Fifth-graders from three rural Edinburg CISD elementary schools now have laptops and secure access to hot spots at home thanks to a $150,000 Technology Lending grant from the Texas Education Agency. It is part of an effort to provide internet access in areas where coverage is not widely accessible and laptops might not fit into the family budget.
More than 4 million children endured lockdowns last school year, a Washington Post analysis found. They save lives during real attacks, but even when there is no gunman stalking the hallways, the procedures can inflict immense psychological damage on children convinced that they're in danger.
ACT has acquired Knovation, Inc., a curator of K12 open educational resources. The Knovation assets included in the agreement are the Knovation Content Collection, the netTrekker application and the icurio digital curriculum application.
K12 schools in Michigan, Alabama, California, Wisconsin and New Mexico select new products and services for security, assessment, curriculum and device storage.
Florida district comes up with a novel way to deal with a teaching shortage at some struggling schools. Top administrators are volunteering to help in the classroom for the rest of the year. Four Hillsborough schools that are grappling with teacher vacancies will get an assist in January from the administrative ranks in downtown Tampa. Onetime […]
Two recipients of a Best Starts for Kids grant have chosen to partner with Kickboard to help expand trauma-informed and restorative practices in King County schools. Hazelwood Elementary School and Unleash the Brilliance have each begun a three-year partnership that includes a web-based platform and professional development services. Two recipients of a Best Starts for […]
School districts across the country are banning homework, forbidding it on certain days or just not grading it, in response to parents who complain of overload and some experts who say too much can be detrimental. A new policy in Ridgefield Public Schools in Connecticut places nightly time limits on homework for most students. School […]
The elementary school years may be the time to start teaching kids best practices for browsing the internet, engaging in forums or chatting/messaging, and using social media—even if parents don’t plan to permit their children to have public-facing profiles until later. Establishing a healthy relationship with technology early on helps kids have a better sense […]
