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Bridg-it seeks to streamline school safety with anti-bullying solution
Among the solution's features are confidential reporting and a comprehensive resource center to address a variety of situations.
By Roger Riddell • March 31, 2015 -
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Online accessibility a challenge for K-12 districts
Administrators struggle to make sure online lessons are accessible for students with disabilities.
By Allie Gross • March 30, 2015 -
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TrendlineSchool Safety and Security
Safety and security has been a growing concern for school districts, with shootings continuing to rise amid concerns over how to best prevent and respond to them.
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Blackboard and Apollo face declines: The week's most-read education news
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By Roger Riddell • March 27, 2015 -
E-rate program scales back funds for landlines
Landlines are being increasingly replaced in schools with Internet-based phones.
By Allie Gross • March 27, 2015 -
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Report: Idaho wasted millions on Pearson management system
A new state performance evaluation finds that former state schools Superintendent Tom Luna pushed Schoolnet, despite multiple warnings that the Pearson product wouldn't work.
By Allie Gross • March 27, 2015 -
New NYC accelerator offering $170K to 10 ed tech startups
The EDGE Edtech accelerator promises to connect those accepted with access to a who's who of mentors, extensive services, and exposure to investors.
By Roger Riddell • March 26, 2015 -
Will Google take the lead in teaching kids to code?
It's been almost nine months since the tech giant's CS First afterschool and summer coding initiative launched.
By Allie Gross • March 26, 2015 -
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Blackboard still losing market share in higher ed
The company’s learning management system market share has fallen to 44% while Instructure continues its gains.
By Tara García Mathewson • March 25, 2015 -
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Students say they want more tech ed opportunities
A new study by CompTIA has found that nine out of 10 students believe STEM skills will help them be successful in the workforce one day.
By Allie Gross • March 25, 2015 -
Bipartisan Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act introduced
The bill aims to protect student data, but critics argue it wouldn't do enough in its current form.
By Allie Gross • March 24, 2015 -
Curriculet's latest partners: Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster
The new partnerships add over 30,000 books to the K-12 reading platform's library.
By Allie Gross • March 23, 2015 -
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Deep Dive4 key challenges and priorities of K-12 IT leaders
Data security and budgets ranked high among school IT specialists' concerns in a recent Consortium for School Networking survey.
By Allie Gross • March 23, 2015 -
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English language learners the focus of new digital tools
Middlebury Interactive Languages and Fuel EducationTM have teamed up to launch new elementary and middle school digital programming for non-English-speakers.
By Allie Gross • March 20, 2015 -
Google hosting virtual ed conference
Education on Air is set for May 8-9, 2015, and will focus on everything from 'leading for the future' to incorporating STEM learning.
By Allie Gross • March 20, 2015 -
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SXSWedu 2015: Our recap of Austin's ed innovation extravaganza
Miss any of Education Dive's coverage of the higher ed and K-12 innovation showcase? We've got you covered.
By Roger Riddell • March 19, 2015 -
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Sal Khan: We're thinking very seriously about Android
The founder and executive director of Khan Academy also told us that, in successful school implementations of the platform, teachers and students deserve most of the credit.
By Roger Riddell • March 19, 2015 -
Cybrary offers online IT and cybersecurity curricula for schools
The new online platform helps K-12 and higher ed institutions offer specialized classes without developing their own curricula.
By Tara García Mathewson • March 19, 2015 -
FiftyThree raises $30M to create tools for educators
While the company started with the goal of boosting creativity in the consumer market, this recent grant from New Enterprise Associates has shifted its attention to education.
By Allie Gross • March 19, 2015 -
WIN Learning supporting math instruction in 15 rural Kentucky counties
The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative is funding the digital, blended learning program with a Race to the Top grant.
By Allie Gross • March 19, 2015 -
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New deadline gives schools more time to apply for E-rate funding
The deadline for the fiscal 2015 application has been extended by three weeks to April 16.
By Allie Gross • March 18, 2015 -
Data security's importance on the rise for K-12 IT admins
Still, budget constraints topped those concerns in a new survey from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN).
By Allie Gross • March 18, 2015 -
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Deep DivePearson's Don Kilburn talks remediation costs and outcomes
We sat down with the president of the world's largest education publisher's North American arm to discuss remediation, PowerSchool, and, of course, that Politico article.
By Roger Riddell • March 17, 2015 -
Barracuda now Android compatible
The mobile device manager's latest release follows news late last year that Google-powered Chromebooks had taken Apple's share of the K-12 ed market.
By Allie Gross • March 17, 2015 -
Does opting out of data collection do more harm than good?
An EdSurge column argues that data collection is necessary to get an accurate picture of how well a district is educating its youth.
By Allie Gross • March 17, 2015 -
Chicago charter learns from failures, streamlines innovation
Despite a vision that was reportedly "too complex" in the beginning, Intrinsic Schools is now seeing success.
By Allie Gross • March 13, 2015
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