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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 -
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Educators are exploring a variety of strategies to improve students’ learning experiences while continuing to navigate ongoing political disputes.
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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 -
Pennsylvania school district finds success flipping PD
With flipped classrooms showing tangible benefits for student learning, the Montour School District decided to do the same for teachers during the 2015-16 school year.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 13, 2016 -
Texas schools kept kids from getting special ed services they need
A Houston Chronicle investigation found Texas is the only state in the nation to set a target for special ed enrollment, creating consequences for schools serving more than 8.5% of students.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 12, 2016 -
Districts offer range of supports for refugee students, families
School districts around the country that receive large numbers of refugee students have created academic and social-emotional support networks to best serve them.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 12, 2016 -
Apple announces teacher program, new ConnectED efforts
Through its Everyone Can Code initiative, the tech giant will distribute iPads, Macs and Apple TVs to 114 schools and, to help teachers develop skills, it is launching a teacher program.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 12, 2016 -
Teacher of the year uses tech to enhance personalized learning
Stephanie Shaw, of North Carolina's Mooresville Intermediate School, uses Google to give kids targeted interventions and let them track their own learning progress.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 12, 2016 -
New York district offers credit for tech-based problem-solving
Last year, the North Colonie school district, near Albany, let students volunteer their tech support skills, and this year, it's giving them credit for an expanded IT program.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 12, 2016 -
ITT and Ed Dept credentialing: The week's most-read education news
Stay ahead of the class with the latest studies on e-learning, a new series focused on higher ed CIOs and more right here!
By Roger Riddell • Sept. 9, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Schools find ways to make 9/11 relevant for students born after the attacks
The majority of current K-12 students weren't alive on Sept. 11, 2001, but teachers are focusing on heroism, bravery and service to make the 15th anniversary of the attacks relevant.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2016 -
Trump promises $20B for states promoting school choice
The Republican presidential nominee visited an Ohio charter school Thursday, announcing plans to use existing federal money to support states with charter and school choice laws.
By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 9, 2016
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