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  • Cybersecurity Top K–12 IT Priority with Lousy Follow Through

    Twenty-three percent of school systems have a full-time employee dedicated to network security. According to a new survey, urban districts were the most likely (41%) to have a cybersecurity specialist on staff, while rural and town districts were least likely (each with 15%); 19% of suburban districts reported a specialist. 06/01/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Acer Rolling Out Updates to Gaming Desktops, Displays

    Acer today announced updates to its Nitro and Predator Orion lines of gaming desktops, arriving in July. It’s also rolling out three new HDR gaming displays later this year. 05/27/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Broadband and Digital Equity Top Concerns Among IT Leaders

    Concerns about digital equity are on the rise among IT leaders in K–12 education. Nearly every respondent in a recent survey said he or she had heightened worries about students' home access to devices and the internet, to support remote learning. 05/27/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Feds Offer Guidance on Use of COVID-19 Relief Funding

    The U.S. Department of Education has released guidance on how ESSER and GEER relief funding may be spent. 05/27/2021

    • Breaking News
  • One Positive Impact of COVID-19 Policy on Math Education and Gender Equity

    COVID-19 disrupted our lives and as learning went online we wondered how our students would cope, especially the girls who were anxious about math. Not all children thrived on remote learning, but it made a contribution, especially for those girls who were motivated to improve their math. 05/27/2021

    • Viewpoint
  • Summer Program Needs Not Being Met, Especially for Low-Income Families

    The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an already serious problem for families, in particular low-income families: access to structured summer programs. 05/25/2021

    • Breaking News
  • codeSpark Acquired by BEGiN

    Ed tech company BEGiN has acquired codeSpark. BEGIN is the maker of HOMER, a STEM learning system (for students age 0 to 6) focused on math, SEL and critical thinking. codeSpark is the producer of codeSpark Academy, a learn-to-code tool for students age 4 to 10. 05/25/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Free Resources Aimed at Improving Data Literacy

    SAS has launched a course designed to teach K–12 educators new strategies for understanding and communicating data to students. SAS also created a set of separate resources for K–12 educators “aimed at helping digital native students also become data natives as well.” 05/24/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Vernier Launches New Teaching Supplements, Science Investigations

    Vernier Software & Technology has released several new teaching supplements and activities for middle school science. 05/20/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Many Children May Need ‘Social or Psychological Support’ Following Pandemic

    COVID restrictions have had a negative impact not just on students’ learning progress, but also on their emotional well-being, according to a report issued this month by MUSE Academy. 05/20/2021

    • Breaking News
  • BrainPOP Releases Middle School STEM Tool

    BrainPOP has released BrainPOP Science, a new tool for grades 6–8 designed to help teachers navigate changes in “standards, assessments and learning environments” in science, engineering and technology. 05/20/2021

    • Breaking News
  • 3 Ways to Support Students Lacking Adequate Broadband

    Students in rural areas, in areas just outside of suburbs and in areas with high population density (subsidized apartments, mobile home parks) have less access to high-speed internet than their counterparts in cities and suburbs. There’s also an estimates 1.47 million homeless K–12 students in the United States, who also have significant issues with access. 05/20/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Federal Program to Reimburse Schools for Devices, Hotspots, Home Broadband

    The Federal Communications Commission has finalized rules for a $7.17 billion program that will reimburse schools for 100% of the “reasonable” cost of equipment and services to give students the access to technology they need for remote and hybrid learning. 05/13/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Students Get Mobile During Remote Learning

    Students have been moving around quite a bit during remote learning — sometimes studying at friends houses, sometimes studying from multiple states. 05/13/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Report: Districts Should Help Families with Their WiFi Needs

    According to a new report, there are steps schools and districts can take to help improve their students’ home WiFi performance — some at a cost, some using IT staff expertise and legwork. 05/13/2021

    • Breaking News
  • Curiosity, Creativity and STEM Can Solve Real-World Problems

    Young people, with the right guidance, have the drive and passion to make a big impact on the world. 05/12/2021

    • Viewpoint
  • Education After COVID

    As virtual learning is continuously being evaluated, there is a need to look back to life before the 2020 pandemic to see if there has always been a need for virtual learning and compare it to the reality of today. 05/12/2021

    • Viewpoint
  • Edsby Adds Teams and Zoom Integration

    Edsby, a learning management system designed for K–12, has released an update that adds support for Zoom and Microsoft Teams video, whiteboarding and chat. 05/11/2021

    • Breaking News
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