Leveraging his students' passion for fantasy battle game League of Legends, teacher Jason Dilley tasks his players with understanding the numbers behind the virtual action.
Hall Davidson, a DA guest columnist who will speak at DA's FETC 2020, says building a curriculum-based media festival celebrates authentic assessment and project-based learning, and gives students ownership and pride in their accomplishments.
DA guest columnist and FETC featured speaker Ken Thompson lists key points to consider when realigning, reorganizing or implementing changes within a newly designed or seasoned technology organization.
Students who play in a high school esports league are no different from their classmates on the football, baseball or basketball teams, says one athletic director.
Facilitating Section 504 Meetings Through Building Collaborative Parent-School Partnerships offers strategies for building trust and reducing common conflicts that lead to disputes in Section 504.
An increasing number of district leaders are creating highly detailed graduate profiles to ensure students have the soft skills they need to succeed after high school.
Graduate profiles embed students' passions and soft skills—such as creativity, critical thinking, embracing diversity and self-empowerment—into daily instruction, with the goal of setting them up for future success.
The specter of censorship arose again earlier this year when a California high school newspaper editor wrote about an 18-year-old student who was making online sex videos.
Far north on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, eighth-graders attend a weeklong Careers in Technology summer camp that gets them thinking more seriously about what they want to be when they grow up.
