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District Management

Are K-12 data systems ready for AI?

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 by Beatriz Arnillas
As educators who love technology, we can barely contain our enthusiasm for the potential applications of artificial intelligence (AI). But AI requires massive amounts of data, so before…
District Management

Want to be a stronger digital leader?

February 22, 2018 by Eric Sheninger
digital leader
In a rapidly changing world, educators have been forced to self-examine and come to terms with approaches that are inefficient and irrelevant–from outmoded ways of setting up classrooms…
District Management

Taking on teacher attrition

February 27, 2018February 20, 2018 by Hilary Scharton
teacher retention
We once believed that teacher effectiveness dramatically increased for the first three to five years on the job and then plateaued. But recent research suggests that substantial growth in…
District Management

Why schools need a knowledge base

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Andrew Graf, co-founder and head of project strategy, TeamDynamix
When I have a problem with my iPad, I look to Google. Google is my worldwide knowledge base for fixing my toilet, unsticking my iPad, and figuring out…
Innovative Teaching

5 big ideas for education innovation in 2018

January 25, 2023January 22, 2018 by Julie Freeland Fisher
Last year saw a flurry of activity in support of personalized learning, new school designs, and new approaches to K-12 education policy. Looking ahead, education innovators have their…
District Management

This major city knows the secret to improving student performance

January 19, 2018 by Laura Ascione
principals chicago
A focus on high-quality principals in Chicago Public Schools could serve as a best practice model for districts across the nation after data indicates improved student performance and…
Educational Leadership

What? Test scores won’t predict academic growth over time

January 25, 2023January 15, 2018 by Carrie Spector
test scores
For years, parents and policymakers have looked to test scores to gauge the effectiveness of school districts and teachers. New research from Stanford Graduate School of Education Professor…
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25 education trends for 2018

January 1, 2018 by Meris Stansbury
trends 2018
Year after year, educators and those invested in education love to speculate about what will take off in the near future. And as far as riveting news goes,…
IT Management

IT #1: Greatest lesson: Teacher buy-in is overrated

December 27, 2017 by By Dr. Karen Beerer
buy-in
One of the greatest lessons my 30 years of experience in education has taught me is that teacher buy-in is, sometimes, overrated.
District Management

#4: 5 ways teachers can improve student learning based on current brain research

December 26, 2017 by By Martha Burns, Ph.D.
Educators can positively influence students’ learning by understanding how the brain is shaped by their early experiences—and how it can be rewired and reorganized to work more quickly…
District Management

Are gifted students now an underserved population?

December 15, 2017 by By Dennis Pierce
gifted students
With all of the focus on helping struggling students achieve grade-level proficiency, students at the very top end of the academic spectrum often aren’t getting the challenges they…
Innovative Teaching

This “open” innovation may indicate the future of learning

January 25, 2023December 12, 2017 by By Charles Sosnik
open badges
My hometown of Gastonia is a quiet place. Scant traffic. Nice neighbors. Folks still offer you a sweet tea when you visit. By most accounts it’s a sleepy…
District Management

How to protect school district servers from overseas cybercriminals

December 6, 2017 by Idan Udi Edry
cyberattack schools
Educational institutions must be prepared for cyber attacks. Cyber criminals are increasingly sophisticated and are non-discriminatory in their target selection as long as they believe they can make…
District Management

4 exciting trends that will define the 2018 education industry

November 30, 2017 by Ricky Ye, PhD
education industry 2018
The education industry saw so many notable, significant changes this past year–from an increased focus on augmented reality and other visual technologies to make learning come alive, to…
STEM & STEAM

Wow! District creates revolutionary computer science program for K-12 students

November 28, 2017 by By Nate Davis
computer science
Through a partnership with nonprofit Nextech and a collaboration with Apple, the Metropolitan School District (MSD) of Decatur Township in ... Read more
District Management

Hey educators: Are you trustworthy? Here are 4 vital signs for identifying and assessing trust in schools

November 22, 2017November 20, 2017 by By Jennifer Abrams
trust
Trust is a big word. It may be just one syllable and it’s certainly not a word the Spelling Bee organizers would consider a great challenge (or have…
District Management

Textbooks optional: What unbundling and BYOD mean for learning technology

November 20, 2017 by Matthew Glotzbach
byod unbundling
The days of overhead projectors and chalkboards are behind us. Today’s educators are looking to Chromebooks, smartphones and maker spaces to enhance their teaching. Other tools going the…
STEM & STEAM

3 reasons to introduce kindergarteners to robots

November 17, 2017 by By Lynne May Lim, Diana Traylor, and Robin Ricketts
robots early learning
The children we teach were born with technology as a part of their lives. They don’t know a world without touchscreen phones and computers in every room. In…
District Management

Teachers: How to use your voice for a positive school culture

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 by By Jennifer Abrams
teacher voice collaboration
Moving from the classroom into the role of a teacher leader and a coach was a transition, to say the least. I recognized I was credentialed in teaching…
District Management

3 ways Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers) paved the way for edtech

November 3, 2017 by Gonzalo Rodriguez
mister rogers edtech
Regardless of whether Mister Rogers’ puppets, trains, and soothing voice touched your childhood personally, he was inarguably a very “good neighbor” to millions of preschool children during his…
STEM & STEAM

How online high school prepared my sons for NASA

November 2, 2017 by By Patty Foltz
online school NASA
You could say my sons are on an education fast track! At 16 and 17 years old, Matthew and William graduated from high school with 60 college credits…
District Management

Professor: The 3 innovative skills we’re giving new teachers and why

October 31, 2017 by By Shufang Shi Strause
teachers skills edtech
P-12 schools see a wide variety of technology in use, from overhead projectors and transparencies, to wired computer labs, mobile ... Read more
eClassroom News

These SEL strategies address bullying behavior

October 23, 2017 by By Erin Hearn
SEL bullying
Positive school culture and strong relationships are the underpinnings of high academic achievement. We know that bullying can impact school culture and climate, and we also know that…
eClassroom News

Preventing bullying through…fiction? It works!

October 10, 2017 by Michael Dahl
bullying prevention fiction
When you read, you become another person, if only for a short while. You see how that person lives and how they think. You experience their hopes and…
District Management

5 ways to apply Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to edtech for better outcomes

September 29, 2017 by Dave Saltmarsh
Maslow's hierarchy edtech
According to American psychologist Abraham Maslow, all humans have the same fundamental needs (food, clothing and shelter), and these needs must be met before an individual is motivated…
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Behind the scenes of unclaimed FAFSAs: Why it’s happening and how ed staff can help

September 26, 2017 by Brian Kathman
FAFSA
According to NerdWallet.com, as much as $2.7 billion in free federal grant money went unclaimed in 2015 due to incomplete or unsubmitted Free Application for Federal Student Aid…
eClassroom News

5 ways to enrich communication at the start of the school year-and why it’s essential

September 25, 2017 by Camille Cavazos
communication school parents
Good communication is essential in any relationship, whether it is employer to employee, spouse to spouse, or teacher to student (or student’s parents). In my time as an…
Online & Hybrid Learning

Student: How a virtual education prepared me for higher ed

January 25, 2023September 22, 2017 by Kinneret Katz
virtual education
For home-schooled students like me, the process of earning a high school diploma is a bit more complicated than it is for “traditional” pupils. Those complications extend into…
District Management

School leaders reveal the common sense keys to ELL success

September 18, 2017 by Vicky B. Saldala and Jose M. Aldaco
ells multicultural leaders
English language learners (ELLs) are not a monolithic population. They come from different countries, have different levels of English exposure at home, and have widely different educational needs.…
District Management

5 questions to ask when rethinking accountability systems

September 18, 2017 by Dr. Rod Berger
questions media literacy
I have a very interesting job. As an education correspondent, I conduct interviews with many of the leading voices in ... Read more
District Management

Do education policy makers believe in science?

September 14, 2017 by Hilary Scharton
science policy Hattie
John Hattie is an education researcher who changed the way we think about what works in the classroom. His meta-study, Visible Learning (2009), analyzed 50,000 studies of more…
District Management

Why we need to change the teacher vs. tech narrative

September 14, 2017September 12, 2017 by Thomas Arnett
robots autism
A recent chart from Bloomberg on the future of artificial intelligence and employment lends evidence to a point I have been making for years: teachers will not be…
District Management

3 ways to build community in a multi-cultural school

September 11, 2017 by Dr. Melanie Morgan
ELL multi-cultural school
As more and more ELL students enter the U.S. public school system, teachers are facing the twofold challenge of communicating not only with these students, but with their…
District Management

Opening the definition dialog: Personalization, individualization and differentiation

September 5, 2017September 1, 2017 by Gene Kerns
personalized learning definition
A recent eSchool News contributed article, Differentiation, individualization and personalization: What they mean, and where they’re headed, which helped define personalized learning in relation to both differentiation and…
District Management

Confessional survey: This is how teachers really feel about the state of education

August 30, 2017 by Laura Ascione
state of education
More than half of educators in a recent survey (65 percent) said they feel confident about their ability to effectively use ed-tech resources in the classroom--a 7 percent…
eClassroom News

3 ways to enhance communication at a multi-cultural school

August 25, 2017 by By Dr. Melanie Morgan
multi-cultural communication
As more and more ELL students enter the U.S. public school system, teachers are facing the twofold challenge of communicating ... Read more
Innovative Teaching

What education inspiration looks like on a global basis

January 25, 2023August 23, 2017 by Charles Sosnik
global learning
The Imagine Cup competition, and competitions like it, are so inspiring. This year’s competition, though large and very well done, is only a small representation of the vast…
District Management

This is how you build the library of the future

August 7, 2017 by Karen Connors
library future
The 4 C’s (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, and creativity) will drive our pioneering approach to developing the libraries of the future.
District Management

Differentiation, individualization and personalization: What they mean, and where they’re headed

August 1, 2017 by Amanda Stedke
differentiation
Throughout the education sector, we hear a lot about “differentiation,” “individualization” and “personalization.” But what do these terms really mean, and how are they different?
District Management

District chief: Why school success stops and ends with teachers

July 25, 2017 by Krish S. Mohip
co teachers personalize learning
After much discussion, deliberation, and thoughtful review of reams of data, the team agreed that investing in the growth of YSCD’s teachers had to be the central pillar…
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