Strategies for teaching SEL skills during virtual learning
Why did you go into education? I bet it was because you love teaching and inspiring young minds. However, these days teachers are faced with an increased focus…
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10 policy recommendations for educator preparation programs
Ten new recommendations from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) address critical state policy changes necessary to support innovative improvement in educator preparation programs and…
Gaggle Announces a New Service: Gaggle Therapy
Gaggle is launching a new service: Gaggle Therapy. Gaggle Therapy matches students who need mental health support with counselors licensed ... Read more
GoGuardian Finds Three Factors That influence K-12 Student Engagement Online and In-Person
The GoGuardian Research and Insights team today announced its comprehensive findings on the factors that create an engaging learning experience ... Read more
New York State Education Department Approves Curriculum Associates as a Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) Sponsor
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass., September 14, 2020—The New York State Education Department has approved Curriculum Associates as a Continuing Teacher and ... Read more
CAE Announces Stacey Sparks as Senior Director of Content Design and Development
Council for Aid to Education, Inc. (CAE), a leading provider of performance-based educational assessments measuring 21st century skills, as well as custom assessments, today announced ... Read more
Texas Education Agency and Verizon enable distance learning for 18.9M students in 16 states
For students across Texas and around the country, bridging the digital divide and providing reliable Internet connectivity that enables distance ... Read more
Protect and Recover Your Data with creative.space’s New Snapshot Features
In response to COVID-19, many creatives are being required to work remotely. This often presents technical challenges that can be ... Read more
How our changing world is shifting the way Gen Z is influenced by post-secondary marketing
COVID-19 has affected many aspects of the post-secondary student experience. It is an essential time for marketers to be cognisant ... Read more
Dean Transportation to treat all vehicles with MicrobeCare™ antimicrobial
For over 50 years, Dean has placed the safety of its passengers above all else, having a long history of ... Read more
3 ways educational data helped this district improve outcomes
In the Wilson County School District, using educational data to inform our decisions has reinvented the way students learn, and it has given educators a newfound confidence in…
PebbleGo Health, Offers Special Educator Preview in June
Capstone, innovative publisher of children’s educational content for schools and home, announces the release of PebbleGo™ Health, a curricular content ... Read more
Free resources for middle and high school.
Philippe Cousteau, Jr.’s environmental youth leadership organization EarthEcho International offers its free environmental education resources to teachers, students, and families ... Read more
COVID-19 pushes learning online
The inevitable spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, to the United States has prompted state leaders to close schools, leaving at least half of all U.S. students…
Encrypt Email and Attachments
Today, and in the coming days, data privacy will become even more important as the need to collaborate and share ... Read more
The state of student safety
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…
How we turned around our new teacher retention
Gaston County Schools, located in North Carolina, is the 10th-largest district in the state. We have a very diverse, economically challenged population in our school system, with roughly…
How Our High-Poverty School Reduced Suspensions By 97%
Student behavior can have a positive or negative impact on academic achievement. Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire…
3 ways to navigate American politics in the classroom
In our current social climate, it can be tricky for anyone, especially a teenager, to talk about politics and the role of government. But as educators, it’s our…
Here’s how teachers think SEL can truly help students
A resounding majority of administrators, teachers, and parents say they believe social and emotional learning (SEL) is just as important as academic learning. SEL is the process that…
The other gap that schools aren’t talking about—relationships
The NAEP scores released in April set off a flurry of headlines about the sobering state of achievement gaps across ... Read more
A student’s perspective on the promise of technology
To be a young adult in 2018 means to have gone through school during a very revolutionary time, technologically speaking. Throughout the 2000s, classrooms in America saw everything…
There are not enough moonshots taken in education
I am extremely lucky to work in an organization that sets enormously high standards and one that accepts disequilibrium as part of the change process. I'm also well…
Cost is still keeping districts from boosting broadband speeds
Cost remains the biggest hurdle for schools trying to increase broadband connectivity speeds for students, according to CoSN's 2017 Annual Infrastructure Survey. The majority of school districts--85 percent,…
How video cameras help improve classroom learning and campus safety
The topic of video cameras in the classroom has been brewing for years. Schools that have deployed cameras in public areas have experienced dramatic safety benefits. For example,…
How an edtech innovation is giving performance assessments new life
Internet access, electronic collection of student work, and online distributed scoring, for example, can all play significant roles in making performance assessments more manageable and efficient.
Report warns a decline in language learning could spell bad news for U.S.
A diminishing share of United States residents speak languages other than English--a trend that could have important consequences for business, international affairs, and intellectual exchange, according to a…
Using politics to teach critical thinking
As high school social studies teachers in a swing state, election season is some of the most fertile ground for learning, and this past cycle—with all its splashy…
Here’s what you need to know about Betsy DeVos, likely Education Secretary
With his nomination of billionaire Betsy DeVos for U.S. Secretary of Education, President-elect Donald Trump seems to be making good on his campaign promise to promote school choice.…
College- and career-ready expectations for students with disabilities
Achieve and the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) released "Diplomas that Matter: Ensuring Equity of Opportunity for Students with Disabilities," a new report analyzing the diplomas available…
Nominations open for The Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education
The nomination window is open for the 2017 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, which honors innovation and has ... Read more
Study.com selected by Department of Education for EQUIP experiment
Study.com, in partnership with Thomas Edison State University and Quality Matters, has been selected to participate in the Department of ... Read more
The Virtual High School, Quincy College announce dual credit program
The Virtual High School (VHS, Inc.), a nonprofit empowering schools with online learning programs, is announcing its new dual credit ... Read more
Arizona implements K-6 language development and literacy intervention for English learners
The Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is continually seeking effective ways to support educators as they work to help English ... Read more
New plan advocates gigabit broadband’s arrival in schools
Connecting our nation’s schools, libraries, health clinics and other community anchor institutions (CAIs) to next generation high-speed broadband is an ... Read more
Nureva’s Span wall collaboration system is going mobile
A new cart-based option for projector/wall collaboration system
Why digital PD needs an urgent overhaul
Technology, collaboration, and new standards are changing the classroom at a rapid pace. Every teacher's professional development must keep up.
Survey: Teaching demands taking toll on educators
U.S. teachers say they are frustrated with testing, changing agendas, lack of influence A new survey reveals teachers are concerned ... Read more
Panasonic expands SOLID SHINE projector series
Panasonic, a provider of professional projector solutions, has introduced a new PT-RZ570U 1-Chip DLP™ Laser Phosphor projector. This compact model is the latest in the SOLID SHINE lineup…