More than half of state departments of education lack key security and privacy protections for users, according to a recent state-by-state survey by EdTech Strategies, a technology consulting firm. 12 states offer no HTTPS—or secure site—support 3 states have errors in certificates that guarantee website connection security Link to main story: Real-world projects guide magnet […]
Going digital is easier and much cheaper than printing the old school newspaper, and it lets student journalists reach more readers. Aided by social media, these budding reporters have also been making impacts beyond their communities. For example, in April 2017 a Kansas high school principal had to resign after the school’s student journalists questioned […]
Atomic absorption spectrometers. Electroporators. Nano-injectors. Micro-manipulators. These high-tech tools are not normally found in a high school science class. Yet, in Georgia, students in Paulding County High School’s biotechnology career pathway program use these and other advanced equipment to analyze chemical elements, transform organisms and much more as part of their project-based research classes. AR […]
The completion of the Maywood Center for Enriched Studies, a grade 6 through 12 magnet school, marks the end of Los Angeles USD’s 14-year effort to add 131 new schools. The building accommodates 1,200 students from Maywood and across the district. Challenge: From 1980 to 2002, LAUSD faced a 200,000-student increase that forced many schools […]
In the Ventura USD in California, one low-achieving middle school at risk of closure was instead transformed into the De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts (DATA), a high-achieving magnet school. A significant component in DATA’s dramatic turnaround has been its innovative project-based and collaborative learning environments and makerspaces, which employ technology as a […]
De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts is a high-achieving magnet school with project-based and collaborative-learning environments and makerspaces. A few years ago, however, De Anza, part of Ventura USD in California, was a low-achieving middle school with declining enrollment and at risk of closure. De Anza decided to become a 1-to-1 technology school […]
Can exercise boost our effectiveness as leaders? Science supports the importance of exercise, especially for leaders. Proof abounds on the internet and in magazines. Have you made the connection yet? If not, here are a few reasons you should. It’s energy-inducing Exercise can improve energy by strengthening circulation and the heart muscle, both of which […]
An innovative arts program in Connecticut allows students to study art alongside visiting Chinese students and collaborate in ways that allow a deeper appreciation for art from both cultures. The 2-year-old program is run by a magnet high school in New Haven, the Area Cooperative Educational Services Educational Center for the Arts (ACES ECA), which […]
WHAT: Ross Shaw Sterling Aviation High School WHERE: Houston ISD, Texas Sterling Aviation High School, a magnet school, has taught aviation sciences, maintenance and operations, including flight certification, those interested in aviation careers for more than a half century. Now, a new facility designed around an airplane hangar prepares students for new heights. CHALLENGE: Previously, […]
Shawn Joseph, director of schools in Metro Nashville Public Schools in Tennessee, created four new groups of K12 educational facilities. Each group will consist of about 40 schools and have a new area superintendent who will report to the chief of schools. The effort will streamline communications, giving administrators one person to report to instead […]
