5 gaming dynamics that truly engage students
Gaming. It’s more than a buzzword in today’s schools, but it still sometimes carries a stigma--is gaming really an effective way for students to learn? The answer, according…
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6 Characteristics of Great PD (And Great Classrooms)
For nearly a dozen years I’ve traveled to various schools and districts to deliver professional development workshops and presentations. Over the years, I’ve also sat in on many…
5 must-haves for online assessments
As K-12 schools across the country begin to implement online learning, issues of cheating and lack of credibility are some of the main reasons why skeptics hesitate in…
The real problem with school internet
For schools across the country, mobile device management and online testing concerns start at the basic level: ‘how do we get the internet and infrastructure needed?’ As it…
Are states making the right decisions with charter schools?
Whether or not you’re for or against charter schools, the charter movement is spreading like a wildfire in many states across the country. Now, one report details which…
This is the hottest Common Core project in schools right now
From webinars to iTunesU courses, and from word-of-mouth to Twitter devotion, everyone in education is talking eBooks. And though eBooks can encompass a wide range of uses, some…
Is school funding fair? States may be failing needy students
The stimulus package that provided funding for states as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) may have done more harm than good, suggests a new…
15 amazing education technology solutions from January
One of the best ways to learn about innovative solutions for education technology is through conferences, and from STEM curriculum developed for classroom robotics to one of the…
BREAKING NEWS: 3 immediate ways the eRate is improving for schools
In what could be one of the most heartening examples of putting money where a mouth is, FCC chairman, Tom Wheeler, just announced that the E-Rate will change…
This hybrid innovation is about to change your school forever
Hybrid innovations are technologies that bridge tradition to the future, fundamentally changing how an entire industry performs; and according to education experts, K-12 is currently experiencing one hybrid…
Chromebooks take other mobile devices to school
Chromebooks have come from nowhere to grab nearly a fifth of U.S. school purchases of mobile computers, posing problems for Microsoft Corp. and possibly even Apple Inc., the…
Beware Chinese data: Its schools might not be so great
For much of my life, I have been obsessed with China, Jay Mathews reports for the Washington Post.
U.S. puts schools on the hook for police actions
The Obama administration issued the first federal legal guidance on school discipline Wednesday, telling school administrators they must avoid discrimination when doling out punishments, and must reserve harsh…
Schools use web tools, and data is seen at risk
Public schools around the country are adopting web-based services that collect and analyze personal details about students without adequately safeguarding the information from potential misuse by service providers,…
Is education lacking humanity?
Sitting down for an impromptu meeting with one of the country’s largest education nonprofits, a small cluster of education reporters and leaders discussed how the upcoming education trend…
5 ways schools throw away talented teachers
According to a new report based on thousands of educator responses, schools across the country don’t have a pipeline for leadership, discouraging talented teachers from staying in education.…
S.C. education leaders want $30 million to help schools go wireless
The S.C. Education Oversight Committee wants state lawmakers to spend $30 million next year on technology to improve wireless access in school buildings across the state, reports the…
3 myths about school data privacy in the cloud
As schools and districts struggle to keep up with big data management and analysis, many are worried about how student data privacy will be affected once it’s in…
Charter schools aspire to be ‘diverse by design’
When a group of Mid-City residents proposed opening a school four years ago that would be racially and economically diverse, they were greeted with doubt, according to the…
Bob Wise: Digital learning can boost R.I. schools
If the United States is to prepare its students for success in the modern technology-driven world, more classrooms — in both Rhode Island and the whole nation —…
Going solar atop school buildings
In 2012, The tiny Centerburg School District in central Ohio installed 5,600 solar panels on the rooftops and grounds of its elementary and high schools that are anticipated…
Mobile platform helps teachers, students stay connected
Remind101 is a mobile platform that closes the communication gap between home and school, helping students, teachers, and parents stay ... Read more
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…
School iPads to cost nearly $100 more each, revised budget shows
Providing Apple iPads to Los Angeles students will cost nearly $100 more apiece — or $770 per tablet, a new school district budget shows, according to the Los…
5 common myths about school administration
It’s not always teachers who face criticism in the U.S. Many school administrators say that misconceptions about their career motivations and the position in general still exist today—and…
What to consider for eBook implementation
eBook implementation is becoming crucial for schools and districts as part of the digital content movement. As mobile devices become a classroom staple, printed books are becoming a…
How two struggling schools got two different results with ed tech
By now, many educators understand that technology has the potential of transforming teaching and learning, Mind/Shift reports.
INFOGRAPHIC: Are schools worrying about the shutdown?
View this infographic to learn more about what your educators are thinking about the government shutdown.
Why schools make bad buying decisions
Schools buy stuff badly, EdSurge reports.
Three lessons from Amplify’s melted charger
Last Friday, Guilford County Schools in North Carolina “suspended the use of Amplify tablets, cases, keyboards and chargers, effective immediately.”
Making our schools “SuperBetter” with GBL
Jane McGonigal charged me up for more than the 7.5 minutes of life extension she promised, the Huffington Post reports.
U.S. school district monitors kids’ social media
A Southern California school district is trying to stop cyberbullying and a host of other teenage ills by monitoring the public posts students make on social media outlets…
Should businesses run schools?
It's a question that has come up recently thanks to a national movement towards school reform: “Should schools be run like a business?” According to a new guide…
What makes a successful urban principal?
“Urban schools often face great challenges, low test scores and high dropout rates,” according to a recent PBS Newshour segment. But just as schools are trying to create…
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…
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…
SchoolMAX cited in back-to-school nightmare
It's every district's nightmare: thousands of students arrive on the first day of school with no schedule and nowhere to go ... and parents, teachers, and the media…