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Tech success requires rising above organizational silos
CDW-G education strategist Eric Patnoudes writes for Ed Tech Magazine that IT departments are often walled off from the curriculum and district leaders from whom they have to win buy-in.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 19, 2016 -
No federal mandate for Common Core, but it's likely here to stay
ESSA requires high-quality standards that prepare students for college and career, and while they don’t have to be Common Core, states that have it will probably keep it.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 19, 2016 -
Trendline
Learning Loss
Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing learning loss, as well as achievement trends and developments.
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Colorado school connects students with peers worldwide
A library technology educator at Fountain Valley School in Colorado created Mystery Skype to let students from two classrooms in different parts of the world ask each other questions to deduce their locations.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 19, 2016 -
Literacy, CIOs and teacher evals: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest on the cost of campus carry, a new survey detailing educators' tech dislikes and more.
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 16, 2016 -
Racial achievement gaps persist even when controlled for income
An analysis of the Evanston, IL, school system finds white students performing significantly above national averages and black students performing below them — and it’s not just about class.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2016 -
Report: Improve retention to solve the teacher shortage
Two comprehensive reports from the Learning Policy Institute examine the teaching profession, shortages, minority teacher recruitment and retention.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2016 -
Connecticut AG to appeal judge's call for education overhaul
Attorney General George Jepsen is appealing to the state supreme court, arguing Judge Thomas Moukawsher’s sprawling decision is an overreach by an unelected judge.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2016 -
10 high schools receive $100M for rethinking traditional model
The $100 million was awarded to a variety of charter and public schools by the XQ Institute, with funding from Laurene Powell Jobs.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2016 -
Power of computer science push in computational thinking, not coding
Stanford University computer science professor Mehran Sahami writes that initiatives to offer the subject to all high schoolers are about much more than filling a skills gap in the economy.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 16, 2016 -
Miami-Dade schools partner with Sandy Hook Promise on violence prevention
The Florida district is working to train all middle and high school students and teachers skills that will allow them to identify and intervene with at-risk individuals.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2016 -
Los Angeles magnet school offers robotics specialty courses
The Mulholland Robotics Middle School, perhaps the first of its kind, shares space with the traditional Mulholland school, which had seen dropping enrollment over the last decade.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2016 -
Microsoft Classroom debuts Forms, improves OneNote, adds virtual field trips
Microsoft Classroom, which competes with Google Classroom as a hub of ed tech tools, used educator feedback as it updated a handful of programs for the start of the school year.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2016 -
Private school near Lake Tahoe joins Summit LMS
The +Impact School at Tahoe Expedition Academy gives students opportunities to make their own choices and learn from failure, which could trickle out into the public schools with which it will now be in a network.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2016 -
New Horizon Report identifies ed tech trends, challenges
The annual report highlights short-, mid- and longterm trends, as well as challenges across a range of difficulty levels, and developments with adoption timelines of one to five years.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 15, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Teacher evaluations no longer required, but useful with changes
While the Every Student Succeeds Act removes the federal mandate to evaluate teachers, the nonprofit New Teacher Center says new systems can help with school improvement.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2016 -
Southern Regional Ed Board report offers data security guidelines
A multi-pronged approach to data protection should include steady monitoring, training of those who collect and use data, technical support from IT staffs and transparency with the public.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2016 -
Student advocates target Michigan in federal suit over Detroit schools' shortcomings
The state and Gov. Rick Snyder are being sued for extremely low achievement levels at five Detroit schools, as well as unsafe building conditions.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2016 -
DC all-boys public prep school target of ACLU complaint
The ACLU is claiming gender discrimination in the enrollment requirements of the Ron Brown College Preparatory High School.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2016 -
Ed Dept to require tracking of bullying, harassment based on religion
At a time when Muslim students are especially targeted, the Office of Civil Rights is requiring for the first time that schools start reporting religious-based bullying.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2016 -
Twitter, Instagram and Periscope offer concrete classroom benefits
Enterprising teachers can use these social media platforms to engage students, parents and the community.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 14, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Chicago principal's literacy focus helps English language learners
Patricia Brekke has encouraged literacy instruction in every subject at Back of the Yards College Preparatory High School.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016 -
Maryland schools struggle with post-Labor Day start date
Districts in the state are considering cutting spring break to accommodate a school calendar that would have to start after Labor Day, end by June 15 and provide flexibility for snow days.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016 -
Schools strengthen policies for keeping kids with allergies safe
The number of students with severe allergies continues to rise, and schools need to be prepared with consistent policies that keep kids safe without ostracizing them.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016 -
Neighboring Connecticut districts reflect state's inequality
The mostly white, wealthy suburb of Fairfield graduates 94% of its students, while neighboring Bridgeport, a poor and populous city, graduates just 63%.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016 -
Classes may have more advanced students than educators think
A policy brief out of Johns Hopkins finds large percentages of students in each grade perform on standardized tests at levels that would be celebrated of students one grade ahead of them.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016
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