On the morning of the fifth snow day this school year, 16-year-old Davis Greene slept in, but didn't get a pass from school. Once he was up, the Neenah High School junior walked downstairs and joined peers across the school district for whom school, at least digitally, was in session.
An AI camera live streaming high schools sports? Even replacing an entire camera crew to broadcast a junior varsity soccer game? That's no longer a player's or a parent's (or an athletic director's) wildest fantasy.
Teacher: Helen Davis, grade 4: “She let me know I had worth” Childhood aspiration: Translator at the UN Pastime/hobby: My grandkids, Hallmark Christmas movies and old-time radio shows from the 1940s and ’50s Travel destination: Venice, Italy: I will go for my husband’s 65th birthday; his grandparents were born in Italy Food: Unfortunately, the almighty […]
Tacoma Public Schools Superintendent Carla Santorno weighs in on other topics confronted by today’s K12 administrators. Standards Link to main story: Tacoma Public Schools superintendent creates an opportunity engine “The best things we have going for us now are content standards. There are skills students have to demonstrate, and there are many different ways for teachers […]
The two words, “these kids,” frustrate Superintendent Carla Santorno more than any other phrase. It's used by some educators as a kind of secret code and a flimsy excuse for academic failure among marginalized students, she says.
Four superintendents look ahead to 2019 in education, and forecast where public schools will make the most progress and where they will fall short. These district leaders discussed a range of topics, including assessment, accountability and flipped learning.
