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How schools create homeschool connections

Deborah Yaffe | June 24, 2015

On the walls of Tim Cline’s office hang samples of outstanding work completed by students in Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA), the public school program he runs. Visiting parents are often impressed. Nothing unusual about that??except that IDEA’s students are homeschoolers who may never enter a public school classroom, and those impressed parents are […]

Lessons on whales, fossils and coding at NYC museum

Adam Galvan | June 23, 2015

The American Museum of Natural History in New York Cityis leveraging its scientific resources to address K12 STEM education needs and to help develop future scientists. The museum’s mission is to “discover, interpret, and disseminate, through scientific research and education, knowledge about human cultures, the natural world and the universe.” It houses more than 33 […]

Climate change ed in NYC schools heats up

Adam Galvan | March 23, 2015

New York City students may soon learn formal lessons on climate change as a proposed curriculum continues to win endorsements from leading environmental groups. Two groups, the Alliance for Climate Education and Global Kids, have been encouraging the New York State Department of Education to add climate change to the city’s K12 curriculum. The effort, […]

Find, keep, cultivate the best teachers

Adam Galvan | January 29, 2015

Teacher quality is crucial to the success of schooling, yet the teacher-hiring process is sometimes rushed and ad hoc. A late-summer flurry of activity in which subjective factorsÁ‘from where a candidate went to high school to how many resumes an exhausted principal has already reviewedÁ‘can weigh as heavily as meaningful evidence of academic achievement or […]

Adaptive diagnostic and online instruction getting results in N.Y. district

Adam Galvan | January 15, 2015

Kimberly Moritz is in her seventh year as the superintendent of Randolph Central School District. Prior to leading the district of 977 K12 students in this rural community in western New York, Moritz worked as a teacher for ten years in a neighboring rural school district and as a principal in two other school districts. […]

Locking down student data

Katie Kilfoyle Remis | January 14, 2015

The increasing shift to online learning and collaboration has created new concerns around student privacy. Keeping data as secure in the cloud as it would be in a locked file cabinet requires communication, diligence and strong policies. “Privacy is not a new issue but it certainly has risen to the top in part because so […]

Outlook on technology: Safety at high speed

Adam Galvan | December 17, 2014

Computing devices embedded in jewelry and glasses. Microchips tattooed into skin and sewn into clothing. In one form or another, devices that gather data without any help from the user will slowly infiltrate districts in 2015. In fact, the number of people with a wearable computing device will more than triple this year, according to […]

Outlook on instruction: Class around the clock

Adam Galvan | December 15, 2014

Better ways to use data. High-tech professional development. Differentiated instruction. Some exciting advancements are on the horizon for classrooms in 2015. While they sound technical, the biggest changes aren’t going to be driven by an app, a computer program or a new kind of tabletÁ‘they will come from new theories about how to engage both […]

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