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.
The Warrenton-Hammond School Board has chosen Tom Rogozinski, the principal of Warrenton Grade School since 2013, as the school district's next superintendent. He will replace the retiring Mark Jeffery, who has led the school district since 2011.
Tom Welsh, who was most recently executive director of high schools with Peoria Public Schools, is the new superintendent of Roanoke-Benson CUSD. He replaces Superintendent Rohn Peterson, who served the Illinois district for 12 years.
CodeHS announced a blended computer science course fully aligned to Indiana computer science standards. The CodeHS Indiana Computer Science I course teaches the foundations of computer science and basic programming, with an emphasis on helping students develop logical thinking and problem-solving skills.
The Minnesota district chose Rob Brandl, who currently serves as the assistant superintendent and high school principal at Cedar Mountain. He has been the high school principal since 2016. Brandl will replace Robert Tews, who is retiring in June.
In his first state budget, Gov. Tony Evers, the former chief of the state's education agency, is seeking to freeze the number of students who may enroll in private voucher schools across the state. The budget also proposes to suspend the creation of new independent charter schools until 2023.
Top Senate Republicans in Florida unveiled details of a package that would expand private school options for students, bolster security measures in schools, overhaul a program for teacher bonuses and expand community schools.
The Florida Supreme Court justices agreed to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate whether districts' “refusal or failure” to follow school safety laws put students at risk, and whether government officials committed “fraud and deceit” by using public money designated for school safety for other purposes.
The Legislature's Judiciary Committee voted to forward a bill that would mandate memorandums of understanding that delineate the role of the officers and require training and data collection to evaluate the program.
Since 2013, state law requires closed charters to return assets to the home school district, but officials in Buffalo said the law lacks teeth to guarantee that it happens. They are requesting legislation for an appointed independent receiver to audit and protect public assets that should be returned to the public district after a charter school closes.
Northeast Ohio school districts are considering and enacting nicotine testing along with drug tests, trying to discourage students from getting hooked on nicotine in the first place.
Over the course of K12 schooling, many students will learn 12,000 fewer vocabulary terms than their peers. A new study reveals one cause of this massive word gap—and how educators can prevent it.
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