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Keep student transfer law alive

Ariana Fine | January 09, 2019

Oregon students who wish to attend school outside their home districts may have trouble doing so next school year. They may, that is, unless the state Legislature acts this year to extend the 2011 law that makes it easier for students to cross district lines to attend school. It's no longer the controversial subject it was when first approved, and lawmakers should extend it.

A list of professional organizations for K-12 Leaders

Stephanie Martinez | January 08, 2019

AAHPERD, American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (www.aahperd.org) AASA, American Association of School Administrators (www.aasa.org) AASL, American Association of School Librarians (www.ala.org/aasl) ACTFL, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (www.actfl.org) AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology (www.aect.org) AERA, American Educational Research Association (www.aera.net) AESA, Association of Educational Service Agencies […]

School bus app designed for smaller school districts

Ariana Fine | January 08, 2019

The Here Comes the Bus' more affordable Lite version will be available later this year. Designed to serve smaller school districts that normally don't invest in smart school bus fleet technology. it provides real-time tracking info as well as e-mails and push notifications to connect parents and students with their bus.

New green screens designed to unleash creativity

Ariana Fine | January 07, 2019

The new line of mobile green screens is designed for content creators to capture, edit and produce content seamlessly. In addition, Valera Screens has a program to encourage artistic freedom and creativity in the classroom by partnering with K12 schools to provide free green screens.

Math Techbook gains approval in South Carolina

Ariana Fine | January 04, 2019

The South Carolina State Board of Education has approved the Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2 editions of Discovery Education's Math Techbook for statewide use as a core instructional resource through its state adoption process.

Providing access to digital resources in Ohio

Ariana Fine | January 03, 2019

Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO) has partnered with Gale, a Cengage company, to provide more than 2,500 school, academic and public libraries throughout Ohio with free access to Gale digital resources through LCO and its partners, OhioLINK, OPLIN and InfOhio.

ACT acquires Knovation

Ariana Fine | January 02, 2019

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.

Washington D.C.-area students owe nearly half a million

Ariana Fine | January 02, 2019

Students in the Washington area owe nearly half a million dollars so far this school year in “lunch debt,” according to an analysis. Tens of thousands of students in the six public school districts in and around the nation's capital are in the red, according to district officials.

Student bus badging improves K-12 transportation security and routing

Ray Bendici | December 19, 2018

Student bus badging—in which students swipe ID badges while getting on and off school buses—is helping districts better manage security and track ridership, say administrators who have adopted the tool.

Driving K12 innovation: Reports will document edtech trends

Emily Ann Brown | December 19, 2018

The Consortium for School Networking, a founding partner of the defunct New Media Consortium’s (NMC) Horizon Project, will continue sharing trend reports that support the use of emerging technology in K12 education. “It was important, with NMC gone, to honor that legacy and continue to provide high-quality free resources to its community that are powerful […]

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