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WWU researchers to study math, science teaching methods in area schools

May 6, 2019November 5, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

Teaching Trends

November: Three education grants you don’t want to miss

November 5, 2013 by By eSchool News Staff

November-grants

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…

District Management

Newtown residents demolish a school, and violent memories

October 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Demolition has begun at Sandy Hook Elementary School, where a gunman killed 20 students and six adults last December, NPR reports.

Teaching Trends

Queens school that went vegetarian shows student gains, draws plaudit

October 25, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

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.

District Management

What poor children need in school

October 18, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

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

November 5, 2013October 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

Every teacher has a technology wishlist, Edudemic reports.

Schools learn tablets’ limits

October 15, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

District Management

National education reform conference starts this week

October 15, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

reform-education

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.,…

District Management

Silicon Valley magnate? There’s a STEM school for that

October 8, 2013October 8, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_meris' target='_blank'>@eSN_Meris</a>

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

November 5, 2013October 7, 2013 by Meris Stansbury

A popular elementary math program that offers several apps that help students (PreK-6) practice and improve their math skills.

District Management

Building a “startup culture” in schools

October 1, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

For most, start-ups and school districts couldn’t be more different, EdSurge reports.

District Management

Veteran teacher: The key failing of school reform over decades

September 30, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

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

May 11, 2019September 13, 2013 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor, <a>@eSN_Laura</a>

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…

District Management

10 school solutions for mobile device management

June 22, 2017August 28, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

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

May 21, 2020December 3, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

Teaching & Learning

What high schools are teaching teens about the war on terror

January 26, 2023November 15, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

District Management

No Hollywood ending for real-life ‘Won’t Back Down’ school

June 11, 2021October 4, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

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.

District Management

Opinion: How schools (even great ones) fail kids with ADHD

December 12, 2016September 24, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

District Management

In reality and film, a battle for schools

June 11, 2021February 22, 2012 by Staff and wire services reports

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…

eClassroom News

Students soon could learn with handheld 3-D devices

August 28, 2010April 21, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Thanks to new developments in handheld technology, students soon could have glasses-free 3-D displays in the palms of their hands.

Health education gets a federal boost

April 21, 2010April 19, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Backed by a campaign launched by First Lady Michelle Obama earlier this year, some schools are using the same technologies that have many kids glued to their cell…

District Management

Use multiple news channels to reach ‘on-the-go’ consumers

January 31, 2012March 25, 2010 by By Nora Carr, APR

School officials need to share information via a variety of media platforms in order to reach today’s “on-the-go” news consumers, a new study suggests.

District Management

CoSN conference goers learn how to be innovative educators

March 2, 2010March 1, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

The challenges in our field are Olympic in proportion," said Consortium for School Networking CEO Keith Krueger in kicking off the organization's 2010 conference March 1. But teamwork…

District Management

Education goals in National Broadband Plan revealed

November 5, 2010February 22, 2010 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Upgrading the federal e-Rate program to provide more connectivity to schools and libraries, removing the barriers to online learning so that more students can take advantage, and unlocking…

District Management

Official: FBI probing school webcam spying case

February 22, 2010February 20, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A Pennsylvania school district accused of secretly switching on laptop computer webcams inside students' homes is under investigation by federal authorities, a law-enforcement official with knowledge of the…

District Management

Tech-savvy superintendents honored in Phoenix

October 2, 2012February 16, 2010 by From staff reports

Snow wreaked havoc with travel plans in several U.S. states last week, but the sun was shining in Phoenix on Feb. 11 as eSchool News honored 10 superintendents…

Google to build ultra-fast web networks

November 5, 2013February 10, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Google Inc. plans to build a handful of experimental, ultra-fast internet networks around the country to ensure that tomorrow's systems can keep up with online video and other…

District Management

Viewpoint: Failure is not an option in our schools

April 22, 2010February 9, 2010 by By Alan M. Blankstein, Contributing Editor

On Jan. 28, a group of inspiring educators from four diverse school districts came together to share their experiences on how they have turned their underperforming schools around,…

District Management

Four things every student should learn … but not every school is teaching

July 15, 2010February 8, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor

An awareness of the views of those in other countries, an understanding of how Google ranks the results of a web search, a knowledge of the permanence of…

Teens’ social media use on the rise, but fewer are blogging

February 5, 2010February 4, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of…

District Management

New ed-tech tools and techniques mark FETC 2010

March 1, 2010February 2, 2010 by From staff reports

Free online tools that can save teachers time, new innovations that could make online learning more accessible, and keen insight into how educators can let students take responsibility…

District Management

CompassLearning bought by private investment firm

November 5, 2013February 1, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Educational software company CompassLearning has been purchased by Marlin Equity Partners, a move that CEO Eric Loeffel said will give the company greater flexibility in a fast-paced market…

Creating the 21st-century classroom

Future of eReading might not be iPad, but Blio

November 5, 2013January 31, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

Despite all the buzz about Apple’s iPad tablet and how it could be useful for reading electronic textbooks, a new software program on the way might hold even…

District Management

Wireless mic frequency change could affect schools

November 5, 2013January 29, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Schools and colleges that use wireless microphones operating on the 700 megahertz (MHz) frequency band have until June 12 to change the radio frequency or buy new equipment,…

District Management

eSchool News names winners of 2010 Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards

October 2, 2012January 28, 2010 by From staff reports

A technology incentive program that is reducing the dropout rate and closing the digital divide; an online-learning program that has solved the challenge of declining student enrollment: These…

District Management

Commentary: A new era in school district leadership

October 2, 2012January 28, 2010 by By Dennis Pierce, Editor

Skillful leaders are able to articulate their vision clearly and inspire their communities to action—and the winners of our annual Tech-Savvy Superintendent Awards epitomize this idea.

District Management

Visual learning a key strategy for helping students succeed

November 5, 2013January 28, 2010 by From staff reports

Software that takes a visual approach to teaching math has led to double-digit gains in the test scores of Orange County, Calif., students—and the software’s maker was one…

District Management

Software shows students’ full test history

November 5, 2013January 28, 2010 by From staff reports

School data systems are getting more sophisticated, a perusal of exhibitors at the 2010 Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) suggested—and at least two companies now offer systems that…

District Management

Obama calls for more school funding

January 28, 2010January 28, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

Education is one of the few areas of the federal budget that would not see a spending freeze, if President Barack Obama gets his way this year.

District Management

Interest in hybrid courses on the rise

March 21, 2011January 26, 2010 by From staff and wire reports

A growing number of schools now offer what's known as “hybrid” courses, which mix an online experience with traditional classroom learning.

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