While there are many organizations that educate the populace about the importance of African-American history, there is one institution that fails to do so: the American public school system. We can improve by doing a better job teaching about the impact of slavery, Reconstruction and the Black Migration.
VARIDESK is launching two height-adjustable standing desks for students. Sit-Stand SchoolDesk has a dry erase writable desktop for drawing and taking notes for students in third through 12th grade. Made for fifth grade through 12th grade, SchoolDesk also has a dual-level ergonomic footrest.
In thinking about our education system, the most important question must be: “And how are the children?” Students, and particularly low-income students, students of color, and English learners, must have grade-appropriate assignments, strong instruction, deep engagement and teachers with high expectations for student success.
Through a new partnership, Newsela's multidisciplinary, standards-aligned texts are embedded into 100 ready-to-run Nearpod lessons with virtual reality and interactive assessments.
High school students can choose alternative paths, such as construction, welding or cosmetology, instead of attending a traditional four year college. Unfortunately, many students do not know about alternative routes because teachers and administrators are only informing certain high school students about these programs.
The new K12 district enterprise solution centralizes and streamlines records management districtwide. The platform delivers print or electronic transcripts with mobile tracking into college admissions offices, offers online request processing for any record type, streamlines record ordering, and more.
Check out District Administration's roundup of online and app-based parent payment platforms, which offer a convenient and secure alternative to cash payments for lunch and other student expenses.
Implementing and managing districtwide technology initiatives with limited staffing is a common challenge for administrators. By using student tech support teams, district leaders can address these staffing needs while providing students with expanded project-based learning opportunities.
State school board leaders are considering making computer science a class for all K12 students, not just as a high school elective. Georgia schools would introduce it in kindergarten, add on to it in third grade, and increase its difficulty from sixth through eighth grade. The goal is to help feed students into high school computer science pathways, and then turn them toward tech careers.
Edtech influencer and author Matt Miller joins this podcast to recap the Future of Education Technology Conference 2019. He helps drive home the point that students should be the focus.
Thanks to a change in state law, a growing number of Minnesota school districts are embracing e-learning on days when the weather makes it too dangerous for students to get to school. With snow and cold weather forcing schools to cancel as many as nine school days this year, the "digital days" allowance has enabled schools to stick closely to the original schedule and avoid extending classes into spring break, holidays or staff training time.
Computers, student records and private documents are commonly stored in a school's administrative suite; all are vulnerable after hours or when the area isn't supervised. Those items can easily be stolen, unless you provide additional security.
Overwhelmingly white school districts received $23 billion more than predominantly nonwhite school districts in state and local funding in 2016, despite serving roughly the same number of children, a new report finds.
The North Carolina General Assembly is considering a bill that would adjust the grading scale used to grade the performance of state public schools. It would promote a 15-point grading scale, meaning higher grades for lower scores.
West Virginia students could see the number of instructional days they receive each school year reduced from 180 to 170 under one proposed bill. The legislation would also keep the mandate on school boards that workers must have an “employment term” of at least 200 days per school year.
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