YouTube is inviting individual content-creators and organizations to apply for a portion of $20 million to fashion educational content.
A Career and Technical Education Leader Talks About Her District’s Biggest Needs
Demands for Curriculum, Virtual Reality, Assessment Are Changing for the 37,000-Student School System
Patti Beltram, a nationally recognized career and technical education director, looks for curriculum that is flexible enough to serve her district’s many industry-focused programs.
A Washington state district will buy new math curricula and a Reno, Nev. district wants literacy software. A Texas district seeks a credit recovery program.
Education Leaders Demand High-Quality Interventions to Serve Struggling English Learners
Professional Development Is Also a Big Need for Districts Experiencing Significant Growth in ELL Students
Interventions to serve struggling students and professional development are the top two needs related to educating the nation’s growing population of English language learners, survey finds.
A Texas district seeks upgraded security on campuses; the Loudon, Va. school system will buy new history and social science materials; Antioch, Calif. schools want new educational, behavioral and therapeutic supports for students with disabilities.
A Utah school system is looking to purchase student enrollment software, and a Texas district has awarded IXL Learning a three-year contract for online math resources.
A pair of big Maryland districts are planning on making major curriculum purchases, while a New Jersey district is looking for an online instructional system to help students.
How Will District Leaders Spend Federal Title IV Dollars? PD Is a Top Priority
But K-12 Leaders' Needs Also Vary Greatly by District Size, Location, and Demographics
Professional development tops administrators’ wish lists for spending federal Title IV grant money, but college- and career-readiness and social emotional learning are also big needs.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., district is looking to buy an online platform that will allow teachers to design standards-based lessons; a Maryland district is seeking a phonics-based reading program.
Of 104 new international schools due to open over the next year, 42 percent will be offering a U.K, curriculum, and 12.5 percent will be using a U.S.-developed one, according to a new report by ISC Research.