The National Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC) has announced that educator and entrepreneur Salman Khan, founder of Khan Academy, will deliver the opening keynote address on Monday, January 28, 2019, at the 39th annual event in Orlando, Florida. In his keynote, “The One World School House—Education Reimagined,” Khan will explain how Khan Academy is accelerating […]
As artificial intelligence becomes more mainstream, it offers many opportunities for students to learn skills they can use in the workforce. It also offers incentives for more companies to move into the K12 STEM education space—to meet a need and reap a profit. Except, there isn't much AI curriculum in STEM education.
Gov. Larry Hogan is allocating a percentage of Maryland's casino revenues to an education trust fund for public school systems. But with that extra monies, some local educators are worried about how it will be dispersed to school districts, and whether it will be on top of maintenance of effort or a part of the existing budget.
With a three-year, $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant, North Carolina State College of Education will develop and test an e-mentoring program that pairs underrepresented high school students with engineering majors of similar background, race, gender and experiences studying at at the college in an effort to improve students' attitudes about and participation in STEM.
ECS Learning Systems' new STAAR MASTER Score Guarantee will ensure Texas teachers and schools see STAAR performance improvements year over year. The program initially supports grades 3 through 8 for reading and math using both the STAAR MASTER student practice books and practice tests.
Sphero launched Specdrums, the STEAM learning brand's first music-focused product. The musical, app-enabled rings empower kids of all ages and skill levels to create and play music by using colors on a variety of surfaces as their instruments.
As the legislative session begins in West Virginia, educators have started demonstrating against a move last month by Gov. Jim Justice's PEIA Task Force. Created as part of a deal to end the prior teachers' strike, the team leaders stated the force wouldn't recommend a long-term way to fund the state health insurance program at its current benefit levels before this session.
Students may never read another work of classical literature after they graduate, but they'll see things on social media every day. Few skills could be more important these days than knowing when the news they are consuming or producing is credible, and when it's fake.
Michigan's Department of Education will seek a legal opinion on the state's new A-F school rating system before it begins implementation. The office will be reaching out to state Attorney General Dana Nessel and the U.S. Department of Education because a portion of the new law violates federal law.
What if students could start training for high-demand, high-wage jobs while earning a high school diploma? Would a larger percentage of students find careers faster? Washington Gov. Jay Inslee says “yes.” That's why $110 million of his $54.4 billion proposed state operating budget is designated for K12 technical and vocational education. The timing couldn't be more critical.
