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Deep Dive
Pilot networks help Chicago school identify promising ed tech tools
Wendell Smith Elementary is participating in a pilot network through LEAP Innovations and Chicago Public Schools in search of tools to create exciting learning experiences.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
If GOP eliminates AmeriCorps, 11K schools will lose support
Though the program costs just .03% of the federal budget and operates with much more than that in private donations, it has routinely fallen in conservatives' crosshairs.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
NY nonprofit head cautions against rush to voucher expansion
Lynette Guastaferro, executive director of Teaching Matters Inc., says a rushed and haphazard voucher program could have ruinous consequences.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Paperless science and social studies classroom aims to get students real-world ready
Anthony Johnson operates his fifth- and sixth-grade classroom as a small city and immerses students in project-based learning to get them acting like adults.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Is it time to bring project-based learning to PD?
Schools have quickly jumped onto the PBL bandwagon to engage and empower learners, and the Shanghai American School has started using the strategy with teachers.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
Rhode Island white paper outlines plans to scale personalized learning statewide
The Statewide Personalized Learning Initiative’s paper offers a common definition for personalized learning and maps out broad goals and objectives, with action items for individual districts.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 24, 2017 -
California ed officials explore ways to measure, use school climate data
The state's next stage of accountability goes beyond test scores and grad rates, asking districts to take responsibility for continually improving school climate measures.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Digital courseware market is maturing, but schools must stay focused
The Learning Counsel’s Digital Curriculum Strategy Survey found 86% of K-12 schools expect to spend more on digital curriculum this year, and spending is shifting to the district level.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Study: Virtual schools tend to attract and harm lowest-performing students
A RAND Corporation and New York University study published last week found that students with low test scores who enroll in virtual schools tend to do even worse.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Feds rescind transgender bathroom guidance despite pushback from DeVos
While the Obama-era guidance requiring schools to let transgender students use the bathroom of their choice is no longer in place, Betsy DeVos has come out as a protector of LGBT students.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
States begin fleshing out ESSA plans in advance of Ed Dept deadline
The Coalition of Chief State School Officers says at least 39 states have hosted community meetings or town halls to get public feedback.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 23, 2017 -
Report: Districts should better leverage non-residential properties for school funding
EdBuild research finds districts often don’t leverage the non-residential property tax base, made up of businesses, factories and farms.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
The Tennessee grad rate scandal that wasn't — because of bad data
An announcement earlier this month that one-third of the state’s 2015 graduates received diplomas without actually meeting requirements isn't true after all.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Internet of Things helped Connecticut district cut electricity bill by 84%
The Cheshire Public Schools converted lights in six buildings to LED bulbs and connected them to sensors and cloud-based servers that control brightness and turn lights off automatically.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
DC turns old school into state-of-the-art building for severely disabled students
The River Terrace Education Campus replaced two run-down buildings in the DC Public Schools, and it serves 135 students with severe physical or intellectual disabilities.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Districts push students into 'alternative' charters to boost grad rates
A ProPublica investigation finds many states allow high schools to send students to alternative programs if they have low test scores or attendance rates, or are at high risk of dropping out.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 22, 2017 -
Deep Dive
Suspensions plummet in NYC school that incentivizes good behavior
At Robert Van Wyck Middle School, in Queens, teachers track good citizenship and displays of empathy along with traditional bad behaviors like tardiness.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017 -
What lessons can be drawn from Denver's relative school choice success?
The Mile High City has a fairly popular school choice program that has raised overall academic growth and graduation rates, but achievement gaps persist and school closings have been disruptive.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017 -
NJ district hailed for maintaining school diversity during time of resegregation
The Morris School District was created in 1971 when an urban and suburban district merged, and it has managed to remain integrated in part because of community support.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Teachers with DACA protection wait to learn their fate under Trump
Teachers are among those given temporary reprieve from deportation through the program, which President Donald Trump targeted on the campaign trail.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017 -
When students run tech initiatives, they sharpen key skills
Student experts run sessions in a biannual Tech Boost conference at Creekside Middle School in Patterson, CA, and they staff the Burlington Public Schools’ (MA) help desk for credit.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Early planning can help make use of snow days — even without devices
After St. Mary’s Academy had its fifth snow day of the school year, toward the end of the first semester, teachers and administrators created a Digital Learning Day Protocol.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 21, 2017 -
Kentucky district expands college opportunities for high schoolers
Franklin County Public Schools offers an Advanced STEM Pathway with Kentucky State University to help students work toward an associate degree along with their diploma.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Corporate programs and community efforts can support digital equity
Programs like Sprint’s 1Million Project and Google Fiber are helping close the digital divide for students who don’t have access to internet-enabled devices or the internet itself at home.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 17, 2017 -
Texas teachers bring drones into classrooms across STEAM spectrum
Walnut Elementary School ran an after-school drone club with support from a parent software engineer, and use of drones in classrooms has expanded districtwide.
By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 17, 2017
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