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A new report noted that students on the whole did make gains during the 2020–2021 school year. However, those gains were lower than seen in previous years. Underrepresented groups and students in high-poverty areas were disproportionately impacted negatively by the public policy response to the pandemic.
07/29/2021
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Dr. Susan H. Shapiro, Assistant Professor at the Touro College Graduate School of Education and a published author, offers her top five tips to help educators see ongoing success in their classrooms.
07/29/2021
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A new report finds that high-quality instructional materials that incorporate technology, that are culturally relevant and that bring caregivers into student learning helped remote students meet or even exceed expectations during school shutdowns.
07/27/2021
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Education in the United States is a booming business. A new forecast puts the total at $1.96 trillion by the year 2025.
07/27/2021
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Despite electronic component shortages caused by the public policy response to the pandemic, traditional PCs (notebooks, desktops and workstations) saw 13.2% year-over-year growth in the second quarter of 2021. However, largely owing to shortages, desktops grew at a higher rate than notebooks.
07/22/2021
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Sorting out what education technology really works for teachers and where and why is a complex undertaking. After all, there is no master overseer in charge of tracking the details of a segment that some estimates have pegged at between $26 billion and $41 billion annually before 2020 and that could far exceed that given the impact of the pandemic. In spite of the huge investment made in the sector, some experts have suggested that about half of ed tech investment is wasted because the product or service is used ineffectively, little used or never used at all.
07/22/2021
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As students return to in-person school in the fall, a science specialist explains how she’ll apply the lessons she learned during distance learning.
07/22/2021
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A survey of K–12 math and writing teachers released today found that most believe student engagement has waned during the pandemic and that student achievement has also suffered.
07/20/2021
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Lexia has rebranded its K–6 instructional tool Rosetta Stone English to Lexia English Language Development and brought in new tools to help English language learners gain proficiency in English.
07/20/2021
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A survey of K–5 educators conducted this spring found that 78% of teachers had to spend their own money to supplement technology needed for teaching at home during the pandemic. The same survey found that 80% of elementary teachers spend their own money on classroom supplies.
07/20/2021
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A $1.4 million grant is helping New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) launch a STEM initiative that will expose high school students to forensic science as a pathway to higher education.
07/15/2021
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The National Alliance of Black School Educators (NABSE) has launched a new award aimed at improving representation of black leaders in schools. The 2021 award, sponsored by ed tech firm Curriculum Associates, will be given to one black educator "pursuing an advanced degree in educational leadership."
07/15/2021
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An AP chemistry teacher shares how he guides his students towards independent learning, no matter if they’re in the same room or not.
07/14/2021
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Parents and educators know that academic excellence depends considerably on students’ holistic development and a strong, positive learning environment. Unfortunately, many schools lack access to the tools needed to support students’ personal growth and to measure and reflect on their climate for learning.
07/14/2021
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Discovery Education has released an update to its K–12 learning platform, offering a range of new features, tools and integration with other technologies.
07/13/2021
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The deadline for the Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) grant program is just around the corner.
07/12/2021
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Nonprofit Internet2 has been working with state and regional agencies to help accelerate the spread of eduroam into K–12 schools, libraries and museums, resulting in the launch of eduroam Support Organizations.
07/09/2021
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Schools need smarter and more agile networks to respond to the demands of a digital learning environment that is still in the throes of major changes. For many schools, this means the displacement of legacy WAN (wide area network) architectures with SD-WAN (software-defined wide area networks).
07/08/2021