One of the sad realities of technology in education is that it is becoming increasingly costly for all of the stakeholders. It is costly, financially, to build and maintain a network, to purchase and upgrade devices, to acquire licenses for software, and many other...
Across the district, students are deep into the spring assessment process. Tensions are high and anxieties are piqued just at the height of the stakes of standardized testing. You would almost think this was the ultimate goal of education. To add to the general sense...
With limited time and a (seemingly) unlimited number of standards to cover, the suggestion that teachers ought to encourage students to “keep trying until they get it” seems just a tad bit unrealistic. Waiting for every student that begins at any one of a...
These days, there are dozens of online tools to help students learn and teachers teach. With quick, fun formative assessment platforms like Kahoot and Poll Anywhere, to tutorial/drill-and-practice sites like Khan Academy and IXL, opportunities for learning abound in...
If you’re a Dearborn teacher, you’ve heard of it many times. You’ve even been required to use it to complete some of your own professional development. But if you’re like many, you haven’t found the time to invest in it or seen how the...
