Spokane elementary-curriculum chief says quality outweighs 'free' cost for instructional materials
Matthew Henshaw of the Spokane, Wash., district says open resources are filling some curriculum gaps, but they are “not the answer for all our needs.”
California district leader wants evidence that new digital products will not create headaches for his teachers, tech staff, and students.
A California district leader explains how his system doesn’t just measure the success of ed-tech products by academic outcomes, but by ease of implementation, too.
Many Trials of Digital Learning Products Occur Too Late to Get in District Spending Plans
Many pilots of ed-tech products occur too late for K-12 systems to make district-wide purchases of those products the next academic year. How can companies overcome that timing disconnect?
Securing the right to pilot-test a product in a school district can be a tantalizing opportunity for an education company. A pair of D.C. schools officials share their advice with vendors.
Two district curriculum specialists talk about how they judge products for common-core alignment, and the steps companies should take to better address their schools’ needs.
Educators typically use early-warning systems to watch for signs that students are struggling in school and on the road to dropping out. Now the superintendent of the 101,000-student DeKalb County Schools in Georgia wants to use that approach in working with vendors.
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