Students care deeply about their schools and communities. They might seem disinterested because they haven't been given the right opportunity to take action.
More affluent elementary schoolers are much more likely to participate in gifted and talented programs than their lower-income classmates, despite their similar levels of achievement, according to a new study.
Young people from low-income families face yet another developmental gap. Researchers have found that, as with technology, wealthier students have greater access to organized youth sports than do less affluent children.
The LAUSD's board of education approved i-Ready and Ready Mathematics for grades 6 through 8 for Instructional Mathematics Materials for English Learners. In November, the Board approved i-Ready Diagnostic and i-Ready Instruction for reading and mathematics for grades K8 for its Evidence-Based Interventions for State-Identified Schools.
The Council of Great City Schools and LAUSD estblished a nationwide "bench of contracts" with Imagine Learning, Inc. and two other publishers who have met the Council's quality criteria for EL math materials. Other school districts can now also use these contracts to purchase vetted materials to support teachers of English learners.
Educators look on the bright side (and the not-so-bright side) to predict where public schools will make the most progress and where they will fall short in 2019.
When securing edtech infrastructure, district leaders must concentrate on six "layers": physical, network, applications, content, endpoint and cloud/data centers, according to a 2017 report by the Council of the Great City Schools. "More than ever, schools are a 'wink-wink' among the industry when it comes to cybersecurity vulnerability" says Robert Dillon, director of innovative learning […]
The "Cyber-Security in Today's K-12 Environment" report from the Council of the Great City Schools outlines six areas of security. Districts should develop a strategy for each one. LINK TO MAIN ARTICLE: For edtech, a 360-degree defense Carolyn Crist is a writer based in Athens, Georgia.
In 2015, Raytown High School in Missouri created a much-needed class for its student leadership organization, Jay Crew, but the course still required a concrete curriculum. So the school adopted the Lead2Feed initiative, a free program of leadership lessons that students explore through activism in local or global communities in need. For their first project, […]
