Ultimately, the answer to delivering school bandwidth might require a radical rethink in which districts scrap expensive IT infrastructure in favor of pure wireless connections. Next-generation 5G mobile-phone communications capable of moving as much as 1 Gbps directly to a device could make obsolete the school's optical data line, server rooms, miles of network cabling […]

Years ago, educators at Fremont Middle School in Illinois provided students with engaging projects. Students sat on floors and gathered in hallways, vestibules and staircases, says Joan Shanahan, Fremont School District's technology integration specialist. But not until the 2015-16 school year did teachers have designated areas where students could work on assignments comfortably or have […]

Allowing students to explore news articles that spark their curiosity can provide a bigger literacy boost than having them read nonfiction texts about random topics far removed from a youngster's interests. At Lancaster Middle School near Buffalo, New York, students read news articles to help write stories for a classroom magazine and to prepare for […]