Accountant Reconsiders Plea in Online Charter School Founder's Tax Fraud
An accountant charged with helping the founder and former CEO of Pennsylvania's largest online charter school avoid federal income taxes on more than $8 million siphoned from the school has reconsidered a guilty plea, the accountant's defense attorney told the Associated Press Monday.
MoreISTE appoints Cheryl Scott Williams Interim CEO
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) has appointed Cheryl Scott Williams interim CEO, the trade organization announced Monday. Williams is a nationally recognized leader in education reform, with extensive experience leading nonprofit boards and building successful board-staff relationships.
MoreBrian Lewis Steps Down as CEO of ISTE
Brian Lewis is no longer CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, the ed tech organization announced this week. No reason was given for his departure.
MoreNew Report on Personalized Learning Recommends Use of 'Learner Positioning Systems'
Achieving personalized learning in schools takes good technology programs, suggested a new report from Digital Promise. But it also takes something else: "learner positioning systems."
MoreNewest NMC/CoSN Horizon K-12 Report Emphasizes Kids as Creators
Over the next year K-12 will be placing more emphasis on coding as a form of literacy and on students as creators. Schools that don't already have makerspaces will want to get them and online learning will start to look like something that's typical rather than out of the norm. Those are the "short-term" trends and technologies that surfaced in the 2016 K-12 Edition of the NMC/CoSN Horizon Report.
MoreOklahoma Governor Launches High Speed Internet Initiative
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has launched an initiative to bring high-speed broadband and digital learning opportunities to public schools across the state.
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