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The nonprofit facilities fund will provide low-cost, long-term financing directly to school leaders of color who reflect the communities they serve.
12/09/2021
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Since introducing a single, real-time interface connecting students and parents with school bus drivers, schools, and administrators, Zum has been expanding its footprint and its student-ride services as well as growing the number of districts using Zum’s platform in existing transportation systems.
12/09/2021
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After testing five hybrid-learning classroom systems earlier in 2021, the Joliet Township High School District 204 started the fall 2021 semester with new videoconferencing systems in every high school classroom, and teachers say it's made their jobs easier.
12/08/2021
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Schools can be noisier than many think, but for those who struggle to hear, technology can help teachers communicate better and live healthier lives.
12/08/2021
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There’s a better way to keep students safe online than monitoring their Internet activity.
12/08/2021
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Teachers make an estimated 1,500 decisions per day — just part of an already intensive workday. Without additional support, this leaves little time for self-reflection and professional growth to occur.
12/08/2021
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Social media is intentionally designed to hijack our emotions. But, there is a way to break the cycle.
12/08/2021
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Could artificial intelligence help school districts better predict their fall enrollments? That was the question a team of researchers asked on behalf of the School District of Philadelphia.
12/07/2021
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More than half of the school districts in Tennessee have signed on to participate in a tutoring program designed to mitigate learning loss and help accelerate student achievement. The program, the Tennessee Accelerating Literacy and Learning Corps (TN ALL Corps), will consume some $200 million in federal education stimulus funding over the next three years and is expected to benefit 50,000 students in the first year.
12/07/2021
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The pandemic has left the global workforce in a state of flux, with the vast majority of employees — including those in the education sector — looking for changes in their careers and in the workplace.
12/07/2021
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To encourage middle-schoolers to explore future careers, a national nonprofit is running a competition in which student participants tackle big problems. The challenge is being run by American Student Assistance (ASA), which works on helping students understand college and career pathways, in partnership with the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE).
12/07/2021
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Amazon Future Engineer is working with Georgia Tech and Pharrell Williams' nonprofit YELLOW in a new K-12 competition intended to push students to understand how music, computer science and entrepreneurship can be tools used to advance equity.
12/07/2021
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CodeWizardsHQ, a leading online coding school for kids ages 8–18, is celebrating Computer Science Education Week by offering a special introductory class for kids that also benefits their schools’ parent-teacher organizations.
12/07/2021
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The Online Learning Consortium has announced its Innovate 2022 Conference, a joint conference presented by OLC and MERLOT, will be held virtually March 28 – April 1, 2022, and onsite in Dallas, April 11–14, where thousands of educators and innovators are invited to help shape the future of online, digital, and blended learning.
12/07/2021
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Educators have about a month left to submit inquiries for a program that awards grants for innovative music programs of up to $10,000.
12/06/2021
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Deadlines are nearing for 15 awards and grants from the National Science Teacher Association for K–12 teachers and students in the sciences. There are 14 teacher awards open for applications/nominations and one award open to female students in grades 5–8. The deadlines for most are Dec. 15, 2021, with the remaining deadlines being December 17.
12/06/2021
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The application window is now open for the 2022 Association of American Educators Foundation Classroom Grant. The program will award multiple $500 grant to classroom educators to be used for supplies, software, lab materials, AV equipment, books and other materials.
12/06/2021
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Although many schools have some safeguards in place to monitor what students are doing on their devices, there are some activities that often fall through the cracks which can disrupt learning.
12/02/2021