A program from a previous Districts of Distinction honoree that connects middle school students to introductory college-level work has grown significantly.
Generation Z STEM guru Justin Shaifer revealed at @FETC2020 that K-12 students are passionate and ambitious about science, technology, engineering and math.
Encourage your students to use their phones to lock into—rather than tune out—class through ed tech tools, says DA guest columnist Brent Warner, who is a professor of English as a second language at Irvine Valley College in California.
DA guest columnists Teresa Ketelsen and Beth Tarasawa identify three strategies for enrolling and retaining more students of color in AP programming, following successful efforts at Gresham-Barlow School District in Oregon.
LRP Media Group, a recognized leader in the special education publishing industry, has released The Special Ed Administrator's Training Toolkit: Professional Development for Paraprofessionals — Applying Instructional Strategies to Develop Student Independence. This training binder identifies up-to-date instructional concepts that paraprofessionals can use with students. Strategies addressed include using cues and prompts, modeling, shaping, wait […]
Fears of coronavirus and COVID-19 have driven parents in several Seattle-area cities to petition their district administrators to close schools, according to reports.
DA guest columnists Matthew X. Joseph and Christine Ravesi-Weinstein share seven ways after-school activities benefit students and complement academics—and why they should not be cut to overcome budget shortfalls. Joseph, director of curriculum, instruction and assessment at Leicester Public Schools, is a featured speaker at FETC.
DA guest columnist Stacy Young shares tips on helping students make a seamless transition from a face-to-face to a virtual learning environment using ed tech.
While most administrators grasp Title IX's applicability beyond gender equity in athletics, the new rules focus exclusively on sexual misconduct in school settings, involving students and employees. The Office for Civil Rights is poised to impose requirements for conducting investigations, says DA guest columnist Brett A. Sokolow, of the Association of Title IX Administrators.
