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1:1 device success requires strong IT leadership, strategy
Greater interdepartment communication and professional development are also key to the longterm success of a rollout.
By Erin McIntyre • May 23, 2016 -
PARCC makes push against critics online
Officials from the Common Core-aligned testing group are trying to force education bloggers to remove sample exam questions from posts critical of the test.
By Erin McIntyre • May 23, 2016 -
Trendline
Curriculum
Educators are exploring a variety of strategies to improve students’ learning experiences while continuing to navigate ongoing political disputes.
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Tech helps level playing field between students
Combining access and engagement to technology for traditionally disadvantaged students can help them succeed in K-12 classrooms.
By Erin McIntyre • May 23, 2016 -
Over a dozen US schools gaining recognition for innovative strategy
Tech Insider's list of the most innovative schools in the U.S. include an off-the-grid elementary school and a school inside a library.
By Erin McIntyre • May 23, 2016 -
Virtual schools expanding in spite of issues
Allegations of mismanagement, poor learning outcomes and subpar graduation rates aren't slowing the space's growth.
By Erin McIntyre • May 20, 2016 -
Growing focus on maker mindsets in STEM
With the National Week of Making coming in June, a growing number of federal resources can help educators incorporate making and STEM in curriculum.
By Erin McIntyre • May 20, 2016 -
Socioeconomic achievement gaps outpacing those based on race
A new study shows that income-based achievement gaps surpassing those that are racial, saying that a lack of resources exacerbates disparity.
By Erin McIntyre • May 20, 2016 -
Sesame Street, IBM teaming up on personalized pre-K initiative
Over three years, the new partnership will work to understand how natural language processing, data mining and pattern recognition offered by Watson can serve preschoolers.
By Erin McIntyre • May 20, 2016 -
Lack of resources hinders ELL in middle, high schools
A lack of resources restricts ELL learning in middle and high schools, a complaint that teachers have had for years.
By Erin McIntyre • May 20, 2016 -
School segregation persists 62 years after Brown v. Board of Ed
A new study shows that many of schools with significant increases in students of color have extreme racial and economic concentrations.
By Erin McIntyre • May 19, 2016 -
Will portfolio assessment gain prominence as digital tools simplify processes?
District Administration reports that a new set of digital tools are helping teachers evaluate school work in a more complete manner.
By Erin McIntyre • May 19, 2016 -
Harvard ed school unveils early childhood program
The Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation will support a new early childhood education initiative at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.
By Erin McIntyre • May 19, 2016 -
ECS report: Nearly all states need rule revisions to improve ed
The report's author recommends that individual states create their own policy leadership process and entities that can carry out related strategies.
By Erin McIntyre • May 19, 2016 -
Teacher ed shifts focus to address increasing multicultural needs
To account for projections that US children will be majority-minority by 2020, many teacher education programs are tailoring instruction to the specific needs of this rising student population.
By Erin McIntyre • May 19, 2016 -
Tech, engineering take center stage in latest Nation's Report Card
The results mark the NAEP's first-ever national evaluation of tech and engineering literacy in the US, administered in 2014.
By Erin McIntyre • May 18, 2016 -
How best to help students understand cheating is wrong?
Introducing new ways to think about and address academic dishonesty predictably curbs cheating in schools.
By Erin McIntyre • May 18, 2016 -
Study finds correlation between student achievement, school safety
New research published in Educational Researcher shows schools that were able to increase their academic performance also saw significant reductions in violence.
By Erin McIntyre • May 18, 2016 -
New chapter in school reform moves beyond Bush, Obama regulations
An Education Next op-ed argues that moving beyond both presidents' regulatory approaches and embracing choice and competition is the best bet for improvement.
By Erin McIntyre • May 18, 2016 -
Lobbying groups push back against funding equity provisions
Organizations in Washington have teamed up, sending a letter to Education Secretary John King over his attempts to even out disparate school funding.
By Erin McIntyre • May 18, 2016 -
New Pell experiment to cover dual enrollment expenses
A new federal experiment allows students taking college-credit courses to access federal Pell Grants while still in high school.
By Erin McIntyre • May 17, 2016 -
Silicon Valley K-8 schools will get new prefab modular classrooms
The classrooms are pre-verified by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools
By Erin McIntyre • May 17, 2016 -
Strengthening Education Through Research Act stalls amid privacy debate
The legislation's slow movement may be due to FERPA, according to Education Week.
By Erin McIntyre • May 17, 2016 -
Student privacy bills under consideration in 31 states
Some 94 state-level student privacy bills have been introduced so far in 2016 as concern over data use increases nationwide.
By Erin McIntyre • May 17, 2016 -
Deep Dive
Higher ed partnerships critical to boost minority STEM participation
In honor of Global Maker Day, a look at a variety of new initiatives aiming to ignite a passion for STEM subjects among minority students.
By Erin McIntyre • May 17, 2016 -
Sponsored by Waterford
At-home PreK program has long-term benefits for kids
Recent studies show long-term benefits for children who receive structured curriculum before entering school.
May 17, 2016
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