October 1, 2014
Education Week, Vol. 34, Issue 06
School & District Management
Opinion
K-12 Schools Need More Steve Jobs and Less Bill Gates
In spite of our tendency to revere the counsel of business leaders on public-policy issues, they don't always get it right, argues David Bernstein.
Equity & Diversity
Letter to the Editor
Home Visits Connect Parents, Teachers for Student Well-Being
To the Editor:
We wholeheartedly agree that the teaching profession and our children will be best served if teachers are as diverse in race, ethnicity, and culture as the general population.
We wholeheartedly agree that the teaching profession and our children will be best served if teachers are as diverse in race, ethnicity, and culture as the general population.
Education Funding
Letter to the Editor
Blame U.S. Immigration Policies, Not Wal-Mart, for Low Wages
To the Editor:
Tom Frank, the second vice president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, is rightly concerned about the poverty afflicting working parents. His anger is misdirected, however.
Tom Frank, the second vice president of the Cincinnati Federation of Teachers, is rightly concerned about the poverty afflicting working parents. His anger is misdirected, however.
Standards
Letter to the Editor
Teachers' Views on Common Core Must Be Heard in State Debates
To the Editor:
The Commentary by Patrick Riccards makes a welcome call for a better conversation about public education, with less "rhetorical posturing" and more reaching out to the people doing the actual work in our schools—our teachers.
The Commentary by Patrick Riccards makes a welcome call for a better conversation about public education, with less "rhetorical posturing" and more reaching out to the people doing the actual work in our schools—our teachers.
Law & Courts
The Supreme Court and School Cases: A Running Tally
This chart covers cases with a K-12 school district or local school district as parties, by term and five-year periods, beginning with the term after Brown v. Board o Education of Topeka was decided.
Law & Courts
After Decades of Action, Supreme Court Cools on School Cases
The U.S. Supreme Court has gone five years without hearing a single case involving a school district or local school official as the party bringing the case or as the respondent.
School & District Management
Opinion
Make a Difference: Show Students You Care
Polling data show that teachers who are supported and respected by their schools inspire engaged, hopeful students better able to succeed in school and life, Gallup’s Brandon Busteed says.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Tech Advances Fuel LMS Identity Crisis
Big questions are facing school district leaders across the country about how a learning management system should best fit into the larger ed-tech ecosystem.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Tearing Down the Walls Between Software Silos
Technical hurdles, turf battles among vendors, and the glacial pace of technology adoption are preventing LMS software from becoming the hub of a fully integrated ed-tech ecosystem.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Pressure on LMS Companies to Provide Quality PD
Educators must grasp how learning management systems can help students, yet also acquire the skills to juggle myriad academic and managerial duties.
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IT Infrastructure & Management
Making the Big LMS Buying Decision
School districts are evaluating various learning management systems more than ever before, but many underestimate the time and resources it will take to choose the right one.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Ed-Tech Leaders Outline Their LMS Needs
Five school district technology leaders talk about the lessons they have learned about how to choose and use learning management systems in smart ways.
IT Infrastructure & Management
Picking the Best LMS Delivery Model Is Tricky
Choosing the technology for LMS delivery involves carefully weighing the pros and cons of several different options, and figuring out which one fits a district’s unique needs.
Education Funding
Key Georgia Electoral Contests Put K-12 Front and Center
Accountability, governance, common standards, and funding are among the top issues in the tight races for governor and state schools superintendent in Georgia.
Standards
Superintendents Support Common-Assessment Consortia
In a new survey of superintendents from Gallup and Education Week, most school district chiefs say they want states to stay the course on common-core tests.
Equity & Diversity
Two School Districts Share Urban Education Prize
The Gwinnett County, Ga., and Orange County, Fla., school systems this year will share the Broad Prize for Urban Education, which recognizes school systems that improve academic achievement while narrowing achievement gaps.