Leadership, ESSA and makerspaces: The week's most-read education news

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By Roger Riddell • Oct. 21, 2016

Maryland county focuses on digital citizenship

Middle schoolers in Montgomery County will get four hours of digital citizenship instruction this year, with their younger and older peers joining the program over the next two years.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 20, 2016

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From AI to quantum physics, STEM learning opportunities in K-12 are expanding to keep pace with related fields.

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Teaching Matters report highlights strengths of competency-based PD

Teachers found competency-based PD more engaging and relevant, and it let administrators consider competencies when building career ladders and making staffing decisions.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 20, 2016

Parent survey reveals school communication preferences

A Blackboard and Project Tomorrow report finds text and mobile communication topping the list.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 20, 2016

Clicker- and app-based response systems improve classroom feedback

Response systems have improved in recent years and now teachers have a range of options, including those that let students provide free-form responses and let teachers offer instant feedback.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 20, 2016

AltSchool selects three partner schools to share technology

California-based school chain AltSchool, which has ties to Google, will share its proprietary technology with private schools in Florida and Virginia.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 19, 2016

Should math and science use apprenticeship techniques like the arts?

Author Alison Gopnik writes in her latest book that children used to master important skills formally or informally by mimicking adults, but schools stick to explaining skills to students.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 19, 2016

Students create Pokemon Go-inspired game by hiding their art at school

Natalie Catlett, an art teacher at an IB World School in Sao Paulo, Brazil, led her students to create “Mutant Go,” where they created their own mutants and hid them around campus.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 18, 2016

Texas district outfits buses with Wi-Fi, real-time monitoring systems

Some students in the Huntsville Independent School District spend three hours riding buses to and from school daily, and now they can use that time productively with new Chromebooks and Wi-Fi.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 18, 2016

New Jersey school explores wearables for students with disabilities

The A. Harry Moore School of New Jersey City University has found Fitbits, Myo armbands, Force Bands and interactive textiles engage and motivate students while also helping them.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 18, 2016

Social studies provides particular opportunity for tech integration

The National Council for the Social Studies has found tech becoming increasingly popular among teachers looking for new ways to make their lessons come to life.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 17, 2016

Virtual charters threaten finances in Pennsylvania public schools

School districts in and around Reading send between $163,615 and $4.5 million to virtual charters, and area superintendents want the legislature to rethink funding formulas.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 17, 2016

Students teach governors how to code

The annual National Governors Association meeting gave state leaders a chance to experience coding education firsthand amid a national push to increase computer science access.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 14, 2016

77% of teachers haven't tried VR, but 55% expect to

Almost a quarter of teachers have already brought virtual reality into their classrooms, and the number is expected to rise as benefits are demonstrated.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 14, 2016

Chicago Tech Academy uses projects, mentoring to excite students about STEM

ChiTech aims to close gender and diversity gaps in the STEM workforce by giving students a look at the real-world applications of science, technology, engineering and math curricula.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 14, 2016

Summit Personalized Learning Platform creates privacy concerns

The software, first designed by a charter network in California and then developed by Facebook engineers, has raised questions of data security from parents.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 13, 2016

Texas district pushes beyond 1:1 in search for equity

Manor Independent School District Supt. Royce Avery says he works to get kids internet access at home, high-quality digital content and opportunities for mentorship.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 13, 2016

Personalized learning requires strong network infrastructure

Schools have experimented with innovative models to better serve and engage students, but doing so wouldn't be possible without first preparing networks to handle extra demand.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016

New Orleans charter to prepare students for tech careers, not college

Rooted School is set to open in 2017 following a pilot with about a dozen students inside Algiers Technology Academy.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016

Sprint to give 1M students mobile devices, internet within 5 years

The latest commitment builds on the White House’s ConnectED program, which Sprint initially signed onto with plans to get 50,000 students high speed internet.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016

Dallas ISD innovation chief makes LinkedIn Next Wave list

Mike Koprowski joins a group of people under 35 transforming the education world with startups, tech funding, scholarships and STEM diversification.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 12, 2016

Education ecosystem extends far beyond the school building

The 2016 Digital Education Survey by Deloitte finds 75% of children want to learn more about what they studied in school outside of the classroom.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 11, 2016

Strategic planning key to IT investments for K-12 CTOs

Good working relationships with CFOs also help in the long run.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 11, 2016

Students in rural Alaska get course variety through online options

The Copper River School District has shifted to a nontraditional schedule for high school students, giving them core courses for four weeks online and then a two-week break for hands-on electives.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 10, 2016

Virtual reality education goes beyond goggles

Google Cardboard offers an affordable way for schools to dip their toes into the world of virtual reality for classrooms, but a range of new apps provide additional opportunities, too.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 10, 2016