Khan Lab School Thrives on Experimentation

While the classic school carnival features beanbag tosses and balloon pops, the one at Sal Khan's independent school included a makerspace booth to raise awareness for the Saltmarsh Harvest Mouse, a food stand booth raising money to donate to a local environmental non-profit and a test-your-brain booth to teach people about California endangered species.

Online Report Cards Rate Teacher Prep Programs

In the state of Texas the University of Houston got an A for its elementary and secondary education programs, while Texas A&M received a C+ for secondary education, and Wayland Baptist University earned Fs across the board. These grades, along with 2,300 others, were issued on a new online resource that ranks the teacher education programs run by American colleges and universities. The site was developed by the National Council on Teacher Quality, a research and policy organization focused on improving the teaching profession.

Pennsylvania School for Students with Hearing Disabilities Renovates Classrooms

The Scranton School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children has gone public with its recent renovation of a section of the Lourdesmont School, which it bought in 2011.

Florida Virtual School Taps Private Partner for Adaptive Learning

Florida Virtual School is teaming with a private partner to provide personalized learning for its students.

Wireless Sensors Now Available for Science Classroom Experiments

Pasco Scientific has introduced what the company says is the first line of wireless sensors that can be used by students in classroom experiments and connect to almost any technology platform.

Klaxoon Debuts Cross-Device Learning Platform

Klaxoon, a new interactive training solutions development company, has launched its cross-device learning platform that is designed to support customized online, interactive learning activities on any smartphone, tablet or laptop without installing software on the client device.

10 Products From CES That Will Impact Education

The annual tech-fest known as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is taking place Jan. 6- 9 in Las Vegas, and companies new and old have already unveiled their latest bells and whistles. Here are 10 newly introduced products with the most potential for the classroom.

Adopt a Classroom

Brown Rudnick Community Grants

Corning Foundation Grants

Brinker International Grants

Naiku Innovative Teacher Grant

The 16th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT)

2016 NMC Summer Conference

SANS Security East 2016

EduCon 2.8

TDWI 2016

TCEA 2016 Convention & Exposition

National Conference on Education: Leading for Excellence (Presented by AASA)

eLearning 2016

Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) 2016

EDexpo 2016

Digital Signage Expo 2016

CUE 2016

SITE 2016 (Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education)

ASCD 2016

CoSN 2016