Tech & Cybersecurity

Wave of big districts choosing to keep students home

Surging coronavirus cases across the country force superintendents to stick with online learning and postpone students' return to in-person instruction.

Sprinting Toward the Future: Setting Short-Term Strategies for Learning Continuity

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Schools can only reopen safely where COVID is under control

Reopening schools is crucial but students and teachers cannot return to classrooms safely until surrounding communities have controlled COVID infections, a group of Johns Hopkins University medical experts say.

New book offers 50 ways to test your knowledge on IEPs

LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released Meet the IEP Challenge: 50 Scenarios for Staff Compliance Training. Each part of this 2020 book relates to a component of the IEP that is required under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Virus spikes force big districts to go back to school online-only

Several large school districts, including Los Angeles, Atlanta and Nashville, will start school with online learning due to spiking coronavirus cases.

South Carolina offers school districts an incentive for relief spending

Local education agencies can apply for supplemental funds to purchase content, expand connectivity for students, provide devices for teachers and students, license systems that support distance learning infrastructure, or provide PD on effectively delivering remote learning.

The future of instruction hinges on ‘flexible learning’

When designing classrooms, K-12 leaders should provide tools that allow teachers and students to move easily back and forth between physical and virtual learning environments.

Building a brand at Southern Lab School through esports

An artist's touch has helped the first-year program excel through promoting, marketing, and educating. And it's doing well on the gaming side, too, with a national champion.

Specialized ‘virtual learning team’ will create district’s online lessons

To take some pressure off teachers, a virtual learning team will create all of the online lessons for the Mountain View Whisman School District in Silicon Valley this coming year.

Study: Administrators anticipate spending more on tech-related items

The 2020-21 school year budgeting focus is on technology more than other education company offerings, according to a recent survey of administrators nationwide.

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