COVID still casts a shadow over American school boards
During the seven years I served on the Derry School Board in New Hampshire, the board often came first. During those last two years during COVID, when I…
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Look Who’s Talking—Carl Hooker With An Insider’s Guide to #ISTE24
Who better to offer ISTE newbies advice than the edTech legend himself? Just listening to Carl Hooker’s calendar for the ... Read more
How stressed teachers can find time to reset
A teacher’s work is never done. Seriously, it’s amazing how much responsibility educators manage to shoulder throughout the week.
reDesign Seeks 250 Content Experts to Reimagine the K-12 Educational Content Map this Summer
Educators, academics, and industry experts are invited to apply or nominate others for a paid one-week Design Studio to create ... Read more
App of the Week: Sworkit Kids
Sworkit Kids What’s It Like? Both physical education (PE) and classroom teachers can use Sworkit Kids to get kids exercising. ... Read more
App of the Week: One-stop shop for research and writing
Citelighter is an engaging online platform designed to support students and teachers as they tackle the intricacies of the writing process.
App of the Week: A game that teaches game design
Project Spark is a digital game creator that lets students build their own games. Students can browse, play, and learn from other community-designed games and from plenty of…
App of the Week: The total package for middle school ELA
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from the editors of Graphite.org, a free service from Common ... Read more
School leadership under the microscope
Every Friday, I’ll recap some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of this week's news stories here,…
Will your students excel in the Innovation Age?
Each Friday, I’ll be bringing you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of…
App of the Week: Shakespeare for the iPad generation
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated with help from Common Sense Graphite. To read the ... Read more
The Hour of Code’s nationwide momentum
Each Friday, I’ll be bringing you a recap of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking news developments that occurred over the week. I can’t fit all of…
App of the Week: Skaffl
Ed. note: App of the Week picks are now being curated by the editors of Common Sense Education, which helps ... Read more
‘Humble heroism’: 8 student-saving teachers
These educators didn't went beyond reading and arithmetic, and gave their pupils real-life lessons of selfless bravery, The Week reports.
‘America’s tutor boom’: By the numbers
Public schools may be suffering, but the private tutoring business—a $5 billion industry—is growing like gangbusters, The Week reports.