Hack is a full-stack laptop designed to teach kids to code by enabling them to hack games, settings and apps. Built on the Linux-based Endless Operating System, kids access source code and use a real sandbox for learning how to code.
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.
LA Makerspace and Imagination.org have merged with Two Bit Circus Foundation to unify their STEAM education efforts. Two Bit Circus Foundation currently operates in nearly half the schools of LAUSD while LA Makerspace has makerspace STEAM labs in 167 partner library branches.
StudySync is collaborating with The News Literacy Project (NLP), a nonprofit organization that helps educate middle and high school students about how to separate fact from opinion in media reports. NLP will provide articles and video content for StudySync’s SyncBlasts product. StudySync is partnering with The News Literacy Project (NLP), a non-profit organization that helps […]
Carnegie Learning’s EMC School division announced that the Texas State Board of Education approved Texas Mirrors and Windows for the 2019 language arts state adoption for grades 6-8, giving middle school educators statewide the opportunity to review the program for implementation starting in the 2019-20 school year. Carnegie Learning’s EMC School (EMC) division, a leading […]
When Rio Grande City Consolidated ISD introduced a digital reading program two years ago, some teachers balked at student assessments being performed by a computer. Those concerns abated as teachers saw increased proficiency for the 4,100 students using Istation Reading and Istation Espa±ol, says Serapio Trillayes, executive director for curriculum and instruction for the district, […]
Digital book platforms now provide more than just reading materials. Today, students can listen to audio recordings, highlight text and watch accompanying videos. Meanwhile, teachers can monitor student progress through assessment tools. Some content even caters specifically to educators for use in professional learning communities. e-Books on Gale Virtual Reference Library platform Gale, a Cengage […]
Without the right intervention tools, it is nearly impossible to turn a struggling reader into a successful reader. But with the right program, combined with effective teaching strategies, extensive gains for struggling readers in comprehension, fluency, and spelling are attainable in any district. In this web seminar, the principal of an innovative middle school in […]
School district administrators hate it when they stumble across closets full of unused computing devices or visit classrooms where whiteboards are being used as very expensive chalkboards. Technology leaders at Dysart USD in the Phoenix suburbs had real-world experience with this phenomenon and were determined to make changes, says Diana Hawari, chief information officer. “Buying […]
