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How to make the most of your limited time & technology funds

July 14, 2016

Learn about:, , , Common issues that other schools have with their deployments, Tips and solutions to these issues, Common questions we get surrounding mobile device deployments

Optimizing Word Study with VocabularySpellingCity® and Words Their Way®

July 14, 2016

The Affordances of VocabularySpellingCity Technology: Meeting Research Based Practices for Word Study Instruction.

Touchscreen displays facilitates flexible learning opportunities

July 11, 2016

As the 20th largest school district in the nation and the sixth largest school district in Florida, Duval County Public Schools has special challenges with integrating technology in every classroom. The district had projectors and interactive whiteboards, but there was no across-the-board standard for the school’s core classroom equipment. Additionally, the equipment was aging. Projector […]

Broadening the impact of technology

Len Scrogan | July 05, 2016

The New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released its annual K12 Horizon Report, which can be very useful for educators contemplating how much they have accomplished or where to go next with their technology initiative. The full report can be accessed here.Although the 2015 K12 Horizon report largely speaks […]

Standout school systems honored

Adam Galvan | June 28, 2016

Meeting students’ psychological needs, improving STEM programs and fueling college and career access exemplify innovative solutions increasing student achievement nationwide. The 24 school systems honored in this round of District Administration’s Districts of Distinction national recognition program found creative ways to raise graduation rates and to build up administrative effectiveness. These districts, representing 16 states […]

New environmental tool empowers high school scientists

Ray Bendici | June 27, 2016

Biology students in 13 Howard County public high schools have a new tool to study the Chesapeake Bay watershed. By using the survey tool, students help environmental scientists keep an eye on pollution and other factors that might harm the bay or its creatures, including Maryland’s renowned blue crabs. Howard County sits southwest of Baltimore, […]

Microcredentials provide highly personalized PD

Adam Galvan | June 27, 2016

Few teachers receive individualized professional development, though many are expected to personalize learning for students. Microcredentials—digital badges that teachers earn by learning a skill and demonstrating mastery through student results—offer a PD pathway designed to be highly differentiated and engaging. The microcredentialing process starts with teachers choosing a skill they want to develop. They take […]

Gifted ELL students often overlooked

Adam Galvan | June 24, 2016

English language learners remain the least represented group in gifted programs—meaning districts do not sufficiently tap the talents of the growing number of immigrant students entering U.S. schools. “It’s a shame because these are kids who have enormous potential not only to be among the next generation of scientists and entrepreneurs, but to be upwardly […]

Every Student Succeeds unleashes school funding flexibility

Adam Galvan | June 23, 2016

The 2015 passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) reverses the trend of federal authority over K12 education. The new law returns state and local authority to levels that have not been seen in decades. One of biggest changes is that ESSA increases fund transferability for key federal programs. Under NCLB, state and local […]

Superintendent seeks harmony in Hartford