Each year, CoSN conducts a national survey among education technology leaders to assess the current state of technology innovation across multiple school systems. Five specific current challenges were identified in the 2024 survey results: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cybersecurity, Student Well-Being, Digital Equity, and Interoperability.
Is this scenario familiar? The administration decides that the staff need professional development to integrate a new SEL approach into the classroom. They know that teachers need more than one day of seminars to adjust their classroom methods, so leadership provides training over several weeks. Once the school year begins, administrators observe the teachers to check their progress, but only a few have integrated the SEL approach into their lessons. The professional development, despite the in-depth training, wasn’t impactful enough.
It’s a long-proven truth that some students need tutoring outside the classroom, which was especially shown during the pandemic. For many students, this means the difference between success and failure. But how does one go about helping students get the tutoring they need?
We are in dramatic times, according to Dr. Christina Kishimoto, Founder and CEO of Voice4Equity, LLC and Clinical Professor at the University of Southern California. In the past decade, public school classrooms transformed from having a majority of white students to mostly students of color. We have a diverse student body full of aspiring young minds who include LGBTQ, multiracial, multicultural, and multilingual identities. No other time in U.S. history has this been more evident.
School safety is about more than guarding against disruption. It includes creating a culture where the entire school community thrives. Establishing a safe school environment is a strategic effort that requires district commitment and investment.
L.K. Monroe, education leader and former superintendent of the Alameda County Office of Education, has launched UnboxED Solutions to provide a trusted voice for high-quality educational products and services. Her UnboxED “picks” align with her VALUES: solutions that are value-aligned, accessible, leading-edge, useful, effective, and supportive. edWeb.net is one of the first education solutions she has chosen to unbox! View the short video below.
edWeb.net has won the 2024 EdTech Award from EdTech Digest for Professional Development Learning Solution.
edWeb has been conducting an annual professional learning survey with our members since 2016. It’s an important way we benchmark our members’ needs and assessment of our edWeb services and the state of professional learning in general. The results have been very consistent over those years, even with the COVID-19 pandemic. If anything, the need… read more →
Imagine a summer where teachers don’t just take a break but also gain the freedom to learn at their own pace, blending relaxation with professional growth. This vision came to life in the Baldwin-Whitehall School District (BWSD) with its innovative “Summer Flex-PD” program. Now in its second year, this initiative is revolutionizing how educators experience professional development (PD), offering them the flexibility to balance work and personal life while engaging in targeted learning.
Getting parents and caregivers involved in schools is often challenging. While, of course, they care about their children, certain barriers make it harder for them to get involved, no matter how much they want to. So what can schools do to help? During the edLeader Panel “Scaffolding: The Key to Engaging ALL Families in and Out of School,” Ilana Steinhauer, Executive Director of Volunteers in Medicine (VIM) Berkshires, and Rebecca Honig, Chief Content and Curriculum Officer at ParentPowered, explained how scaffolding can get families involved.