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IT Spotlight
Apple recently announced a number of updates and new resources for K–12 educators, including new instructional resources emphasizing project-based learning, creativity, and collaboration, as well as professional learning opportunities. MoreTHE Journal's 7 Questions: Ed Tech Explainer series features PowerSchool Group VP Shivani Stumpf, who explains the new Data-as-a-Service solution for education called Connected Intelligence, how it works, what it will offer public schools and state education agencies that is not commonly available now, and how she envisions it helping improve K–12 education. More
Ed Tech Research & Trends
An expert in cloud data backups explains that Instead of “adding extra fences” that hackers could potentially get around, schools are better off ensuring data is recoverable no matter the circumstance, and why object storage-based data backups are a better, safer, and more affordable solution. MoreA Fortinet Field CISO and education cybersecurity expert explains when SASE can be a good solution for public school IT leaders and what they should consider first. MoreA longtime educator and expert in Competency-Based Education teaching models argues that there is a significant misalignment between the vehicles through which students communicate what they know and can do and the opportunities available in the workforce, and he says K-12 education should be implementing skills tracking, which would fix the issue for both students and employers. More
K-12 Technology News
This installment of THE Journal’s “7 Questions: Ed Tech Explainer” series gives Discovery Education Senior Vice President Lance Rougeux an opportunity to summarize Discovery Education's new Ready-To-Use Resources for teachers, how they help in the classroom, and what's planned for these kinds of instructional materials. MoreMost of the United States saw declines in reading and math achievement on standardized tests between 2019 and 2022. Those declines happened in both fourth- and eighth-grade in a large majority of states and jurisdictions. MoreOctober 2022 People on the Move for K-12 education include Judi Dodson at Tools 4 Reading, Camila Franco at Newsela, Sashangar “Sash” Sreetharan at ParentSquare, Ty West at Age of Learning, Andrew Poggio at DreamBox Learning, Dionna Smith and Ya Xu at GoGuardian, David Dimmett at Project Lead The Way, Marlon Marshall at City Fund, and dozens of leadership awards recipients at the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents annual conference. MoreTHEJournal.com editor and host Kristal Kuykendall visits with several K–12 educators, instructional coaches, and education technology specialists who participated in the Apple Learning Coach pilot program before it was launched publicly this past March and they share deep insights and inspiring stories about how ALC has been a change agent at their schools: from helping spark new enthusiasm among students and teachers, and improving the frameworks of existing teacher coaching programs, to building technology-powered instruction that dramatically increases student engagement, creation, and collaboration.
MoreNearly 200 schools in 28 states have been targeted by hoax “active shooter” calls since the beginning of the school year, according to investigations published this week by NPR and Wired.
MoreSchool communications and data analytics provider SchoolStatus has acquired School Innovations & Achievement, a software company whose solutions aim to help K–12 school leaders track and improve student attendance and ensure local and state policy compliance, SchoolStatus said in a news release.
MoreTwo national nonprofits, EdTech Evidence Exchange and InnovateEDU, are merging in hopes of accelerating their work to improve outcomes and efficiencies in the usage of technology K–12 education, the organizations announced. More
IT WHITEPAPERS
This ebook can help security and IT professionals quickly deploy cloud-based cybersecurity that can easily scale as business needs change and protect users on and off the network. MoreThis ebook describes how Cisco Umbrella’s secure internet gateway, can help increase flexibility by providing 360-degree security for cloud access and use, ensuring a successful future in the face of sophisticated threats. MoreSecurity professionals need an easier and more reliable way to improve visibility and security both on and off the network. This ebook looks at the problems that outdated security systems can cause. A new and proactive approach is required to protect people and their devises. MoreA cloud-centric workforce requires new ways of tacking security challenges. This ebook explains how a SASE framework can help you secure the cloud and enable resilient protection for your whole network. MoreLet’s face it: The cyberthreat landscape is evolving and ever-present. Since 2021, ransomware attacks have risen by 150%, with other types of attacks such as phishing and stolen credentials not far behind. Organizations can no longer afford to be reactive when it comes to their security posture – being proactive is now a necessity. MoreIn this white paper, you’ll learn how digital transformation is prompting a shift toward passwordless authentication, the problem with passwords as a form of authentication, the business benefits of being passwordless, and the five-step path to being passwordless. MoreA SASE architecture is the future of security, combining networking and security functions in the cloud to connect users to the applications and data they need, wherever it is, from wherever they are. MoreAn astonishing 98% of cloud services are adopted without any IT oversight. And when your employees act as their own tech professionals to use their favorite chat, cloud storage, and other insecure apps, that’s more than just conducting shadow IT, it’s directly putting your network at risk. MoreSchool districts are being targeted by more frequent and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks. As K–12 leaders look to protect their data and networks from a barrage of threats, the nature of cybersecurity is changing. More
Upcoming K–12 Grants
Ongoing K–12 Grants
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Sponsor: Educators of America
Award: Equipment (varies by request)
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Ongoing (twice per year, April and September)
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Sponsor: North American Catholic Educational Programming Foundation (NACEPF)
Award: Up to 25 laptops and 4G LTE hotspots with free 4G LTE high-speed Internet service for 12 months
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Ongoing (rolling)
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Sponsor: American Honda Foundation
Award: $20,000 to $75,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Feb. 1 and Aug. 1 for new organizations; May 1 for returning organizations (Note that this program is not currently accepting applications, but check back periodically)
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Sponsor: National Education Association Foundation
Award: $2,000 or $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 15 of each year
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Sponsor: Association of American Educators Foundation
Award: $500
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Application Deadline: March 1 and October 1 of each year
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Sponsor: Association of American Educators Foundation
Award: $500
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: March 1 and October 1 of each year
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Sponsor: Cook Center for Human Connection
Award: $5,000 matching grant
Number of Awards: 20 for 2022–23 school year
Application Deadline: Ongoing
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Sponsor: SparkFun
Award: STEM/STEAM-related prize packages, event and team sponsorships and other types of support
Number of Awards: Varies
Application Deadline: Ongoing: third Thursday of each month; awards announced on the last business day of each month
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Sponsor: Edthena
Award: Varies based on district size; matching grant
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Application Deadline: Ongoing (monthly reviews on the 30th of each month)
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Award: No more than 10 percent of an organization's annual operating expenses or 25 percent of the total budget for the project being funded; awards have ranged from the hundreds to the millions of dollars.
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Qualification: Project should "directly serve or impact children living in urban poverty, particularly in the areas of education, family economic stability (including microfinance) and childhood health."
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Deadline: Ongoing (30 total awards in 2021, with applications accepted until Nov. 1)
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Sponsor: Toshiba America Foundation
Award: Two categories: Up to $5,000 and more than $5,000
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Multiple deadlines depending on grade level and size of grant requested.
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Sponsor: The Council for Professional Recognition, Maryland State Department of Education and Maryland Family Network
Award: $425 initial online assessment fee; $125 renewal online application fee; $33 for the Child Development Associate (CDA) National Credentialing Program and CDA Competency Standards book
Number of Awards: Not specified
Application Deadline: Ongoing
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