Digital Promise

DECEMBER 20, 2018

2018 was an incredible year for the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools and Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters). On the 12th day of Innovation, the League and Clusters gave to you… 12 New League Districts. In 2018, we welcomed 12 new districts: Arcadia Unified School District , D.C.

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Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

At North Carolina’s Rowan-Salisbury Schools, a room in the central office showcases 3D printers, virtual reality headsets and a variety of iPad apps. Educators can stop by at their leisure to experiment with the tools, which have been vetted and approved by the district’s technology department.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2019

Families have moved their homes to Salisbury, North Carolina to live in the school district where Anthony Johnson teaches 4th and 5th grade on the slim chance that their children will be enrolled in his class. Anthony hated school as a child. This week we’re bringing you a special episode of our weekly podcast.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Each week, we will share a story about how a district used technology in schools to improve something. Demographics: Rowan-Salisbury (NC) School System serves 18,382 students across 35 schools. Biggest challenge: Our school district was considered a low-performing district by the state of North Carolina.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 10, 2016

After many weeks away from their traditional school schedule, students across the country are starting to re-enter their classrooms and share stories of their summer vacations. Creating enrichment opportunities at the school-level. Vancouver Public Schools hosted a Girls Lead the Way summer robotics camp at McLoughlin Middle School.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

In response to the President’s call for commitments to computer science education for all , 37 school district across the country — from Vermont to Alaska — ­have committed to offering high­ quality computer science (CS) and computational thinking curriculum to over one million students. Coordinating with the private sector.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2015

These regional summits are designed to help school district leaders design and implement digital learning and teaching strategies to set students up to succeed in today’s increasingly tech-enabled world. But, he added, Nash-Rocky Mount managed to deployed 8,500 devices, all without adding a penny to the district’s budget.

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Gaggle Speaks

JUNE 11, 2015

Committed to a digital conversion, Rowan-Salisbury Schools found success with a 1:1 initiative, but quickly realized that the devices they gave students weren’t able to properly view the schools’ websites. Since the re-launch, every teacher in Rowan-Salisbury has a web page, which are now easy to manage and update.

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 20, 2015

Whoever your school or district uses to host and manage your website likely has been talking to you lately about the need to be “mobile first.” ” Many of these web hosting providers bring up responsive design and why it’s important. And so are we. “Content has to be useable and readable on mobile.”

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

[Lawrenceville, GA] – April 1, 2018 – The study, coordinated by the Center for Digital Education and in partnership with the National School Boards Association, showcases exemplary school boards’ and districts’ use of technology to govern the district, communicate with students, parents and the community, and improve district operations. “We

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2016

How innovative districts are exposing more students to coding and closing the participation gap. Endorsement by the White House is valuable to those new to introducing computer science (CS) in the classroom, as well as others, like members of the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools , who have championed CS for years.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Our reporters have spent the last 10 months speaking with students, parents, teachers and school district leaders around the country about what this pandemic school year has been like. We’re ready to have a really difficult year in the books,” said Eric Gordon, who leads the high-poverty Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

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Hack Education

MAY 13, 2016

The Education and Justice Departments have notified every public school district in the country with a “Dear Colleague” letter that discrimination against transgender students , particularly over which bathroom they can use, violates federal civil rights law. ” Via The Atlantic : “ High Schools for Addicts.”

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