Some people may think they don't see color, but the numbers don't support it. Federal civil rights data shows that minorities in suburban districts, particularly black students, face serious obstacles in getting an education. Leah Stewart, a 12th-grader at Greece Olympia High School, is part of an uncomfortable sort of club at school. She calls it "the five […]
In urban areas across the country that give parents significant choice over where to send their kids to school, educational stratification and racial segregation is usually exacerbated. The result is that even when urban districts improve a little, they struggle to improve a lot because middle-class parents choose to send their children elsewhere. In recent […]
Houston ISD spends more than $1 million a year on AP test fees, but its leaders estimate potential savings each year of $9.3 million for students who receive college credit for good test results. When you have a learning tool this effective, pay for it gladly and reject toothless substitutes—like test-free AP course—that don't do […]
Cupola360 is a new system-on-chip solution designed for 360-degree image processing, combining six big-pixel high-sensitivity sensors, in-camera hardware stitching, instant live-streaming and more. ASPEED Technology Inc., world-leader in BMC (Baseboard Management Controller) System-on-Chips, is pleased to announce the availability of Cupola360, the Spherical Image Processor. The Cupola360 is a System-on-Chip (SoC) solution designed from the […]
Beginning with the 2016-17 school year, the Seattle district moved the official start times for middle and high schools nearly an hour later. The bottom line goal was met. Researchers found that the teenagers used the extra time to sleep in. Many American teenagers try to put in a full day of school, homework, after-school […]
People often applaud vocational education in theory, provided it is "for someone else's kids." Those kids are most kids, and a false promise of college success does more harm than good. We owe them our focus and the best pathway that we can construct—one that carries them as close as possible to the destination their […]
The Yale Child Study Center and Scholastic launched the Yale Child Study Center-Scholastic Collaborative for Child & Family Resilience. It focuses on research around the intersection of literacy and health across education content areas including early childhood, social emotional learning and teaching, equity and social justice, family and community engagement, and more. The Yale Child […]
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a public residential and online high school, has received $2 million in donations to its foundation to create The Ryden Program for Innovation and Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. The program will combine an artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum with a fabrication space. The North Carolina School of Science […]
A new curriculum for teachers, developed by the nonprofit organization Journeys in Film, in partnership with the USC Rossier School of Education's Center for Engagement-Driven Global Education, will give educators more resources to help students make sense of prejudice and hatred, drawing on the life of Oskar Schindler as an entry point. With anti-Semitism on […]
The Wyoming Legislature is moving forward on policies that would require all schools to engage in training and create safety plans in the event of a violent intruder. As it currently stands, the bill would allocate $100,000 to help schools with school safety training and planning. The Wyoming Legislature is moving forward on policy that […]
