The Charter School for Applied Technologies in New York will install Boxlight Corporation's ProColor 752 interactive flat panel displays in every classroom across three buildings for its 2,365 students.
When I started teaching nearly 30 years ago, my principal, Elizabeth Terronez, challenged both of us. My job was to create an environment where creativity and innovation could thrive, while hers was to find a way to say “yes.” My mission made perfect sense, but hers was beyond me. After becoming a school leader myself, […]
When it comes to the qualities of a modern CIO, communicating and empathizing with staff during periods of change is as important as knowing the technology.
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.
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, a public residential and online high school, has received $2 million in donations to its foundation to create The Ryden Program for Innovation and Leadership in Artificial Intelligence. The program will combine an artificial intelligence (AI) curriculum with a fabrication space. The North Carolina School of Science […]
Nongongoma Majova-Seane has led Stanton College Preparatory School to rank in the top 10 percent of U.S. schools. Nongongoma Majova-Seane is principal of Stanton College Preparatory School, which has been named the No. 1 Florida high school for three consecutive years and continues to rank in the top 10 percent of U.S. schools. Majova-Seane has boosted reading […]
The following links can help you get started seeking edtech grants. Local service clubs Rotary International: rotary.org/en Kiwanis International Service Club: kiwanis.org Sertoma Inc.: sertoma.org Lions Clubs International: lionsclubs.org Junior Chamber International (Jaycees): jciusa.org Crowdfunding and online charity Get Ed Funding: getedfunding.com DonorsChoose: donorschoose.org Adopt-A-Classroom: AdoptAClassroom.org GoFundMe Education: gofundme.com/education Pledge Cents: pledgecents.com Main article: Gaining […]
When school leaders want to bring innovative practices to classrooms, what’s the greatest challenge that stands in their way? Lack of funding? Inadequate in-house expertise? According to a recent SpeakUp survey (DAmag.me/su), 46 percent of administrators point to one key factor above most others: teacher motivation. This finding makes intuitive sense. Teaching children is no […]
The personnel function in public education is multi-faceted and it is one in which all prospective or practicing administrators must have a solid base of knowledge. With the exception of promoting and protecting the well being of the the students, I believe that the personnel function is the most important responsibility of school administrators; in […]
LRP Media Group, parent company of District Administration, has acquired Atlantic Research Partners’ National Superintendents Academy. The first cohort of the superintendent training program will launch in February 2019, with subsequent academies to be announced later, says Robert Avossa, senior vice president and publisher, education products, for LRP. “We are excited to launch DA’s National […]
