IBM's Watson computing system—perhaps the world's most well-known artificial intelligence technology—now provides K5 educators with a database of open educational math resources. Teacher Advisor With Watson 1.0, powered by Watson Discovery Service's artificial intelligence technology and hosted on IBM Cloud at www.TeacherAdvisor.org, can rapidly analyze content for relevant concepts based on a teacher's search query. […]

In the Ventura USD in California, one low-achieving middle school at risk of closure was instead transformed into the De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts (DATA), a high-achieving magnet school. A significant component in DATA's dramatic turnaround has been its innovative project-based and collaborative learning environments and makerspaces, which employ technology as a […]

The completion of the Maywood Center for Enriched Studies, a grade 6 through 12 magnet school, marks the end of Los Angeles USD's 14-year effort to add 131 new schools. The building accommodates 1,200 students from Maywood and across the district. Challenge: From 1980 to 2002, LAUSD faced a 200,000-student increase that forced many schools […]

Here are lists of states that require recess in elementary schools and that require general and physical activity. States that require recess in elementary school Connecticut: 20 minutes of supervised recess daily, preferably outdoors Indiana: Daily physical activity that may include the use of recess Missouri: Minimum of one 20-minute recess period Rhode Island: Minimum […]