Ariana Fine

Why esports is surging into another new school year

High school and middle school esports remain wildly popular, with a free curriculum available and a special focus at FETC 2020.

Bringing diverse voices into the edtech conversation

In this video interview, edtech consultant and FETC 2020 presenter Desiree Alexander discusses how to take a deeper dive into the technology space by examining the relevant effects of diversity.

Where high schoolers can get homework help from college tutors

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and Harvey Mudd College staff nightly homework hotlines for high school and middle school students who need help with math and science. These college tutors aim to guide the younger students toward solving the problem themselves.

How high school auto shops accelerate

Repairs that require software updates and wrenches compel career and technical education administrators to buy more expensive tools and technology. And in the coming years, the spread of those electric and self-driving cars will only put more pressure on educators to keep the curriculum and equipment current.

Massachusetts school to offer aviation and marine tech programs

The Greater New Bedford Regional Voc-Tech High School is looking for new ways to offer skill-building courses for vocational jobs. Over the next few years, it will expand its offerings into marine technology, as well as start an aviation program.

Imagination Lab rekindles students’ excitement for learning

Enthusiasm and inquiry—not standardized testing anxiety—should drive learning. This belief led an Indiana district to turn an old swimming pool into The Imagination Lab.

K-5 intervention program packed with essentials you need to teach reading

Voyager Passport has the highest ESSA rating and gives struggling readers explicit instruction, feedback and more time on task to master skills—in 30 minutes per day.

Bringing math program to thousands of San Antonio students

MIND Research Institute has partnered with Northside ISD to bring MIND's ST Math approach to math instruction to thousands of students across all of the Texas school district's 80 elementary campuses.

N.J. auto shop class teaches high schoolers about electric cars

At Memorial High School in West New York, New Jersey, an auto shop teacher is teaching teaches students how to convert old gasoline cars to electric power. Students are taught to make the parts needed for the electric conversion, as well as perform the welding and wiring needed to put the car together.

As cities gentrify and schools diversify, PTOs grapple to ensure all parent voices are heard

As cities across the country gentrify—and schools in those cities slowly begin to diversify—communities are struggling to ensure that all parents have an equal voice. Parent organizations have emerged as a striking, and consequential, example of the cultural, economic and language divides among families.

New York schools and governments face cyber hacking threats

A bill, approved by the House of Representatives and awaiting action in the Senate, would authorize the Department of Homeland Security to assist in protecting state and local agencies from cyberthreats and restore the functionality of networks, including school networks, if they are hit with ransomware.

Cities find new ways to fill pre-K funding holes

The tenuous nature of federal grants affecting vital services for children is not uncommon. Instead of passively accepting the void in federal leadership, cities such as Memphis are finding innovative ways to bring together the public, private and nonprofit sectors to finance and expand needed services for children.

People Watch: Lori Motsch to take helm of Illinois district in 2020

The director of personnel has been promoted to the superintendent position, which Peggy Manville is vacating upon her retirement.

The FDA is launching a criminal investigation as teens continue to vape

The number of people sick from vaping continues to climb—and federal and state public health officials still don't know what's hurting them—as the FDA has launched a criminal probe to investigate samples.

Chicago mayor faces ‘first test’ with teachers’ strike vote

Chicago Teachers Union members begin casting ballots on Tuesday on whether or not to authorize a strike. The union has rejected an offer for a 16 percent pay raise over five years and is also asking for more staff such as nurses, librarians, social workers and special education teachers after years of cuts.