A new report from the Nation School Boards Association looks into how school districts can help high school graduates close the skills gap.
Smart phones will continue to decline for the third straight year in 2019, but the advent of 5G will help propel mobile device growth at least through 2023, according to a new market forecast.
Wearable devices will continue to see healthy growth over the next five years, driven by new use cases, new devices and the rise of smart assistants.
A new survey finds schools that place an emphasis on student emotional well-being have better cognition outcomes.
Rural students make up almost one in five K-12 students in the United States.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/19/19
Education will experience the third-largest growth of any sector, coming in slightly behind government (44.3 percent) and "personal and consumer services" (43.3 percent).
A cross-institutional study found that textbook choice hardly matters in improving K-12 student achievement. The project was led by researchers from the University of Maryland and Harvard University.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/18/19
When Seattle Public Schools delayed middle and high school start times by almost an hour, students slept longer and researchers found a link in higher median grades and improved attendance.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/11/19
The importance of dual enrollment is two-fold, researchers Azim Shivji and Sandra Wilson of Abt Associates mentioned. First, it's "promoted as a means to help students prepare and demonstrate their readiness for the rigors of college coursework"; and second, if the courses are transferable, they can help students and their families reduce the cost of college.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 03/07/19
A new report outlines the problems that teachers have with using the growing amount of student data to improve teaching practices.