K-12 Technology News
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The two free solutions will help K-12 district leaders calculate the costs of integrating digital learning platforms.
More work needs to be done by states to emphasize required instructional time for science in early grades, establish a course sequence for science topics in middle school and match graduation requirements with state-defined science learning for high school.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/22/19
While the good news is that the student-to-counselor ratio has reached its lowest margin in three decades, 455-to-1 for the 2016-2017 school year, the bad news is that it's still way above the recommended ratio of 250 students for each counselor.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/22/19
A million-dollar technology project is helping students at one Michigan school gain job skills in robotics.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/21/19
People in education are more likely to click on phishing e-mails than any other major segment, according to the latest Verizon data breach report.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/20/19
Experienced, well credentialed teachers have a positive impact on achievement for all students, in particular students of color. And, a new report found, inexperienced, under-credentialed teachers have the opposite effect.
Upcoming funding opportunities for schools
American girls' scores were higher than boys' scores in the latest national technology and engineering literacy exam, an assessment that asks eighth graders to solve real-world technology and engineering problems.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/20/19
A recent report encourages corporate and philanthropic organizations to invest in high school and college STEM programs, and proposes a framework to help define and measure those investments' impact.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 05/20/19
Technology and consulting firm School by Design has been acquired by Abl, a developer of school scheduling software.