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Policy & Advocacy | In Print

Technology Challenges and the Move to Online Assessments

Two consortia of states are paving the way for online assessment of Common Core State Standards by 2014. But will your district be up to speed?

Open Resources | Feature

Teaching with OER: 5 Tips for Professional Development Planning

Ed tech professionals offer five tips for approaching professional development that will help smooth the way to adoption of open educational resources.

Policy | Feature

The New CIPA Deadline

July 1 is approaching; that's the day when your E-rate-funded school better have a plan in place for teaching students about online safety and cyberbullying.

Policy and Advocacy | In Print

Who Will Vet the Textbooks of the Future?

As more digital content becomes available to teachers and students, and as state boards of education relinquish the tight control they have had on textbook selection, who will determine which educational materials are the right ones to use? Most likely, you.

Professional Development | In Print

Online Communities of Practice: What Works

Four experienced practitioners share what they’ve learned about community building and collaboration in an online environment.

Green Schools | In Print

Extreme Makeover: Green Schools Edition

The Green Schoolhouse Series will make gifts of state-of-the-art, multimillion-dollar green schools to underserved districts, all with the help of volunteers and corporate sponsors.

Career Education | In Print

A Career Education Program That Gets Results

Mixing project-based job training with core coursework, Florida's Volusia County Schools has instituted a successful community-supported career program that is churning out a new class of graduates with marketable skills in everything from robotics to the culinary arts.

Infrastructure | In Print

Are You Ready for BYOD?

The do's and don'ts of beefing up your wireless network to handle the bring-your-own-device movement.

Open Learning | Q&A

Running a School on Open Educational Resources

A public school in Utah is relying on open educational resources for roughly 90 percent of its instructional content. DeLaina Tonks, director, discusses the school's OER strategies and reveals how the innovative institution works through the challenges associated with open content.

Mobile Learning | Feature

Apps and Ideas for Literature Circles on iPads

One method of getting kids to engage reading in different ways is through a tablet-based literature circle. One educator reveals how the process works at her school and why it's effective.

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