K-12 Technology News
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The elementary school math program’s latest offering will allow teachers to keep track of student progress on game-based learning modules.
Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
Nonprofit MDRC recently issued a 10-page brief laying out the challenges career and technical education programs face in collecting data and four steps they can take "to strengthen their own CTE data-collection and measurement activities."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/18/19
Among 32 instructional practices examined in a recent research project, teachers' general instruction and classroom management — and not their prowess with reading and writing instruction — made the difference to student achievement.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/18/19
Sixty percent of teachers are worried that a focus on implementing technology tools in the classroom could damage the student-teacher relationship, according a recent survey from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
10 recommendations for synchronizing K-12 education policy with the science of learning and development.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/15/19
Educators can now create and sell their educational resources through a dedicated portal and storefront on Amazon.
Epson has debuted two new models in its BrightLink line of interactive laser displays for education.
A new practice by OER publisher OpenStax will help bridge the gap by aligning the contents of its textbooks with high school learning standards.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/14/19
Microsoft’s latest Hour of Code tutorial is providing educators with resources to teach their students the basics of coding and how to prevent forest fires using Minecraft.