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Teachers say they want these 2 technologies in their classrooms

If teachers had a say in what technologies belong in their classrooms, they'd ask for interactive displays with advanced features and platforms with ready-made lesson content, a new survey contends. 

Outcomes-based contracting: How to stretch every dollar in K12

Outcomes-based contracting ties funding directly to measurable results and ensures that money spent drives meaningful outcomes for students.

Superintendent Ken Oertling: How to keep business ties strong

Superintendent Ken Oertling sums up his leadership philosophy with an acronym: ICE. It stands for "invest, communicate, engage."

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Texas board advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons

The curriculum—designed by the state’s public education agency—would allow teachings from the Bible such as the Golden Rule and lessons from books such as Genesis into classrooms. Under the plan, it would be optional for schools to adopt the curriculum though they would receive additional funding if they did so.

Sudden change: 2 superintendents resign abruptly and 2 others are fired

Superintendents in Sonoma, California, and Judson, Texas, have stepped down suddenly in recent days, while other leaders have switched districts or been dismissed without warning.

3 key pieces of advice for women who aspire to edtech leadership

Being as qualified as you can be and establishing a life-work balance are critical steps to success for women in edtech leadership, FETC speaker Frankie J. Jackson says.

Superintendents to watch: How leaders are advocating for students’ best interests

Leaders are remaining student-driven by expanding dual enrollment and gifted programs, leveraging teacher expertise and recruiting student advisors.

Expectation management for IT leaders: Defining what, and when, to expect after COVID

Setting expectations is more than just stating what you want to happen. As leaders, we must pause and endeavor to understand the three organizational realities.

3 superintendents to watch: Taking care of each and every student

The emotional well-being of students is the north star for educators in Linden Public Schools, an urban district in New Jersey. What other districts call SEL has been retitled  "social-emotional cognitive growth."
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New York students could get free meals under Gov. Hochul’s plan

Governor Kathy Hochul wants to implement a new meal program that will cover breakfast and lunch for every student in every school across New York State. That’s over 2.7 million students.

Can financial incentives and holding students back improve attendance in Detroit?

The Detroit school district is employing some new methods in its fight to improve attendance, including paying students up to $1,000 each for perfect attendance and holding back students with extremely high rates of chronic absenteeism.

PowerSchool says hackers stole students’ sensitive data, including Social Security numbers, in data breach

Edtech giant PowerSchool has warned customers that hackers accessed its customers’ highly sensitive information—including student Social Security numbers, grades, and medical information—during a recent data breach. PowerSchool’s school information system is used by schools to manage student records, grades, attendance and enrollment.

Citing Pennsylvania students’ low reading scores, advocates form coalition to improve literacy

A new statewide coalition aims to respond to alarming data showing that just 1 in 3 Pennsylvania students—and even fewer in Philadelphia—can read proficiently by fourth grade.
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