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Administrators increasingly accept that boosting school safety may rely on realistic active shooter drills that can upset staff and students
More frequent and intense natural disasters require school leadership to address trauma and prepare for extended disruptions.
One of the oldest districts in the nation recently completed its first construction project in 15 years by rebuilding a school to accommodate STEM learning for grades 6 through 12.
The Handle With Care program is providing alerts to educators regarding students who have recently been exposed to trauma.
An energy performance contract helps Madison County save energy and reinvest in creating award-winning schools.
K12 schools in Michigan, Alabama, California, Wisconsin and New Mexico select new products and services for security, assessment, curriculum and device storage.
This web seminar described how a cash-strapped district uncovered funding and became nationally recognized in five years.
Student bus badging—in which students swipe ID badges while getting on and off school buses—is helping districts better manage security and track ridership, say administrators who have adopted the tool.
This webcast explained how a new generation of security cameras is changing the way school leaders think about video surveillance, with systems that can be managed from an intuitive, web-based dashboard without extra servers or software required.
Districts have been installing laundry facilities at schools in low-income neighborhoods, giving students one less reason to miss class. Many at-risk students from low-income homes often do not have regular […]
Colorado State University-Global Campus partnered with Aurora Public Schools to build a headquarters for the fully online university on district land. The university will leverage lease payments to make college possible for more Denver-area students.
Bartow County School System recently relocated Adairsville Elementary (60,000 square feet) to a 114,000-square-foot building to accommodate rising enrollment. The new facility stands two blocks away in the plot of […]
Students were asked how they thought major figures in their lives were doing on addressing online harassment and cyberbullying. LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: K12 edtech training expands Most said their […]
Preventing ransomware attacks at your district requires more than just anti-virus programs and firewalls. As hackers target schools with growing intensity, it’s time to add a layer of security awareness […]
The FBI has issued a warning to schools: Protect student data on edtech and other online platforms, or risk having it stolen and sold on the dark web. Instructional and […]
Today’s school district food-service directors often find that joining purchasing cooperatives saves them at least 5 percent in food costs. Co-ops also save time by handling the request-for-proposal process and […]
The New Orleans-based Healthy School Food Collaborative grew out of the challenges charter schools in Louisiana faced while recovering from Hurricane Katrina. At the time, James Graham was working as […]
Here are the prices that Texas-based School Purchasing Alliance members pay for a case of food versus what they would pay if they were not part of the co-op. LINK […]
Multiage classrooms are, by design, more focused on projects and interdisciplinary learning than traditional, teacher-focused classrooms. For that reason, they usually look different than traditional classrooms full of desks. Furnishing […]
In August, Woodbrook Elementary School in Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia completed a renovation and expansion that features much larger classrooms to facilitate multiage learning. Each family at Woodbrook […]