NASSP to Feds: Abandon Punitive Policies Under ESEA

The National Association of Secondary School Principals is calling on policymakers at all levels to ease the transition to college and career standards. Among the group's proposals is a lifting of punitive measures currently in effect under the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act and providing "significant financial resources for states to implement college and career ready standards and the related assessments with fidelity."

Students Blow through Wind Power in Free Virtual Lab

A new free virtual lab teaches students in grades 9-12 how turbines work to generate wind energy.

New York State Literacy Pilot is a Public/Private Partnership

The 18-month pilot is a collaborative effort of myON, a personalized, Web-based literacy environment for pre-K through 12th grade; the New York Institute of Technology; the NY State Teacher Centers and BOCES of New York State.

3 Tennessee Districts Adopt Student Information System

Three Tennessee districts have adopted a Web-based student information system named by the state as a preferred vendor.

Maryland District Gathers 9,000 Educators for Huge Professional Development Event

Discovery Education and the DC-adjacent Prince George's County Public Schools have teamed up to put on a professional development event with all 9,000 district educators in advance of a digital textbook rollout planned for the 2014-15 school year.

Prologic Adds Online Registration to Teams ERP

Prologic has added online student registration to its Teams enterprise resource planning platform.

Fusion 2014: Desire2Learn Global Users Conference

National Conference on Differentiated Instruction

ISTE 2014

2014 NMC Summer Conference