When looking to build an edtech team, soft skills can be vital, particularly strong customer service-oriented abilities, including effective communication and collaboration skills, excellent attention to detail, and resourcefulness.
It's no secret that the United States—once the leader in public education—has slipped well below a number of other countries in performance and outcomes. The problem, says Marc Tucker, president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy, is that the U.S. doesn't have an integrated system of education. In Leading High-Performance […]
The San Benito CISD is beginning instructor training on a new device to improve its medical program. Known as Anatomage, the imaging table is a life-size diagnostic tool that will help instructors teach health science students about anatomy—instead of relying on animal dissections and posters.
Excelligence Learning Corporation has acquired the Letter People and the DIG comprehensive pre-K curriculum from Abrams Learning Trends. The Abrams products acquired will be incorporated into Frog Street Press, a subsidiary of Excelligence.
The latest K-12 edtech news from the nation's capital, including how more states are now offering edtech training and how educators are preparing to have their voices heard in the next presidential election.
A report from the state School Boards Association revealed that 20 percent of New York superintendents have a shortage of teachers for English language learners, while 52 percent said they struggled to fill the positions.
SAS launched free artificial intelligence (AI) software for teaching and learning, a new analytics simulation game, AI certifications and badging, and a Boys & Girls Club coding partnership.
What has slipped through the cracks during many school board meetings is that improving school safety does not require districts and schools to spend enormous sums to provide a safer and more orderly learning environment.
Florida legislators sent the School Safety Act, with a controversial component, to Gov. Ron DeSantis for a signature. The bill expands the voluntary "school guardian" program, which currently allows school staff, including teachers, to be trained and armed.
