Tom Murray

AUGUST 31, 2016

According to a report released by the Pew Research Center, approximately 5 of the 29 million households with school-aged children lack access to high quality broadband internet while at home. How does your school handle this issue? Equity in opportunity isn’t something that solely affects our nation’s school children.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. MORE FROM EDTECH: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. For example, the report notes an interesting project in Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A recent report from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) identified five key roadblocks for K–12 schools’ digital transformation in 2020. MORE FROM EDTECH: Schools Use Immersive Technology for Assistive Learning. For example, the report notes an interesting project in Albemarle County Public Schools in Virginia.

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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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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2015

How are school administrators roles changing and becoming more focused on student learning? We are fortunate to have an up-close look at how public school districts are answering these questions, through our League of Innovative Schools. Cajon Valley Union School District - El Cajon, CA.

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

No matter what grade level they taught in middle or high school, teachers had students who struggled to use a digital learning platform or to type without painstaking hunt-and-pecking at the keyboard. “It In addition to serving as the high school’s lead teacher and IB coordinator, he teaches math.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.

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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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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Many districts are either already using PBL or are on the verge of using this approach in classrooms. Albemarle County (VA) Public Schools (ACPS). Students work on projects tied to a real cause or community issue, and they also solicit community feedback, advice, and expertise to improve their public products.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Rural school districts face many unique trials, and access to educational technology is no different. In many cases, school leaders need to justify why the district should invest in the first place. He frequently reaches out to them and invites them to school events and constantly nurtures those relationships.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 14, 2016

Representing 73 districts, 33 states, and 3.2 million students, the League of Innovative Schools is a coalition of education leaders use their collective voice to advance positive change in public education, as exhibited by a powerful series of TED talks delivered this April.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2016

In March 2016, Digital Promise and Maker Ed issued a call-to-action for school leaders around the country to commit to growing the next generation of American makers. school leaders have answered the call by signing the Maker Promise. South Fayette Township School District. Baltimore County Public Schools.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2015

AASA, The School Superintendents Association, announced today the finalists for the 2016 National Superintendent of the Year. This marks the 29th anniversary of the program, which honors school system leaders throughout the country. Williamson began his journey in public education as a classroom teacher.

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Edutopia

AUGUST 27, 2015

Photo Credit: Edutopia Ira Socol Technology Integration From abundant tools and smart budgeting to accessibility and trust, the Albemarle County Public Schools maintain a district-wide tech program that leverages digital literacy for all students.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

As a result, there is a disconnect between what schools value and what they measure. I think it could change, really, how schooling is done.” I think it could change, really, how schooling is done.” They were limited to just two schools because of the duration and scope of the NSF grant.)

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2019

In Albemarle County, Virginia, where school officials estimate up to 20 percent of students lack home broadband, radio towers rise above an apple orchard on Carters Mountain, outside Charlottesville. The district uses them to send internet signals from a school rooftop into homes in a valley 10 miles below.

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

By 2025, nearly one out of every four public school students in the U.S. Albemarle County Public Schools, Va. In fact, a broader analysis of Virginia Standards of Learning (VSOL) results shows that Albemarle schools using ST Math for three years are outpacing the rest of the state in math achievement.

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

Rather than the maker experiences being an after school program, an add on activity, or an activity that is implemented when students have done their regular lessons work, it should be part of the regular, day-to-day curriculum. Making should not be relegated to the times spent outside of class, e.g. lunch or after school.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2015

As I continue to examine the challenge of digital equity, I've learned about many strategies school districts might use to mitigate the lack of Internet access outside of school. I wrote in last week's blog about how digital equity is a community challenge, not strictly a school problem.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2019

Annabelle Bechtel (foreground) and Audrey Chung, seventh graders in the maker space of Corte Madera School in Portola Valley, Calif., The kids worked at tables surrounded by craft supplies, 3-D printers and woodworking tools in the maker space of Corte Madera School, a public school for grades 4 to 8 nestled in the San Mateo County hills.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

After winning the battle to expand the federal E-rate program , education leaders are beginning to look beyond the struggle of connecting all schools to high quality Internet, and toward the next challenge of connecting all students while outside of school. The survey, produced by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at N.C.

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Educator Innovator

MAY 25, 2018

Meanwhile, many of the region’s high school students sat in their history classrooms, engaging with the history of their community, region, and country mostly through textbooks. One student wrote a song (sampling John Legend’s “Ordinary People”), and recorded it with members of the school’s band and choir.

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MindShift

APRIL 26, 2017

They consult with school leaders around the world for their company Educating Modern Learners. Through his work as a consultant he has worked with several districts he thinks are moving in the right direction. STRONG LEADERSHIP. But saying “Yes” is easier than acting on “Yes,” she admits. pammoran (@pammoran) May 2, 2015.

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MindShift

JULY 18, 2016

We are at a point in schools when we have to change our internal reality,” said Will Richardson , a former English teacher turned speaker and school consultant, at the 2016 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, during a session. drive everything they do in schools. Will Richardson).

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Old-school classroom design supported the idea that teachers impart knowledge to students. Schools are creating classroom layouts that support successful 21 st century learning. A landmark 2012 study found that classroom design alters academic progress over a school year by 25%. Classroom Design Then and Now. Rows of seats.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part story looking at how one school is piloting MIT research on playful assessments to measure student growth. Part of the Albemarle County School District, Community Middle feels and functions differently than most other schools in America. Read part one for background.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

In Loudoun County, Virginia, fourth-graders from Goshen Post Elementary School took up the challenge personally. For Loudoun County Superintendent Eric Williams, what makes such authentic learning experiences worthwhile is how they prepare students “to make meaningful contributions to the world.” have developed portraits so far.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

For school districts, it’s important to communicate with your community. (In One of those seven is a critical step for districts looking to spread the word of their good work: engaging with local broadcast and print media. In fact, we’ve already shared seven ways to do so. ) It’s about knowing reporters beyond their byline.”.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Teacher stressors are at every turn: keeping track of students, interacting with parents, responding to administration, and maneuvering a rigid school system. COVID has significantly transformed teaching, magnifying stressors, explained Ashley Bullock, a teacher at Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia. Navigating Stressors.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Here’s what caught my eye the week of March 6, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. This from the school district that is still reeling from a major student data privacy breach. ." Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

Zach Leverenz speaking to students at New York City middle school MS 258 during the New York launch of EveryoneOn, in June 2014. Instead, these schools and nonprofits lease their licenses to commercial internet providers for cash (and free accounts) in secret deals. The Consortium for School Networking. Photo: Clay Williams.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Via Politico : “About 40 percent of Puerto Rico ’s 1,113 public schools are accounted for, meaning the condition of most schools is unknown. Almost all of Puerto Rico’s schools remain without electricity or running water. says charter school board violated city law in vote on expanding charters.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2017

Via Buzzfeed : “How Betsy DeVos Could Break Up The Charter School Coalition.” Via Inside Higher Ed : “A pending Connecticut law will now mandate that the University of Connecticut and the state’s four other public universities publicly release data on which transfer student credits they accept and which they reject.”

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