Preparing K-12 and higher education IT leaders for the exponential era
K-12 Education News
-
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.
-
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.
More Stories
-
Officials this week are trying to correct issues with a malfunctioning records system and a now-abandoned plan to provide iPads to all students.
-
With less than three weeks of summer vacation left, school officials statewide are still waiting to see the results of the past school year’s new state standardized tests, which were taken in the spring.
-
In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against the state's Education Department, an attorney argued that the department's statistical model used to evaluate teacher performance is inaccurate and unreliable.
-
The platform gives districts a variety of computer-based tools to collect student data and to tailor education to individual students.
-
A civil rights group says the department is breaking the law by refusing to share how many students have been learning English for at least six years with little progress.
-
Switches, routers and wiring will help students get off to a good start this school year when they try out mobile devices.
-
With the help of blended learning, both teachers and students receive extra support as they master math skills in 8th grade.
-
Sensors and cameras would track attackers throughout school buildings and send that information to law enforcement.
-
A school-library partnership gives students hands-on experience with drones.
-
Two district IT leaders spent their summer upgrading wireless networks and creating a better user experience.
-
The U.S. Education Department is working on a nationwide map of school attendance boundaries.
-
Companies including McGraw-Hill Education are looking where the industry is headed: Formative classroom assessments.
-
Idaho wants to include more problem-solving and hands-on work in its science standards and up its game in science, technology, engineering and math.
-
While special education advocates rejoice, school districts get to work on plans to put video cameras in classrooms.
-
The district is upping its games with more than 50 new programs in different schools, some of which include robotics and coding.
-
-
Federal policymakers are tackling student data privacy as states continue to pass laws of their own.
-
A planned mobile device initiative will take into account which students don't have Internet access and how they can get it.
Education Events
June 5, 2025
June 11, 2025
September 29, 2025
September 2025
September 2025
October 2025
October 21, 2025
November 20, 2025
November 2025
December 4-5, 2025
Maryland K-12 AI Leadership Conference
December 2025
