) practice and improve their math skills.
Building a “startup culture” in schools
For most, start-ups and school districts couldn’t be more different, EdSurge reports.
Veteran teacher: The key failing of school reform over decades
The tug of war over standardized tests is just the latest round of a struggle I’ve watched many times before, The Washington Post reports.
A State-By-State Look at Top Ed-Tech Initiatives
Sometimes, an ed-tech initiative grabs national headlines. Other times, a technology initiative quietly spreads throughout a school building or district as it connects teachers with mentors, helps administrators…
10 school solutions for mobile device management
Schools are experiencing a huge boom in Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Mobile device management (MDM) has never been more vital.
School encourages homophobic humiliation as student punishment
Two Arizona high school students who were caught fighting faced a controversial punishment concocted by their principal: Either endure a suspension, or sit in the school courtyard holding…
What high schools are teaching teens about the war on terror
What kids learn in school tends to change with the times, and some curricular regulations that are either antiquated or simply embedded in beliefs have raised eyebrows across…
No Hollywood ending for real-life ‘Won’t Back Down’ school
Doreen Diaz left the red carpet movie premiere of “Won’t Back Down” in New York City last week feeling encouraged, says the Hechinger Report.
Opinion: How schools (even great ones) fail kids with ADHD
here’s a group of students struggling through school rd to navigate that gets little attention in the media or in the debate about how to fix schools: Children…
In reality and film, a battle for schools
On Tuesday officials in Adelanto, a California desert town, are set to consider whether parents there can be the first to take over a failing public school under…