EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2023

School may be out for students, but K–12 district leaders and technology teams have an important summer deadline for protecting their students and schools: applying for cyber insurance. Most school districts’ insurance policies expire on July 1, which means it is crunch time for collecting information and submitting applications.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 5, 2024

The post How to Ensure Your School District is Data Ready appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2024

The post Celebrating Student Creators and Changemakers at Norwalk Public Schools and Richland School District Two appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As students and districts around the country begin the new school year, we are excited to share an inspiring story of how the School District of Newberry County, South Carolina, in partnership with Education Elements, is launching this school year with a powerful new Strategic Plan.

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2024

Frankenmuth School District has about 1,400 students, nearly 91 percent of whom are white. In contrast, to its west, Saginaw City School District is home to nearly 5,200 students, 81 percent of them students of color. Across roughly 60 pages, researchers analyzed 24,658 pairs of districts that share a border.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Chandler Unified School District, Arizona’s third-largest district, is partnering with Fortinet to train staff members on cybersecurity threats and best practices.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Around the country, fresh devices, programs and tech tools are being unpackaged and implemented to support instruction, allowing districts to stay on the cutting edge of everything technology has to offer teachers and students.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2021

In June, the Consortium for School Networking announced it had awarded Rockingham County Public Schools, a rural Virginia district, the Trusted Learning Environment Seal. The TLE Seal is a dedication given to schools that demonstrate a commitment to student data protection in accordance with CoSN’s framework.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The post How School Districts are Integrating Generative AI into their Policies appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

As an instructional technology integration specialist for the School District of Oconee County in South Carolina, I believe that school is a great place for students to learn how to safely engage with technology. There is an ongoing battle over screen time in K–12.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 31, 2024

The post How Can Districts Determine if an Edtech Product is High Quality? appeared first on Digital Promise.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 31, 2022

Distributed denial of service attacks against K–12 school districts have risen sharply over the past two years. Petersburg High School launched an attack that crashed the entire network of the Pinellas County Schools district. Topeka Unified School District 501 saw a… In Florida, for example, a teenage student at St.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

school districts meet bandwidth goals established by the Federal Communications Commission as part of the 2014 E-Rate Modernization Order. Those goals push school districts to reach bandwidth rates of at least 1 megabit per second, per… DISCOVER: Pandemic aid helps narrow Mississippi's digital divide.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Servers, files, data — it all existed where users resided and where district IT teams could manage and secure it: locally. Cloud users, conversely, rent space on a computer system that exists outside of the district’s walls. Before the cloud, schools hosted everything on-premises.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

needed to improve disaster recovery at West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. The New Jersey district’s two data centers were only 1.5 Two years ago, we had some bad weather come through during the summer, and we lost power at a lot of schools in our district.” Two years ago, IT Manager Harry Doctor Jr. The backup…

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Though the technology first appeared on the market a few years ago, adoption of Wi-Fi 6 is recently surging in K–12 school districts. To take advantage of Wi-Fi 6, districts will need the right infrastructure, devices and cabling to support it. There just aren’t as many compatible devices available for that Wi-Fi standard.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2023

CIO Andrew Zuckerman, who started out as a District of Columbia Public Schools teacher through Teach for America, is leading the charge. The technology solutions that were once viewed as emergency tools at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic are now supporting innovation at Prince George’s County Public Schools in Maryland.

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Ed Tech from the Ground Up

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

In this opinion piece, Cognitive ToyBox Partnerships Manager Nikki Navta describes lessons her company has learned from the COVID experiences of two districts it's worked with closely. The post How Two School Districts Have Adapted to COVID-Era Realities appeared first on Market Brief.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2024

Yet, despite this significant impact, too often, district strategies focus on interventions that prioritize students and their achievement, while educators are left with the same supports and resources amidst increasingly higher expectations. Data-backed initiatives to support teachers’ well-being and resiliency are critical.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 29, 2022

As a concept, digital signage in K–12 school districts isn’t new. In the past, it might have been used in front of the school or in announcement areas, but it’s now being integrated into all spaces.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 26, 2022

As students head back to school across the country, a small school district in America’s heartland is proudly celebrating educational gains and steady teacher retention.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 31, 2023

A team from Irving Independent School District led a session at TCEA 2023 sharing the lessons they have learned over the past 20 years of running a one-to-one program. In 2001, Irving ISD became one of the first school districts in the nation to implement a one-to-one student device program. Located northwest of Dallas…

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

At the Consortium for School Networking’s annual conference in Austin, Texas, two school districts shared how they’re working to set up students with skills in cybersecurity and other technologies. Lakota Local School District’s Monday presentation, “Developing a World-Class High School Cybersecurity Program” and St.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

K–12 cybersecurity conversations are happening at the district, state and federal levels. An increase in cyberattacks against schools has leaders re-evaluating security needs, and with that comes concerns about upkeep, funding and legality.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 18, 2023

A year or so into the pandemic, the Tennessee district had completed a detailed needs assessment that spanned every school and classroom. Over the years, some schools in the district… It was the kind of opportunity Knox County Schools couldn’t afford to miss.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2021

How might districts find edtech to support learning? Districts will have access to the nearly $190 billion which the U.S. Fortunately, educators can leverage learnings from some leading-edge K-12 districts who have developed thoughtful processes for making edtech decisions despite limited available evidence.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 22, 2024

School districts who are part of a working group on SEL and learning differences share progress on their initiatives thus far.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 4, 2024

The post What Are District Leaders Learning from Their Community About AI? appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

MAY 31, 2023

The post What Does District Innovation Look Like in Rural Alabama? appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The post How One Bay Area District Is Addressing the Teacher Shortage through Affordable Housing appeared first on Digital Promise.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The results are in line with similar findings from CoSN that many district leaders lack sufficient cybersecurity resources and face budget constraints. In fact, 50 percent of districts also reported wanting to spend more on cybersecurity than they currently do, underscoring the growing need for investments and preparation.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

After all, if it’s good enough for a Fortune 500 company, it’s good enough for a school district, right? Instead, school district administrators should consider real-time data analytics platforms specifically designed and customized for K-12 education. Not so fast. Cost and scalability are two major factors.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2024

There are 97 languages spoken in Round Rock Independent School District in Texas. As we move forward, the lessons districts learn from communications platforms will shape the future of community engagement and integration, making our communities more connected, empathetic, and inclusive.

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eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2024

The ILO Group this week announced the release of its Framework for Implementing Artificial Intelligence in K-12 Education –a first-of-its-kind AI framework for school district and state education leaders–providing them with the tools, resources, and research-basis to thoughtfully embrace this game-changing technology.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The post How Schools and Districts are Supporting Digital Equity appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The post How 3 School Districts Are Innovating with Inclusivity, Equity, and the Future in Mind appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2023

The post How the Inclusive Innovation Process Amplified the Voices of Students in a School District appeared first on Digital Promise.

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