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Not every ed-tech tool has to be a bespoke platform or mobile app. A fourth-grade teacher at the Future of Education Technology Conference this week presented a collection of useful or fun websites available for free. -
North East Independent School District, which is located in San Antonio, may soon be fighting a legal battle with the Texas Education Agency over its controversial cellphone policy.
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One of the key lessons from Florida Virtual School’s collaboration with the AI-enabled data platform Doowii was the importance of spending time with users to understand their needs and limits.
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Several teachers have noted inconsistencies in the way the new systems calculates and displays grades.
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The district lowered four years of inflated high school graduation rates to account for a higher-than-advertised dropout rate, another blow to a district beset by financial and professional turmoil.
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The audits will focus on the effectiveness of existing cybersecurity safeguards.
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Open Source Classroom, a company that offers lessons and materials related to 3-D printing, is getting kids excited to learn about building and manufacturing.
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Researchers at the University of Maine will conduct a study on whether or not players of the wildly popular video game -- that allows players to create giant structures, statues and machines, block by block -- are more interested in STEM fields.
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Kids today face a variety of digital stressors – from negotiating how much communication to have with close friends to digital abuse.
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A virtual field trip program from Google called Expeditions Pioneer uses a cardboard viewing device with a smart phone inserted, which allows teachers to let students take virtual field trips to over 100 locations.
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Officials at Maryland's Anne Arundel County Schools are debating whether to let students bring their own devices and connect to the school's network.
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The tumultuous relationship between the Los Angeles Unified School District, Apple and Pearson began in June 2013, but quickly fell apart.
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The summit hosted more than 400 teachers and gave tutorials on how to maximize the potential of Google's free educational apps and workshops.
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Given the outstanding performance of so many charter schools in Massachusetts, some question why it's such a battle to allow more of them.
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Revitalization advocates hope the possible state funding will allow the city to move forward with the full version of the library project instead of the scaled-down concept approved by the council.
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Officers use technology to provide a safe environment for the educational process.
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The winner's low-cost water filtration system cleans wastewater by flowing it through different layers of corn cobs: long pieces, small pieces, powdered corn cobs, activated charcoal made from corn cobs, and fine sand.
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About 21 percent of economically disadvantaged students in California met state math standards under the new Smarter Balanced Assessment System, compared with 53 percent of all other students.
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In 2013, Houston became the first two-time winner of the Broad Prize, a $1 million award for school districts that makes strides helping students who traditionally underperform to improve academically.
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Some situations are clear examples of cyberbullying, but others -- like writing that someone cheated on a test or "liking" an embarrassing picture -- are more opaque.
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The cameras can not only help protect administrators from false accusations, but also hold them accountable for improper behavior, address biases in discipline and serve as a training tool.
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