5 Key Ways To Stretch Your Tech Budget

Chet Bembenek, technology manager for a small district in Wisconsin, shares his tips for making the most of the typically limited technology budgets schools have to work with.

Adult Education Lagging Way Behind in Tech

While schools have placed a great deal of attention on technology in the classroom, one instructional segment that has been left behind, it appears, is adult education. Although 86 percent of adult education administrators and practitioners said they believe that technology solutions can "effectively support" adult education, only 54 percent of students in those programs always have access on site to computers for instructional purposes. Another 36 percent have only "occasional" access, and the bulk of the remainder have even less, according to a new report from Tyton Partners.

New Data Tool Exposes Size of Funding Gaps for Students in Poverty

Two weeks after a report from the Center for American Progress explained how a calculation loophole in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) results in Title 1 schools receiving about $1,200 less per student than comparable schools, a new report confirmed the size of the gap from a different angle.

Report: Most Americans Support Concepts Behind Common Core

Most Americans support the basic concepts behind the Common Core, even if many do not know what the Common Core State Standards are, according to a new survey from the Leadership Conference Education Fund.

Research: Video Gamers Learn Visual Activities Faster

Score one for gamers. An experiment at Brown University has found a correlation between people who frequently play video games and their ability to retain learning about two quickly learned visual activities.

FCC Seeks Comment on What 'Emergency' Means for School Mass Notifications

Can schools and colleges consider every mass notification they send out an "emergency?" That's the question at the heart of a request filed with the Federal Communications Commission by Blackboard.

California District Chooses Zero Clients for Labs

A California school system will shortly deploy a final wave of new "zero client" displays in its computer labs to replace legacy computing equipment.

Hawaii Department of Ed Adopts Statewide SIS

The Hawaii Department of Education has selected a student information system to manage student data across its entire system.

Aerohive Updates HiveManager with Simplified On-Boarding, Troubleshooting

Aerohive Networks has released a new version of its cloud-enabled network management system, HiveManager Next Generation.

All-in-One Service Caters to Schools Needing Wi-Fi Networks

A telecom and business communications company has released a new set of services intended to provide schools and districts with access to wireless technology.

JAMF Updates Casper Suite

The latest update includes features designed to help educators with classroom management, enrollment of new Apple devices and purchasing of apps and e-books.

Sharp Classroom Technology Challenge

Naiku Teacher Team School Grant

Adopt a Classroom

Brown Rudnick Community Grants

Corning Foundation Grants

Brinker International Grants

Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant

Microsoft Ignite 2015

Citrix Synergy 2015

NMC Summer Conference

InfoComm 2015

STC Technical Communication Summit 2015

ISTE 2015