Equity and Technology, In That Order - Capturing the Spark: Energizing Teaching and Schools - Education Week Teacher

If we don't acknowledge, protect, and cultivate great teaching, then great technology won't make a dent.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1r3O55W
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Spotlight on Growth Mindset - Education Week

An emphasis on non-cognitive skills in schools has spurred efforts to instill growth mindsets in the classroom. In this Spotlight, read how schools are embracing social-emotional learning, nurturing growth mindsets, and creating classroom opportunities for meaningful struggle.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/21jPBxz
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Coalition Makes Case for More STEM Learning Beyond the School Day - Time and Learning - Education Week

A new report by a coalition of business, professional, and education organizations suggests that the federal government should do more to support after-school STEM programs in order to get more underrepresented groups to consider careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/26yvrnp
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Blended, Project-Based and Social Emotional Learning at Thrive Public Schools - Vander Ark on Innovation - Education Week

A recent school visit to Thrive Public Schools in San Diego gives a glimpse of the future of learning: a unique model of blended, personalized and competency-based.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/245SPK2
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

The Young Victims of Chernobyl | Full Frame - Education Week

Education Week's Photo Blog

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1QDbsIg
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Full Frame - Education Week

Education Week's Photo Blog

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1KthKhM
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

How Are School Libraries Adapting in a Digital Age? - BookMarks - Education Week

According to a new report from the American Library Association, school libraries are even more important to student learning in a technological age.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/21hrbEZ
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Robotics competition brings 29K students to St. Louis - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/21hrbER
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Let's Talk Solutions to the Teacher Shortage Problem - The K-12 Contrarian - Education Week

Last month Las Vegas was desperate for teachers; now Hawaii is too. Is there anything we can do to address these chronic teacher shortages?

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/21hrbEL
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Tenn. Abruptly Cancels Contract With Assessment Company, Suspends Testing - Education Week

The state of Tennessee on Wednesday abruptly terminated a $107.7 million contract with a testing company following repeated failures with the rollout of the new assessment called TNReady.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1NCS43J
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Girls involved in fatal fight at Delaware school suspended - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1NCS43H
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Slow connection to statewide online test for some students - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1NCS1EY
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Do You Know a Tool That Works? - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

This is a shout out to any teacher who knows a tool worth sharing. Please take the time to share your favorite tools

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1T6sEYf
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

State K-12 Cybersecurity Audit Finds Missouri District Unprepared - Digital Education - Education Week

The Boonville R-1 School District in central Missouri was the subject of a critical report issued by the state auditor, who has made cybersecurity a point of emphasis.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1VD3BTp
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Business leaders call for more early education funding - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1St14Zl
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Can an Increase in Empathy Lead to a Drop in Suspensions? - Rules for Engagement - Education Week

Stanford researchers found that teachers' participation in professional development to promote empathy correlated with half as many suspensions for their students. The findings suggest that attitudes may be as important as policies in promoting healthy school climates.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1rAfhtO
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Personalized Learning for Preschool: IBM, Sesame Workshop Team Up - Digital Education - Education Week

A new partnership hopes to marry IBM's "cognitive computing" technology and Sesame Street's educational materials to create new products capable of personalizing learning for children from birth to age 5.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1SBsHfw
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Career education making a comeback in US high schools - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1UgXbYS
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

The Student Cellphone Addiction Is No Joke - Education Week

For many students, cellphones have become a modern security blanket and an impediment to learning, warns former Montana teacher of the year Steve Gardiner.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1NQkPVk
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Volunteer Group Restores Art Lessons in Schools - Education Week

Art in Action trains parents in 19 states to teach art in schools that have cut the subject from the curriculum.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1rg1193
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Some Sioux Falls students upset about Internet filter - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/24icinI
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Read to Children Early and Often, Even From Digital Picture Books - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1TuU2SY
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Stem Education - Education Week

Hispanic students, like all students, are more likely to move into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers if they show an early interest in STEM and take on higher math and science courses in high school, finds a new federal analysis.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/233yrn6
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Entrepreneurial School Improvement - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

It's worth keeping in mind the underlying rationale for educational entrepreneurship— that American education is in need of transformative improvement, and that it's easier to promote that kind of change by launching new ventures than by wrestling with the conventions of established systems.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/233nRg1
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Digital Education - Education Week

In 2015, spending on hardware for educational purposes amounted to $15 billion, an increase of 7 percent from 2014, according to Futuresource Consulting, a U.K.-based provider of ed-tech research.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1WRhP2h
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

When Rethinking Schools Don't Narrowly Define STEM - Leadership 360 - Education Week

STEM, now a catchword, when viewed as a reason for shifting the way teaching and learning takes place, includes the arts, the humanities, and yes, physical education.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1Tur2dU
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

How Prince Used Coding to Help Uplift African-American Boys - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

The late singer/songwriter was the driving force behind an initiative called #YesWeCode.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/231OEcp
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Arizona Student Creates App for Citizenship Test - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A 16-year-old Arizona student created an app to help students prepare for the state's newly required civics test. Students who use it are rewarded with sandwiches from McDonald's.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1rvniQB
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Religious Challenge to Next Generation Science Standards Rejected By Fed. Court - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A group alleging that Kansas science standards will result in anti-religious instruction in public schools lacked standing, the federal appeals court in Denver ruled.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/231OGBe
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

White House Rolls Out Early-Childhood STEM Initiatives - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

The White House is celebrating federal, state and local initiatives intended to help young children learn more about science, technology, engineering, and math.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1rvngbG
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

How Do Online Gradebooks Affect Parent Involvement in Public Schools? - K-12 Parents and the Public - Education Week

Now that nearly half of public schools use online gradebooks, parents see pros and cons in the ability to electronically monitor their children's school progress.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/24ft5Yr
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Indiana announces elementary school robotics program - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1UccNN8
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

McCrory wants raises for most teachers, bonuses for workers - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1T98vB7
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Signatures for Oklahoma education sales tax plan delivered - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1r4fmFD
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Girl Dies After Fight in Delaware High School Restroom - Rules for Engagement - Education Week

A 16-year-old Delaware girl died after being seriously injured in a fight with classmates in her high school's restroom Thursday morning, school officials said.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1r4fkxv
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Robot Designed to Help Schools Teach Coding Unveiled by Harvard Group - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

"Root," a magnetic, hexagonal device that travels across a white board and performs a variety of behaviors in response to students' digital commands, is designed to get students thinking in the logic of coding.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/22RIT0T
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Training Teachers With Digital Classroom Simulations - Digital Education - Education Week

A pilot program at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education lets teachers in training practice classroom-management techniques with a classroom simulation.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/245dieE
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Early-Childhood STEM Programs Take Root at White House Event - Early Years - Education Week

The White House is celebating federal, state and local initiatives intended to help young children learn more about science, technology, engineering, and math.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/244kojy
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

N.C. School Superintendents Push Plan for Alternative Assessments - Education Week

Superintendents from across North Carolina released a unified public education strategic plan this month that revealed a statewide focus on the development of digital learning tools and a local yearning for alternative assessment techniques for student evaluation.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/210DyVK
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Evolve as an Educator - Leadership 360 - Education Week

The successful evolution of an educator only happens when they do what's best for kids, infuse instructionally sound methods, and commit to improving on a consistent basis.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1SxHQDQ
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Give Students Power in Their Learning Process - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

Students will love the idea of being in charge of their learning for the most part, but they may not be ready to do it on their own. So you will need to scaffold the experience until they can do it successfully by themselves. Be aware that you may encounter students who aren't interested in these kinds of freedoms. Often times, honor students want to be told what to do so they know how to get the grade they want. If time is spent de-emphasizing the importance of grades, this can start to shift as well.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/20ZOJOs
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Virtual Blended Schools Growing Despite Struggles Analysis Finds - Digital Education - Education Week

Roughly 300,000 students are enrolled in virtual and blended schools, but proficiency rates and graduation rates lag well behind traditional schools, according to the NEPC.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1Vkklyt
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

American Schools Still Have Bragging Rights - Teacher-Leader Voices - Education Week Teacher

America has always had a complicated relationship with its public schools. Stop 100 people at the mall and ask them about their child's teacher, and you will hear affection in the vast majority of responses. Dare to suggest that a small school close and merge with another school 10 miles away, and you will hear passionate loyalty. Yet we still perceive our national system to be inferior

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1TjhD8U
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Education Week Q&A Collection Page - Education Week

Catch up on the K-12 insights of some the field's most prominent education scholars, leaders, and practitioners. Education Week and Education Week Teacher have gathered years of valuable interviews covering the most pressing issues facing education.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1pfyw9Z
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Digital Divide Evolves in Fla. Schools Study Finds - Education Week

Researchers at the recent American Educational Research Association summit discussed findings on socioeconomic disparities in how K-12 technology is used, and ed-tech's potential as a tool for social justice.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1ThO7Aq
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Researchers Probe Equity Design Principles in Maker Ed. - Education Week

Encouraging students to draw not just on their own internal skills and experiences, but also assets from individuals and community is a key to successful "maker" education, research suggests.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1rgPxTg
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

iPads Can Change Math Instruction, Study Finds - Digital Education - Education Week

Research in an Oregon school found that iPads didn't impact math achievement or engagement, but helped teachers better manage instruction.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1pbCj8a
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Amid cash crunch, Edwards slows community college buildings - Education Week

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1raRikE
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

Leaders' Integrity Requires Daily Doses of Conscience Examination - Leadership 360 - Education Week

Integrity is not only built upon earned trust, but upon an unrelenting focus on the children for whom we work.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/23PIVbT
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology

iPad Use Helps Teachers in Math Instruction, Study Finds - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

A researcher examined the effects of an iPad-based intervention, as compared to a traditional paper-pencil approach, on 2nd graders' achievement and engagement in mathematics.

from Education Week: Technology http://ift.tt/1SghR0i
via Bradley Hallick Educational Technology