As schools start to decorate for fall festivities, students and teachers are contending with summertime levels of heat in buildings that lack air conditioning.

In the past decade, the terms makerspace, hackerspace and fablab have appeared on the horizon. These are new names for what people have always done—come together to fix things, make new things and learn from each other, says DA guest columnist and FETC featured speaker Sylvia Martinez, who is co-author of Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom.

A lead partner in New York City's ambitious AP for All initiative is the National Math and Science Initiative. Sponsored content by National Math and Science Initiative.

Since Ysleta ISD implemented the Achieve3000 platform in 2015-16, ELLs in the district have significantly improved literacy, as demonstrated by increased Lexile scores, better performance on their end-of-year state assessments and faster integration with the school's general course of study. Sponsored content by Achieve3000.