Ariana Fine

Keeping students safer with end-to-end security

Read a new e-book, Making the Grade: End-to-End Security in Education, to learn how schools can implement end-to-end security solutions that will keep networks, endpoints and physical environments protected and secure.

New green screens designed to unleash creativity

The new line of mobile green screens is designed for content creators to capture, edit and produce content seamlessly. In addition, Valera Screens has a program to encourage artistic freedom and creativity in the classroom by partnering with K12 schools to provide free green screens.

Compact design part of new laptop

Powered by Windows 10, the thin and light Swift 7 has a new premium chassis and a display that is nearly borderless, giving the 14-inch laptop a 92 percent screen-to-body ratio.

Scott Kuykendall set to become Calif. county superintendent

The new Stanislaus County superintendent of schools will be Scott Kuykendall. Promoted from his previous position as assistant superintendent, he will oversee the Stanislaus County Office of Education, administering a variety of direct programs and providing a variety of support services to the California county's school district.

State library grants awarded to Illinois school districts

Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White awarded more than $1.3 million in grants to 694 public school districts as part of the School District Library Grant Program. Grants were awarded based on a formula of 75 cents per student, with a minimum grant of $750.

Hanford Joint Union High School District superintendent to retire

After a 35-year career in education, William Fishbough has announced his upcoming retirement as superintendent of Hanford Joint Union High School District. He has led the California district since 2006.

Interactive teaching technologies to outfit N.Y. classrooms

The Charter School for Applied Technologies in New York will install Boxlight Corporation's ProColor 752 interactive flat panel displays in every classroom across three buildings for its 2,365 students.

Roanoke school board hires new leader

Roanoke-Benson's school board has hired Tom Welsh as its new superintendent and principal at Sowers Elementary. He will replace Superintendent Rohn Peterson, who is retiring from the Illinois school district.

How to turn schools into happier places

Fostering strong student-teacher relationships and improving a school's climate can help put a dent in school suspensions, according to a new Rand Corporation study. As much as restorative practices aim to change how students are disciplined, they also seek to change the behavior that might require discipline, improving the overall climate of the school.

Report into deadliest U.S. high school shooting released

Arm teachers, spend more on school security and mental health, and train police to be more aggressive when responding to school shootings—those are some of the recommendations in a report into the deadliest U.S. high school shooting released.

Calif. district reveals nearly $2 million budget deficit

Declining enrollment and increased special education costs led to a newly discovered $1.9 million deficit in the Cotati-Rohnert Park USD's budget this school year. A school district budget committee will meet over the next couple of months to determine the course of action to deal with the budget gap.

Tool for picking North Carolina schools delayed

Because of school districts and charter schools that have been impacted by Hurricane Florence, the state's Department of Public Instruction has delayed the release of the 2017-18 North Carolina school report cards until later this winter.

Cultivating change in K12

While workforce management solutions can deliver measurable benefits to school districts, integrating this technology in the daily lives of employees can be a significant culture change. Get best-practice recommendations for managing change, driving a smooth implementation and maximizing adoption of your solution.

San Francisco lines up paid internships for high school students

Mayor London Breed is launching an initiative to provide paid internships and job-training programs for all San Francisco high school students by summer. So far, businesses and city agencies have already pledged to make more than 100 new internships available.

N.H. legislators revive legislation to allow schools to ban guns

Following success at the ballot box in November, Democratic legislators are again proposing legislation to allow New Hampshire school districts to bar people from carrying firearms onto school grounds, after a similar effort last year failed to clear a Republican-controlled Senate.