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- [Chronic Trauma vs. Acute Trauma in the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/chronic-trauma-vs-acute-trauma-classroom/): In this episode, Dr. Pamela Cantor discusses her groundbreaking research across the Five Boroughs and the effect the attack had on New York City’s students
- [Middle School Cybersecurity Skills Students Need](https://edcircuit.com/middle-school-cybersecurity-skills-students-need/): Middle school cybersecurity helps students recognize scams, protect accounts, and verify requests through practical lessons at school and home.
- [Mission Possible: 3 Keys to K-20 Cybersecurity](https://edcircuit.com/mission-possible-3-keys-to-k-20-cybersecurity/): K-12 cybersecurity best practices for school leaders: Stacey Ludwig Johnson's three keys plus CISA's five priorities and GAO findings on attack costs.
- [New Resources Supporting Engineers Week 2024 Now Available from Discovery Education and Partners](https://edcircuit.com/new-resources-supporting-engineers-week-2024-now-available-from-discovery-education-and-partners/): Discovery Education and its partners offer educators and students nationwide a new collection of digital learning resources supporting Engineers Week 2024.
- [Exclusive Education Discount on Enterprise Licenses of Automation Training Course Software Series](https://edcircuit.com/exclusive-education-discount-on-enterprise-licenses-of-automation-training-course-software-series/): An education discount on enterprise licenses of The Maintenance Technician Training Software Bundle for tech college instructors and trainers.
- [#RelationshipGoals with Independent Reading](https://edcircuit.com/relationshipgoals-with-independent-reading/): Independent reading in the classroom: a definition, what NCTE recommends for time, choice, libraries and talk, and Marie Havran's #RelationshipGoals.
- [The Doughboy Foundation Delivers the Lessons of WWI to a New Generation](https://edcircuit.com/the-doughboy-foundation-delivers-the-lessons-of-wwi-to-a-new-generation/): New resources, available at no cost, help bring the consequential but often overlooked first world war to life for students through images, documentaries, and a
- [How to Get Teachers on the Tech Bandwagon](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-get-teachers-on-tech-bandwagon/): Technology professional development for teachers: what Livonia Public Schools’ Level Up LPS shows, what research says works, and how to plan follow-up.
- [Our Difference Is Our Strength](https://edcircuit.com/difference-is-strength-sign-language-education/): Amy Andersen on teaching American Sign Language in high school and ASL for strength, with college enrollment data, the Seal of Biliteracy and program questions.
- [The Sustainable Value of Competency-Based Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-sustainable-value-of-competency-based-education/): The competency based learning model explained with Dr. Ludwig Johnson's WGU op-ed, plus what 2024 and 2026 sources show about K-12 policy and evidence.
- [3 Creative Games to Use in Remote Learning](https://edcircuit.com/three-creative-games-to-use-in-remote-learning/): Online games for remote learning: Pronita Mehrotra's three creative video-call games, updated with ideas for interactive games and ground rules for 2026.
- [How AI, AR and VR Fit into Today’s Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-ar-vr-fit-into-classrooms/): AR and VR in the classroom: Rachelle Dene Poth's 2019 Q&A on AI, AR and VR, plus what recent research says and questions leaders should ask before adopting.
- [The AI Frontier in Academia: Students Embrace, Professors Pause](https://edcircuit.com/the-ai-frontier-in-academia-students-embrace-professors-pause/): The faculty frontier: Rask AI's 2024 study with Maria Chmir on students and professors using AI, plus what newer surveys show on campus AI use and policy.
- [The Agile Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/the-agile-classroom/): An agile classroom gives students choice within clear limits. See where the idea comes from, what research on instruction adds, and how to start one.
- [Hiring Teachers Post-COVID: Everything Has Changed](https://edcircuit.com/hiring-teachers-post-covid-everything-has-changed/): How to hire teachers after COVID: James Sanders on virtual interviews, plus 2024-25 federal vacancy data, a study of virtual hiring and a practical sequence.
- [5 Easy Steps for Teaching Executive Functioning in the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/five-easy-steps-for-teaching-executive-functioning-in-the-classroom/): Teaching executive functioning skills in the classroom: Rachael Barron's five steps, plus what 2023 to 2025 research says and practical routines for teachers.
- [Podcasting Brings Authentic Voice to Ethnic Studies](https://edcircuit.com/podcasting-brings-authentic-voice-to-ethnic-studies/): Student podcast ideas from the SFUSD ethnic studies project with Nikhil Laud and Bruna Lee, plus research, a state curriculum update and planning tips.
- [Debunking the Fads That Shortchange Our Learners](https://edcircuit.com/debunking-fads-that-shortchange-our-learners/): Learning styles debunked: a 2024 meta-analysis found only a small benefit from matching lessons to styles. See what the evidence says about education fads.
- [Connecting with Kids: A New Approach to SEL](https://edcircuit.com/connecting-with-kids-a-new-approach-to-sel/): SEL strategies for elementary students, with Lori Jackson and Steve Peck's emotional regulation sequence and what the 2023 meta-analysis of SEL programs found.
- [Five Tips to Deliver PD That Supports Reading Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/five-tips-to-deliver-pd-that-supports-reading-instruction/): Dr. Michael Hart's five tips on science of reading professional development for supporting reading instruction, with an update on state laws and research.
- [Helping Your Students Build Digital Fluency](https://edcircuit.com/helping-your-students-build-digital-fluency/): Digital fluency skills for students: what the term means, how the ISTE standards help teachers plan, and what a 2026 survey says about students and AI.
- [Personalized Learning: Tailoring Lessons for Every Learning Style](https://edcircuit.com/personalized-learning-tailoring-lessons-for-every-learning-style/): Personalized learning software and strategies: Martin McKay's UDL view plus what UDL Guidelines 3.0 and RAND research say for schools in 2026.
- [How Staged Learning Benefits from the Motivation of Gamification](https://edcircuit.com/staged-learning-gamification/): Staged learning explained: how levels and rewards work in classrooms, what a 2023 meta-analysis found about gamification, and cautions for school leaders.
- [The Dyslexic Prom Queen](https://edcircuit.com/dyslexic-prom-queen/): Early reading intervention and the dyslexic prom queen: Ellen Hurst on dyslexia in girls, with the 1990 referral study and how schools screen in 2026.
- [Focus on professional learning to meet student needs](https://edcircuit.com/global-perspectives-professional-learning-education/): How other countries train teachers and what research says works: seven features of effective professional learning and what US schools can do with them.
- [Service Projects for Elementary Learners](https://edcircuit.com/service-projects-elementary-learners/): Community service projects for elementary students: ideas by grade, steps to plan one, and what research says about service learning in the early grades.
- [From Bismarck to Boise: States Take the Lead on Personalized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/states-lead-personalized-learning/): State personalized learning laws since 2017: what North Dakota's law produced, how mastery credit works, and where to find Idaho and other state policies.
- [Assessment is Learning](https://edcircuit.com/assessment-is-learning/): Assessment is for learning: Kathy Dyer on feedback beyond grades, plus what the research by Black, Wiliam, Hattie and Timperley shows and where its limits lie.
- [Phenomena-Based Learning and Digital Content](https://edcircuit.com/phenomena-based-learning-and-digital-content/): Phenomena based learning explained: how NGSS phenomena and science phenomena anchor a unit, where digital tools help, and what recent studies show.
- [Understanding Bloom’s Taxonomy](https://edcircuit.com/understanding-blooms-taxonomy/): Levels of Bloom's taxonomy explained: the pyramid and chart, the revised verbs for each level, and how teachers use them to plan questions and lessons.
- [Instructional Coaching Part I](https://edcircuit.com/instructional-coaching-part-1/): Part one of a two-part series on instructional coaching: why districts move master teachers into coaching roles and what coaches should actually be doing.
- [My Take: Want to be a Teacher? Don’t Join TFA](https://edcircuit.com/my-take-want-to-be-a-teacher-dont-join-tfa/): A former TFA mentor argues in this 2015 opinion piece that short training and high turnover fail new teachers, and urges a traditional route instead.
- [Space Program Is Ultimate Problem-Based Learning](https://edcircuit.com/space-program-is-ultimate-problem-based-learning/): First Man, Hidden Figures and Apollo 13 show problem-solving through repeated failure, and why classrooms should give students real problems to solve.
- [The Parent-School Divide on Screen Time and AI](https://edcircuit.com/the-parent-school-divide-on-screen-time-and-ai/): The parent-school divide on screen time and AI is growing as families and schools hold different expectations for student learning and technology use.
- [How Voice-Enabled AI is Transforming K-12 Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/how-voice-enabled-ai-is-transforming-k-12-classrooms/): Voice-enabled AI is quickly reshaping K-12 education, creating interactive learning experiences and providing essential special education support.
- [Why Effectiveness Coaching Matters in Education](https://edcircuit.com/why-effectiveness-coaching-matters-in-education/): In this episode, Dwight Carter shares his experience as a school leader and co-author of a number of books on education change.
- [Teacher Recruitment, Education Programs & the Economic Achievement Gap](https://edcircuit.com/where-teacher-recruitment-education-programs-and-the-economic-achievement-gap-meet/): If education is to thrive again, universities must rebuild teacher training—and restore the mission to serve every child.
- [Santa’s Safety Lab: Safer STEM Lessons from the North Pole](https://edcircuit.com/santas-safety-lab-safer-stem-lessons-from-the-north-pole/): Safer STEM comes alive in Santa’s Safety Lab, where elves blend creativity, invention, and smart safety habits that mirror the best STEM classrooms.
- [Welcoming New Teachers and Students in the First Weeks](https://edcircuit.com/welcoming-new-teachers-and-students-in-the-first-weeks/): New teachers and students face different challenges, but thoughtful support during the first weeks can help both find confidence, connection and belonging.
- [The Deep End: You Have Permission](https://edcircuit.com/deep-end-column-education-you-have-permission/): In this edition of The Deep End, Jennifer reflects on how self-permission —trusting yourself to try, create, and risk —can spark the courage needed for growth.
- [Alternative Forms of Assessment in Education](https://edcircuit.com/alternative-forms-of-assessment-in-education/): Various assessment methods, such as projects, portfolios, and performances, can help create a more comprehensive and engaging learning experience for students.
- [The Role Of The School Librarian In Teaching And Learning](https://edcircuit.com/the-role-of-the-school-librarian-in-teaching-and-learning/): The role of the school librarian is an elusive one. Librarians need the support of the senior leaders in order to do their jobs well.
- [A Lasting Passion for Music Learning](https://edcircuit.com/long-lasting-passion-music-learning/): Grammy Music Educator Award finalist Elizabeth Hankins of Lakewood City Schools created the Lakewood Project, a program whose graduates continue to make music.
- [Why We Need Education Reform Now](https://edcircuit.com/we-either-bring-about-school-reform-now-or-its-never-going-to-happen/): Why we need Education Reform-The COVID-19 pandemic is literally education’s wake up call to make a change. This article explores some suggested reforms.
- [Telling Stories of Global Leadership](https://edcircuit.com/telling-stories-global-leadership/): The YMCA's Tom Valentine on giving young people a safe space to connect across countries and build the bridges of cooperation the future needs.
- [The Deep End: Always Start with Empathy](https://edcircuit.com/deep-end-always-start-with-empathy-column-13/): Jennifer Abrams explores how empathy, awareness, and constructive dialogue help educators overcome bias and work more effectively with colleagues.
- [Why Creativity Should Be Taught In Schools](https://edcircuit.com/why-creativity-should-be-taught-in-schools/): Creativity is a much-needed skill that can be improved with practice, and teaching it early to students can help them prepare better for the future.
- [What Is Education Reform? Theory, Practice, and Impact](https://edcircuit.com/what-is-education-reform-theory-practice-and-models-of-success/): Discover what education reform means, explore successful models, and learn how innovative schools and policies are transforming student outcomes in the US.
- [Media Literacy in Schools and the Evolving Librarian Role](https://edcircuit.com/media-literacy-in-schools-and-the-evolving-librarian-role/): Media literacy in schools shapes the modern middle and high school librarian’s role, helping students question sources and think critically every day.
- [Selling SEL to Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/sel-chat-selling-sel-to-teachers/): Teacher buy-in for SEL depends on time, coaching and clear leadership. Tamara Fyke's advice for principals, updated with 2023-2026 surveys and research.
- [Understanding the Brain Helps Teachers Educate Students](https://edcircuit.com/understanding-the-brain-helps-teachers-educate-students/): In this episode, Marcus Conyers and Dr. Donna Wilson discuss how we explain the brain in such a way that allows teachers to be more effective.
- [Effective Professional Development in Schools: What Works?](https://edcircuit.com/effective-professional-development-schools/): Effective Professional Development to improve your school. Plan your efforts, design accountability, and follow up on your plan.
- [Learning To Be Fearless With Digit Murphy](https://edcircuit.com/learning-to-be-fearless-with-digit-murphy/): We live in a time when prominent female figures are working hard to empower women to make their voices heard and reach their full potential.
- [Provisional Teaching License: The Key to the Teacher Shortage](https://edcircuit.com/provisional-teaching-license-the-key-to-the-teacher-shortage/): What a provisional teaching license is, how it differs from emergency and standard licenses, state examples, steps to get one, and what research shows.
- [Digit Murphy's Mission To Change The Gender Focus In Sports](https://edcircuit.com/digit-murphys-mission-to-change-the-gender-focus-in-sports/): Interview with Digit Murphy who works tirelessly to advocate for women in sports. She believes all women in sport deserve a voice.
- [The Decline of International Students in Higher Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-decline-of-international-students-in-higher-education/): International students are enrolling in smaller numbers worldwide, driven by visa issues, policy changes, and shifting global trends.
- [Music Promotes Character Education in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/music-promotes-character-education-in-schools/): In this edCircuit interview, we sit down with Lois Wiggins, who was one of ten finalists out of over 4,500 nominees for the Grammy Educator of the Year Award.
- [Music Education: Raising Engagement in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/music-education-raising-engagement-in-schools/): Musician and educator John Churchville on student engagement and the power of music education in developing well-rounded students.
- [Superintendents: Navigating the Business of Education](https://edcircuit.com/superintendents-navigating-the-business-of-education/): Dr. Pam Homan discusses the business of education and the role Superintendents play integrating the private sector into long term plans.
- [Creative Thinking Should Look Like Legos from the 80s, Not Legos 21st Century](https://edcircuit.com/creative-thinking-should-look-like-legos-from-the-eighties-not-legos-from-the-twenty-first-century/): Building with 1980s Legos taught creativity. Why students need more open-ended chances to be creative, not just follow instructions.
- [Superintendents: Standing up for Kids](https://edcircuit.com/superintendents-standing-up-for-kids/): Dr. Steve Joel, Superintendent of Lincoln Nebraska Public Schools, joins Dr. Berger on his Superintendent Series profiling national educational leaders.
- [Literacy: It's Not Just for Language Arts](https://edcircuit.com/literacy-not-just-language-arts/): Teachers need to teach literacy in not only the language arts, but in science, math, robotics, and all the other subjects as well.
- [Why Education Conferences Matter for Educators](https://edcircuit.com/why-education-conferences-matter-for-educators/): Education conferences give educators powerful professional development new strategies, and lasting connections that strengthen classrooms and school communities
- [The Global Virtual Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/global-virtual-classroom/): It's really about access and having that access for kids in the way that they need it. It doesn't mean that you're either all or nothing, virtual or not.
- [FETC Presenter Preview: Tom Murray - Innovation for Future Ready Schools](https://edcircuit.com/fetc-presenter-preview-tom-murray/): FETC 2019 preview: Tom Murray of Future Ready Schools on why teaching should center on authentic, personal learning experiences for kids.
- [DOE: Welcome to Connected Educator Month!](https://edcircuit.com/doe-welcome-to-connected-educator-month/): Richard Culatta, Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology, welcomes educators to Connected Educator Month and its goals.
- [Professional Development: Choosing Wisely](https://edcircuit.com/professional-development-choosing-wisely/): Fred Ende of Putnam Northern Westchester BOCES discusses professional development that sticks and how PD has evolved, at ASCD's conference.
- [Untangling Teacher Development](https://edcircuit.com/untangling-teacher-development/): Adam Geller of Edthena discusses the ongoing development and support for teachers needed for 21st century schools to succeed.
- [EdTech Entrepreneurs: No Straight Line to Success](https://edcircuit.com/edtech-entrepreneurs-no-straight-line-to-success/): Dr. Barbara Kurshan of the University of Pennsylvania on edtech entrepreneurship, when to seek investors and finding the right resources.
- [House Member Who Thinks Education and Party Affiliation Don’t Mix](https://edcircuit.com/education-and-party-dont-mix/): Rep. Shevrin Jones says there is no room for Republican or Democratic agendas in education policy: focus on the needs of kids and families.
- [ASCD: Importance of Teacher Education Prep Programs](https://edcircuit.com/importance-of-teacher-education-prep-programs/): Emily Davis sat down with Dr. Berger to discuss her work and topics currently driving education like teacher prep programs and declining numbers.
- [Transparency Matters in Educational Leadership](https://edcircuit.com/transparency-matters-in-educational-leadership/): Mike Leichliter, Ed.D., superintendent of Penn Manor School District, on his career path and why community input matters in school leadership.
- [Digital Learning Communication Plan - Episode 4 Part 2](https://edcircuit.com/episode-4-digital-learning-communication-plan-part-2/): In the conclusion of this two-part podcast, Dr. Wendy Oliver describes the facets and importance of a Digital Learning Communication Plan.
- [Addressing Chronic Absenteeism: Six Key Elements Every School Leader Should Include in Their Plans](https://edcircuit.com/addressing-chronic-absenteeism-six-key-elements-every-school-leader-should-include-in-their-plans/): Returning students to school requires strategic leadership, systemic coordination, and a commitment to building human connections.
- [The Growing Popularity of eSports in High School](https://edcircuit.com/the-growing-popularity-of-esports-in-high-school/): High school students are increasingly involved in esports as players and spectators. The rise of esports in high school is a trend that can't be ignored.
- [The Love of Learning Through the Eyes of a School Secretary](https://edcircuit.com/the-love-of-learning-through-the-eyes-of-a-school-secretary/): The school secretary possesses a profound knowledge of the students. She serves as a friend, mentor, and a maternal figure.
- [Over 50 Years of IDEA: Impact on Educators and Families](https://edcircuit.com/over-50-years-of-idea-impact-on-educators-and-families/): More than 50 years after its passage, IDEA continues to shape education for students with disabilities, their families, and the educators who serve them.
- [Planning Smarter, Not Cutting Deeper: AI and the Future of School Budgets](https://edcircuit.com/planning-smarter-not-cutting-deeper-ai-and-the-future-of-school-budgets/): AI helps districts forecast enrollment, manage energy, and optimize resources — reducing costs without eliminating teachers or student programs.
- [How Classroom Design Shapes Student Learning](https://edcircuit.com/how-classroom-design-shapes-student-learning/): Discover how modern classroom design transforms learning environments into dynamic, flexible spaces that boost student achievement and engagement.
- [Create Your Free edCircuit Account Today](https://edcircuit.com/create-your-free-edcircuit-account-today/): Create your free edCircuit account to reach education decision-makers, publish content, and get your message seen across K–12.
- [School Board Procurement Oversight in 2026](https://edcircuit.com/school-board-procurement-oversight-in-2026/): School board procurement oversight is becoming a central governance issue in 2026. Here’s what boards must ask about contracts, renewals, and risk.
- [The New Summer School: Enrichment, Connection, Opportunity](https://edcircuit.com/the-new-summer-school-enrichment-connection-opportunity/): Across America, summer school is no longer a quiet classroom for struggling students—it’s a lively extension of the school year filled with smiles and learning.
- [What's the Biggest Myth About the Common Core?](https://edcircuit.com/whats-the-biggest-myth-about-the-common-core/): Three education leaders tackle two Common Core myths: that it was a federal program and that it dictates teaching methods, and what has changed since 2015.
- [Impacting Education by Investing in Human Capital](https://edcircuit.com/impacting-education-by-investing-in-human-capital/): Investor Graham Forman of Edovate Capital on edtech startup funding, why seed and Series A money is harder to raise, and where education markets are going.
- [Investing in EdTech Ep.8](https://edcircuit.com/investing-in-edtech/): In this Learning Can't Wait podcast episode, Jessica Millstone of Copper Wire Ventures and Ali Iberraken of Chapperone discuss women-led edtech startups.
- [What Is the Meaning of Education? Five Leaders Answer](https://edcircuit.com/why-does-education-matter/): What is the meaning of education, and why does education matter? Five leaders link it to opportunity, community, the greater good and teachers.
- [Distant Discovery: Virtual Field Trips from the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/distant-discovery-virtual-field-trips-from-classroom/): How the California State Parks PORTS program uses video conferencing to take students on live virtual field trips with park rangers in 15 state parks.
- [Future of Education: Transcending the Status Quo](https://edcircuit.com/future-education/): Part one of a five-part series on the future of education reviews the research on digital tools in schools to establish where education stands today.
- [The Future Of Education: Beyond the Status Quo](https://edcircuit.com/future-education-part-2/): Part two of a five-part series on the future of education examines why rote learning and digitization have made educational technology a wicked problem.
- [#SELChat: SEL Is Both Prevention and Intervention](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-recognizing-sel-is-both-prevention-and-intervention/): An #SELChat column on social-emotional learning as both prevention and intervention, built on CASEL's five core competencies for students back in school.
- [Future of School Welcomes MGT Consulting as a Partner in the Resilient Schools Project](https://edcircuit.com/future-of-school-welcomes-mgt-consulting-as-a-partner-in-the-resilient-schools-project/): Future of School announced that MGT Consulting has joined the Resilient Schools Project, which helps districts respond to disruptions in instruction.
- [Not All Screen Time Is Junk Food](https://edcircuit.com/not-all-screen-time-is-junk-food-edtech/): Compares student screen time to food: some builds digital citizenship skills, some is junk, and parents should guide, limit and model device use at home.
- [Six Steps to Organizing a Keyboarding Competition](https://edcircuit.com/six-steps-to-organizing-a-keyboarding-competition/): Six steps Oklahoma City Public Schools used to run its district-wide Key Bee keyboarding competition for grades 3 to 8, from choosing a program to the finals.
- [The Rising “Phigital” Student Is More Wired In](https://edcircuit.com/rising-phigital-student/): Gen Z students draw no line between physical and digital. Three things K-12 schools and colleges must know about phigital learners, from 2017.
- [How Voice and Visual AI Are Transforming K-12 Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/how-voice-and-visual-ai-are-transforming-k-12-classrooms/): How voice and visual AI work in K-12 classrooms, from reading tutors to image description, what the evidence shows and which privacy rules apply.
- [Coach’s Corner: 3 Tips to Catalyze Positive Interactions](https://edcircuit.com/coach-corner-3-tips-to-catalyze-positive-interactions-column-2/): In this video column, connection coach Tara Brown explains how the brain reacts to stress and offers educators three tips for positive student interactions.
- [Filling the Resource Void in Education with Personality](https://edcircuit.com/filling-the-resource-void-in-education-with-personality/): In this interview, educational technology speaker Leslie Fisher explains how she finds and shares the tools educators need, without the ed-celeb approach.
- [Former Naval Officer Brings His Leadership Skills to School District](https://edcircuit.com/former-naval-officer-brings-his-leadership-skills-to-school-district/): Bedford County Schools superintendent Dr. Doug Schuch, a former U.S. Navy officer, explains how military leadership principles shape how he runs a district.
- [Nancy Conrad to Receive Prestigious 2019 Intellectual Property Champion Award from U.S. Chamber of Commerce](https://edcircuit.com/nancy-conrad-to-receive-intellectual-property-champion-award-from-u-s-chamber-of-commerce/): Nancy Conrad, founder of the Conrad Foundation and its Conrad Challenge, received the 2019 Intellectual Property Champion Award from the U.S. Chamber.
- [A Continuous Effort to Bring Transparency to the Higher Ed Journey](https://edcircuit.com/a-continuous-effort-to-bring-transparency-to-the-higher-ed-journey/): eLumen CEO Joel Hernandez explains how his platform helps colleges connect curriculum, assessment and student success so students see a clear career path.
- [The Future of Education Part 5](https://edcircuit.com/future-education-part-5/): The T3 framework for technology use explained: the three stages, a Michigan district example, and what research says about coaching teachers.
- [It Could Be Worse?](https://edcircuit.com/it-could-be-worse/): Reducing test anxiety takes more than relaxation tips. See what research says about worry and testing, and how inclusive assessment gives learners a fair way.
- [3 Strategies for Hiring New Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/three-strategies-for-hiring-new-teachers/): Teacher interview questions for principals in 2026: current shortage data, what the EEOC says not to ask and how to run a structured interview.
- [Dealing with Back to School Fears](https://edcircuit.com/dealing-with-back-to-school-fears/): Back to school anxiety is common each fall. Learn how to tell ordinary nerves from a problem, what CDC says, and how schools and families can help early.
- [STEM-STEAM: Not Just for High School](https://edcircuit.com/stem-steam-not-just-high-school/): STEAM activities for elementary students: what a 2016 study and the K-2 engineering standards say, and how a grade-level team can start planning.
- [Social and Emotional Development: Why More-Why Now?](https://edcircuit.com/social-and-emotional-development-why-more-why-now/): Regulating student emotions before teaching: what regulate, relate, reason means, how it differs from SEL, and what the 2023 meta-analysis found.
- [Trauma-Informed Strategies with Dr. Kathryn Kennedy, Part 1](https://edcircuit.com/ep-32-trauma-informed-strategies-with-dr-kathryn-kennedy-part-1/): Trauma informed teaching strategies explained: common classroom practices, how many students are affected, and what a 2019 review found about the evidence.
- [The Plentiful Pitfalls of Personally Identifiable Data](https://edcircuit.com/the-plentiful-pitfalls-of-personally-identifiable-data/): Student data privacy in schools: what FERPA and the 2025 COPPA update require, how shared data privacy agreements work, and what GAO found on cyberattacks.
- [Inclusive Safety in STEM Classrooms: A Safer Ed Podcast](https://edcircuit.com/inclusive-safety-in-stem-classrooms-a-safer-ed-podcast/): Inclusive science lab safety starts with access. See how IEP accommodations and modifications work in labs, with national data and steps for teachers.
- [Expanding Learning Beyond the Bell](https://edcircuit.com/expanding-learning-beyond-the-bell/): Afterschool program quality can be judged by safety, support, interaction and engagement. Use this checklist and 2025 survey data to evaluate a program.
- [Connecting with Kids: New School Year Excitement](https://edcircuit.com/connecting-with-kids-new-school-year-excitement/): Teaching emotional regulation in classroom routines: what the 2023 Child Development review and CASEL say, and how to use the first weeks of school.
- [Processing and Healing as a Family Over the Holidays](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-processing-and-healing-as-a-family-over-the-holidays/): Helping children grieve during the holidays: guidance from the National Alliance for Children's Grief and NCTSN, with steps for parents and schools.
- [6 Ways Nations Around The World Are Supporting Early Education Beyond Online Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/six-ways-nations-around-the-world-are-supporting-early-education-beyond-online-classrooms/): How countries support early education: UNICEF figures on access and funding, a Kenyan caregiver reading program, and five checks for judging country examples.
- [Cultivating a Feedback & Results-Rich Culture Through Technology](https://edcircuit.com/cultivating-a-feedback-results-rich-culture-through-technology/): Teacher evaluation software and feedback: findings from a 60-study coaching meta-analysis, a Harvard video observation trial and a Wallace principal synthesis.
- [Reinventing Learning for the Always-On Generation, Part 2](https://edcircuit.com/reinventing-learning-always-on-generation-2/): Teaching the digital generation: a 2017 review questions digital natives and multitasking. See what teachers can keep from the nine learning attributes.
- [Reinventing Learning for the Always-On Generation, Part 1](https://edcircuit.com/reinventing-learning-always-on-generation/): A Cisco survey reported that one in three teens indicated that the internet was as important as air, shelter, food and water sources.
- [Building Your Leadership Groove in K12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/building-your-leadership-groove-in-k12-education/): Principal burnout in national surveys: RAND data on stress and turnover, what researchers say they cannot yet show, and supports districts can offer.
- [Cybersecurity in K12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/cybersecurity-in-k12-education/): K-12 cybersecurity for school districts: what CISA recommends, what incident data show, and the first questions a superintendent or board should ask.
- [STEAM Safety for Students with Additional Needs](https://edcircuit.com/safety-for-students-receiving-special-education-services/): STEAM safety for students with disabilities: how IEP accommodations, access checks and UDL 3.0 apply in labs and studios, with a checklist for teachers.
- [Agile in the Civics Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/agile-in-the-civics-classroom/): Project-based learning civics lessons: 2022 NAEP civics results, a randomized study of a project-based government course, and steps for teachers and leaders.
- [The Social Emotional Way of Being](https://edcircuit.com/the-social-emotional-way-of-being/): Social emotional learning after the pandemic: the CASEL framework, a 2023 review of 424 school-program studies, and decisions for school teams.
- [Agile For Learning- Part 2: Challenge Days](https://edcircuit.com/agile-for-learning-part-2-challenge-days/): Agile in the classroom, 2026: what employers say about adaptable skills, and a step-by-step plan for running a Challenge Day with student teams.
- [Gearing Up the Motivation for Higher Education in Montana](https://edcircuit.com/gearing-up-the-motivation-for-higher-education-in-montana/): The GEAR UP program explained: what the federal grant does, and what Montana GEAR UP reports for its seven-year, $29.75 million grant awarded in 2024.
- [Bots Give Teachers Superpowers Says Ramesh Balan](https://edcircuit.com/bots-give-teachers-superpowers-says-ramesh-balan/): AI tutoring bots in schools: what a Harvard randomized trial and the Stanford Tutor CoPilot study found, how consistency matters, and questions to ask vendors.
- [It’s time for a different mindset on digital security and privacy in edtech](https://edcircuit.com/its-time-for-a-different-mindset-on-digital-security-and-privacy-in-edtech/): Edtech student privacy explained: what FERPA and the 2025 COPPA changes require of vendors, how products can teach privacy, and questions schools should ask.
- [The Rise of Directors of Equity with Shomari Jones (S1E5)](https://edcircuit.com/the-rise-of-directors-of-equity-with-shomari-jones-s1e5/): Director of equity in schools: what the role involves, what makes it effective, and how districts such as Rochester and Norristown have changed it since 2025.
- [Preventing School Violence Is a Winnable Exercise](https://edcircuit.com/preventing-school-violence-is-a-winnable-exercise/): School violence prevention strategies compared with the Secret Service study of 41 school attacks: warning behaviors, threat teams and local choices.
- [Cross-curricular Learning with Joseph Kerney](https://edcircuit.com/steamy-summer-podcast-ep-5-cross-curricular-learning-with-joseph-kerney/): Cross curricular learning in elementary school explained: what integration means, what 2022 and 2025 reviews report on STEAM, and how to plan a unit.
- [Putting My Money Where My Mouth Is](https://edcircuit.com/putting-my-money-where-my-mouth-is/): Student choice in learning can raise motivation, but research shows limits. See what studies found and how to start with small choices for disengaged students.
- [Finding the Funds: An Interview with Dr. Paula Love, Part 1](https://edcircuit.com/ep-15-finding-the-funds-an-interview-with-dr-paula-love-part-1/): ESSER funds for schools explained: the three relief laws, obligation and liquidation deadlines, the 2025 late-payment dispute and what to check.
- [Collaborating on Original Songs with a Personal Message](https://edcircuit.com/students-in-the-netherlands-and-united-states-collaborate-on-original-songs-with-a-personal-message/): Soundtrap for education in a cross-school songwriting project: what two teachers did, what research on joint music-making says, and what privacy to check.
- [5 Teachers Share New Strategies for 2021-22](https://edcircuit.com/5-teachers-share-new-strategies-theyll-carry-into-2021-22/): New teaching strategies after the pandemic: check-ins, student choice, diagnostics, tech and math games, tested against NAEP 2024 and IES guidance.
- [One Big Idea: Student Haley Casten on Eliminating the SAT](https://edcircuit.com/one-big-idea-student-haley-casten-on-eliminating-the-sat-s2e13/): Eliminating the SAT: why Dartmouth and MIT brought testing back, what critics say about unequal access, and what students should check before applying.
- [How Creativity Can Flourish In Remote Environments](https://edcircuit.com/mint-electric-cars-and-how-creativity-can-flourish-in-remote-environments/): Group brainstorming vs individual brainstorming: why working alone first yields more ideas, what video meetings change, and a two-step method teams can use.
- [Test Prep for Cognitive Testing – It’s a Myth](https://edcircuit.com/test-prep-for-cognitive-testing-its-a-myth/): Can you prepare for a gifted test? Research on practice effects and universal screening shows what workbooks change, and what really decides who is identified.
- [My Lunch with Joey](https://edcircuit.com/my-lunch-with-joey-education/): Alternatives to college in 2026: how many graduates enroll, what earnings data show, how apprenticeship works, and what schools can do for every student.
- [Evaluating What Worked Best in the Rapid Distance Learning Transition](https://edcircuit.com/evaluating-what-worked-best-in-the-rapid-distance-learning-transition/): Multisensory teaching strategies for dyslexia: what a 2021 meta-analysis and a 2022 review found, and which parts of remote lessons hold up. Tips for leaders.
- [4 Strategies to Pair with Parents and Families for Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/four-strategies-to-pair-with-parents-and-families-for-student-success/): Family engagement in schools: the Mapp and Kuttner framework, a 2024 Richmond example with its limits, and four decisions teachers and principals can make.
- [Can Creative Learning be Taught?](https://edcircuit.com/can-students-learn-to-be-creative/): Can creativity be taught? A 2023 meta-analysis of 332 effect sizes found training raises creativity in adults. See what works and how teachers can apply it.
- [Q&A: Why Gamifying the Classroom Helps to Motivate All Learners](https://edcircuit.com/qa-why-gamifying-the-classroom-helps-to-motivate-all-learners/): Gamification in the classroom: a 2023 meta-analysis of 41 studies found large average gains, with duration, design and age shaping results. Tips for teachers.
- [Be Intentional About Course-Correcting](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-be-intentional-about-course-correcting/): Social emotional learning daily routines: what a 2025 Yale meta-analysis found, why duration matters and how schools can build a routine that fits the evidence.
- [A Mindset to Increase Inclusiveness and Future-Readiness](https://edcircuit.com/flexible-mindset-to-increase-inclusiveness-and-future-readiness/): Career readiness in high school means real options. See 2024-25 data on dual enrollment and CTE, work-based learning models and steps for school leaders.
- [Leveraging Emerging Trends to Produce Future-Ready Students](https://edcircuit.com/leveraging-emerging-trends-to-produce-future-ready-students/): Physical computing in the classroom: what a 2025 systematic review reports on outcomes, plus how to start with projects and student mentors.
- [Today’s Librarians Are Media Specialists](https://edcircuit.com/today-librarians-are-media-specialists-what-role-looks-like/): What a library media specialist does in 2026: teaching source evaluation, the AASL standards, lateral reading research and questions school leaders should ask.
- [How an Oregon District Establishes Pathways for Graduate Success](https://edcircuit.com/oregon-district-establishes-pathways-for-graduate-success/): Portrait of a graduate explained: what it is, how many states and districts have one, why portraits stall and the district decisions that make them work.
- [Preparing Students for a Project-Based World](https://edcircuit.com/preparing-students-for-a-project-based-world/): Project based learning benefits for schools: two randomized studies in elementary science and AP courses, what they show and limit, and how to start.
- [Looking Past the Bells and Whistles of EdTech](https://edcircuit.com/looking-past-the-bells-and-whistles-of-edtech/): How to choose edtech tools: a pedagogy-first checklist covering ESSA evidence levels, student data privacy review and small pilots, with 2023 evidence findings.
- [Accepting the Challenge of Transforming Education](https://edcircuit.com/accepting-challenge-of-transforming-education/): The Conrad Challenge for students aged 13 to 18: 2026-2027 stages, deadlines, the $499 entry fee, categories and the April 2027 Innovation Summit in Houston.
- [Why We Need to Increase Access to Affordable College Education](https://edcircuit.com/why-we-need-to-increase-access-to-affordable-college-education/): How to earn college credit cheaper: CLEP exam costs, credit transfer risk from GAO research and the questions to ask a registrar before paying for anything.
- [“Going Digital” Won’t Save the Textbook Industry](https://edcircuit.com/going-digital-wont-save-textbook-industry/): College textbook prices, inclusive access billing and open textbooks: what the 2025 College Board data and the 2024 federal rulemaking mean for students.
- [Op-Ed: Teen Suicide](https://edcircuit.com/op-ed-teen-suicide/): Teen suicide prevention in schools: 2023 CDC survey data on high school students, the role of school connectedness, counselor ratios and how to reach 988.
- [Technology is Not the Answer](https://edcircuit.com/technology-is-not-the-answer-learning/): Technology is not the answer to good teaching by itself. UNESCO and PISA findings on use, distraction and teacher preparation, with decisions for leaders.
- [The Evolution of PBL](https://edcircuit.com/evolution-of-pbl/): A short history of project based learning from Dewey to today, plus what four 2021 studies found and where they stop. Updates Thom Markham's interview.
- [Tweaking GBL to Make it Work](https://edcircuit.com/tweaking-gbl-to-make-it-work/): Game based learning in higher education: what a meta-analysis and a 2026 study say, plus five questions faculty can ask before adopting a game.
- [10 Tips for Raising Technologists](https://edcircuit.com/10-tips-for-raising-technologists/): How to encourage kids in computer science: federal data on women in computing, the K-12 framework, and ways parents and teachers can start now.
- [The Future of Assessment Is Now](https://edcircuit.com/future-assessment-is-now-education/): Competency based assessment explained: a plain definition, a 2026 look at state policy in 45 states, and how schools can talk with parents about grades.
- [Number of English Language Learners on the Rise](https://edcircuit.com/ell-students-on-the-rise/): ELL programs in schools now serve 10.6% of U.S. students. NCES data on states, grades, home languages and services, and what leaders should plan.
- [Relationships Can Be a Solution in Difficult Challenges](https://edcircuit.com/relationships-solution-to-difficult-challenges/): Building relationships for safer schools: what Secret Service research and CDC connectedness findings support, and steps schools can take now.
- [Transformational Change](https://edcircuit.com/transformational-change-school-districts/): Transformational change in education takes capacity and time. Dyer and Thompson's framework, updated with research on principals and implementation.
- [Preventing the Opioid Crisis](https://edcircuit.com/preventing-opioid-crisis/): Naloxone in schools: 2025 data on teen overdose deaths, how many public schools stock naloxone or teach fentanyl education, and questions leaders should ask.
- [Fostering Purpose to Boost Student Motivation](https://edcircuit.com/fostering-purpose-boost-student-motivation/): How to motivate students through purpose: two randomized studies with teens, what they found, their limits, and classroom steps to try this term.
- [A Plan to Avoid the Curriculum in the Suitcase Syndrome](https://edcircuit.com/avoid-curriculum-suitcase-syndrome/): Curriculum in a suitcase is what leaves when a teacher does. See what UNESCO evidence says about sustaining edtech in schools and six steps leaders can take.
- [Teachers and Social Media – Five Tips That Might Save Your Job](https://edcircuit.com/teachers-social-media-five-tips-to-save-your-job/): Social media guidelines for teachers, checked against 2024 NEA guidance, a state model policy and Pew data on teen platforms. See what to keep and what changed.
- [Assessing Your Assessments](https://edcircuit.com/assessing-your-assessments/): An assessment audit for schools finds duplicate tests and returns time to teaching. See Great City Schools data, federal rules and a 2024 state law.
- [Can Learner-Led Conferences Lead to College & Career Skills?](https://edcircuit.com/student-led-conferences/): Student led conferences let learners present their work to families. See what a four-school study found, who does what, and how to plan a first round at school.
- [Tipping the Scales in Personalized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/tipping-scales-personalized-learning/): Personalized learning strategies for teachers: what RAND, MDRC and UNESCO research shows, which classroom methods need no technology, and where to begin.
- [Soft Skills Are Anything But Soft](https://edcircuit.com/soft-skills-anything-but-soft-education/): Teaching soft skills to students in project-based learning: what randomized studies found, why teacher support matters, and how to assess collaboration.
- [Top 5 Ways Summer Vacation Can Develop the "Whole" Teacher](https://edcircuit.com/top-5-ways-summer-vacation-can-develop-whole-teacher/): Summer activities for teachers: what 2026 RAND survey data and small recovery studies say about teacher stress, detachment and a restful summer break.
- [Assessment = Opportunity](https://edcircuit.com/assessment-opportunity-education/): Student reflection on assessment: what research says about metacognition and reflective assessment, and how teachers can use post-test questions well.
- [Preparing For An Uncertain Future Of Work](https://edcircuit.com/preparing-uncertain-future-work/): Preparing students for future jobs: what 2025-2035 BLS projections and job-change data show about AI and automation, and what schools can do now.
- [A Missing Puzzle Piece in STEM](https://edcircuit.com/missing-puzzle-piece-stem/): STEM career awareness in middle school: what 2023 and 2024 studies show, how teachers can add career stories to lessons, and where jobs are growing.
- [Summer Is Back](https://edcircuit.com/summer-is-back-activity-learning/): Summer slide hits math harder than reading. See what NWEA and other research show, and which summer activities help children keep their skills.
- [In Professional Learning, One Size Does Not Fit All](https://edcircuit.com/professional-learning-one-size-does-not-fit-all/): Teacher microcredentials explained: what they are, what research supports them, and questions leaders should ask before using them with coaching.
- [Making Digital Education Tools Pay Off](https://edcircuit.com/making-digital-education-tools-pay-off/): Data literacy for teachers: what a 2025 review of 16 studies found about training that works, and how leaders can build skills with real student data.
- [What Is "High Quality" PBL?](https://edcircuit.com/high-quality-project-based-learning/): Gold Standard PBL explained: the seven design elements, Thom Markham's case for teachers as designers, and what a 2021 randomized study found on AP results.
- [Leadership Principles That Can Make a Profound Impact on Students](https://edcircuit.com/leadership-principles-that-can-make-a-profound-impact-on-students/): Principles of educational leadership: Matt Utterback's six equity principles, with 2021 Wallace research on how principals affect learning and discipline.
- [SEL and PBL: Let’s Have One Conversation](https://edcircuit.com/sel-and-pbl-lets-have-one-conversation/): SEL and project based learning: Thom Markham's case for one conversation, set against evidence from CASEL, a PBL randomized trial and a 2019 school study.
- [Fires on the Water - Re-imagining educational elements](https://edcircuit.com/fires-on-the-water/): Place based learning examples: Roerden's whaling unit, a 2025 systematic review, and what 1998-2005 studies of 265 schools did and did not show.
- [What Kids Really Need From A Teacher](https://edcircuit.com/what-kids-really-need-from-a-teacher/): Qualities of a good teacher: Grant's four student needs set against the Tripod 7Cs, a 99-study review of teacher-student relationships and AI in 2025.
- [How 3D Printing Gives Affordable New Possibilities for STEAM Education](https://edcircuit.com/how-3d-printing-gives-affordable-new-possibilities-for-steam-education/): 3D printers for schools: how each part of STEAM uses them, where to find models, and what 2025 NIOSH research and state guidance say about air and supervision.
- [The Hidden Danger of Social Media: Fake News](https://edcircuit.com/the-hidden-danger-of-social-media-fake-news/): Media literacy for students: Stanford research on lateral reading, what teens use online in 2025 including AI chatbots, and steps a school can take this year.
- [Audio: National Writing Project: Promoting Scholarship In The Digital Age](https://edcircuit.com/national-writing-project-promoting-scholarship-in-the-digital-age/): Elyse Eidman-Aadahl explains the National Writing Project and teaching writing in the digital age, with a 2026 update on sites, AI tools and student writing.
- [Students are Waiting on Teachers to Join EdTech Movement](https://edcircuit.com/students-are-waiting-on-teachers-to-join-edtech-movement/): Should teachers use social media? See which platforms teens use, where educators now learn from each other, and how state phone rules affect classroom use.
- [EdLevity: Uncle Curmudgeon Grumps about “Exceeds the Standard”](https://edcircuit.com/edlevity-uncle-curmudgeon-grumps-about-exceeds-the-standard/): A 4 point grading scale is common in standards-based grading, but is it best? See what research says, what it leaves open, and how committees can decide.
- [EdLevity: Uncle Curmudgeon Gives Aspiring Teachers The Lowdown on Homework](https://edcircuit.com/edlevity-uncle-curmudgeon-gives-aspiring-teachers-the-lowdown-on-homework/): Is homework effective? Research finds a stronger link in secondary school than in elementary, and teachers report assigning less. See what to weigh.
- [Teaching Technology for a Safer, Smarter Future](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-technology-for-a-safer-smarter-future/): Cybersecurity education for students starts with a plan. See what CISA and NIST offer schools, how to choose tools and teach ethical hacking safely.
- [ESEA Explained: Why It Still Shapes Every School](https://edcircuit.com/esea-explained-why-it-still-shapes-every-school/): What is ESEA? It is the main federal K-12 education law. Learn how ESSA changed it in 2015, what stayed the same, and what families and leaders should know.
- [Helping Educators Take the Mystery out of Twitter](https://edcircuit.com/helping-educators-take-the-mystery-out-of-twitter/): Twitter hashtags for teachers still help find colleagues, but many educators have moved. See where networks gather now and how to start one in a few steps.
- [School security beyond walls: A Q&A with Mike Richez](https://edcircuit.com/school-security-beyond-walls-a-qa-with-mike-richez/): School social media monitoring is now common. See what 2021 and 2023 surveys show on privacy and fairness, and what questions districts should settle first.
- [Who Is Really Responsible for Bad Data Use?](https://edcircuit.com/who-is-really-responsible-for-bad-data-use/): Data literacy for educators depends on report design and support, not training alone. See what research shows and what leaders can ask about their data systems.
- [Low Floor, High Ceiling: Finding Science Intervention That Meets Every Student at Their Level](https://edcircuit.com/low-floor-high-ceiling-finding-science-intervention-that-meets-every-student-at-their-level/): Science intervention after the 2024 NAEP: scores fell at every percentile. See what low floor, high ceiling means and questions for designing tiered support.
- [How Schools Can Build Student Agency Every Day](https://edcircuit.com/how-schools-can-build-student-agency-every-day/): What is student agency? A plain definition, how it differs from choice, and what a 2024 research chapter on student voice and choice found and could not show.
- [CTE Access: Who Gets In and Who Gets Left Out?](https://edcircuit.com/cte-access-who-gets-in-and-who-gets-left-out/): CTE access and equity under Perkins V: what districts must break out by student group, how needs assessments work, and where required data can miss students.
- [From Learning Loss to Lasting Impact: How Our District Built Teacher Capacity Through Math Professional Learning](https://edcircuit.com/from-learning-loss-to-lasting-impact-how-our-district-built-teacher-capacity-through-math-professional-learning/): Math professional learning for teachers: what IES research, 2024 NAEP results and a review of 35 studies say about fractions instruction and teacher capacity.
- [First Weeks of School: You Survived. Now What?](https://edcircuit.com/first-weeks-of-school-you-survived-now-what/): First weeks of school tips grounded in 2026 RAND data on teacher stress, plus steps on routines, family contact, new tools and what leaders can remove.
- [AI in Rural Classrooms: A Day in the Life](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-rural-classrooms-a-day-in-the-life/): AI in rural schools: what a 2026 field scan of 241 rural districts found on access, teacher workload, training gaps, and what evidence is still missing.
- [Teacher In-Service Focuses on New Priorities](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-in-service-focuses-on-new-priorities/): Teacher in-service priorities keep growing. See what research says makes professional learning work, what RAND found on AI training, and how to sort topics.
- [Leadership Storytelling Builds Support for Technology](https://edcircuit.com/leadership-storytelling-builds-support-for-technology/): Technology leadership storytelling helps boards and families act. See 2025-26 survey data on parent trust and a plain-language way to build a technology report.
- [AI Trust in Education Is Replacing Search](https://edcircuit.com/ai-trust-in-education-is-replacing-search/): Students trusting AI over search is hard to measure. See survey evidence on student AI use and skepticism, plus a lateral reading routine teachers can use.
- [Risky Decisions in School Safety Under Pressure](https://edcircuit.com/risky-decisions-in-school-safety-under-pressure/): School safety decision making under pressure depends on roles, clear messages and confirmation. What stress research and OSHA guidance say, plus a review step.
- [Why Summer Learning Programs Matter for Students](https://edcircuit.com/why-summer-learning-programs-matter-for-students/): Summer learning loss shows up mostly in math, and summer programs work best when they are long, well attended and well run. See what 2025-2026 research says.
- [Safer STEM Spaces Begin With Honest Signals](https://edcircuit.com/safer-stem-spaces-begin-with-honest-signals/): STEM lab near misses show where space, layout and class size do not match the work. Learn the federal definition and start a simple near-miss log in school.
- [Holiday Shutdown Safety for Safer Science & Safer STEM](https://edcircuit.com/holiday-shutdown-safety-for-safer-science-safer-stem/): School science lab winter break safety, checked against federal guidance: storage, inventory, waste, eyewash and a last-day documentation routine.
- [Inclusive Classrooms with Universal Design: Safer Ed Podcast](https://edcircuit.com/inclusive-classrooms-with-universal-design-safer-ed-podcast/): Universal design for science labs builds access into the room and lesson. What UDL covers, published lab adjustments, and decisions for school leaders.
- [How I'm Preparing for the New Year as a Teacher](https://edcircuit.com/how-im-preparing-for-the-new-year-as-a-teacher/): A teacher new year reset works best when rest comes first. See what survey data says about teacher workload and how to plan the second half of the school year.
- [A Call for Equity in Charter School Funding](https://edcircuit.com/a-call-for-equity-in-charter-school-funding/): Charter school funding equity: the 2023 study of 18 cities, district stranded-cost research, state responses, and questions for local leaders.
- [How Apprenticeship Prepares Students for the Workforce](https://edcircuit.com/how-apprenticeship-prepares-students-for-the-workforce/): Youth apprenticeship programs for high school students: federal models, Wisconsin enrollment, a Colorado alumni survey, and questions to ask before joining.
- [Kentucky Approves iteach® as its Alternative Teacher Certification Provider](https://edcircuit.com/kentucky-approves-iteach-as-its-alternative-teacher-certification-provider/): Alternative teacher certification in Kentucky: nine routes, Option 9, shortage data from the state's 2023 report, and what to check before enrolling.
- [Good Professional Development Mirrors Good Teaching](https://edcircuit.com/good-professional-development-mirrors-good-teaching/): Differentiated professional development for teachers should model the teaching it promotes. See what research says and how school leaders can plan it.
- [The Future of Education: Part 3](https://edcircuit.com/future-education-part-3/): Sonny Magana sets out two futures for schools: more tell-and-practice teaching with new devices, or students using technology to build knowledge.
- [Saving Student Lives One Story at a Time](https://edcircuit.com/saving-student-lives-one-story-at-a-time/): An EMT who started a youth magazine describes the social and emotional void students feel, and why listening to their stories matters to schools.
- [What Is the Role of Technology in Education?](https://edcircuit.com/role-of-technology-in-education/): What is the role of technology in education? Eleven education company leaders on reach, connection, ease of use and what technology adds beyond content.
- [The Current State of Edtech: Veejay Lingiah of Flashsticks](https://edcircuit.com/the-current-state-of-edtech/): Education technology, Fiction Express, Paul Humphrey, Ai Media, Beth Abbott, Literacy Planet, ReadingWise, MV Nordic, Schoop, MindRocket Media Group
- [The Importance of School Bus Safety](https://edcircuit.com/the-importance-of-school-bus-safety/): School bus safety explained: NHTSA data, seat belt rules, inspections, driver training, bullying, emergency drills and the roles of parents and schools.
- [School Bus Drivers and the Danger Zone: A Safer Ed Episode](https://edcircuit.com/the-importance-of-school-bus-safety-2/): Why the 10-foot zone around a stopped school bus is where most injuries happen, and what drivers, schools and parents do to protect students.
- [Social Engineering in Schools: What to Do After a Scam Works](https://edcircuit.com/social-engineering-in-schools-what-to-do-after-a-scam-works/): A staff member clicked or entered a password. What to do in the first minutes, how to report it, and how schools respond without blame.
- [Phishing Incident Response: A District Playbook](https://edcircuit.com/phishing-incident-response-a-district-playbook/): Phishing incident response in K–12: what districts do in the first hour, day, and week—containment, communication, recovery, and lessons from 2025.
- [Social Engineering in Schools Is Changing With AI](https://edcircuit.com/social-engineering-in-schools-is-changing-with-ai/): How AI makes phishing, voice cloning and payment scams more convincing for schools, with a classroom exercise and verification steps for staff and families.
- [What Are the Challenges of the Education Sales Cycle?](https://edcircuit.com/challenges-of-the-education-sales-cycle/): Five education business leaders on why a K-12 sale can start nearly a year early, and how founders can plan capital, pilots and pricing around it.
- [What's the Biggest Challenge for Education Entrepreneurs?](https://edcircuit.com/whats-the-biggest-challenge-for-education-entrepreneurs/): Five education business leaders on why schools are a slow, risk-averse market, why the buyer is not the user, and what founders need to survive it.
- [What's the Prognosis for Edtech Companies?](https://edcircuit.com/whats-the-prognosis-for-edtech-companies/): Edtech investment leaders and an education CEO on the outlook for edtech companies: ample capital, a slow K-12 market and selective funding.
- [How Is Education Technology Making the World Smaller?](https://edcircuit.com/how-is-education-technology-making-the-world-smaller/): How is education technology making the world smaller? Two edtech leaders on bringing distant places closer for students and learning to code with peers.
- [What's Next for Education Technology?](https://edcircuit.com/whats-next-for-education-technology/): Three education leaders on the future of education technology: closing the gap with industry, community-wide literacy, and tools for teacher growth.
- [Why Is an Interactive Curriculum Important?](https://edcircuit.com/why-is-an-interactive-curriculum-important/): Why is an interactive curriculum important? Six education company leaders explain how interactive learning builds engagement, competence and access.
- [Letter to the Editor: Cardona to Gov. Abbott on Special Ed](https://edcircuit.com/letter-to-editor-cardona-to-abbott-texas-governor/): San Marcos CISD Superintendent Michael Cardona responds to Governor Greg Abbott's criticism of Texas special education and his order to reform it immediately.
- [Letter to the Editor: Time to Reframe Florida Education](https://edcircuit.com/letter-to-the-editor-reframe-florida-education/): According to Lee J. Dury, there are 3 necessary areas of reform that should take place to embrace the future of education in Florida.
- [10 Summer Movies to Broaden Kids' Perspectives (2019)](https://edcircuit.com/ten-summer-movies-to-broaden-kids-perspectives-education/): In this episode, Danny Wagner reviews summer movies with high entertainment value, but some can offer valuable opportunities for out-of-school learning.
- [10 Summer Movies to Broaden Kids' Perspectives (2018)](https://edcircuit.com/10-summer-movies-to-broaden-kids-perspectives/): Ten summer movie picks from 2018 that help students see the world from new perspectives and meet people, cultures, events and beliefs that may be new to them.
- [How to Implement AI in Education: Using Industry Frameworks](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-implement-ai-in-education/): How to implement AI in education in 10 steps with an AI governance framework: NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, COBIT, SOC 2, the EU AI Act and vendor contracts.
- [The Future of AI in Schools: Where Autonomous Technology Is Already at Work](https://edcircuit.com/future-of-ai-in-schools/): The future of AI in schools reaches past the classroom, to buses, buildings and front offices. What districts use today, what it costs and what to watch.
- [Special Education Guide: IEPs, 504 Plans, IDEA and Parents' Rights](https://edcircuit.com/special-education-guide/): What special education is, who qualifies, how IEPs and 504 plans differ, IDEA rights and funding, teacher shortages and 2026 federal changes.
- [Science of Reading Guide: Research, Phonics, Structured Literacy, Dyslexia and State Laws](https://edcircuit.com/science-of-reading-guide/): What the science of reading is, the research, phonics, structured vs balanced literacy, NAEP, state laws, dyslexia, decodable books and reading intervention.
- [AI Is an Automobile: Why AI Literacy Comes From Driving, Not Reading](https://edcircuit.com/ai-is-an-automobile-ai-literacy/): Blackboard founder Stephen Gilfus says AI literacy comes from using AI, not reading about it. What the global data shows, how to start, and the rules worldwide.
- [Cafeteria Safety: Is the Most Crowded Room Ready?](https://edcircuit.com/cafeteria-safety-is-the-most-crowded-room-ready/): Cafeteria safety depends on clear roles, accessible emergency plans, effective supervision, and systems that work when lunch is crowded and loud.
- [InformED Report: Kenya To Cut Arts Education Fund For Technical Schools](https://edcircuit.com/kenya-cut-arts-education-for-technical-schools/): InformED Report, May 2, 2017: Kenya moves university money to technical training, librarians on information literacy, and Pasang Sherpa's road to UVU.
- [InformED Report: Rihanna Named Harvard's Humanitarian Of The Year](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-rihanna-named-harvards-humanitarian-of-the-year/): InformED Report, May 5, 2017: Harvard honours Rihanna's education work, Australia's record international students, and the Supreme Court rules for Ehlena Fry.
- [InformED Report: Five Financial Literacy Lessons Parents Should Teach Their Kids](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-five-financial-literacy-lessons-parents-should-teach-their-kids/): InformED Report, May 26, 2017: Beth Kobliner's money lessons for parents, a high school budget day, falling international applications, and nature schools.
- [InformED Report: Schools Promote Mental Wellness for Students](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-schools-promote-wellness-students/): InformED Report, March 16, 2017: wellbeing in New Zealand and Manchester schools, Texas biology standards and evolution, and the new Snap Foundation.
- [InformED Report: Who Teaches Kids in Prison?](https://edcircuit.com/teach-kids-in-prison/): InformED Report, April 10, 2017: California analysts want districts to teach incarcerated youth, plus conference tips and a financial literacy match.
- [The 13 Countries With The Best Education, According To Expats](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-best-countries-education-expats/): InformED Report, April 21, 2017: expats rate Finland's schools best, the Supreme Court's Endrew F. ruling raises the bar, and PHIT America gets kids moving.
- [InformED Report: Are Special Education Services Being Ignored?](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-special-education-services-ignored/): Federal officials return to Texas over an alleged 8.5% special ed cap; UNICEF: 380,000 Syrian children in Turkey miss school; chefs teach food. Feb 18, 2017.
- [InformED Report: Educating Out of Poverty](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-educating-out-poverty/): InformED Report, Feb. 27, 2017: Uganda's Educate! program, the Endrew F. special education case, rising IDEA enrollment and a Michigan band director.
- [InformED Report: Many Students Are Underprepared for College Education](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-many-students-are-underprepared-for-college-education/): InformED Report, March 2, 2017: Hechinger finds 569,751 students in college remediation, placement tests mis-assign many, TUMO in Armenia, Fidelity Charitable.
- [Future of EdTech Devices - Using Social Media](https://edcircuit.com/future-of-edtech-devices/): Colleges listening on social media; a study ties an hour a day online to lower life satisfaction; readying schools for wearables. Jan 24, 2017.
- [Changing the Stigma of Mental Illness](https://edcircuit.com/changing-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/): Career grants for Louisiana and Oklahoma; Oklahoma's D+ in Quality Counts; Theresa May on mental health stigma; ESSA homeless guidance. Jan 30, 2017.
- [InformED Report: DeVos Confirmation Controversy](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-devos-confirmation-controversy/): DeVos clears committee amid a plagiarism report, then wins confirmation; the travel ban and 17,000 students; Wheaton's refugee scholarship. Feb 14, 2017.
- [The Literacy Of Finance](https://edcircuit.com/the-literacy-of-finance/): States fund counselors as 3 in 10 schools lack one; transfer students need road maps; teachers learn personal finance; UAE hospital libraries. Jan 18, 2017.
- [Keeping Students Safe: An Education Secretary's Farewell Request](https://edcircuit.com/keeping-students-safe-an-education-secretarys-farewell-request/): John King's NPR exit interview and corporal punishment letter; Warren challenges DeVos, a Michigan ally defends her; Weird Enough Productions. Jan 19, 2017.
- [Online School Trends](https://edcircuit.com/online-school-trends/): 'Stealth inequities' in Washington school funding; online education trends for 2017; a former Head Start child wins a federal research grant. Jan 20, 2017.
- [InformED Report](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-102816/): Oct. 27, 2016: $245 million in federal charter school grants, New York's mental health education law, college anxiety, and new models of university.
- [InformED Report](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-103116/): Oct. 31, 2016: college days at high schools in New York and Arkansas, student critics of standardized tests, and why eligible students skip the FAFSA.
- [Are Public Schools Under Attack?](https://edcircuit.com/are-public-schools-under-attack/): DeVos nomination splits school choice and public school camps; Virginia inclusion guide; Greenwich special ed cuts; NYC charter space fight. January 17, 2017.
- [InformED Report 11/10/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-111016/): Nov. 10, 2016: what Trump's election could mean for college costs, student loans and federal school policy, and the campus and Berkeley High walkouts.
- [InformED Report 11/14/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-111416/): Nov. 14, 2016: civil rights groups sue New Jersey over PARCC graduation rules, a Utah LGBT suit, charter oversight, and teacher housing and absence.
- [InformED Report 11/18/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-111816/): Nov. 18, 2016: NCES finds most inmates lack basic math skills, Dallas, Pa. teachers strike, a million international students, and the kindergarten math gap.
- [InformED Report 11/07/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-110716/): Nov. 7, 2016: the first strike at Pennsylvania's 14 state universities, states still spending less than in 2008, and a record 83.2% graduation rate.
- [InformED Report 12/13/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-121316/): Dec. 13, 2016: Malaysia's STEM plan and U.S. recruiting, 110 college presidents write to Trump, Iowa's 'buttercup' bill, and a Stanford fake-news study.
- [InformED Report 12/09/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-120916/): Dec. 9, 2016: girls outscore boys on NAEP's tech and engineering test, the gender pay gap, the case for vocational training, and rising tuition.
- [InformED Report 11/29/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-112916/): Nov. 29, 2016: students march in London against the higher education bill, Polish teachers protest closing middle schools, and Finland's new teaching.
- [InformED Report 11/23/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-112316/): Nov. 23, 2016: Mississippi teachers press for full MAEP funding, a North Carolina study faults its formula, and voters and sponsors step in.
- [InformED Report 11/3/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-11316/): Nov. 3, 2016: lessons from Germany's free universities, Clinton's college plan, special education failures in Texas, Flint and New York, and CS gaps.
- [InformED Report 10/27/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-102716/): Oct. 27, 2016: Texas's 8.5% special education benchmark, education's small role in the first debate, and for-profit colleges' share of loan defaults.
- [InformED Report 10/26/16](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-episode-1/): Oct. 26, 2016: the fight over the Title I spending rule, the candidates on school funding, police in schools, and the end of federal recognition for ACICS.
- [U.S. Teenagers Lacking Math Skills](https://edcircuit.com/u-s-teenagers-lacking-math-skills/): How U.S. teens fared on PISA 2015 math, why educators urged earlier math and preschool, what learning analytics offered districts, and help for Chibok girls.
- [Preparing Students for an AI-Driven Workforce](https://edcircuit.com/preparing-students-for-an-ai-driven-workforce/): Discover how education and parenting can develop skills AI can't replace, like creativity and critical thinking, to prepare students for the future workforce.
- [InformED Report: States Rethink Their Tests](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-states-rethink-their-tests/): The InformED Report for April 25, 2017: Iowa and Nebraska rethink their statewide assessments, Montana weighs preschool, and Everybody Wins! Atlanta turns 20.
- [InformED: Music Can Improve Memory and Increase Student Attention](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-music-memory-increase-attention-students/): How music can improve memory and student attention, Thailand's higher education crisis, and a law professor's fundraiser after students lost federal loans.
- [Students Using Social Media to Become Online Influencers](https://edcircuit.com/students-social-media-influencers/): Students who aspire to be online influencers, a university president on Twitter, flexible seating in early grades, and a Teacher of the Year finalist.
- [A Closer Look at Free Tuition](https://edcircuit.com/a-closer-look-at-free-tuition/): Cuomo's free tuition plan for New York public colleges, doubts about the record 83 percent graduation rate, and $17.2 million in grants for two Oakland schools.
- [InformED Report: College Degrees Behind Bars](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-college-degrees-behind-bars/): The InformED Report for April 25, 2017: the Bard Prison Initiative's degrees at Woodbourne, LEAP Innovations' ed tech pilots, and responsive classrooms.
- [InformED Report: How Podcasts Help Students Read](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-podcasts-help-students-read/): Podcasts with transcripts help students read, UNICEF on 1.8 million South Sudanese children out of school, and a grant for all-day kindergarten in Watertown.
- [InformED Report: California Launches Its New School Dashboard](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-californias-new-school-dashboard/): California launches its School Dashboard, Canadian universities report big gains in international applications, and Toyota gives a lab to a new STEAM school.
- [InformED Report: Chinese Parents Protest University Admission Quotas](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-chinese-parents-protest-university-quotas/): Chinese parents protest university admission quotas, Carmen Fariña calls for teachers as facilitators at NYU EdTech Week, and Dubai schools teach tolerance.
- [InformED Report: San Francisco Makes City College Free for Residents](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-san-francisco-makes-college-free/): San Francisco makes City College free for residents, Ireland extends post-study work for international graduates, and a charity equips children in shelters.
- [InformED Report: Early Education Pays Off, From Preschool to Eighth Grade](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-early-education-pays-off/): A 13-year study links quality early education to higher scores through eighth grade, plus Scotland's early years and California's Proposition 58.
- [InformED Report: The Four-Day School Week](https://edcircuit.com/informed-report-the-four-day-school-week/): The InformED Report for April 24, 2017: a Missouri district's four-day school week, classroom disorder in Australia, and a principal's 5K run with his student.
- [Chronic Absenteeism Guide: Truancy Laws, Attendance Policy, Causes and Attendance Interventions for K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/chronic-absenteeism-guide/): Chronic absenteeism explained: national rates, truancy laws, excused and unexcused absences, causes, effects, ESSA and attendance interventions that work.
- [When Data Isn't Enough: What Ethnographic Research Taught Us About Chronic Absenteeism](https://edcircuit.com/when-data-isnt-enough-what-ethnographic-research-taught-us-about-chronic-absenteeism/): Data shows who is absent, but not why. Ethnographic research reveals those root causes, enabling schools to provide targeted, effective support.
- [Science Lab Safety Inspections Save Lives](https://edcircuit.com/science-lab-safety-inspections-save-lives/): How often school science labs and their safety equipment should be inspected, who inspects them, and what science lab safety inspections find.
- [Science Classrooms Are Becoming More Technology-Driven](https://edcircuit.com/science-classrooms-are-becoming-more-technology-driven/): How technology in science classrooms is changing lab preparation, data and safety records, and five principles educators use to keep learning safe.
- [Chronic Absenteeism Is Undermining Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/chronic-absenteeism-is-undermining-student-success/): Chronic absenteeism is quietly reshaping student outcomes nationwide. Here’s why it’s happening, what it costs schools, and how districts are responding.
- [Strategies for School Districts to Boost Attendance](https://edcircuit.com/strategies-for-school-districts-to-boost-attendance/): For school districts, reducing absenteeism is not just about filling seats; it is about ensuring that every student has a fair chance at success.
- [There Needs to Be a National Definition for Gifted](https://edcircuit.com/there-needs-to-be-a-national-definition-for-gifted/): Gifted education doesn’t have any consistency within states and how there needs to be national education standards for gifted programs.
- [Are Boys Set Up to Fail Before they Enter Kindergarten?](https://edcircuit.com/boys-set-up-to-fail-before-kindergarten/): College has never been more important to a young person’s life prospects, and today boys are far less likely than girls to pursue education beyond high school.
- [The Lay Of The Gifted Funding Land](https://edcircuit.com/gifted-land-education/): Gifted funding across the nation is like the wild west. There is no law or controlling entity, so many states and districts decide what they will or won't do.
- [Early Childhood Education Guide: Pre-K Age, Head Start, Preschool vs. Pre-K, Kindergarten and What Research Shows](https://edcircuit.com/early-childhood-education-guide/): Early childhood education explained: pre-K age, preschool vs. pre-K, Head Start eligibility, whether kindergarten is mandatory, and what research shows.
- [Dropout Recovery Efforts](https://edcircuit.com/dropout-recovery-efforts/): A discussion centered on the challenges districts are facing in both the financial and social impact of students dropping out of high school.
- [Game-Based Learning](https://edcircuit.com/game-based-learning/): There is interest in the ways game mechanics can inform pedagogy to make learning more authentic and engaging. What's really critical now is critical thinking.
- [Soundtrap Powers Successful Global Music Collaboration Between High School Students](https://edcircuit.com/soundtrap-powers-global-music-collaboration/): Soundtrap shared how Oaks Christian School in California and Sweden's Academy of Music and Business ran a global music partnership on Soundtrap for Education.
- [Recognizing Trauma’s Many Faces](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-recognizing-traumas-many-faces/): Trauma informed teaching explained: CDC and NCTSN data on how common trauma is, three classroom responses, and what a 2019 review says about the evidence.
- [Being a PD "Thought Stretcher"](https://edcircuit.com/being-a-pd-thought-stretcher-education/): Drew Perkins, a 'thought stretcher' in education professional development, explains why he gets teachers asking questions instead of telling them how to teach.
- [Navigating Digital Literacy in the Age of Misinformation](https://edcircuit.com/navigating-digital-literacy-in-the-age-of-misinformation/): In this episode, Shaelynn Farnsworth shares firsthand how education can help break the cycle of poverty by being the first in her family to graduate.
- [In Focus: Mentoring the Next Generation of Superintendents](https://edcircuit.com/mentoring-the-next-generation-superintendents/): Lincoln Public Schools Superintendent Steve Joel on mentoring future school leaders, the business side of the job and diversity among superintendents.
- [Implementing Assistive Technology For Special Needs Kids](https://edcircuit.com/ready-s-e-t-t-go-implementing-assistive-technology-for-special-needs-kids/): Learn how the SETT framework helps school teams choose assistive technology, with the federal IEP rules behind it and a five-step process to use it.
- [edCircuit Presents A Profile Of A Graduate](https://edcircuit.com/profile-of-a-graduate/): In an interview, Randy Ziegenfuss, Ed.D., and Lynn Fuini-Hetten from the Salisbury Township School District discuss their Profile of a Graduate project.
- [MOOCs and Credentialing:  A Revolutionary Perspective](https://edcircuit.com/moocs-and-credentialing-a-revolutionary-perspective/): Gordon Rogers says that MOOCs and other alternative forms of credentialing are causing colleges to rethink their approaches.
- [How Blended Learning Enhances Classroom Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/how-blended-learning-enhances-classroom-instruction/): Blended learning offers a unique opportunity to enhance classroom instruction and create a more dynamic and engaging learning experience for students.
- [How to Launch an EdTech Startup: From Idea to Impact](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-launch-an-edtech-startup-from-idea-to-impact/): How to start an ed-tech company: find a real classroom problem, pilot it, protect student data, learn how schools buy, show evidence and fund each stage.
- [Using Connection to Humanize ELL Learning](https://edcircuit.com/using-connection-to-humanize-ell-learning/): Supporting English language learners: current national figures, what the federal English Learner Toolkit asks of districts, and steps drawn from Bolgen Vargas.
- [Unify All Communication Tools](https://edcircuit.com/unify-all-communication-tools/): Parent communication tools should support two-way messages and language access. See research on messages to parents and a checklist for districts.
- [Bringing Agility Into Our Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/bringing-agility-into-our-classrooms/): Agile in the classroom, push vs pull teaching, and teacher burnout: 2026 RAND data, a randomized trial of project-based learning, and how to try it.
- [Free Resources from Discovery Education Support Financial Capability Month](https://edcircuit.com/free-resources-from-discovery-education-support-financial-capability-month/): Free financial literacy lesson plans for grades 6-12: nonprofit collections from NGPF and EconEdLink, supply and demand lessons, and where state rules stand.
- [Better K-12 Cyber Data – Exposing Hacker Ecosystems, S3E3](https://edcircuit.com/k-12-cyber-data-exposing-hacker-ecosystems-s3e3/): K12 cybersecurity in 2026: what the GAO, CISA and CoSN report about attacks on school districts, plus practical steps for protecting student data.
- [10 Tips - How to Lead and Manage People](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-lead-and-manage-people-by-chaz-austin-ed-d/): Leadership tips for administrators: how Chaz Austin's ten rules for managing education staff compare with research on principals, teacher turnover and workload.
- [Teacher Shortages, Community Support, and Ongoing Learning Loss](https://edcircuit.com/back-to-school-2022-teacher-shortages-community-support-and-ongoing-learning-loss/): High dosage tutoring in 2026: what makes it work, how 35 districts kept or cut programs after ESSER ended, and what leaders and parents can ask.
- [The Building Blocks of a Transformative Principal](https://edcircuit.com/the-building-blocks-of-a-transformative-principal/): What makes a great principal? A 2021 review of 219 studies names four behaviors that matter. How boards and districts can use them, with the limits.
- [Math Mastery, Celebrating Instructional Excellence With Extraordinary Educators, Part 2](https://edcircuit.com/math-mastery-celebrating-instructional-excellence-with-extraordinary-educators-part-2/): Elementary math instruction works best when concepts come first and facts follow. What 2024 NAEP data and a federal practice guide say about teaching it well.
- [Painting the Future Through the Arts – Integration of traditional academic learning and the Arts](https://edcircuit.com/painting-the-future-through-the-arts-integration-of-traditional-academic-learning-and-the-arts/): Arts integration in the K-12 curriculum: what a large randomized study found, what Columbus City Schools pages confirm, and questions to ask of any plan.
- [Choosing the Right Digital Security Tools (S2,E8)](https://edcircuit.com/s2e8-choosing-the-right-digital-security-tools/): District cybersecurity and how to choose security tools: a CoSN episode with Norris School District leaders, plus federal findings and funding.
- [Where does Social Emotional Learning (SEL) fit in?](https://edcircuit.com/student-mental-health-is-a-puzzle/): How to build a social emotional learning program: what the research shows about results, what makes SEL work, and a seven-step sequence for school leaders.
- [One Big Idea: Carolyn Gill on a Mandatory Gap Year](https://edcircuit.com/one-big-idea-carolyn-gill-on-a-mandatory-gap-year-for-high-school-grads-s2e14/): Benefits of a gap year after high school: what an Australian study of 904 students found, its limits, and what a mandatory gap year would need to settle.
- [Individualized Wellbeing Programs: Overcoming the 3 Biggest Challenges](https://edcircuit.com/individualized-wellbeing-programs-overcoming-the-three-biggest-challenges/): Student wellbeing programs in 2026: CDC 2023 data on student mental health, how schools can measure wellbeing, and a refine, monitor, improve approach.
- [Q&A: Leading Literacy Through Podcasting](https://edcircuit.com/leading-literacy-through-podcasting/): Student podcasts in the classroom: what case studies show about literacy, speaking and listening skills, plus a six-step plan for a first project.
- [Taking Remote Teaching from “Zoom to Boom”](https://edcircuit.com/taking-remote-teaching-from-zoom-to-boom/): Gradual release of responsibility explained: its 1983 origin, what research on guided practice shows, and how to use I do, we do, you do without a script.
- [Why ‘Crisis Schooling’ Shouldn’t Be Part of Our New Normal](https://edcircuit.com/why-crisis-schooling-shouldnt-be-part-of-our-new-normal/): Online K-12 schools in 2026: federal enrollment data, what research says about results, and questions families and districts should ask, after Amy Valentine.
- [Connecting with Kids: 8 Tips for Creating a Work-from-Home Schedule](https://edcircuit.com/connecting-with-kids-eight-tips-for-creating-a-work-from-home-schedule/): A kids home schedule helps when a parent works from home part of the week. What 2025 data and routine research show, and how to adapt the eight tips.
- [Common Sense Strategies to Enable Mathematical Thinking](https://edcircuit.com/common-sense-strategies-to-enable-mathematical-thinking/): Variation theory in maths teaching explained with an example, what Cambridge Mathematics and NCETM say about the evidence, and how to use it in a department.
- [Remote Learning Recommendations to Support Dyslexic Students](https://edcircuit.com/true-literacy-remote-learning-recommendations-to-support-dyslexic-students/): Dyslexia remote learning: what dyslexia is, what a 2024 study found about online treatment, and what families can ask schools for at home and online.
- [Working with the Building Blocks of Resilience](https://edcircuit.com/true-literacy-working-with-building-blocks-of-resilience/): Dyslexia resilience in children: what 2024 and 2025 studies show about reading self-concept, anxiety and strengths, and how adults can support wellbeing.
- [FETC Roundtable: Creative Problem-Solving](https://edcircuit.com/fetc-roundtable-strategies-to-encourage-creative-problem-solving/): Creative problem solving activities for students: five educators' ideas, what the 2022 PISA creative thinking results suggest, and a plan for a term.
- [Why the Education Community Needs to Understand Autism](https://edcircuit.com/why-education-community-needs-to-understand-girls-with-autism/): Autism in girls: CDC 2022 data show a 3.4 to 1 boy-to-girl ratio, what masking means in school, and how teachers and families can support girls.
- [Digital Reading Programs Solve the Motionlessness of Reading](https://edcircuit.com/digital-reading-programs-solve-the-motionlessness-of-reading/): Reading programs for elementary students on screen and on paper: what meta-analyses find, when digital features help, and how schools can choose.
- [True Literacy: 3 Areas of Focus to Improve Reading Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/true-literacy-3-areas-of-focus-to-improve-reading-instruction/): Improving reading instruction takes leaders, teacher preparation and word study. What the 2026 NCTQ review and a morphology meta-analysis show.
- [How to Personalize Professional Development](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-personalize-professional-development/): Personalized professional development lets teachers choose. A randomized study of 54 Texas schools shows what choice did and did not change.
- [Keeping Up with the Fast-Moving World of Assistive Technology](https://edcircuit.com/keeping-up-with-the-fast-moving-world-of-assistive-technology/): Assistive technology in schools: what IDEA says about devices, services, IEP team duties and home use, with questions teams can ask before choosing a tool.
- [An Expert Takes a Fresh Look at Dyslexia Support](https://edcircuit.com/an-expert-takes-a-fresh-look-at-dyslexia-support/): Early signs of dyslexia in young children: rhyming and speech difficulties, family history, how screening works and the role of speech-language pathologists.
- [4 Next Steps for Whole Child Education](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-four-next-steps-for-whole-child-education/): Whole child education explained: ASCD's framework, plus what two large reviews of social-emotional learning show and where the evidence is uncertain.
- [Why 8 Kids Tying Is A Wonderful Thing](https://edcircuit.com/why-eight-kids-tying-at-scripps-spelling-bee-is-wonderful-thing/): Abolish class rank? Todd Stanley made the case in 2019. See what a 2017 ASCD review found, what rank still affects, and the choices a school faces.
- [How Hispanic-Serving School Districts Are Supporting Well-Rounded Student Outcomes](https://edcircuit.com/how-hispanic-serving-school-districts-are-supporting-well-rounded-student-outcomes/): Hispanic serving institutions explained: the 25% enrollment rule, the 602 HSIs counted in 2023-24, and what changed in federal HSI grants in 2025.
- [What’s an Interesting Use for EdTech That You Haven’t Tried?](https://edcircuit.com/interesting-use-for-edtech-that-many-havent-tried/): Student creation tools and 360 video in class: how ISTE standards support them, what happened to Google Expeditions, and how to check older edtech picks.
- [Integrating SEL and EdTech to Benefit Students](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-integrating-sel-and-edtech-to-benefit-students/): SEL and technology in 2026: what CASEL and recent reporting say about AI, student data and relationships, and how Tamara Fyke's three strategies apply.
- [EdTech Decision-Making in a World of Uncertainty](https://edcircuit.com/edtech-decision-making-in-a-world-of-uncertainty/): Edtech purchasing decisions in 2026: how many tools districts manage, what evidence and security questions to ask, and a step-by-step buying process.
- [Take Good Care](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-take-good-care-educators/): Teacher self care in 2026: what a 2024 RAND survey shows about teacher stress, what routines can and cannot do, and how to teach students self-awareness.
- [Establishing Boundaries While Building Relationships](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-establishing-boundaries-while-building-relationships-education/): Building relationships with students while keeping clear classroom boundaries: what 2025 research shows and practical steps for teachers and school leaders.
- [No-Box Thinking](https://edcircuit.com/no-box-thinking-education/): Student entrepreneurship through the Conrad Challenge: the 2026-2027 phases and dates, who can enter, and what schools should settle before registering a team.
- [Kick Off the School Year with Interest-Driven Projects](https://edcircuit.com/kick-off-school-year-with-interest-driven-projects/): Back to school activities that start from students' summer experiences, with 2019 and 2026 research on summer learning loss in math and reading.
- [Why Gifted Parents Are Such Advocates for Their Gifted Children](https://edcircuit.com/gifted-parents-advocates-for-gifted-children/): Parents of gifted students and advocacy: what national data on gifted identification show, and how schools and parents can make the process fair.
- [5 Ways to Fit Play into Your Students' Day](https://edcircuit.com/5-ways-to-fit-play-into-students-day/): Screen time for students: what Randy Kulman's play diet asks of schools, what pediatricians and Common Sense data say, and steps teachers can take now.
- [Reinventing Learning for the Always-On Generation](https://edcircuit.com/reinventing-learning-for-the-always-on-generation-5/): Visual media in teaching: why the 60,000 times faster claim has no traceable source, and what Mayer's multimedia research says about video and narration.
- [Instructional Coaching: Part 2](https://edcircuit.com/instructional-coaching-part-2/): The instructional coaching cycle explained: goal setting, observation, reflective meeting and follow-up, with research on what makes coaching work at scale.
- [Selling SEL to Students](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-selling-sel-to-students/): The five CASEL competencies, the evidence from 213 studies, and how to teach SEL so students buy in. Builds on Tamara Fyke's classroom advice.
- [Reaching for Math Mastery](https://edcircuit.com/reaching-for-math-mastery/): How to teach multiplication tables: what the IES practice guide says about short timed practice, fact order, strategies and games, with Alex Kajitani's story.
- [Teaching Everyday Digital Literacy](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-everyday-digital-literacy/): Digital literacy for teachers in 2026: what it covers, what national data show about AI training, and how principals can make real time for it.
- [The Preventable Tragedy of Youth Suicide](https://edcircuit.com/preventable-tragedy-youth-suicide-part-1/): Youth suicide statistics from the CDC's 2023 survey, what is known about risk and protection, and steps schools can take, with 988 crisis help.
- [Reinventing Learning for the Always-On Generation](https://edcircuit.com/reinventing-learning-for-the-always-on-generation-4/): Multitasking and learning: what two research reviews found about phones and laptops in class, how that fits Schaaf's series, and steps for teachers.
- [A Crisis in Finding the Next Gen Leaders](https://edcircuit.com/crisis-finding-next-gen-leaders/): Recruiting teachers of color: national data on the teacher-student gap, a 2022 study on Black teachers and student outcomes, and what districts can do.
- [Arts Education Programs Are On The Rise](https://edcircuit.com/arts-education-increasing/): Arts education programs in 2026: who has access, what national and state data show about gaps, and what research does and does not prove about benefits.
- [How to be more influential, no matter your role](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-be-more-influential-no-matter-your-role/): Influence without authority in schools: what a 2017 review of teacher leadership research found, and practical steps teachers and principals can take.
- [Why Reading Feels Different Now](https://edcircuit.com/why-reading-feels-different-now/): Print vs digital reading: what two meta-analyses found on comprehension, why the gap is small, and how teachers can use both media in class.
- [Educators Taking a Critical Look at Letter Grades](https://edcircuit.com/educators-looking-at-letter-grades/): Standards based grading vs letter grades: what Jefferson County and San Diego show, where the evidence is limited, and what leaders decide first.
- [Countering the Stress and Anxiety of Modern Learning](https://edcircuit.com/countering-stress-anxiety-modern-learning/): Student stress and anxiety: what CDC data from 2023 show about high school students, how Matthew Howell's three ideas fit, and what schools and families can do.
- [Predicting a Shifting Higher Ed Landscape](https://edcircuit.com/predicting-shifting-higher-ed-landscape/): Higher education enrollment trends in 2026: fall 2025 enrollment rose 1.0%, but high school graduates are projected to fall 13% by 2041. What it means.
- [The Deep End: Advocacy: We should all be doing it](https://edcircuit.com/deep-end-column-advocacy-we-should-all-be-doing-it/): Teacher advocacy explained: what the Teacher Leader Model Standards say, what research finds about barriers, and practical steps for teachers and principals.
- [The Evolution of Educational Credentials](https://edcircuit.com/evolution-educational-credentials/): Digital badges and micro-credentials in 2026: how the Open Badges standard changed, how many credentials exist, and what to ask before issuing them.
- [The Expert Lens](https://edcircuit.com/expert-lens-education/): Qualities of a great teacher explained through research: how experience builds expertise, what coaching adds, and how school leaders can support teachers.
- [The Fable of Infallibility](https://edcircuit.com/infallibility-fable-teaching/): Leader vulnerability in schools: what Bryk and Schneider's trust research and Pew data show about admitting mistakes, and how a principal can do it well.
- [The Deep End: Care and Accountability](https://edcircuit.com/the-deep-end-column-care-and-accountability/): Giving feedback to peers as a teacher leader: what research says about the trust paradox, a four-step structure, and when to bring in someone else.
- [Beginning the School Year with Intention](https://edcircuit.com/beginning-school-year-intention/): Tips for new teachers backed by research: what national data and a randomized trial show about mentoring, induction and keeping first-year teachers.
- [The Future at Their Fingertips](https://edcircuit.com/future-fingertips-education/): Pedagogy vs andragogy explained: where the terms come from, how well the evidence holds up, and what research says about flipped instruction in K-12.
- [Reinventing PBL to Focus on Human Performance](https://edcircuit.com/reinventing-pbl/): Project based learning assessment combines formative checks, rubrics, peer review and reflection. What a framework and 2021 studies say, plus steps to try.
- [Professional Development: Has Anything Really Changed?](https://edcircuit.com/has-anything-really-changed/): Disciplinary literacy professional development: how to tell what lasted, using Guskey's five levels and the March 2026 GAO review of the research.
- [AI and the Future of Personalized Education at Scale - Part 1](https://edcircuit.com/future-personalized-education-part-1/): Personalized learning at scale was the AI promise in 2017. A 2024 tutoring trial and a 2025 RAND survey show what has been learned, and the limits.
- [Fighting the Darkness of Depression](https://edcircuit.com/fighting-the-darkness-of-depression/): Student apps for depression: what a 2017 Imagine Cup project did, what a 176-trial review found about depression apps, and where students can get help.
- [Fifty Different States, Fifty Different Issues](https://edcircuit.com/fifty-different-states-fifty-different-issues/): How school funding works in 2026: who pays (state 45%, local 43%, federal 12%), why funding differs by state, and how to read a district budget.
- [Redefining Readiness to Put Human Development at the Center](https://edcircuit.com/redefining-readiness/): Future of work skills: what employers report in the 2025 WEF survey, what CASEL says about AI and social-emotional skills, and decisions for school leaders.
- [Bullying and Belonging](https://edcircuit.com/bullying-belonging/): Bullying prevention in schools: what NCES and CDC data show about how many students are bullied, the types, who tells an adult, and how adults can respond.
- [Solving the Biggest Back-to-School Challenge](https://edcircuit.com/solving-biggest-back-to-school-challenge/): A help desk for schools keeps the first weeks running. Current survey data on school IT workload, plus a practical back-to-school readiness checklist.
- [Camps that Connect Kids to Technology](https://edcircuit.com/camps-connect-kids-technology/): Minecraft coding camps for kids: what Connected Camps offers in 2026, how Pew data shows teens play, and five questions to ask any online camp.
- [Highlighting Learner Strengths](https://edcircuit.com/highlighting-learner-strengths/): Response to intervention explained: what happens in each RTI tier, how RTI relates to MTSS, and what the 2009 IES guide and federal rules say.
- [Going Back To The Basics In Education](https://edcircuit.com/going-back-basics-education/): Teaching keyboarding and handwriting in 2026: what meta-analyses and brain studies say, and what schools and parents can decide for children.
- [Why PBL Teachers Can’t Be "Trained"](https://edcircuit.com/pbl-teachers-cant-be-trained/): Project based learning professional development works best with coaching and follow-up. What 2021 studies and a 2017 review say, plus questions for leaders.
- [Bridging Systems and Politics](https://edcircuit.com/bridging-systems-and-politics-education/): Dual enrollment: how many high school students take college courses, who is missing, and what the research shows about college outcomes, with its limits.
- [What Nonprofits Can Teach School Districts](https://edcircuit.com/what-nonprofits-can-teach-school-districts/): First generation college students in 2026: current enrollment, aid and degree completion figures, what they mean for districts, and how to read the numbers.
- [A PBL Professional Development Solution](https://edcircuit.com/pbl-professional-development-solution/): Online professional development for teachers: what a research review of 35 studies says works, how Thom Markham's 2017 ideas hold up, and steps for leaders.
- [One Man’s Mission: Saving Underperforming Schools with the Future of Minorities in Mind](https://edcircuit.com/saving-underperforming-schools/): Superintendent turnover and tenure in 2026: urban superintendents now average 2.7 years, plus new data on who leads districts. Updates a 2017 interview.
- [We Need a Civics Bootcamp](https://edcircuit.com/we-need-a-civics-bootcamp/): Civics education in 2026: 2022 NAEP results, state graduation rules, and questions from Jonathan Cassie's 2017 column for reviewing a school's civics course.
- [CoffeEd: A Collective Impact Can Lead to Smarter Choices for the Autism Community](https://edcircuit.com/collective-impact-smarter-choice-autism-community/): Evidence based practices for autism explained: how the 2020 NCAEP review chose 28 practices, what it leaves out, and questions families can ask providers.
- [Federal Grants: Running with the Bulls](https://edcircuit.com/federal-grants-running-bulls/): Federal grants compliance for districts in 2026: how the Uniform Guidance risk review and certification stand today, plus the 2024 threshold changes.
- [In Focus: Let’s Play Ball: Innovative Fundraising for Smaller Districts](https://edcircuit.com/play-ball-innovative-fundraising-smaller-districts/): District fundraising ideas for small districts: how much sponsorship raises, what other districts put in policy, and six decisions to make before you start.
- [Learning, Chaos and Success In Our Schools](https://edcircuit.com/learning-chaos-success-schools/): Inquiry based learning works best with teacher guidance. See what two meta-analyses found and what a teacher as facilitator actually does in class.
- [The Massive Educational Deficit in Developing Countries](https://edcircuit.com/massive-educational-deficit-developing-countries-video/): Access to education worldwide in 2026: UNESCO reports 273 million children out of school, why, and what has worked, alongside Katrin Macmillan's interview.
- [Understanding How The Brain Learns](https://edcircuit.com/understanding-a-students-cognitive-skill-set/): Cognitive skills teacher training in 2026: new learning-science resources, the problem of brain myths, and questions to ask before choosing training.
- [Mr. Educator, Tear Down Those Walls (sorry Ronnie)](https://edcircuit.com/educator-tear-down-walls/): Interdisciplinary teaching can raise learning and engagement when well planned. What research shows, where evidence is thin, and how to begin with two teachers.
- [Collaborating Minds for Professional Development](https://edcircuit.com/collaborating-educators/): Professional learning communities in 2026: what reviews and a GAO report say about teacher collaboration, and how leaders can set groups up to work.
- [Keeping Schools Safe From Immigration Politics](https://edcircuit.com/keeping-schools-safe-from-immigration-politics/): Immigration enforcement and schools: what Plyler v. Doe requires, what changed in 2025, and how districts write protocols for staff and families.
- [A New Federal Role for Competency Education](https://edcircuit.com/a-new-federal-role-for-competency-education/): Competency based education and ESSA: what Lillian Pace asked of the federal government in 2017, how the policy picture has changed, and what leaders can check.
- [SEAs Shift from Implementers to Designers under ESSA](https://edcircuit.com/seas-shift-from-implementers-to-designers-under-essa/): ESSA state plans explained: what all 50 states put in them, and what the 2025-26 federal waivers now let a state combine, change or leave out.
- [Rethinking the Concept of Homework](https://edcircuit.com/rethinking-the-concept-of-homework/): Is homework helpful? Research on homework by grade level, time and quality, plus stress, sleep and access, to help schools and parents set a policy.
- [Does The Popularity of Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) Oversimplify Autism Treatment?](https://edcircuit.com/does-the-popularity-of-applied-behavioral-analysis-aba-oversimplify-autism-treatment/): ABA therapy criticism explained: what the CDC says about the evidence, what autistic self-advocates object to, and questions families can ask providers.
- [Africa: How Can Education Lift Children Out of Poverty?](https://edcircuit.com/africa-how-can-education-lift-children-out-of-poverty/): Out-of-school children in Nigeria: what UNICEF reports, why counts differ, and what the 2025 enrolment drive aims to do, with Betty Abah's 2016 interview.
- [The Power of Play: Sedentary Classrooms Lead to Disinterested Students](https://edcircuit.com/the-power-of-play-sedentary-classrooms-lead-to-disinterested-students/): Play based learning, recess and movement in the classroom: what the AAP's 2018 report and CDC recess guidance say, and how schools can protect play.
- [VH1 "Keys + Kids" Grant Transforms Music Program](https://edcircuit.com/vh1-keys-kids-grant-transforms-trenton-music-program/): Music education grants for schools in 2026: Save The Music, Mr. Holland's Opus eligibility, federal Title IV-A and how to prepare an instrument application.
- [When Students Are the Actual Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/when-students-are-the-actual-teachers/): Teaching with social media in 2026: what Pew finds on teen use and phones in class, and how teachers can plan lessons that analyze platforms safely.
- [Breaking Down the Dropout Statistics](https://edcircuit.com/breaking-down-the-dropout-statistics/): Why students drop out: current federal graduation data, what research says about suspensions, and practical steps for school leaders and parents.
- [EdTruth Files: When Teachers Are Students](https://edcircuit.com/edtruth-files-when-teachers-are-students/): Growth mindset for teachers in professional development: what a national study found, what it cannot show, and steps leaders can take before a workshop.
- [What Makes a Child a Creative Adult?](https://edcircuit.com/what-makes-a-child-a-creative-adult/): Passion projects for students: what trials of project-based learning found since 2016, their limits, and how schools can offer student-driven work fairly.
- [A Wise Transition to College and Beyond](https://edcircuit.com/a-wise-transition-to-college-and-beyond/): Senior capstone project ideas for high school: what a capstone includes, what schools report, and what leaders should decide first, with a 2015 WISE column.
- [Leading in a Blended Era](https://edcircuit.com/leading-in-a-blended-era/): Blended learning implementation for district leaders: the current definition, seven models, 2023 meta-analysis evidence and the decisions to make before launch.
- [Public-Private Partnerships:  Keeping Schools in Charge](https://edcircuit.com/public-private-partnerships-keeping-schools-in-charge/): Public private partnerships in education can give districts control only if contracts set measures and audits. See what research and a 2010 audit found.
- [Audrey Watters Dissects EdTech Investment Wave](https://edcircuit.com/audrey-watters-dissects-edtech-investment-wave-for-school-administrators/): Evaluating edtech: Audrey Watters's 2015 questions on data ownership, terms and inquiry, updated with FERPA rules and a model student data contract.
- [The Traveling Princip(le)](https://edcircuit.com/the-traveling-principle/): Principal leadership in 2026: what research on 219 studies says about empowering teachers, building vision and trust, and what Richard Gerver adds.
- [Who Owns Safety? Turning Near Misses Into Action](https://edcircuit.com/who-owns-safety-turning-near-misses-into-action/): Near miss reporting in schools: what OSHA recommends, who should own the process, and a seven-step plan to turn close calls into real action.
- [A District Leader's Guide to Handling Outdated Technology](https://edcircuit.com/a-district-leaders-guide-to-handling-outdated-technology/): Disposing of old electronics in schools: the current NIST data sanitization guide, EPA advice on certified recyclers, and a practical process for districts.
- [How Administrators Are Prioritizing Tutoring](https://edcircuit.com/how-administrators-are-prioritizing-tutoring/): High-impact tutoring in 2026: what a major research review found, how the design works, and how districts sustained programs after federal funding ended.
- [Recruiting and Retaining A-List Educators](https://edcircuit.com/recruiting-and-retaining-a-list-educators/): Recruiting teachers in 2026: the latest national shortage numbers, why retention matters, and what residencies, mentoring and pay can do for a district.
- [What Makes a College: The Changing World of Accreditation](https://edcircuit.com/what-makes-a-college-the-changing-world-of-accreditation/): Regional vs national accreditation explained: the 2020 rule change, a new accreditor formed in 2025, and a checklist for students choosing or transferring.
- [Applying for Scholarships: Tips for High School Seniors and Parents](https://edcircuit.com/applying-for-scholarships-tips-for-high-school-seniors-and-parents/): How to apply for scholarships: a plan for high school seniors and parents, with the 2027-28 FAFSA open and the warning signs of scholarship scams.
- [Implementing a Comprehensive Safety Program in School Districts](https://edcircuit.com/implementing-a-comprehensive-safety-program-in-school-districts/): Science lab safety program basics for districts: the OSHA Laboratory Standard, chemical hygiene plan and officer, and NSTA guidance on training and class size.
- [The Importance of Financial Literacy](https://edcircuit.com/the-importance-of-financial-literacy/): Financial literacy for parents: why home still matters, what 39 states and a 2026 survey say about school courses, and how to start money talks with kids.
- [Classroom Management Guide: Strategies, Classroom Rules and Routines, PBIS, Restorative Practices and De-escalation for K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/classroom-management-guide/): Classroom management explained: what research shows works, classroom rules and routines, strategies, PBIS, restorative practices and de-escalation.
- [AI Training for Teachers: Beyond Prompts and Tools](https://edcircuit.com/ai-training-for-teachers-beyond-prompts-and-tools/): AI training for teachers must go beyond prompt writing to address privacy, accuracy, assessment, student use, bias, and professional judgment.
- [AI and Governance in School Districts](https://edcircuit.com/ai-and-governance-in-school-districts/): AI and governance in school districts now define leadership responsibility, requiring oversight of data, bias, cybersecurity, and accountability.
- [Formative Assessment Guide: Types of Assessment, Formative vs. Summative, Standardized Testing, Grading and Accommodations](https://edcircuit.com/assessment-guide/): What formative assessment is, the research, formative vs summative, types of assessment, ESSA testing rules, NAEP, standards-based grading and accommodations.
- [Gifted and Talented Education Guide: Definitions, Gifted Testing, Programs, Acceleration, Twice-Exceptional Students and State Laws](https://edcircuit.com/gifted-education-guide/): What gifted and talented means, who is identified, gifted testing, universal screening, programs, acceleration, twice-exceptional students and state laws.
- [AI Adoption in Schools: A Roadmap for K–12 Success](https://edcircuit.com/ai-adoption-in-schools-a-roadmap-for-k-12-success/): From personalized learning to administrative efficiency, AI adoption in schools is rapidly redefining what’s possible in K–12 education.
- [AI in Education: From Experimentation to Impact](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-education-from-experimentation-to-impact/): AI in K–12 education is moving from pilots to practice. Stephen Gilfus, Tom Ryan and Narayan Nandigam on leadership, governance and responsible use.
- [Agile For Learning - Part 1: Wide Open Questions](https://edcircuit.com/agile-for-learning-part1-wide-open-questions/): Agile mindset in the classroom: where the idea comes from, what K-12 research found, how Wide Open Questions fit AI-era teaching, and how teachers can start.
- [Bouncing Back From Adversity Through Owning Our Story](https://edcircuit.com/bouncing-back-from-adversity-through-owning-our-story/): Helping children process trauma: what national guidance says teachers and parents can do, when to seek professional help, and what research can and cannot show.
- [Making Research a Helpful Resource in Every Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/making-research-a-helpful-resource-in-every-classroom/): Retrieval practice explained: what a 222-study review and a federal practice guide found, examples of retrieval practice for the classroom, and how to start.
- [Online Instruction: Is it worth it?](https://edcircuit.com/online-instruction-is-it-worth-it/): Online teaching strategies backed by research: why teaching quality beats format, what pandemic learning loss data show, and practical steps for teachers.
- [Lessons to Be Learned from the NYC System Gifted Dilemma](https://edcircuit.com/lessons-learned-from-new-york-city-school-system-gifted-dilemma/): Gifted identification and equity in gifted education: how NYC changed admissions, what a universal screening study found, and questions districts can ask.
- [Leaning into Relationships for Hope and Healing](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-leaning-into-relationships-for-hope-and-healing/): School connectedness explained: what CDC data show about connected students, what the Secret Service found about averted attacks, and steps schools can take.
- [Boldly Digging into Diversity](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-boldly-digging-into-diversity-school/): Sense of belonging in school: what CDC data and teacher-representation research show, and steps leaders can take on bias incidents and identity conversations.
- [Summertime: 4 Ways Parents Can Spark Creativity](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-4-ways-parents-can-spark-summertime-creativity/): Summer activities for kids that build creativity: Tamara Fyke's four ideas, CDC activity guidelines, and a simple weekly plan for families to follow.
- [How Representation Changes Perspectives](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-how-representation-changes-perspectives/): Black History Month activities for the classroom: the observance's origins, free Library of Congress primary sources, and ways to extend three activities.
- [10 Steps to Making the Best EdTech Decision for Your District](https://edcircuit.com/10-steps-to-making-the-best-edtech-decision-for-your-district/): How to evaluate edtech for a district: Rob Waldron's ten steps updated with usage data, evidence and privacy checks, and questions for AI tools.
- [Who Needs Parent-Teacher Conferences? Kids, That’s Who](https://edcircuit.com/kids-need-parent-teacher-conferences/): Parent teacher conference tips: are conferences mandatory, do students attend, what to ask, and how portals fit, with state law and national survey data.
- [Math's Groundhog Day](https://edcircuit.com/math-groundhog-day/): Conceptual understanding in math, explained: what research recommends about meaning and math facts, and what parents and teachers can do at home and in class.
- [No Parents Left Behind!](https://edcircuit.com/no-parents-left-behind/): Parent involvement in education today: national survey figures, research on school-family technology, and plain steps schools and parents can take.
- [What If Your PD Looked Like This?](https://edcircuit.com/what-if-your-pd-looked-like-this/): Differentiated professional development explained: Karri Adams's tiered approach, what the research says about effective teacher learning, and how to start.
- [Using Social Media to Grow and Develop](https://edcircuit.com/social-media-grow-develop-education/): Build a professional learning network in 2026: how Twitter became X, where many teachers moved, and how to adapt Pitler's steps for Bluesky and chats.
- [Untangling the Web](https://edcircuit.com/untangling-the-web-students/): Student stress in 2026: what CDC and Pew data show about teen sadness and screen time, and how a school roster check puts a trusted adult beside each student.
- [How to Engage Today's Learners — and Tomorrow's Workers](https://edcircuit.com/engage-learners-today-they-are-workers-tomorrow/): Student voice in schools explained: what it means, what Dana Mitra's research on student-teacher collaboration shows, and five first steps for a school.
- [Nurturing the Gifted All the Way from K-12](https://edcircuit.com/nurturing-gifted-k-12-education/): Gifted programs in 2026: why they differ by state, what research says about acceleration, and how a high school can offer more than AP courses.
- [Public-Private Partnerships in Education](https://edcircuit.com/public-private-partnerships-education/): "We need to start with the equitable and adequate funding. Illinois funding is really based on local tax dollars, and there's a huge disparity."
- [Beyond Standardized Testing](https://edcircuit.com/beyond-standardized-testing/): We pigeonhole schools, teachers, and students into believing that they're achieving or not based on some made-up number that is irrelevant to real life.
- [Finding Your Style to Become a Successful School Leader](https://edcircuit.com/finding-style-successful-school-leader/): Supporting and empowering others to succeed is proven to be the most effective way of building trust and loyalty among faculty and staff.
- [Education In Prison Can Change Lives](https://edcircuit.com/prison-education-changes-lives/): Prison education and recidivism: what RAND's meta-analysis found, how Pell Grants for incarcerated students returned in 2023, and what colleges should ask.
- [Gauging the Growth of Assistive Technology](https://edcircuit.com/gauging-growth-of-assistive-technology/): In this episode, Patrick Turnage shares his story as the Assistive Technology Coordinator at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind.
- [Navigating the Teacher Shortage Crisis: Strategies for K12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/navigating-the-teacher-shortage-crisis-strategies-for-k12-schools/): With retirements, budget cuts, and a decrease in enrollment in teacher preparation programs, schools are struggling to find and retain qualified educators
- [How Can Competency Based Learning Truly Impact Students?](https://edcircuit.com/how-can-competency-based-learning-truly-impact-students/): The curriculum-driven educational model that most of us know as typical school instruction was designed for a different day and age.
- [Clarifying Parent Engagement in Your Community](https://edcircuit.com/clarifying-parent-engagement-community/): Parent engagement vs family engagement: how the terms differ, what a 2026 study found, and how schools can define and measure the work with families.
- [Is Project Based Learning Here to Stay?](https://edcircuit.com/is-pbl-here-to-stay/): Project based learning examples by grade, plus what 2021 research on AP and third-grade science found, and how schools can judge quality projects.
- [Taking Action Before Dyslexia and Identity Collide](https://edcircuit.com/taking-action-dyslexia/): Supporting students with dyslexia: how it is defined, how common it is, which instruction has the strongest evidence and what schools can do under IDEA.
- [From Foster Kid to Education Leader](https://edcircuit.com/foster-kid-education-leader/): Students in foster care have federal school rights under ESSA. See how many children are in care, what schools must do and what outcome data show.
- [Leveling the Education Environment for Dyslexic Learners](https://edcircuit.com/leveling-education-dyslexic-learners/): Assistive technology for dyslexia: what research says about text-to-speech, which tools lack evidence, and what schools must consider in an IEP.
- [In Focus: The Power of Partnerships: School Programs with Businesses Help Build Local Talent](https://edcircuit.com/the-power-of-partnerships-school-programs-with-businesses-help-build-local-talent/): Career pathways in high school: what Perkins V asks, how many students take CTE (85% of 2019 graduates), and how districts build business partnerships.
- [Are Education Startups The New Dot Com?](https://edcircuit.com/education-startups-new-dot-com/): Edtech funding fell from a $20.8 billion peak in 2021 to about $2.4 billion in 2024. See the figures, who is funded now and what districts should ask.
- [How Do We Achieve Self-Regulated Learning?](https://edcircuit.com/how-do-we-achieve-self-regulated-learning/): Self regulated learning explained: the three research phases, what the evidence says about monitoring and quizzing, and steps teachers can take now.
- [How One Educator is Designing Classes Around Games](https://edcircuit.com/how-one-educator-is-designing-classes-around-games/): Game based learning works when design fits the learning goal. Jonathan Cassie's 2016 interview on gamifying a class, updated with research and steps.
- [What is EdTech's Role in the Perfect School?](https://edcircuit.com/what-is-edtechs-role-in-the-perfect-school/): Technology in schools works best when the learning design comes first. Dr. Billie McConnell's 2016 essay, updated with device-purchase lessons and AI tool data.
- [Educational Goals Without Plans are Just Wishes](https://edcircuit.com/educational-goals-without-plans-are-just-wishes/): Growth mindset for teachers works only with goals and plans. Howard Pitler's 2016 column, updated with 2019-2023 research on teacher mindset and results.
- [Replaced by Robots?](https://edcircuit.com/replaced-by-robots/): Critical thinking and AI: Alex Terego's 2016 essay on Socratic teaching, updated with 2025-2026 research on student AI use and what teachers can do.
- [Educational Technology – It’s Not About the “What”](https://edcircuit.com/educational-technology-its-not-about-the-what/): Technology integration in the classroom works when the learning goal comes first. Howard Pitler's 2016 column, updated with the 2024 federal ed tech plan.
- [Social Emotional Learning in School Settings](https://edcircuit.com/social-emotional-learning-in-school-settings/): School climate and social emotional learning support each other. Mark Garibaldi's 2015 interview, updated with CDC connectedness data and SEL research.
- [Practical Tips to Prevent "Summer Brain Drain"](https://edcircuit.com/practical-tips-to-prevent-summer-brain-drain/): Summer brain drain is real but varies by subject and grade. Original 2015 parent tips plus an update on summer learning loss data and activities that help.
- [Are We Evaluating the Right Things in Schools?](https://edcircuit.com/are-we-evaluating-the-right-things-in-schools/): Teacher evaluation only improves teaching when principals are trained to observe and give feedback. Stephen Fink's 2015 interview, updated with research.
- [How Family Engagement Tools Are Transforming K–12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/how-family-engagement-tools-are-transforming-k-12-education/): Which ed-tech tools improve parent and family engagement in K-12: messaging with translation, AI assistants, portfolios, dashboards and equity checks.
- [GED Test: What It Covers, Cost, Passing Scores and How to Prepare](https://edcircuit.com/ged-test/): What is on the GED test, how long it takes, what it costs, the 145 passing score, retakes, taking it online at home, GED vs. HiSET, and how to prepare.
- [STEM Education Guide: STEM vs. STEAM, Careers, Achievement, Computer Science and Activities for K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/stem-education-guide/): What STEM education is, STEM vs. STEAM, STEM careers, NAEP and TIMSS results, computer science access, research on hands-on STEM, activities and CTE.
- [Digital Citizenship Guide: Frameworks, Lessons, Laws and AI for K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/digital-citizenship-guide/): What digital citizenship is, ISTE, Ribble and Common Sense frameworks, lessons by grade, CIPA and state laws, cyberbullying, media literacy and AI.
- [Lab Safety in Schools: A Guide for K–12 Science Labs](https://edcircuit.com/lab-safety-guide/): Lab safety for K-12 science labs: rules, safety equipment, eyewash and fume hood standards, lab safety symbols, safety data sheets, OSHA rules and class size.
- [The Science of Reading: How Research Shapes Literacy](https://edcircuit.com/the-science-of-reading-how-research-shapes-literacy/): Discover how the Science of Reading uses evidence-based research to shape effective literacy instruction and boost reading success for all students.
- [Using Deep Teacher Knowledge to Bridge Literacy Gaps](https://edcircuit.com/using-deep-teacher-knowledge-to-bridge-literacy-gaps/): When educators possess deep and nuanced knowledge of language and literacy, they are better equipped to guide students on their reading journeys.
- [How Will School Districts Replace Aging Tech Without ESSER](https://edcircuit.com/how-will-school-districts-replace-aging-tech-without-esser/): From budget reallocation to local partnerships, we explore how School Districts used ESSER funds and strategies they must adopt to prevent a digital backslide.
- [The Top Five Challenges School Districts Face with EdTech](https://edcircuit.com/the-top-five-challenges-school-districts-face-with-edtech/): EdTech promises much, yet school districts face implementation challenges. Today, we outline five key obstacles and solutions for tech benefits to all.
- [Looking at the Escalation of School Violence Even During the Pandemic](https://edcircuit.com/looking-at-the-escalation-of-school-violence-even-during-the-pandemic/): Mass school shootings continued during the pandemic even while most schools were closed to in-person learning. This article examines that escalation.
- [Common FAFSA Errors and How to Fix Them](https://edcircuit.com/fafsa-errors/): The most common FAFSA errors on the 2027-28 form, from missing signatures and consent to the wrong year, and how to correct them before Sept. 12, 2028.
- [The Student Aid Index (SAI), Explained](https://edcircuit.com/student-aid-index/): What the Student Aid Index means, how it is calculated, what a negative or low SAI tells you, estimated vs. official SAI, and how to estimate yours.
- [How to Fill Out the FAFSA: A Step-by-Step Guide for 2027–28](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-fill-out-fafsa/): How to fill out the 2027-28 FAFSA step by step: accounts, which parent counts, the seven sections, consent, signing and what to check after you submit.
- [FAFSA Deadlines for 2027–28: Federal, State and College Dates](https://edcircuit.com/fafsa-deadline-2027-28/): The 2027-28 FAFSA deadline is June 30, 2028, but states and colleges set earlier dates. Every state deadline, the correction date and what to do if late.
- [Tight Community and Right Technology: Our Formula to Quality Education](https://edcircuit.com/tight-community-and-right-technology-our-formula-to-quality-education/): Curriculum mapping and vertical alignment explained: what a map should contain, what the evidence says, and how to run a K-12 alignment session.
- [Saving―and Enhancing―Music Education With Online Learning](https://edcircuit.com/saving-and-enhancing-music-education-with-online-learning/): Music technology in the classroom: a Bronx teacher's remote choir story, updated with music access data, research on production tools and privacy rules.
- [An Education Entrepreneur’s Plan To Address Student Behavior During And After Covid-19](https://edcircuit.com/an-education-entrepreneurs-plan-to-address-student-behavior-during-and-after-covid-19/): What restorative practices in schools are, what studies from Pittsburgh, California and Chicago found on suspensions and learning, and how a school can begin.
- [Summer Learning that Restores Balance and Provides Prep for the School Year](https://edcircuit.com/summer-learning-that-restores-balance-and-provides-prep-for-the-school-year/): What research since 2022 says about the summer slide and summer learning loss, what summer school achieved, and how teachers and families can prevent it.
- [Helping Our Children Grow Through the Current Racial Protests](https://edcircuit.com/helping-our-children-grow-through-the-current-racial-protests/): How to talk to kids about race: a parent's 2020 account, updated with pediatric guidance, research on when children notice race, and advice for teachers.
- [Making Schools Work for Introverted Students and Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/making-schools-work-for-introverted-students-and-teachers/): How to support introverted students in discussion and group work, and how introvert teachers manage energy: Jamie Thom's interview plus research since 2022.
- [Education Needs to Push the Hard-Reset Button](https://edcircuit.com/education-needs-to-push-the-hard-reset-button/): Mastery based learning explained: Matt Ridenour's plan to end age-based grades, updated with state policy since 2020, the seat-time debate and the research.
- [College Admission Pits Me Against My Classmates](https://edcircuit.com/college-admission-pits-me-against-my-classmates/): College admissions stress from a student's view, updated: teen pressure data, real acceptance rates, and the test, legacy and race rule changes since 2018.
- [Academic Field of Dreams](https://edcircuit.com/academic-field-of-dreams/): What does a superintendent do today? Iowa's Dr. Daniel Cox on the modern role, updated with pay, turnover, licensing and standards-based grading data.
- [Five Education Topics Candidates Must Address](https://edcircuit.com/five-education-topics-candidates-must-address/): What does the Department of Education do? A 2015 column on five election topics, updated with the 2025-26 changes, NAEP results and school buildings.
- [Educator Challenges Common Core Critics](https://edcircuit.com/educator-challenges-ccss-critics/): Common Core standards explained for school leaders: which states still use them, what the research found, and teacher Dave Stuart Jr.'s advice on purpose.
- [Professional Development for Teachers: What Works, Coaching, PLCs, Title II and License Renewal](https://edcircuit.com/professional-development-guide/): What effective teacher professional development is, what research shows, coaching, PLCs, induction, AI training, Title II, state renewal rules and impact.
- [SEL Exploring Character Education, Return to Basics Part 2](https://edcircuit.com/sel-exploring-character-education-return-to-basics-part-2/): SEL Exploring Character Education, a Return to Basics Part 2 - Character education produces benefits for both the school and the individual.
- [How the Science of Reading Enhances Student Learning](https://edcircuit.com/how-the-science-of-reading-enhances-student-learning/): Reading science acknowledges it is a complex process involving skills like phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
- [School Leadership Teams and the Culture They Create](https://edcircuit.com/school-leadership-teams-and-the-culture-they-create/): Discover how effective school leadership teams shape positive school culture, align staff, and bridge district vision with daily classroom realities.
- [AI and Achievement Gaps in Education](https://edcircuit.com/ai-and-achievement-gaps-in-education/): AI and achievement gaps in education are reshaping how schools identify disparities, personalize learning, and confront equity challenges.
- [Coding Clubs in Schools Build Future Innovators](https://edcircuit.com/coding-clubs-in-schools-build-future-innovators/): Coding clubs in schools help students build programming, AI, and problem-solving skills while preparing for careers in technology and innovation.
- [Assessment Testing Is Outdated in Modern Education](https://edcircuit.com/assessment-testing-is-outdated-in-modern-education/): Assessment testing is outdated. As colleges move away from test scores, schools must adopt modern methods that reflect real student learning.
- [The Attention Crisis in Elementary Schools](https://edcircuit.com/the-attention-crisis-in-elementary-schools/): The attention crisis in elementary schools is growing as screen time and AI reshape how students focus, think, and engage with learning.
- [America250 Opens Submissions for Nationwide Student Contest: ‘America’s Field Trip’  ](https://edcircuit.com/america250-opens-submissions-for-nationwide-student-contest-americas-field-trip/): America250 opens submissions for America's Field Trip again, after students from nearly every U.S. state and territory entered the first contest.
- [West Ottawa Public Schools Selects BenQ Boards for Classroom Transformation](https://edcircuit.com/west-ottawa-public-schools-selects-benq-boards-for-classroom-transformation/): West Ottawa Public Schools in Michigan installs the BenQ Board RP04 Series districtwide to support flexible and project-based learning.
- [AMERICA250 Launches New Nationwide Student Contest: ‘America’s Field Trip’](https://edcircuit.com/america250-launches-new-nationwide-student-contest-americas-field-trip/): America250 launches America's Field Trip, a nationwide student contest celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 24 — Feedback on Feedback & the Dynamic Teaching Community](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-24-feedback-on-feedback-the-dynamic-teaching-community/): Mind the Gap marks its first year in episode 24, as Tom and Emma look back on past guests and hold an extended discussion about feedback in teaching.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 22 — Accelerating Diversity and Equity in Schools with Bennie Kara](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-22-accelerating-diversity-and-equity-in-schools-with-bennie-kara/): In episode 22 of Mind the Gap, Tom and Emma talk with Bennie Kara, author of A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools, about diversity and equity.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 23 — Looking Back on Our Early-Career Teaching Experience With Abby Bayford](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-23-looking-back-on-our-early-career-teaching-experience-with-abby-bayford/): In episode 23 of Mind the Gap, Tom and Emma talk with Abby Bayford, editor of Letter to My NQT Self, a book of teachers' letters to their first-year selves.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 20 — Putting Staff First with John Tomsett & Jonny Uttley](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-twenty-putting-staff-first-with-john-tomsett-jonny-uttley/): In episode 20 of Mind the Gap, Tom and Emma talk with John Tomsett and Jonny Uttley, authors of Putting Staff First, about building happy, expert school staff.
- [5 Essential Screen Sharing Tips for Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/5-essential-screen-sharing-tips-for-teachers/): Five screen sharing tips for teachers in virtual classrooms, starting with the reminder that students can see everything you share on your screen.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 18 – Sam Strickland and Education Exposed](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-eighteen-sam-strickland-and-education-exposed/): In this episode, Tom and Emma speak with Sam Strickland, a U.K. school head known for his 'no nonsense' approach and true passion for education leadership.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 17 – Insights & Advice: Doug Lemov, Feedback & 'Cold Calling'](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-seventeen-insights-advice-doug-lemov-feedback-cold-calling/): In episode 17 of Mind the Gap, the hosts discuss Doug Lemov's key ideas on feedback and cold calling and look ahead to Teach Like a Champion 3.0.
- [Mind the Gap, Episode 11 — Tom and Emma Discuss Exams, Quality Assurance & the Pressure on Leaders](https://edcircuit.com/mind-the-gap-episode-eleven-tom-and-emma-discuss-exams-quality-assurance-and-pressure-on-leaders/): In episode 11 of Mind the Gap, Tom and Emma reflect on their interview with Mary Myatt and discuss exams, quality assurance and the pressure on school leaders.
- [Students Struggling in Virtual Classrooms Show a Glaring Problem in Our Schools](https://edcircuit.com/students-struggling-in-virtual-classrooms-show-a-glaring-problem-in-our-schools/): COVID has shut down business as usual at most schools and students are learning in virtual classrooms a lot more than they used to.
- [EdgeMakers Institute Extends Deadline for Free Innovation Program Until July 25](https://edcircuit.com/edgemakers-institute-extends-deadline-for-free-innovation-program-until-july-25/): EdgeMakers Institute extended the Innovate Arizona deadline to July 25, 2018 for its funded program for 50 teachers and 1,600 students in grades 6-12.
- [Student Entrepreneurship in Action](https://edcircuit.com/student-entrepreneurship-in-action/): For the past 14 years, we have been inviting student innovators from across the world to participate in the Conrad Challenge.
- [California and Texas Approve EdgeMakers Innovation Courses for High Schools](https://edcircuit.com/california-and-texas-approve-edgemakers-innovation-courses-for-high-schools/): EdgeMakers announced California granted A-G approval for six of its innovation and entrepreneurship courses and Texas approved its Innovative Thinking course.
- [EdgeMakers Institute Announces a Free Innovation Program for 1,600 Students in Arizona](https://edcircuit.com/edgemakers-institute-announces-free-innovation-program-1600-students-arizona/): EdgeMakers Institute offered 50 Arizona teachers and 1,600 students in grades 6-12 a free innovation program, Innovate Arizona, for the 2018-19 school year.
- [EdgeMakers Announces A-G Approved Courses on Innovative Thinking](https://edcircuit.com/edgemakers-announces-a-g-approved-courses-on-innovative-thinking/): EdgeMakers announces A-G approved innovation courses on creativity, storytelling, design thinking and entrepreneurship, each worth three college credits.
- [K-20 U.S. Education Pedagogy Beginning to Rust](https://edcircuit.com/k-20-u-s-education-pedagogy-beginning-to-rust/): In a democracy where people have input on outcomes they buy-in to a consensus. People in totalitarian states where they are told what to do don't buy-in.
- [What to Know About Digital Ethics with Dr. Kristen Mattson](https://edcircuit.com/ep-27-what-to-know-about-digital-ethics-with-dr-kristen-mattson/): In this episode of Building the Bridge, we talk to Dr. Kristen Mattson about integrating digital and information media literacy skills.
- [Getting The Most Out Of ESSA For English Language Learners](https://edcircuit.com/getting-the-most-out-of-essa-for-english-language-learners/): How Title III of ESSA funds services for English language learners: what it pays for, 2025-26 funding, accountability rules and moving funds between programs.
- [Design Lesson Plans to Engage Students](https://edcircuit.com/design-lesson-plans-engage-students/): Inquiry based learning lesson design: five practical steps from a teacher, plus what research on guidance, PISA data and the direct instruction debate shows.
- [Digital Learning and Pedagogical Practice](https://edcircuit.com/digital-learning/): The TPACK model explained for school leaders: how teacher beliefs shape technology integration, the new contextual knowledge layer, and TPACK with AI.
- [Setting the Stage for a Unified Schoolwide Approach](https://edcircuit.com/selchat-setting-stage-for-unified-schoolwide-approach/): The CASEL framework's five competencies and four settings, mapped to Tamara Fyke's seven steps for schoolwide SEL, with research and surveys since 2022.
- [Connecting with Kids: 10 Minutes to Mindfulness](https://edcircuit.com/connecting-with-kids-10-minutes-to-mindfulness/): Mindful breathing during classroom transitions: a teacher-tested routine for students, with what 2022-2024 research says about mindfulness in the classroom.
- [Redesigning Schools for Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/redesigning-schools-for-student-success/): Block scheduling and schedule redesign helped Bridgeport's Central High raise attendance and graduation. What research shows and what leaders should ask first.
- [Using Technology to Uncover New Funding Opportunities](https://edcircuit.com/using-technology-to-uncover-new-funding-opportunities-education/): Title I funding can pay for school technology when it meets a needs-assessment goal. What changed since 2018: flat budgets, the rules, and bus Wi-Fi.
- [Building Better Writers](https://edcircuit.com/building-better-writers/): How to teach writing well: Angela Stockman on teachers as writers, plus what 2024 research says about strategy instruction, feedback and daily writing time.
- [Personalized Learning: Changing the Way Students Learn](https://edcircuit.com/personalized-learning-change-student-learn/): A 1:1 device program case study: how Greenville County Schools relaunched its program around teaching, its 2026 screen limits, and lessons for districts.
- [Utilize Culturally Responsive Teaching](https://edcircuit.com/utilize-culturally-responsive-teaching/): Culturally responsive teaching with differentiated instruction: practical strategies, research in 2026, and why learning styles advice changed.
- [Elections Matter: A Time to Revisit Ethics and Character Education](https://edcircuit.com/elections-matter-a-time-to-revisit-ethics-and-character-education/): The 11 Principles of character education today: the current framework, a 214-study meta-analysis, civility data from principals, and practical steps.
- [Four Ways Literacy Explains Everything](https://edcircuit.com/four-ways-literacy-explains-everything/): Adult literacy in the US fell between 2017 and 2023: 28% of adults now score at the lowest level. What the data show, the poverty link, and what schools can do.
- [Person-alized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/person-alized-learning/): In a truly personalized model, one would find a learner who is excited to pursue a passion and guided rightly to reach the desired objective.
- [Snow Days in 2026–27: Virtual Snow Days, Make-Up Rules and What Has Changed](https://edcircuit.com/snow-days-virtual-learning-make-up-rules/): Are snow days going away? How snow days work in 2026-27: state rules for virtual snow days, make-up days, what research says and what families think.
- [100 Days of School: A Celebration of Progress & Possibility](https://edcircuit.com/100-days-of-school-a-celebration-of-progress-possibility/): When the 100th day of school falls in 2027, how to count it, where the tradition came from, and 100th day of school ideas for every grade.
- [The Unexpected Gift of a Snow Day](https://edcircuit.com/the-unexpected-gift-of-a-snow-day/): A snow day offers a precious escape from the noise and stress of daily life, inviting you to discover peace and joy in the serene beauty of a winter wonderland.
- [Snow Day Safety: What Goes Into Calling a Snow Day](https://edcircuit.com/snow-day-safety-what-goes-into-calling-a-snow-day/): Snow day safety decisions involve weather checks, transportation input, building readiness, and district coordination long before students celebrate the day off
- [Digital Equity and Snow Days: Rethinking Online Learning](https://edcircuit.com/digital-equity-and-snow-days-rethinking-online-learning/): Digital equity in education is tested on snow days, when shifting learning online can unintentionally widen access gaps for students and families.
- [Teacher Appreciation Week Ideas for Schools](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-appreciation-week-ideas-for-schools/): Teacher Appreciation Week 2027 ideas for schools: the dates, what teachers say they value most, and day-by-day ways to thank teachers.
- [National Assistant Principals Week 2026](https://edcircuit.com/national-assistant-principals-week-2026/): National Assistant Principals Week 2027 is April 5-9. Why assistant principals matter, new data on the role and ideas to recognize them.
- [School Counselor Appreciation Week 2026](https://edcircuit.com/school-counselor-appreciation-week-2026/): School Counselor Appreciation Week 2027 runs February 1-5. The theme, what counselors do, ASCA ratios and ideas to thank school counselors.
- [The Four-Day School Week: What the Research Says](https://edcircuit.com/four-day-school-week/): How the four-day school week works, how many schools use it, what research shows about learning, teachers and costs, and how states are responding.
- [Esports Scholarships: How Students Can Earn Money for College](https://edcircuit.com/esports-scholarships/): How esports scholarships work: which colleges offer them, how much they pay, the GPA and rank colleges expect, how to get recruited and the risks.
- [High School Esports Leagues: PlayVS, NASEF and What They Cost](https://edcircuit.com/high-school-esports-leagues/): How high school esports leagues work: PlayVS and state associations, the 2026-27 fees after PlayVS restructured, the free NASEF option and how to choose.
- [What Is a Microschool? Cost, Rules and Research](https://edcircuit.com/microschools/): What a microschool is, how many students attend, what they cost, how states regulate them and what research shows, with questions families should ask.
- [Types of Schools in the U.S.: A Guide for Families and Educators](https://edcircuit.com/types-of-schools/): The main types of schools in the U.S., from public, charter and magnet to private, homeschool and microschools, with how many students attend each.
- [Guide to 5 Evidence Based Parenting Strategies](https://edcircuit.com/guide-to-5-evidence-based-parenting-strategies/): Five evidence-based parenting strategies for teens, what makes a strategy evidence-based, positive parenting tips by age from CDC and AAP, and school support.
- [Helping High School Students Navigate AI and Media Literacy](https://edcircuit.com/helping-high-school-students-navigate-ai-and-media-literacy/): Integrating AI literacy in media education and fostering critical discussions helps educators shape informed, ethical digital citizens.
- [How Much Screen Time Is Too Much?](https://edcircuit.com/how-much-screen-time-is-too-much/): Discover how school phone bans impact student screen time, mental health, and family dynamics, and learn what really defines too much screen time for kids.
- [Screen Time in Elementary Schools: Finding Balance](https://edcircuit.com/screen-time-in-elementary-schools-finding-balance/): Screen time in elementary schools is shifting toward AI-driven learning, forcing leaders to rethink balance, attention, and student development.
- [The Role of EdTech in Developing Media Literacy and Understanding in Students](https://edcircuit.com/the-role-of-edtech-in-developing-media-literacy-and-understanding-in-students/): Prior to integrating educational technology (EdTech) into the classroom, it is crucial for students to acquire media literacy skills.
- [Digital Footprint: Why Schools Must Teach It Now](https://edcircuit.com/digital-footprint-why-schools-must-teach-it-now/): What a digital footprint is, active vs passive types, what a positive footprint looks like, and classroom activities by grade for K-12 schools.
- [How Schools Can Teach Cybersecurity During Cybersecurity Awareness Month](https://edcircuit.com/how-schools-can-teach-cybersecurity-during-cybersecurity-awareness-month/): A comprehensive, classroom-ready guide for teaching cybersecurity to middle and high school students, including lesson ideas and free Science Safety modules.
- [Better Digital Citizenship Instruction: Tips for Inclusivity](https://edcircuit.com/deepening-digital-citizenship-a-guide-to-systemwide-policy-and-practice/): Digital citizenship instruction is not one size fits all, not every student is reached. Learn how to improve Digital Citizenship inclusivity.
- [3 Ways to Make Digital Citizenship Part of Your Everyday Teaching](https://edcircuit.com/3-ways-to-make-digital-citizenship-part-of-your-everyday-teaching/): Three ways teachers can weave digital citizenship into everyday lessons when there is no time for a stand-alone curriculum on responsible technology use.
- [Social Media Education in Middle School](https://edcircuit.com/social-media-education-in-middle-school/): Social media education in middle school builds empathy, verification skills, and responsible sharing before online conflicts escalate.
- [Why Students Need Digital Citizenship Earlier Than Ever](https://edcircuit.com/why-students-need-digital-citizenship-earlier-than-ever/): Digital citizenship education helps students navigate cybersecurity, AI, misinformation, and online safety in an increasingly connected world.
- [Developing Teacher Leaders with Digital Citizenship Academies](https://edcircuit.com/developing-teacher-leaders-with-digital-citizenship-academies/): How California's Alisal Union School District developed teacher leaders in digital citizenship while rolling out its 1-to-1 take-home device program.
- [What Animals Can Teach Us About Creativity](https://edcircuit.com/what-animals-can-teach-us-about-creativity/): Can animals be creative? What research on crows, cockatoos, primates and dolphins shows about animal creativity, and how teachers can use it in lessons.
- [Check-In Questions & Social Emotional Learning](https://edcircuit.com/check-in-questions-social-emotional-learning/): Check-in questions for students by grade level, from elementary to high school and college, plus emotional, daily and staff SEL check-ins done privately.
- [School Safety Guide: Emergency Plans, Drills, Threat Assessment and Security](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-guide/): School safety for K-12 leaders: emergency operations plans, the Standard Response Protocol, lockdown drill research, threat assessment, security and data.
- [School Lockdown: Duty of Care and Safety Protocols](https://edcircuit.com/school-lockdown-duty-of-care-and-safety-protocols/): Student safety during school lockdowns: how schools handle lockdowns step by step, lockdown vs lockout, and what teachers and families should do.
- [School Safety Communication Breakdown Risks](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-communication-breakdown-risks/): School safety communication breakdown risks occur when messages fail to create action. Learn how schools can fix gaps and improve response.
- [School Threat Assessment: Connecting Warning Signs](https://edcircuit.com/school-threat-assessment-connecting-warning-signs/): School threat assessment works when people know what to report, where to report it, and how concerns become coordinated support.
- [After-Hours School Safety: Who Is Responsible?](https://edcircuit.com/after-hours-school-safety-who-is-responsible/): After-hours school safety depends on clear leadership, accurate rosters, reliable communication, and confirmed student dismissal.
- [School Safety First 5 Minutes Matter Most](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-first-5-minutes-matter-most/): School safety first 5 minutes matter most. Learn how response, communication, and environment shape outcomes when incidents occur.
- [School Safety Resilience: Moving Beyond Response](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-resilience-moving-beyond-response/): School safety resilience goes beyond response. Learn how schools evolve systems, improve environments, and build lasting safety culture.
- [After-Hours School Safety Gaps Leaders Miss](https://edcircuit.com/after-hours-school-safety-gaps-leaders-miss/): After-hours school safety gaps leaders miss happen when students remain in buildings without clear supervision. Learn how schools can close these risks.
- [School Safety Camera Trailers Arrive on Campuses](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-camera-trailers-arrive-on-campuses/): School safety camera trailers are appearing on campuses as districts explore layered security strategies and new deterrence measures.
- [School Safety Drills: Completion Is Not Preparedness](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-drills-completion-is-not-preparedness/): School safety drills should do more than satisfy a requirement. They should reveal whether people, plans, and systems will work under pressure.
- [Educational Technology Investments: Beyond ROI](https://edcircuit.com/educational-technology-investments-beyond-roi/): The ROI of educational technology for schools: total cost of ownership, return on investment and value of investment, and what districts should measure.
- [Educational Technology Benefits Beyond the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/educational-technology-benefits-beyond-the-classroom/): Benefits of educational technology beyond the classroom: how edtech improves operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, family communication and student access.
- [How K–12 Schools Are Resetting Device Management](https://edcircuit.com/how-k-12-schools-are-resetting-device-management/): How K-12 districts manage Chromebooks after the 1:1 boom: tracking, Auto Update Expiration dates, refresh cycles, repair, security and the end of ESSER.
- [How Wearable Tech Is Transforming the K–12 Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/how-wearable-tech-is-transforming-the-k-12-classroom/): Why smartwatches are the next school phone-ban question: state laws that name them, SAT and ACT rules, school modes, and what a district policy needs.
- [Women in STEM: The Scully Effect](https://edcircuit.com/women-in-stem-the-scully-effect/): What the Scully effect is, what the 2018 survey of 2,021 women found, how women are represented in STEM today, and how schools can build on it.
- [How School Counselors Guide Students Toward Success](https://edcircuit.com/how-school-counselors-guide-students-toward-success/): What school counselors do for students, from schedules to college and wellbeing, plus ASCA ratios, appropriate duties, pay and the research on impact.
- [How to Welcome New Teachers: Building a School Culture of Connection and Belonging](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-welcome-new-teachers-building-a-school-culture-of-connection-and-belonging/): How schools can welcome new teachers: first-week ideas, buddy and mentor programs, induction research and quick wins that help new hires stay.
- [Why Failure Is Actually a Good Thing](https://edcircuit.com/why-failure-is-actually-a-good-thing-education/): Why failure is good for learning: an educator on letting students struggle, plus what productive failure research shows and how to use it in class.
- [Stop Putting Students in Grades by Age](https://edcircuit.com/stop-putting-students-in-grades-by-age/): A U.S. grades-by-age chart, why kindergarten cutoffs vary by state, and an educator’s case for grouping students by readiness instead of age.
- [Cognitive Skills and Math](https://edcircuit.com/cognitive-skills-math/): How cognitive abilities such as working memory, attention, spatial skills and planning support math skills, with the latest research and classroom tips.
- [Can My School be Fined for Non-Compliance?](https://edcircuit.com/can-my-school-be-fined-for-non-compliance/): Can a school be fined by OSHA? The 2026 OSHA penalty amounts, which states cover public schools, real school citations and how to stay compliant.
- [3 Creative Ways To Build Confidence In Students](https://edcircuit.com/3-ways-to-build-creative-confidence-in-students/): Three research-based ways to build creative confidence in students, plus what self-efficacy is, its four sources, and what studies show about confidence.
- [10 Great Movies for the STEM Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/10-great-movies-stem-classroom/): The best STEM movies for the classroom, from Hidden Figures to Apollo 11, with grade levels, teacher tips, discussion questions and newer documentaries.
- [Student-Athletes Are Entrepreneurs: How NIL Is Reshaping College Athletics](https://edcircuit.com/student-athletes-are-entrepreneurs-how-nil-is-reshaping-college-athletics/): What NIL means for college athletes: how name, image and likeness deals work after the House settlement, what athletes earn, and what colleges should teach.
- [Immersive Learning: AR/VR for Middle & High School Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/immersive-learning-ar-vr-for-middle-high-school-classroom/): How augmented reality and VR are used in middle and high school, what the research shows, headset age limits, and what district leaders should plan for.
- [Student Data Privacy: What Schools Collect & Why It Matters](https://edcircuit.com/student-data-privacy-what-schools-collect-why-it-matters/): What student data schools collect, the risks, and the laws that protect it: FERPA, PPRA and the 2025 COPPA rule, plus what districts should do.
- [Physical Education and Student Health: Why PE Matters](https://edcircuit.com/benefits-of-physical-education/): The benefits of physical education for student health and learning, how much PE students need, the 2025 data on who gets it, and the fitness test revival.
- [Texas Education Freedom Accounts: How the New ESAs Work](https://edcircuit.com/texas-education-freedom-accounts/): How Texas Education Freedom Accounts work: amounts, who qualifies, what the money covers, first-year results and the $2 billion expansion request.
- [Average Teacher Salary by State, 2025–26](https://edcircuit.com/average-teacher-salary-by-state/): The average teacher salary is $76,552 in 2025-26. Salaries in all 50 states, starting pay, the teacher pay penalty and new state raise laws.
- [What Counts as a Professional Degree? The New Graduate Loan Limits Explained](https://edcircuit.com/professional-degree-graduate-loan-limits/): Which programs count as a professional degree for federal loans, the graduate loan limits since July 2026, the nursing and teaching fight and the lawsuits.
- [Howard University Unenrolled 502 Students: What HBCU Families Should Know](https://edcircuit.com/howard-university-unenrolled-students/): Why Howard University unenrolled 502 freshmen in 2026, how about 200 were reinstated, and what HBCU students and families can learn about aid deadlines.
- [Minecraft Education: A Guide for Teachers and Schools](https://edcircuit.com/minecraft-education/): What Minecraft Education is, what it costs, how teachers use it for coding, science and digital safety, what is new in 2026 and what research shows.
- [PowerSchool Data Breach 2025: What Schools Must Know](https://edcircuit.com/powerschool-data-breach-2025-k12-schools/): The PowerSchool data breach explained: how it happened, who was affected, the hacker’s sentence, the 2026 lawsuit ruling and what districts should do.
- [Department of Education Restructuring Explained](https://edcircuit.com/department-of-education-restructuring/): The Department of Education restructuring explained: 14 interagency agreements, where special education, Title I and student loans moved, and what is next.
- [Science Lab Safety Culture Starts With Leadership](https://edcircuit.com/science-lab-safety-culture-starts-with-leadership/): How schools build a science lab safety culture: why lab safety matters, speaking up, near misses, the chemical hygiene officer and what safety leadership does.
- [Science Lab Hazards Schools Often Miss](https://edcircuit.com/science-lab-hazards-schools-often-miss/): Science lab hazards school inspections find most often: blocked eyewash stations, forgotten chemicals, unsafe storage and complacency, and how to catch them.
- [New Teachers, Real Risks: Safer STEM Strategies for Today's Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/new-teachers-real-risks-safer-stem-strategies-for-todays-classrooms/): This article discusses how adopting Safer STEM strategies can minimize risk, boost confidence, and empower new teachers to create safer lab environments.
- [School Equipment Safety Decisions Start Before Purchase](https://edcircuit.com/school-equipment-safety-decisions-start-before-purchase/): School equipment safety starts at purchase: how procurement, storage and room layout shape supervision, emergency access and class size in STEM and CTE labs.
- [Laboratory Compliance Starts With Safety](https://edcircuit.com/laboratory-compliance-starts-with-safety/): Laboratory compliance in K-12 schools: what OSHA's Laboratory Standard requires, why everyday safety systems beat inspection scrambles, and who leads it.
- [TED Talks: What's In A Name?](https://edcircuit.com/ted-talks-name/): TED has helped pioneer micro-learning in the education industry. It is striking how often teachers consider a TEDx Talk as part of their resource bank.
- [Animals in the Science Classroom: Responsibility, Safety, and Student Learning](https://edcircuit.com/animals-in-the-science-classroom-responsibility-safety-and-student-learning/): Animals can enrich a science class with curiosity and care, but only when teachers plan responsibly and follow ethical guidelines.
- [Science Lab Fires: Duty of Care, Response, and Recovery](https://edcircuit.com/school-science-lab-fires/): Learn how schools manage science lab fires with duty of care, effective response, prevention strategies and recovery to ensure student safety and minimize risks
- [After the Rainbow: A Cautionary Tale of Chemistry and Carelessness](https://edcircuit.com/after-the-rainbow-a-cautionary-tale-of-chemistry-and-carelessness/): The Rainbow Flame Experiment may dazzle, but without safety, it becomes dangerous. After the Rainbow reminds us, lab safety is essential.
- [Why 9th Grade Science Labs See the Most Accidents and What Schools Can Do About It](https://edcircuit.com/why-9th-grade-science-labs-see-the-most-accidents-and-what-schools-can-do-about-it/): 9th grade science labs are the most accident-prone environments in a school science, but a free safety pathway from Science Safety is helping reverse that trend
- [When the Science Lab Catches Fire: Duty of Care, Prevention, and the Barnegat High School Wake-Up Call](https://edcircuit.com/when-the-science-lab-catches-fire-barnegat-high-school-wake-up-call/): A science lab fire at Barnegat High School highlights school safety, duty of care, fire prevention, and the impact of lab incidents on education.
- [How Federal Special Education Changes Affect Schools](https://edcircuit.com/how-federal-special-education-changes-affect-schools/): Special education changes are reshaping federal oversight. Learn what they mean for students, families, educators, and school districts.
- [Why Learning Management Systems (LMS) Have Become the Heart of Modern Education and Training](https://edcircuit.com/why-learning-management-systems-lms-have-become-the-heart-of-modern-education-and-training/): A decade ago, learning management systems (LMS) were static digital filing cabinets, teachers uploaded assignments, and students logged in to complete them.
- [The Impact of Overcrowding on Classroom Safety: A Teacher's Duty of Care](https://edcircuit.com/the-impact-of-overcrowding-on-classroom-safety-a-teachers-duty-of-care/): By implementing strategies and advocating for smaller class sizes, we can create a positive and nurturing space for our students to learn and grow.
- [How Districts Support Social-Emotional Learning](https://edcircuit.com/how-districts-support-social-emotional-learning/): As districts recognize SEL's importance, we can expect a generation of academically successful, emotionally intelligent, and socially competent students.
- [Teaching the Teachers: SEL for K-12 Success](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-the-teachers-sel-for-k-12-success/): Learn how post-secondary schools of education can prepare the next-generation K-12 teachers to incorporate SEL in the classroom for student success.
- [Relationships Foster Social Emotional Learning](https://edcircuit.com/relationships-foster-social-emotional-learning/): During the pandemic, educators, students, and families have used Social Emotional Learning strategies and skills to transform their relationships.
- [SEL is Prevention and Intervention](https://edcircuit.com/sel-is-prevention-and-intervention/): In her latest article, Tamara Fyke discusses how educators and parents can support and guide the next generation by using SEL as prevention and intervention.
- [How SEL Empowers Positive Learning](https://edcircuit.com/how-sel-empowers-positive-learning/): For SEL to stick, educators need to create an environment of structure and consistency; allowing students to learn and see that effort creates success.
- [Social-Emotional Learning Guide: SEL Skills, Research, Curriculum and Policy](https://edcircuit.com/social-emotional-learning-guide/): What social-emotional learning is, the five SEL skills, what research shows, why SEL is contested, state laws, choosing an SEL curriculum and activities.
- [Why Mental Health Belongs at the Heart of Education](https://edcircuit.com/why-mental-health-belongs-at-the-heart-of-education/): Today’s students face pressure like never before. Making mental health part of the core curriculum is essential to helping them thrive in school and life.
- [Student Mental Health: A Growing Focus in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/student-mental-health-a-growing-focus-in-schools/): Student mental health is becoming a top priority in schools as educators focus on well-being, engagement, and the creation of supportive learning environments.
- [How EdTech Can Promote SEL, Equity, and Engagement](https://edcircuit.com/how-edtech-can-promote-sel-equity-and-engagement/): In this roundtable discussion, various conference presenters from FETC 2019 provide their views on the pressing questions surrounding edtech.
- [Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) in Every Lesson Plan](https://edcircuit.com/sel-in-every-lesson-plan/): In this episode of Author Chats, Jeffrey Benson discusses social-emotional learning themes in his book Improve Every Lesson Plan with SEL.
- [Why Social Emotional Learning?](https://edcircuit.com/why-social-emotional-learning/): Creating a learning environment that fosters well-being happens when Social Emotional Learning is intentionally incorporated into the educational ecosystem.
- [Connecting SEL and Formative Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/connecting-sel-and-formative-instruction/): Formative assessment practices provide teachers another opportunity to explicitly integrate SEL into academic content and prepare students for success.
- [What Does It Mean to Be Almost Gifted?](https://edcircuit.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-almost-gifted/): What it means to be almost gifted, how gifted tests like the CogAT and OLSAT score students, and how schools can challenge those just below the cutoff.
- [STEM Is Not an Acronym - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math](https://edcircuit.com/stem-is-not-an-acronym/): STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math, but educator Joshua Sneideman argues it means much more for students and schools.
- [How to improve Lab Safety for 9th Graders](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-improve-lab-safety-for-9th-graders/): Learn how to improve lab safety in ninth-grade science classes through comprehensive training, supervision, and educator support for a safer learning space.
- [Lab Safety Lessons From Fishers High School](https://edcircuit.com/lab-safety-lessons-from-fishers-high-school/): Lab safety matters. The Fishers High School incident shows why every school needs strong protocols and a trained Chemical Hygiene Officer.
- [Physical Safety Inspections in Science Labs](https://edcircuit.com/physical-safety-inspections-in-science-labs/): What a physical safety inspection of a science lab covers: exits, occupancy, ventilation, utilities, storage, signage and emergency equipment.
- [Academic Discourse: 4 Key Aspects](https://edcircuit.com/academic-discourse-4-key-aspects/): What academic discourse is, four key aspects for the classroom, sentence starters students can use, and what research says about classroom talk.
- [Saying 'No' to Cell Phones in the Classroom: Statewide Bans Take Hold for 2025-26](https://edcircuit.com/saying-no-to-cell-phones-in-the-classroom-statewide-bans-take-hold-for-2025-26/): Why states are banning cell phones in schools, where the laws stand, the reasons schools give, and what makes a school-wide ban hold.
- [School Cell Phone Bans: Enforcement That Works](https://edcircuit.com/school-cell-phone-bans-enforcement-that-works/): How schools enforce cell phone bans fairly: tiered consequences, confiscation records, exceptions, emergency access and data on discipline.
- [School Cell Phone Bans: Where the Devices Go](https://edcircuit.com/school-cell-phone-bans-where-the-devices-go/): How schools store phones under cell phone bans: pouches, lockers, classroom caddies and central storage, plus exceptions and family contact.
- [School Cell Phone Bans: What the Evidence Shows](https://edcircuit.com/school-cell-phone-bans-what-the-evidence-shows/): What research and district data show about school cell phone bans: effects on distraction, behavior, bullying, grades and mental health.
- [4 Strategies for Formative Assessment](https://edcircuit.com/four-strategies-formative-assessment-education/): Four formative assessment strategies from Barbara Blackburn, plus what formative assessment is, how it differs from summative, and the research.
- [How YouTube Became a Global Education Platform](https://edcircuit.com/how-youtube-became-a-global-education-platform/): How education YouTube became a major learning resource, the best educational channels, what research says about video, and the controls schools can use.
- [Why Teacher Aides Matter More Than Ever](https://edcircuit.com/why-teacher-aides-matter/): What a teacher aide does, qualifications, pay and the paraprofessional shortage, plus what the research says about aides and student learning.
- [School District Layoffs Surge Nationwide](https://edcircuit.com/school-district-layoffs-surge-nationwide/): School district layoffs in 2026-27: where teachers and staff were cut, why budgets are shrinking, how layoffs are decided and what it means for students.
- [Teacher Burnout: 10 Proven Ways to Prevent It](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-burnout-10-proven-ways-to-prevent-it/): What teacher burnout is, the latest data, warning signs, and 10 ways teachers and school leaders can prevent it, with prompts for staff discussion.
- [Examining The Decision to Ban Cell Phones in K-12 Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/examining-the-decision-to-ban-cell-phones-in-k-12-classrooms/): Should cell phones be allowed in schools? The arguments for and against bans, what teachers, parents and teens think, and what the research shows.
- [How Student Media Teams Are Transforming High School Sports](https://edcircuit.com/how-student-media-teams-are-transforming-high-school-sports/): Student sports media teams are growing as students livestream games, create highlights, and produce digital content for schools and athletes.
- [Educational Technology: A Guide to Ed Tech in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/edtech-guide/): What educational technology is, how schools use it, what research shows, and what leaders need to know about LMS, funding, E-Rate, privacy and security.
- [The Impact of EdTech on Middle School and High School](https://edcircuit.com/the-impact-of-edtech-on-middle-and-high-school-education/): From personalized learning to increased collaboration and engagement, EdTech has proven to be a valuable tool in preparing students for the future.
- [EdTech Trends Transforming High School Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/edtech-trends-transforming-high-school-classrooms/): EdTech in high school is transforming learning as students use digital tools, AI, and immersive technology to collaborate, create, and explore ideas.
- [How to Tell if Your Edtech Integration is Successful](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-tell-if-your-edtech-integration-is-successful/): The goal of any edtech integration should be to advance student learning outcomes. How do you properly assess those outcomes and the impact of your technology?
- [Teacher Input in Edtech Adoption Drives Success](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-input-in-edtech-adoption-drives-success/): Teacher input in edtech adoption helps districts select better tools, strengthen training, support classrooms, and improve student learning.
- [Five Educational Technology Resources that School Counselors Need to Know](https://edcircuit.com/five-educational-technology-resources-that-school-counselors-need-to-know/): Bronwen O’Shea highlights five edtech resources that every school counselor should know about and integrate into daily activities.
- [The Dishonor of Honors Courses](https://edcircuit.com/the-dishonor-of-honors-courses/): Author and educator Todd Stanley discusses the three basic questions many schools are not answering in their honors courses.
- [The Merit vs. Diversity Admissions Debate](https://edcircuit.com/the-merit-vs-diversity-admissions-debate/): What merit-based admission means, how holistic review works, what the 2023 Supreme Court ruling changed, and where testing and legacy rules stand now.
- [How Movies Prepared Us for Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://edcircuit.com/how-movies-prepared-us-for-artificial-intelligence-ai/): How AI movies from WarGames to Ex Machina shaped what people think about AI, and how teachers can use them to teach AI ethics.
- [AI and Bullying in Schools: What K–12 Leaders Must Know](https://edcircuit.com/ai-and-bullying-in-schools-what-k-12-leaders-must-know/): How AI bullying and deepfakes are reaching schools, what the TAKE IT DOWN Act requires, and how K-12 leaders can update policy and support students.
- [Art and AI: A New Era of Student Creativity](https://edcircuit.com/art-and-ai-a-new-era-of-student-creativity/): How art teachers use AI and art tools in K-12 classrooms, what NAEA says about attribution, and what copyright law means for AI-made student work.
- [AI in Education: What the New Year Brings in 2026](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-education-what-the-new-year-brings-in-2026/): The benefits of AI in education in 2026 for tutoring, reading, math, writing and financial literacy, what research shows, and what makes them real.
- [Confronting AI Cheating in K–12 While Embracing Responsible Innovation](https://edcircuit.com/confronting-ai-cheating-in-k-12-while-embracing-responsible-innovation/): How common AI cheating is, why AI detectors fall short, and what schools can do instead: redesigned assignments, clear rules and AI literacy.
- [The Evolution of Music Education in Today’s Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/the-evolution-of-music-education-in-todays-classroom/): How technology in music education, from DAWs to AI, is changing school music programs, with NAfME guidance and steps for school leaders.
- [Future of Education: 10 EdTech Trends You Need to Know](https://edcircuit.com/future-of-education-10-edtech-trends-you-need-to-know/): Ten edtech trends for the 2026-27 school year, from AI and phone bans to cybersecurity and spending, each with the latest data for school leaders.
- [From Projectors to Virtual Dashboards: How Driver’s Education Has Transformed in the Age of AI](https://edcircuit.com/how-drivers-education-has-transformed-in-the-age-of-ai/): How driver’s education moved online and to the drivers ed simulator, what AI adds, and what the teen crash data mean for schools and parents.
- [Teacher Professional Development in the Age of AI](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-professional-development-in-the-age-of-ai/): Where teacher professional development on AI stands, what effective training includes, and how districts can build it, with RAND and Gallup data.
- [Empowering Student Engagement in the Age of AI](https://edcircuit.com/empowering-student-engagement-in-the-age-of-ai/): Student engagement strategies that use AI well: practice at the right level, tutoring, creative work and teacher time, with the evidence and the risks.
- [How the Evaluation Team Report (ETR) Shapes Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)](https://edcircuit.com/how-the-evaluation-team-report-etr-shapes-individualized-education-plans-ieps/): The ETR is vital for creating effective IEPs by collaborating with the education team and understanding the student's needs.
- [Artificial Intelligence in Special Education and Accessibility](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-special-education-and-accessibility/): Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are transforming Special Education, but without safeguards, the very students who benefit most risk being left behind.
- [AI in Special Education: Smarter Student Services Now](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-special-education-smarter-student-services-now/): AI in special education is transforming student services through personalization, automation, and assistive tools—while requiring strong parent engagement.
- [School Cybersecurity Protects the School Day](https://edcircuit.com/school-cybersecurity-protects-the-school-day/): School cybersecurity protects learning and student information. Explore how districts are strengthening security and preparing for disruptions.
- [How One Platform Helped Us Triple Family Engagement in Just Weeks](https://edcircuit.com/how-one-platform-helped-us-triple-family-engagement-in-just-weeks/): A teacher of nearly 30 years in Irvington Public Schools on five ways a school-home communication platform made family engagement stronger.
- [AI Rules for Schools: A Back-to-School Guide](https://edcircuit.com/ai-rules-for-schools-a-back-to-school-guide/): How to write AI rules for schools: AI levels for each assignment, disclosure, privacy, age limits, why AI detectors cannot prove cheating, and family talks.
- [Family Engagement Is the Intervention](https://edcircuit.com/family-engagement-is-the-intervention/): CA law ends punitive truancy notices as Nuview, Gerber and Mountain View school districts prove family engagement, not compliance, drives real attendance gains.
- [ParentSquare’s New Best Practice Guide Explains How to Measure and Improve Family Engagement](https://edcircuit.com/parentsquares-new-best-practice-guide-explains-how-to-measure-and-improve-family-engagement/): ParentSquare's new 15-page guide explains how to measure and improve family engagement, and six ways it shapes student success.
- [Personalized Learning with AI](https://edcircuit.com/personalized-learning-with-ai/): How AI for personalized learning works in schools: adaptive tools and AI tutors, what 2025 research shows, and what leaders must decide on cost and privacy.
- [AI Deepfake Response Plans for School Districts](https://edcircuit.com/ai-deepfake-response-plans-for-school-districts/): How a district deepfake response plan protects targeted students, preserves evidence, meets Title IX and TAKE IT DOWN Act duties, and limits spread.
- [AI in Schools: 10 Ways to Engage Parents](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-schools-10-ways-to-engage-parents/): Ten ways schools can build family engagement around AI, plus how to use AI for parent communication: translation, chatbots and staff-reviewed messages.
- [Why Every School District Needs an AI Operational Handbook](https://edcircuit.com/why-every-school-district-needs-an-ai-operational-handbook/): An AI policy for schools sets principles; an operational handbook puts them into practice. What districts need, who writes it, and what it should include.
- [AI Literacy for Students: A Grade-by-Grade Guide](https://edcircuit.com/ai-literacy-for-students-a-grade-by-grade-guide/): What AI literacy means for students and what to teach in elementary, middle and high school, drawing on the 2026 OECD-EU framework, UNESCO and AI4K12.
- [AI for Students: A Parent’s Guide by Age](https://edcircuit.com/ai-for-students-guide/): What age children can use AI, how to guide AI use in elementary, middle and high school, and what parents should know about cheating, chatbots and privacy.
- [NCAA Settlement Drives Olympic Sports Cuts](https://edcircuit.com/ncaa-settlement-drives-olympic-sports-cuts/): How the House v. NCAA settlement and revenue sharing are leading colleges to cut Olympic sports like swimming and tennis, and what comes next for athletes.
- [How AI Supports Student Behavior in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-supports-student-behavior-in-schools/): How AI can support behavior management in schools alongside PBIS and behavioral assessments, the risks of AI monitoring, and the safeguards needed.
- [How AI Is Revolutionizing Foreign-Language Learning](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-is-revolutionizing-foreign-language-learning/): How AI language learning tools like Duolingo Max, ELSA Speak and Speakable work, what research shows about chatbot practice, and how teachers can use them.
- [The Vital Role of High School Department Heads](https://edcircuit.com/the-vital-role-of-high-school-department-heads/): What a high school department head or department chair does: curriculum, assessment, mentoring, budgets, lab safety, how chairs are chosen and paid.
- [How AI Is Transforming Career and Technical Education (CTE)](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-is-transforming-career-and-technical-education-cte/): How AI is changing the jobs career and technical education prepares students for, how CTE programs are responding, and what families should ask.
- [Fighting Absenteeism with AI and EdTech](https://edcircuit.com/fighting-absenteeism-with-ai-and-edtech/): How schools use digital attendance tracking, family alerts and early-warning data to cut chronic absenteeism, what works, and the risks of AI predictions.
- [How College Athletics Drive Campus Growth and Development](https://edcircuit.com/how-college-athletics-drive-campus-growth-and-development/): What the research says about college athletics and applications (the Flutie effect), alumni giving, local economies and campus life, and what sports cost.
- [AI in Education: A Guide for Schools and Colleges](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-education-guide/): AI in education explained: how teachers and students use AI, AI tools for teachers, homework help, cheating, privacy and policy for schools and colleges.
- [The Role of AI in Supporting Diverse Learners in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/the-role-of-ai-in-supporting-diverse-learners-in-schools/): How AI can support students with disabilities and English learners, what to know before using AI on IEPs and 504 plans, and the privacy risks to manage.
- [The Top 10 AI Tools for Elementary Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-top-10-ai-tools-for-elementary-education-in-2025/): Ten AI tools elementary teachers use, what each does with AI, which grades it fits, and the age limits and COPPA privacy rules schools must check first.
- [The Best AI Tools for Middle School Classrooms in 2025](https://edcircuit.com/the-best-ai-tools-for-middle-school-classrooms-in-2025/): Ten AI tools for middle school students and teachers, what each does, and the age limits and student privacy rules to check before using them in class.
- [The Top 10 AI Tools Shaping High School Learning in 2025](https://edcircuit.com/the-top-ai-tools-shaping-high-school-learning-in-2025/): Ten AI tools for high school students and teachers, from ChatGPT to Perplexity and Khanmigo, with what each does, its age limits and privacy terms.
- [AI for the Neurodiverse Classroom: How AI Tools Help Students With ADHD and Dyslexia](https://edcircuit.com/ai-for-the-neurodiverse-classroom-how-ai-tools-help-students-with-adhd-and-dyslexia/): How AI tools can support students with ADHD and dyslexia, from writing scaffolds to text-to-speech, and what research says about digital and gamified supports.
- [Teacher In-Service Is Becoming Data-Driven](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-in-service-is-becoming-data-driven/): Teacher in-service is becoming data-driven, helping districts personalize professional learning and improve classroom outcomes.
- [Future of AI in Education](https://edcircuit.com/future-ai-education-part-3/): Part 3 of Edan Shahar's series: what an AI teaching assistant would need to do, and how it could free teachers to focus on inspiring students.
- [AI in Education: Benefits, Risks, and Responsible Use](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-maximize-benefits-and-mitigate-risks-of-artificial-intelligence-in-education/): AI in education offers powerful opportunities for learning, but only when benefits are balanced with risks, ethics, and responsible data practices.
- [Navigating the Use of AI in the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/navigating-the-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-the-classroom/): With the rise of technology, Artificial Intelligence has entered classrooms, offering new opportunities for personalized learning and data-driven instruction.
- [Where to Begin with AI in K-12: Roadmap, Ethics & Real District Examples](https://edcircuit.com/k12-ai-roadmap/): Facing pressure to adopt AI in K-12 schools? This guide offers a phased roadmap, real examples, and ethical guardrails to help schools lead—not lag.
- [AI in Education: From Virtual Tutors to Personalized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/from-virtual-tutors-to-personalized-learning-exploring-the-impact-of-ai-in-education/): Discover how AI is transforming education through virtual tutors and personalized learning, shaping a dynamic, interactive future for students and educators.
- [ChatGPT: The Rise of AI in Education](https://edcircuit.com/chatgpt-the-rise-of-ai-in-education/): ChatGPT is a tool, and it is up to teachers and educators to decide how to use it best. Ai in education can be a valuable addition to learning.
- [Grammarly - the Real AI in Education](https://edcircuit.com/grammarly-the-real-ai-in-education/): According to Grammarly's website, over 30 million people use Grammarly daily. This number raises an interesting point regarding AI in education.
- [Unlocking the Potential of AI in Education for a Better Future](https://edcircuit.com/unlocking-the-potential-of-ai-in-education-for-a-better-future/): AI in education has the potential to revolutionize the way we teach, learn, and lead. It can help students learn faster, easier, and more effectively.
- [AI in the Classroom: How Teachers Can Lead Responsibly](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-the-classroom-how-teachers-can-lead-responsibly/): AI in the classroom works best when teachers lead—modeling responsible use, guiding students, and ensuring AI enhances learning without replacing educators.
- [Why AI in Education Supports, Not Replaces Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/why-ai-in-education-supports-not-replaces-teachers/): AI in education helps teachers reduce cognitive overload, personalize learning, and protect student relationships without replacing human expertise.
- [How Star Wars Inspires AI in Education Today](https://edcircuit.com/how-star-wars-inspires-ai-in-education-today/): Star Wars inspires AI in education, from adaptive learning to virtual tutors, shaping today’s edtech and personalized learning future.
- [AI in Education: When to Introduce It](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-education-when-to-introduce-it/): AI in education is shaping classrooms. When should students start? Early, guided exposure with ethics and family alignment is key.
- [AI in Schools: What Technology Should Never Decide](https://edcircuit.com/ai-in-schools-what-technology-should-never-decide/): AI in schools can support educators, but decisions involving grades, discipline, services, safety, and opportunity must remain in human hands.
- [Using Artificial Intelligence to Elevate Science Lab Safety](https://edcircuit.com/using-artificial-intelligence-ai-to-elevate-science-lab-safety/): How schools use air quality sensors and data to make science labs safer, what AI lab monitoring can and cannot do yet, and how leaders can pilot it.
- [How AI is Transforming the College Lecture Experience](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-is-transforming-the-college-lecture-experience/): How college students and professors use AI, from note-taking and captions to AI tutors, what the research shows, and guidance for using it well.
- [How AI Is Transforming Reading for Students](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-is-transforming-reading-for-students/): How AI reading tools like Amira, Lexia and Google Read Along help children practice reading, what the evidence shows, and how to use them well.
- [Master Schedule Safety: Time Is the Hidden Risk](https://edcircuit.com/master-schedule-safety-time-is-the-hidden-risk/): Master schedule safety shapes supervision, movement, and cleanup time in STEM and CTE spaces—making time one of the most powerful and overlooked risk controls.
- [STEM Lab Storage Safety: When Storage Becomes Risk](https://edcircuit.com/stem-lab-storage-safety-when-storage-becomes-risk/): STEM lab storage safety matters more than schools realize. Crowded cabinets, stacked equipment, and shrinking pathways can quietly increase risk.
- [Strengthening Parents Advocacy](https://edcircuit.com/ep-12-strengthening-parent-advocacy-an-interview-with-keri-rodrigues/): In this episode of Building the Bridge, Dr. Wendy Oliver interviews Keri Rodrigues, Founding President of the National Parents Union.
- [The Cost of Cuts: How Budget Decisions Reshape the Classroom Experience](https://edcircuit.com/the-cost-of-cuts-how-budget-decisions-reshape-the-classroom-experience/): From science labs to music halls, budget cuts silence opportunities, weaken athletics, and disconnect families from the schools they depend on.
- [From the Band Room to the Cloud: How AI and EdTech Are Transforming High School Music Programs](https://edcircuit.com/from-the-band-room-to-the-cloud-how-ai-and-edtech-are-transforming-high-school-music-programs/): High school music departments are turning to AI and edtech to fine-tune rehearsals, personalize student practice, and spark new levels of musical creativity.
- [AI and Gamification: Powering Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/ai-and-gamification-powering-student-success/): AI and gamification help students learn with adaptive lessons, real-time feedback, and engaging challenges that improve motivation and academic growth.
- [Gamification in Modern Classrooms Continues to Evolve](https://edcircuit.com/gamification-in-modern-classrooms-continues-to-evolve/): Gamification in modern classrooms has moved past points and badges. Why it keeps working, how AI is reinventing it, and real classroom examples.
- [School Ventilation Safety: Labs, CTE & Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/school-ventilation-safety-labs-cte-classrooms/): School ventilation safety in labs, CTE, art rooms, and classrooms reduces exposure, supports Duty of Care, and protects student learning.
- [Consider the Benefits of a Chemical Hygiene Officer in Each Middle & High School](https://edcircuit.com/benefits-of-having-a-chemical-hygiene-officer-in-all-schools/): OSHA's lab standard requires a district Chemical Hygiene Officer. Here is why each middle and high school also needs its own trained specialist.
- [Beyond Fun and Games: The Impact of Gamification on Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills](https://edcircuit.com/beyond-fun-and-games-the-impact-of-gamification-on-critical-thinking-and-problem-solving-skills/): What gamification in education is, what research says about its effects on learning and critical thinking, the downsides, and how to use it in class.
- [The Debate Over Eliminating Honors Classes in High Schools](https://edcircuit.com/the-debate-over-eliminating-honors-classes-in-high-schools/): What honors classes are, how they differ from regular and AP classes, why some schools are detracking, and what happened in districts that cut honors.
- [Five Life Skills I Learned in Marching Band](https://edcircuit.com/five-life-skills-i-learned-in-marching-band/): What marching band teaches students beyond music: commitment, self-confidence, responsibility, hard work and belonging, from a former band member.
- [The Path to the International Math Olympiad](https://edcircuit.com/the-path-to-the-international-math-olympiad/): How two members of the 2019 U.S. team that tied China for first at the International Math Olympiad got there, and their advice for young math Olympians.
- [8 Characteristics of Effective Advocates](https://edcircuit.com/8-characteristics-of-effective-advocates-education/): What advocacy means for teachers, school leaders and parents, and the eight characteristics that make an advocate effective, from listening to tenacity.
- [Occupancy Load in STEAM Instructional Spaces](https://edcircuit.com/occupancy-load-in-steam-instructional-spaces/): How to calculate occupancy load for a science or STEM lab: NFPA 101 square feet per person, the 24-student limit, and what to do if a lab is overcrowded.
- [86% of Educators Say Gaps in Data Hinder Their Ability to Drive Academic Success and Curb Chronic Absenteeism, National Survey Reveals](https://edcircuit.com/86-of-educators-say-gaps-in-data-hinder-their-ability-to-drive-academic-success-and-curb-chronic-absenteeism-national-survey-reveals/): A SchoolStatus survey of 1,020 K-12 educators found 86% say data gaps limit how they support students. See the findings on attendance and family contact.
- [Virginia Department of Education Approves the IXL Diagnostic as an Alternative Assessment to the Virginia Growth Assessments](https://edcircuit.com/virginia-department-of-education-approves-the-ixl-diagnostic-as-an-alternative-assessment-to-the-virginia-growth-assessments/): The IXL Diagnostic can be used as a beginning-of-year and mid-year assessment to help measure progress for students in grades 3-8.
- [New K-12 Student Attendance Data Shows Mid-Year Gains, But Slowed Progress in 2024-25](https://edcircuit.com/new-k-12-student-attendance-data-shows-mid-year-gains-but-slowed-progress-in-2024-25/): SchoolStatus' mid-year attendance snapshot analyzes data and trends from more than one million students over three years.
- [School Bus Cameras and Student Privacy](https://edcircuit.com/school-bus-cameras-and-student-privacy/): How long school bus cameras keep footage, whether they record audio, who can see the video, and how parents can ask to view it under student privacy rules.
- [Public Information Officers: Why Every District Needs One](https://edcircuit.com/public-information-officers-why-every-district-needs-one/): What a school public information officer does: media, family messages, social media and crisis updates, how the role grew, and why every district needs one.
- [School Safety: SRO vs School Safety Officer Explained](https://edcircuit.com/school-safety-sro-vs-school-safety-officer-explained/): What school resource officers and school safety officers do, how they differ in authority and training, what research says about school police, and what to ask.
- [Student Data Privacy: What Happens After Graduation?](https://edcircuit.com/student-data-privacy-what-happens-after-graduation/): What happens to student records after graduation: what FERPA covers, what becomes of your student ID, how long high schools keep transcripts, and what to ask.
- [How AI is Shaping School Board Decisions](https://edcircuit.com/how-ai-is-shaping-school-board-decisions/): The integration of AI in education is still in its early stages, but it is already making a significant impact on school board decisions.
- [The Impact of School Board Meetings on K-12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-impact-of-school-board-meetings-on-k-12-education/): School board meetings significantly influence education quality through policy, budget decisions, and curriculum management.
- [Back to School, Back to Safety: Why Bus Drivers Are Our First Line of Defense](https://edcircuit.com/back-to-school-back-to-safety-why-bus-drivers-are-our-first-line-of-defense/): Discover the vital role school bus drivers play in student safety and learn how districts can enhance safety protocols for a secure new school year.
- [Chemical Hygiene Officer: Why Every District Needs One](https://edcircuit.com/chemical-hygiene-officer-why-every-district-needs-one/): Why every district and building needs a full-time Chemical Hygiene Officer: what the job involves, the legal and financial risk, and clear accountability.
- [Why School Boards Are Under More Pressure Than Ever](https://edcircuit.com/why-school-boards-are-under-more-pressure-than-ever/): School boards are under more pressure than ever as they navigate AI, safety, curriculum, and community expectations while guiding district decisions.
- [Flock Cameras in Schools: Safety or Surveillance?](https://edcircuit.com/flock-cameras-in-schools-safety-or-surveillance/): Flock cameras in schools can strengthen campus security, but their license plate tracking raises urgent privacy and oversight questions.
- [Chemical Hygiene Plan: A Portland Reminder for Every School](https://edcircuit.com/chemical-hygiene-plan-a-portland-reminder-for-every-school/): The Benson High incident shows why every school using chemicals needs a current Chemical Hygiene Plan, trained staff, and practiced spill-response procedures.
- [Hierarchy of Controls in Schools: Why PPE Comes Last](https://edcircuit.com/hierarchy-of-controls-in-schools-why-ppe-comes-last/): The hierarchy of controls in schools helps educators reduce hazards at the source before relying on PPE as the final layer of protection.
- [How Families, Educators, and Districts Can Prepare for a Successful Year](https://edcircuit.com/how-families-educators-and-districts-can-prepare-for-a-successful-year/): From families resetting routines to teachers prepping classrooms, it takes a unified effort to launch a successful school year.
- [The Hidden Power of Support Staff in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/the-hidden-power-of-support-staff-in-schools/): The hidden power of support staff in schools goes beyond operations. These unsung heroes help create culture, trust, and belonging.
- [AI Deepfakes: The New School Safety Threat](https://edcircuit.com/ai-deepfakes-the-new-school-safety-threat/): AI deepfakes are creating school safety risks through cyberbullying, impersonation, sextortion, misinformation, and attacks on trust.
- [AI Procurement for Schools: 10 Questions to Ask](https://edcircuit.com/ai-procurement-for-schools-10-questions-to-ask/): AI procurement for schools should examine student data, privacy, security, accuracy, accessibility, human oversight, long-term costs, and accountability.
- [Flock Cameras in Schools Face Growing Pushback](https://edcircuit.com/flock-cameras-in-schools-why-some-are-coming-down/): School districts are removing or reviewing Flock cameras as students and communities question privacy, data sharing and documented safety value.
- [10 CoSN Back-to-School Resources for Ed Tech Leaders](https://edcircuit.com/cosn-back-to-school-resources-ed-tech-leaders-2026/): Explore 10 CoSN back-to-school resources for 2026, including tools for AI, cybersecurity, E-Rate, procurement, and professional learning.
- [Discipline After Zero Tolerance](https://edcircuit.com/discipline-after-zero-tolerance/): Zero-tolerance policies were implemented with the best of intentions and while they sound like a good idea, scholars are now rethinking their effectiveness.
- [CES 2026 and the Quiet Evolution of EdTech](https://edcircuit.com/ces-2026-and-the-quiet-evolution-of-edtech/): CES 2026 highlights how AI, smart play, wearables, and companion technologies are shaping the future of edtech, student support, and classroom learning.
- [AI Detection in Schools: Rethinking Assessment](https://edcircuit.com/ai-detection-in-schools-rethinking-assessment/): AI detection in schools cannot prove authorship. Schools need fairer ways to protect academic integrity and assess what students understand.
- [Your School’s AI Policy May Already Be Outdated](https://edcircuit.com/your-schools-ai-policy-may-already-be-outdated/): A school AI policy written two years ago may already be outdated. New state guidance shows why districts need to review their rules now.
- [I’m Not a Truancy Officer: Reshaping the Home Visit Through Possibility](https://edcircuit.com/im-not-a-truancy-officer-reshaping-the-home-visit-through-possibility/): Dr. Toldson explains how combining empathy and smart technology transforms home visits from punitive truancy measures into supportive, contextual advocacy.
- [School Boards Explained: Who Runs Your District](https://edcircuit.com/school-boards-explained-who-runs-your-district/): What a school board does, how board of education members are chosen, what they cannot do, whether they are paid, and how families can speak at meetings.
- [OSHA Compliance in Schools: Hidden Safety Risks](https://edcircuit.com/osha-compliance-in-schools-hidden-safety-risks/): Does OSHA apply to schools? Which schools OSHA covers, the lab and chemical rules, the most common school safety hazards, and where leaders should start.
- [Cameras in Schools: Safety, Surveillance, and Privacy](https://edcircuit.com/cameras-in-schools-safety-surveillance-and-privacy/): How schools use security cameras and surveillance, who can see footage, whether schools can watch you through school laptops, and the rules districts set.
- [Ohio School Attendance Law Shifts Focus to Support](https://edcircuit.com/ohio-school-attendance-law-shifts-focus-to-support/): Ohio's 2026 attendance law on chronic absenteeism: when schools must contact families, how many days a student can miss, and how truancy rules differ.
- [What Is Career Connected Learning?](https://edcircuit.com/what-is-career-connected-learning/): Career Connected Learning links classroom instruction with real-world experiences, equipping students for college, careers, and lifelong success.
- [Arizonans Can Earn Free, Online Accredited High School Diploma Through Gale Presents: Excel Adult High School ](https://edcircuit.com/arizonans-can-earn-free-online-accredited-high-school-diploma-through-gale-presents-excel-adult-high-school/): Arizona Adult Workforce Diploma Program Makes Gale an Approved Facilitator to Help Drive Skills and Workforce Development to Advance Career Growth for Residents
- [The Rural EdTech Revolution](https://edcircuit.com/the-rural-edtech-revolution/): With better broadband and new edtech tools, rural students are earning credits, using AI tutors, and building futures—from kitchen tables to tractors.
- [The Charter School Movement: From Origins to Operations](https://edcircuit.com/the-charter-school-movement-from-origins-to-operations/): Born from a desire to innovate public education and offer families more choice, charter schools have become a fixture in the American K–12 landscape.
- [Gale In Context Databases Help Boise School District Develop Students’ Critical Thinking and Information Literacy Skills](https://edcircuit.com/gale-in-context-databases-help-boise-school-district-develop-students-critical-thinking-and-information-literacy-skills/): Discover how Gale in Context is transforming Boise High School's research and critical thinking education for future-ready students.
- [Gale Digital Scholar Lab Adds New Personalization and Visualization Features to Deliver Greater Research Insights](https://edcircuit.com/gale-digital-scholar-lab-adds-new-personalization-and-visualization-features-to-deliver-greater-research-insights/): Uncover Gale's seven major updates to Digital Scholar Lab, designed to support digital literacy, personalized research, and innovative teaching strategies.
- [Strategies to Address Learning Loss in K-12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/strategies-to-address-learning-loss-in-k-12-education/): As we move forward in recovery, it is essential for K-12 education to tackle this learning loss and close the gap so that no student is overlooked.
- [Avantis Education Showcases Cross-curricular Value of ClassVR at ISTELive 24 ](https://edcircuit.com/avantis-education-showcases-cross-curricular-value-of-classvr-at-istelive-24/): Avantis Education, the leader in virtual reality technology, is unveiling a series of ClassVR software and content enhancements at ISTELive 24 in Denver.
- [A Proven Pandemic Recovery Solution: Investing in Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/a-proven-pandemic-recovery-solution-investing-in-teachers/): Michael Q. Roth, Ed.D, Deputy Superintendent of the Allentown School District, discusses the three most critical issues affecting schools in the post-pandemic.
- [Thorndike Press Introduces First-Ever Spanish-Language Youth Large Print Titles to Support English Language Learners](https://edcircuit.com/thorndike-press-introduces-first-ever-spanish-language-youth-large-print-titles-to-support-english-language-learners/): Thorndike Press from Gale, part of Cengage Group, has released its first-ever collection of youth large print books in Spanish.
- [Celebrating 20 Years of ECCO: Gale-ASECS Fellows Forge New Paths in Eighteenth-Century Studies with Digital Humanities](https://edcircuit.com/celebrating-20-years-of-ecco-gale-asecs-fellows-forge-new-paths-in-eighteenth-century-studies-with-digital-humanities/): ASECS Scholars Enhance Research and Teaching of Eighteenth-Century Studies Using Gale’s Eighteenth-Century Collections Online and Gale Digital Scholar Lab
- [Tutor.com Achieves Major Milestone: 25 Million Online Tutoring Sessions Delivered](https://edcircuit.com/tutor-com-achieves-major-milestone-25-million-online-tutoring-sessions-delivered/): The milestone illustrates the increasing demand for tutoring services, which has accelerated as schools continue to report pandemic-related learning loss.
- [Thorndike Press Helps McCollum High School Create a Culture of  Reading with Youth Large Print Books](https://edcircuit.com/thorndike-press-helps-mccollum-high-school-create-a-culture-of-reading-with-youth-large-print-books/): Thorndike Press youth large print books support Cowboys Read, a schoolwide book share at San Antonio's McCollum High School that builds a culture of reading.
- [BookNook Named ‘High-Quality Tutoring Program’ by Ohio Department of Education](https://edcircuit.com/booknook-named-high-quality-tutoring-program-by-ohio-department-of-education/): The Ohio Department of Education names BookNook an approved provider of high-quality tutoring programs for the state's schools.
- [Are We Becoming Less Intelligent?](https://edcircuit.com/are-we-becoming-less-intelligent/): While IQ scores have continued to rise, creativity scores in the US have been declining. Are we becoming less intelligent?
- [Discovery Education Enhances K-12 Platform with New Games, Interactives, Career Resources, and More](https://edcircuit.com/discovery-education-enhances-k-12-platform-with-new-games-interactives-career-resources-and-more/): Discovery Education enhances the K-12 platform with new games, interactives, career resources, and more to nurture student curiosity.
- [New Higher Education Data Reports That the OPM Market Is in Steep Decline](https://edcircuit.com/new-higher-education-data-reports-that-the-opm-market-is-in-steep-decline/): The report reveals a dramatic 56.1 percent drop in new OPM partnerships in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year.
- [Better Ways for Showcasing, Assessing and Improving Student Work](https://edcircuit.com/showcasing-student-work/): Using digital portfolios to enhance student learning, effective uses of classroom technology, and teaching students how to engage in self-directed learning
- [Training the Body and Mind with Mixed Reality](https://edcircuit.com/training-body-mind-mixed-reality/): Ecole Polytechnique students built Overskill, an Imagine Cup project using mixed reality to show how the brain works under stress in sports.
- [A Wealth of Data](https://edcircuit.com/ai-wealth-data-education-technology/): Edan Shahar argues test preparation is the natural starting point for AI in education, because tests give clear data, and AI could measure persistence too.
- [Every Learner Has a Story—Start There](https://edcircuit.com/everyone-storyteller/): Empower every learner to personalize education by telling their story and understanding how they learn using the UDL framework for learner-centered success.
- [Balancing Expectations in Education](https://edcircuit.com/balancing-expectations-assessing-education/): TPAC, or the “Texas Performance Assessment Consortium," is 35 superintendents who came together to author a new vision for public education in Texas.
- [Teaching & Learning Begins with “Yes, and”](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-learning-begins-with-yes-and/): As an improviser, and a member of an ensemble, it is your paramount responsibility to make your partners “look good”. We support each other in an ensemble.
- [A Creative Tech Solution for Recycling Efficiency](https://edcircuit.com/recycling-efficiency/): Mohamed Hassan helped create automated public recycling stations that automatically sorted recyclables and also rewarded individuals for their use.
- [Jennifer Abrams to Visit Western Australia](https://edcircuit.com/jennifer-abrams-thought-leader-visits-western-australia/): Jennifer Abrams visits Western Australia to keynote major education events, leading workshops on hard conversations, leadership, and empowering educator voice.
- [Change the Perception of What You Do!](https://edcircuit.com/change-perception-what-you-do/): Despite low civic and historical knowledge among Americans, public education actually works. A reminder of why educators do what they do.
- [A CIO on the Cutting Edge](https://edcircuit.com/cio-cutting-edge-higher-ed-mit/): A very large proportion of the day is spent trying to work out where that sweet spot exists between streamlining/standardizing and nurturing innovation.
- [Managing Global Higher Ed](https://edcircuit.com/managing-global-higher-ed/): Despite all the communication tools available to everyone, it is still amazing how much interaction between the institution and the students is done via email.
- [One Team, One Sound](https://edcircuit.com/one-team-one-sound/): Music education changes lives by teaching discipline, community, and passion. The rallying cry “One Team, One Sound” brings students together as a community.
- [Enthusiasm for Tech Makes this Teacher a Student Favorite](https://edcircuit.com/canadian-teacher-technology/): He started Canada’s first K-12 Dronography Program and his students work daily with the Microsoft HoloLens, Xcode and Swift and other empowering technologies.
- [Merging Tradition with Technology for Success in Higher Ed and Beyond](https://edcircuit.com/merging-tradition-technology-higher-ed/): As CIO, it's building the relationships. It's helping our communities understand what's possible and helping paint the picture of where we're going together.
- [The Bow Tie Effect](https://edcircuit.com/bow-tie-effect-education-marketing/): In a world of public and private charters and other types of schools, marketing is necessary because of the competition for students within a community.
- [The Rise of Global Eco-Schools and Sustainability Programs](https://edcircuit.com/rise-global-eco-schools-sustainability-programs/): Eco-Schools are organically student-led from the top down as well as from the bottom up. The students are very much involved in the running of the program.
- [Unleashing Student Potential](https://edcircuit.com/unleashing-student-potential/): We have to unleash the potentials and talents of our students in classrooms all around the world to create, to build, and to inspire them to create the future.
- [How Teachers Can “Level Up”](https://edcircuit.com/how-teachers-can-level-up/): Even more useful than winning is the learning that comes from not winning. Games reward you with knowledge and wisdom whether you win or lose.
- [FreshGrade Integrates with Google Translate to Enhance Engagement](https://edcircuit.com/freshgrade-integrates-google-translate-enhance-engagement/): FreshGrade, the learning portfolio platform that promotes student ownership and parent engagement, announced today that Google Translate is now integrated.
- [In Nepal, Wearable Tech is Saving the Herd](https://edcircuit.com/nepal-wearable-tech-saving-herd/): For subsistence livestock farmers, the loss of a few animals can be devastating. Technology like Echo Innovations can change the economic outlook of a nation.
- [Engaging Students from the Beginning](https://edcircuit.com/engaging-students-from-beginning/): Seminole County Public Schools reaches out to every family with a newborn with a care package with tips, services, and even a bib with the class year on it.
- [How to Be an Effective Test Prep Tutor](https://edcircuit.com/effective-test-prep-tutor/): I feel that it’s important to review each problem with a student only after the student has tried the problem himself or herself.
- [Harnessing The Three Domains Of Reading](https://edcircuit.com/harnessing-three-domains-reading/): Reading Plus reports showed significant progress with students who used the personalized online reading program as recommended (30+ hours.)
- [Connecting the Dots on Social Responsibility](https://edcircuit.com/connecting-the-dots-social-responsibility-education/): Abdulrahman bin Haider, along with partners Jamil El Helou and Mohamed Hassan, won first place in the 2017 Microsoft Imagine Cup for their project, Green Jam.
- [The Future of Education Part 4](https://edcircuit.com/future-education-part-4/): The first step towards building the collective efficacy of any organization is to embrace a common language for innovation and growth.
- [Creating Partnerships Between National Companies and Public Schools](https://edcircuit.com/creating-partnerships-between-national-companies-public-schools/): Education Funding Partners (EFP) partnered with Blackboard Inc. to help school districts generate revenue through advertising on district and school websites.
- [Storytelling Partnerships](https://edcircuit.com/storytelling-partnerships/): Memorization is no longer king and we need to reassess our interaction with information. The future in learning is based off of things you opt in to receive.
- [District Leadership Lending a Helping Hand with Schools](https://edcircuit.com/district-leadership-lending-helping-hand/): Lynn Fuini-Hetten, assistant superintendent of Salisbury Township School District, on why open communication with the community drives success.
- [Jeff McCoy: A District Leader Making Technology Academic](https://edcircuit.com/district-leader-made-technology-academic/): Jeff McCoy was instrumental in moving the position of Director of Instructional Technology from the Technology Department to the Academic Department.
- [The Exceptional Growth of Online Learning in Education](https://edcircuit.com/growth-online-learning/): Florida Virtual School (FLVS), is about to celebrate its 20th anniversary as the first online high school in the United States.
- [Riding the Big Data Wave to Feed the World](https://edcircuit.com/riding-big-data-wave-feed-world/): Alok Mysore came to the US from India a year ago with a strong worldview and a hunger to help cure the world’s looming future food shortage.
- [The Principal of Happiness](https://edcircuit.com/principal-happiness/): How one principal is rewriting the formula for success by capitalizing on a happy, healthy and engaging environment for educators and students.
- [The New School Year: Six Questions to Ask Your Students on Day One](https://edcircuit.com/new-school-year-six-questions-ask-students/): It’s time to think about that very first day you meet your class. How will you begin to create an environment for risk and creativity?
- [Fall Dates Announced for Shawn Achor’s Happiness Advantage Orange Frog Workshop](https://edcircuit.com/fall-dates-announced-shawn-achor-happiness-advantage-orange-frog-workshop/): More than a decade of research has shown that our formula for happiness is backwards; happiness fuels success, not the other way around.
- [Seven Scenarios to Transform ESL Teachers to Leaders](https://edcircuit.com/seven-scenarios-transform-esl-teachers-leaders/): Seven scenarios that illustrate ways school leaders can promote the ESL teacher’s strengths so they can become school-wide educational leaders.
- [A Strategy Used in English Language Arts that Works for Mathematics, Too](https://edcircuit.com/strategy-english-language-arts-works-for-mathematics/): The reasons students struggle to learn mathematics include: fast pace, reading difficulty, working memory, conceptual understanding, or misunderstanding.
- [How to spot a gifted child](https://edcircuit.com/spot-gifted-child-education/): Gifted students have certain characteristics, certain quirks that cause their giftedness to be revealed without needing the test to indicate this.
- [Reading Plus Will Show AAEA Conference How Students Can Achieve Reading Goals](https://edcircuit.com/reading-plus-will-show-aaea-conference-how-students-can-achieve-reading-goals/): Visit Reading Plus at the 2017 AAEA Summer Conference in Little Rock, July 31-August 2 to learn how students can achieve grade-level reading goals.
- [Top Talent Giving Back Through Guidance and Inspiration](https://edcircuit.com/top-talent-giving-back-through-guidance-inspiration-education/): Dr. Mark E. King feels an obligation to the community, and embraces the idea of paying back for the assistance, guidance, and inspiration his mentors gave him.
- [Believing in the Creative Kid](https://edcircuit.com/believing-creative-kid-education/): Dr. Heidi Maier made history as the first female superintendent of Marion County Schools, Florida, since the 1920s, and believes in creative kids.
- [Finding Comfort in the Uncomfortable](https://edcircuit.com/finding-comfort-in-the-uncomfortable/): Joseph Corazzini on why he wants to become a superintendent: to make an impact on students and learn to be comfortable with the uncomfortable.
- [A Conversation with Art Willer, President of Bytes of Learning](https://edcircuit.com/conversation-art-willer-president-bytes-of-learning/): Art is President of Bytes of Learning, a company that develops software tools and supporting materials for many areas of education, including UltraKey.
- [Noticing and Wondering](https://edcircuit.com/noticing-wondering-math/): By nurturing the habits of observation (noticing) and questioning (wondering) in our math classrooms, we can bring students’ thinking front and center.
- [The Role of Coaching and Reflection](https://edcircuit.com/role-coaching-reflection-education/): Instructional coaches create personalized professional development to build teacher capacity, improve student engagement, and increase student achievement.
- [The New "3 R’s" of Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-new-3-rs-of-education/): School districts must “redefine, redesign and then re-imagine” to bring about effective change in education per Dr. Gail Pletnick.
- [Passionate About Adult Literacy](https://edcircuit.com/passionate-about-adult-literacy/): According to Dr. Rosa Cabrera, inundating kids with content alone is not a successful learning method. Technology and data can help meet the needs of learners.
- [A Modern School District](https://edcircuit.com/modern-school-district/): We know that our most valuable resource is the teacher in every classroom. We’re trying to leverage the technology to make better use of the teacher's time.
- [Transformative Leadership Summit Will Focus on Improving the School Experience](https://edcircuit.com/transformative-leadership-summit-improving-school-experience/): The second annual Transformative Leadership Summit will convene from July 31-August 8, 2017. Online-only conference with thought leaders in education.
- ["Doctor Kool"](https://edcircuit.com/doctor-kool/): To Dr. William Blake, education is a family business. His father, grandparents, aunts and uncles were all education professionals.
- [Combating Perceptions](https://edcircuit.com/combating-perceptions/): Dr. Tom Sisk of Limestone County Schools in Alabama works with lawmakers and wants parents to choose public school over private or homeschool.
- [Open Enrollment Challenges](https://edcircuit.com/open-enrollment-challenges/): Dr. Quinn Kellis and his team have taken an aggressive approach to attracting students which includes retaining a marketing firm to help them get the word out.
- [Improving Kids’ Lives](https://edcircuit.com/improving-kids-lives-education/): Dr. Nick Polyak is ready to move forward with fresh approaches to educating kids. It’s not about standardized tests anymore; it’s about being life ready.
- [Tools For Teaching](https://edcircuit.com/tools-for-teaching/): Dr. Jared Cotton’s litmus test for technology is simple - if it helps the teaching effort, it’s effective, if not, it will not work.
- [Wanted: Beneficial Partnerships](https://edcircuit.com/wanted-beneficial-partnerships/): Dr. Mike Brophy combines decades of experience in teaching and administration with an open and progressive outlook to create positive outcomes for students.
- [Why Can’t My Child Read?](https://edcircuit.com/why-cant-my-child-read/): The difficulties and concerns of a parent advocating for the child with reading disabilities are already significant. Misconceptions only add to the dilemma.
- [Balancing The District Budget](https://edcircuit.com/balancing-district-budget/): Outside funding sources have helped Jill and her district balance their budget for the last seven years running, a notable accomplishment.
- [Waking Up to the Impact of the School Librarian](https://edcircuit.com/waking-up-impact-school-librarian/): Today’s school librarian is multi-integrated; acting as teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, administrator, and instructional leader.
- [Applying Creative Technologies to Fields of Learning](https://edcircuit.com/applying-creative-technologies-to-learning/): Drew Davidson Director at the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, a professional graduate program focused on the creative industries.
- [Science: It’s More Than a Textbook](https://edcircuit.com/science-more-than-textbook/): Somewhere between my high school biology teacher and a biological psychology professor in college, I found an extreme love for science.
- [A School District that Fights for Equal Rights](https://edcircuit.com/school-district-fights-for-equal-rights/): Larry Spring, Superintendent of Schenectady City School District, works to ensure race, economics or disabilities are never indicators of student achievement.
- [A Public School Journey](https://edcircuit.com/public-school-journey/): Dr. Alena Zachery-Ross on leading Muskegon Heights Public School Academy and her move to Okemos Public Schools, guided by honesty and integrity.
- [An Ambassador For Children](https://edcircuit.com/ambassador-children-education/): Dr. Susan Enfield feels strongly that a superintendent acts as an ambassador for children, and that should represent their principal motivation.
- [Please Don’t Go!](https://edcircuit.com/please-dont-go/): I became intentional about looking for awesome every day. I realized quickly it was there the whole time. The passion and purpose was right in front of me.
- [Our Greatest Resource: The Teacher in the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/greatest-resource-teacher-classroom/): We're never going to step away from the human face-to-face interaction. Technology does give us an opportunity to help document, communicate, and individualize.
- [This is Then, That was Now](https://edcircuit.com/this-is-then-that-was-now-dyslexia/): Dyslexia affects beyond reading and writing. It creates a social and emotional toll; feelings of shame, brokenness, inadequacy, and a lack of belonging.
- [Teaching Higher Level Thinking](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-higher-level-thinking/): Tame thinking, that there is a single answer that will fix this, leads us astray when we’re faced with a wicked problem which lingers without a simple solution.
- [Learning Discipline and Improving Higher Learning with Music](https://edcircuit.com/learning-discipline-improving-higher-learning-music/): Grammy Music Educator Award finalist Ulli Reiner of Poway Unified explains how the discipline of mastering a musical instrument supports wider learning.
- [Learning to Sing Builds Confidence in Students](https://edcircuit.com/learning-sing-leads-confidence-students/): Grammy Music Educator Award finalist Tony Dehner revived a dormant choral program at Monte Vista Christian School, building student confidence through singing.
- [Pushing Back Your School’s Start Time?](https://edcircuit.com/pushing-back-your-schools-start-time/): Research shows that adolescents need from nine to nine and a half hours of sleep per night, and are more active from 8pm to 10pm, due to biological factors.
- [What is Personalized Professional Learning?](https://edcircuit.com/what-is-personalized-professional-learning/): Personalized professional learning (PPL), encourages teachers and staff to engage in the planning and implementation of PD to meet individual teacher needs.
- [Student Ensembles Take Ownership of Their Sound](https://edcircuit.com/student-ensembles-ownership-sound/): Grammy Music Educator Award finalist Richard Nickerson of Portland, Maine explains his approach to choral music and how ensembles take ownership of their sound.
- [Gamifying English Language Arts](https://edcircuit.com/gamifying-english-language-arts/): Gamification is about transforming the classroom environment and literacy instruction into a game. It requires creativity, collaboration and play.
- [School Leadership is Focused on 21st Century Students](https://edcircuit.com/school-leadership-focused-21st-century-students/): "When you see five-year-olds who are completely engaged in their lesson; they have ear buds in... just seeing it and witnessing it is just an incredible thing."
- [Are Gifted Programs Elitist?](https://edcircuit.com/gifted-programs-elitist/): The fact that children who achieve gifted identification in cognitive skills are labeled “superior cognitive” instantly puts a target on their backs.
- [Are We Fixing Or Breaking Students?](https://edcircuit.com/fixing-breaking-students/): Acceleration addresses three issues: gaps in prior knowledge, vocabulary, and skills. But its success is in the context of a fresh start for kids.
- [The Key to Equity in Education](https://edcircuit.com/key-equity-education/): "When I did my doctoral work, social justice was a real push by the professors. We learned that you really can’t have equity unless you include access."
- [Directing Education Marketing](https://edcircuit.com/directing-education-marketing/): Communication and marketing is a large part of Trey’s job, in no small part because of the open enrollment nature of the schools.
- [The Deep End: High Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success](https://edcircuit.com/the-deep-end-survival-of-the-savvy-high-integrity-political-tactics-for-career-and-company-success/): In this edition of The Deep End, Jennifer explores how unseen politics, power dynamics, and stakeholder needs shape hard conversations and leadership decisions.
- [The Personal Journey Of Education](https://edcircuit.com/personal-journey-education/): The role of the teacher has shifted from the sage on the stage to the guide on the side, but it has evolved even beyond that for our students.
- [The Key to Effective Disciplinary Literacy Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/the-key-to-effective-disciplinary-literacy-instruction/): “Disciplinary literacy” instruction is the explicit teaching of how to read, write, and communicate as historians, mathematicians, scientists and so on.
- [Educators-Turned-Developers Are Changing The Game](https://edcircuit.com/educators-turned-developers-changing-game/): EdTech software does one thing well but because it is commercialized and not district-specific, it is essentially fitting a round peg into a square hole.
- [In Focus: Funding Education in the Land of the Midnight Sun](https://edcircuit.com/funding-education-land-midnight-sun/): Alaska is financially struggling right now. Our economy is based on oil, most of our funding comes from oil revenues, and low prices have really hit us.
- [Funding Education Among Affluence](https://edcircuit.com/funding-education-among-affluence/): State support is proportional to the wealth in the district. In affluent areas that means it's coming from property taxes, so alternative funding must be found.
- [What Jennifer Abrams Learned About Schools by Working Around the World](https://edcircuit.com/nurturing-communication/): Jennifer Abrams shares how global insights, better communication, and stronger adult learning practices can reshape schools and support student growth.
- [In Focus: Independence, Collaboration and Performance](https://edcircuit.com/independence-collaboration-and-performance/): Ithaca Superintendent Luvelle Brown, 2017 New York Superintendent of the Year, on life skills for students, superintendent networks and what the job involves.
- [In Focus: A Passion For Education](https://edcircuit.com/passion-for-education/): "We’re in an era where feedback is important and critical. Our staff, our community, and our students have an expectation that their voice matters."
- [Abundance in the Land of Scarcity](https://edcircuit.com/abundance-land-scarcity-education/): Teachers tackle the complex challenge of luring their students into the world of learning armed with little more than their creativity and a box of chalk.
- [One CIO's EdTech Journey](https://edcircuit.com/one-cios-edtech-journey/): "I do a lot of shark tanking. I do a lot of explaining, creating momentum, and creating excitement. The students love technology and want to talk about it."
- [Success is Staying Power in Education Leadership](https://edcircuit.com/success-staying-power-education-leadership/): When Tim started in education, technology in the classroom meant an overhead projector and an annual round of of a bubble sheet test and a #2 pencil.
- [Examining Specialization: Charter Schools](https://edcircuit.com/examining-specialization-charter-schools/): Lisa makes the point that charter schools are a matter of specialization in education and inevitably overdue. Tailoring education to students is a better way.
- [A Conversation with Chris Besse, president and COO of FreshGrade](https://edcircuit.com/chris-besse-freshgrade-portfolio-assessment/): There was no method or program that allowed the parents to see and understand what was going on in their child’s classroom. That's where FreshGrade comes in.
- [In Focus: Winning Leadership](https://edcircuit.com/winning-leadership/): Virginia Beach Superintendent Aaron Spence on a Stihl robotics apprenticeship, literacy partnerships and teaching sustainability in a city facing rising seas.
- [In Focus: Focus On Literacy Ensures Future Success](https://edcircuit.com/literacy-ensures-future-success/): Charlotte-Mecklenburg Superintendent Ann Blakeney Clark on making third-grade reading her North Star, after 35 years spent in the same school district.
- [Teaching for Understanding in Math](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-for-understanding-in-math/): Without understanding how and why things happen in math, students are likely to become frustrated in math and lose interest in their math studies.
- [Leadership Supported Personalized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/leadership-personalized-learning/): Running a large vs a small school district are different and Dr. Poling touches upon funding, technology, policies and the growth of personalized learning.
- [It’s Not the Project, It’s the Problem](https://edcircuit.com/its-not-the-project-its-the-problem/): Problem-based learning starts with a real-world issue and ends with a real-world solution. Why the problem, not the project, is what counts.
- [Public Education At Risk From "Reform"](https://edcircuit.com/public-education-risk-reform/): High schools are supposed to be places where you find out who you are, not factories to manufacture test takers or robotic learners seeking college and career.
- [Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education to Hold First-Ever National Day of STEM on May 16, 2017](https://edcircuit.com/siemens-foundation-discovery-education-hold-first-ever-national-day-stem-may-16-2017/): Siemens Foundation and Discovery Education, announced that the first ever Siemens’ National Day of STEM will be held on May 16, 2017
- [Critical Team-Building Components](https://edcircuit.com/critical-team-building-components-schools/): Teams offer a systematic structure to address, prevent, and solve many of the problems that are too difficult for one person or one group to solve.
- [Banish Bland Classroom Warm-ups!](https://edcircuit.com/banish-bland-classroom-warm-ups/): Largely a classroom management tool, warm-ups get students out of the halls, into their desks and busy so that the business side of education can be handled.
- [How PBL Can Fulfill Its Promise to 21st Century Students](https://edcircuit.com/pbl-fulfill-promise-21st-century-students/): When done well, Project-Based Learning can change a student's perspective on life. But we’re not there yet. PBL has not yet fulfilled its potential.
- [Prison Education: Virtual Reality Setting Up Good Life Decisions](https://edcircuit.com/prison-education-virtual-reality-good-life-decisions/): It’s easy to think only of the crimes when words like “offender,” come up. But many offenders in our system of incarceration will be released each year.
- [In Focus: Paint or Get Off the Ladder: A Superintendent’s Perspective](https://edcircuit.com/paint-or-get-off-ladder-superintendents/): Janesville-Waldorf-Pemberton Superintendent Bill Adams on why he became a superintendent, school finance in Minnesota and self-paced personalized learning.
- [Technology and Personalized Learning Finally Becoming a Match for K-8](https://edcircuit.com/technology-personalized-learning-k-8/): Dr. Benny Lile, Superintendent of Metcalfe County Schools in Edmonton, Kentucky believed in personalized learning before the concept became a popular phrase.
- [The Green Effect: Teaching Students To Build A Sustainable World](https://edcircuit.com/the-green-effect-teaching-students-to-build-a-sustainable-world/): San Francisco has a reputation for its environmentally friendly approach, but it takes leadership like SFUSD's Nik Kaestner to make it succeed.
- [CoffeEd: Sparks of Change: A Look Inside Innovative Schools](https://edcircuit.com/sparks-change-look-inside-innovative-schools/): There is an infectious element of passion with the teachers and staff at Adams 12 Five Star Schools- a belief that each and every kid deserves the very best.
- [Spearheads of Sustainability in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/spearheads-sustainability-schools/): Darya Soofi is the Conservation Manager at San Francisco Unified School District and a lead team member bringing green initiatives to schools.
- [Massachusetts Teacher Named 2017 National Teacher of the Year](https://edcircuit.com/massachusetts-teacher-named-2017-national-teacher-year/): The Council of Chief State School Officers announced that Sydney Chaffee, a HS teacher in Boston, MA is the 2017 National Teacher of the Year.
- [Graduation Plus Partnership Equals Success for Students](https://edcircuit.com/graduation-partnership-equals-success-students/): More than financial assistance, companies and institutions in the community give invaluable experience and knowledge for the career efforts of graduates.
- [How Three Schools Approach Research & Development, and Innovation](https://edcircuit.com/three-schools-approach-research-development-innovation/): Today’s innovation-driven economy has created a significant shift, causing an unsettling demand to deliver a graduate with new skillsets.
- [Destination: Green Schools!](https://edcircuit.com/destination-green-schools/): EcoRise is a nonprofit that focuses on empowering youth to tackle real-world challenges by teaching sustainability, design thinking and innovation.
- [Is Teacher Buy-In Worth the Effort?](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-buy-in-worth-effort/): When every classroom fills with new technology, how much does teacher buy-in matter for innovation and learning success?
- [CoffeEd: Title I School Districts: Using Technology to Make a Difference](https://edcircuit.com/title-i-school-technology/): Dr. Renee Willis believes funding should be first used to enhance academic programs that can further student achievement.
- [Personalized Learning Taking Hold in Fullerton, CA](https://edcircuit.com/personalized-learning-taking-hold/): Dr. Robert Pletka, believes students should start with a voice that reflects their interests and from there form communities of practice.
- [Are We Obsessed By A “21st Century” Education?](https://edcircuit.com/obsessed-21st-century-education/): The original function of American public schools was not only to produce skilled workers, but also intelligent participants in the experiment of America.
- [The Multiple Roles of a School District Technology Coordinator](https://edcircuit.com/the-multiple-roles-of-a-school-district-technology-coordinator/): The role of a Technology Coordinator, whether in a small district or large, is about understanding how that technology serves student learning.
- [ALAS Announces Leaders in Education Award Recipients](https://edcircuit.com/alas-announces-leaders-education-award-recipients/): The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents honors superintendents and administrators at its annual Leaders in Education Awards Gala.
- [Left Lane Leadership Advancing Oak Park, Illinois, School District](https://edcircuit.com/left-lane-leadership-advancing-oak-park-illinois-school-district/): Dr. Carol Kelley, superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97 since 2015, on her left lane leadership and nurturing giftedness.
- [Mathematical Relevance: An Often Missing Component of Math Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/mathematical-relevance-missing-component-math-instruction/): The relevance of math, as it applies to the students’ world, is missing. Virtually all the math we teach is relevant, and connects to the real world.
- [Inquiry: Don’t Take No (or Yes) For an Answer](https://edcircuit.com/inquiry-answer-education/): Inquiry is all about dynamism---probing, eliciting, pressing for, searching, seeking, scrutinizing. It’s the opposite of the didactic approach.
- [Prison Education: Improving the Technology Time Warp](https://edcircuit.com/prison-education-improving-technology-time-warp/): State and local spending on prisons and jails in the U.S. has increased at triple the rate of funding for K-12 public education.
- [Prison Education: The Small Wins Matter](https://edcircuit.com/prison-education-small-wins-matter/): Exploring inmate motivation to learn with Dr. Turner Nashe. College classes in maximum security prisons show why the small wins matter.
- [School Leadership Developing Heart, Body and Mind](https://edcircuit.com/school-leadership-developing-heart-body-and-mind/): Dr. Andrew Wise, superintendent of Olympia CUSD 16 in Illinois, on whole-child learning and replacing elementary letter grades with skills.
- [In Focus: Could This Be Detroit's Next Superintendent?](https://edcircuit.com/could-this-be-detroits-next-superintendent/): Principal Andrae Townsel, a Detroit Public Schools graduate, on AASA's Urban Superintendents Academy and the high school coach who changed his path.
- [Providing Meaningful and Constructive Teacher Feedback](https://edcircuit.com/providing-meaningful-constructive-teacher-feedback/): Effective feedback is consistent. It’s an ongoing conversation, not a formal event that takes place just once every few months.
- [Special Needs Students: Maintain Rigor!](https://edcircuit.com/special-needs-students-maintain-rigor/): Special needs students can live up to high expectations if the instruction is accompanied by appropriate support strategies.
- [Education Talk Radio Expands For Parents and Community](https://edcircuit.com/education-talk-radio-parents-community/): Larry Jacobs, host of the long-running Education Talk Radio podcast for education professionals, today announced his new podcast, Education in America.
- [New Site Brings Work of Ed Experts Straight to Classrooms](https://edcircuit.com/new-site-brings-work-ed-expert-classrooms/): Educators are under pressure to create research-based learning experiences. The site is an avenue to support teachers in that quest.
- [In Focus: A Perfect Marriage Between Universities and K12 Public Schools](https://edcircuit.com/perfect-marriage-between-universities-public-schools/): Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift discusses the advantage of running a public school district that resides alongside one of our most prominent universities.
- [In Focus: A Conversation with Matt Utterback: 2017 National Superintendent of the Year](https://edcircuit.com/matt-utterback-2017-national-superintendent-year/): Matt Utterback of North Clackamas Schools, AASA's 2017 National Superintendent of the Year, on defending public education, local control and equity.
- [Pushing the Boundaries: Positive Youth Development and School Design](https://edcircuit.com/pushing-the-boundaries-positive-youth-development-school-design/): Positive youth development is an approach that brings students’ developmental needs to the forefront, channeling development in a positive direction.
- [Top 5 Education Finance Predictions for 2017](https://edcircuit.com/top-5-education-finance-predictions-for-2017/): Allovue CEO Jess Gartner makes her top 5 education finance predictions for 2017 and indicates what these shifts in policy and strategy will mean for districts.
- [The Science Behind Music: Why Music Should Be Integrated Into Early Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-science-behind-music-why-music-should-be-integrated-into-early-education/): Music training helps children's brains distinguish sounds and improves literacy. Why music should be part of early childhood education.
- [The Waiting Game: Declining Health And Understaffed Schools](https://edcircuit.com/the-waiting-game-declining-health-and-understaffed-schools/): Unemployed young people in the U.S. are in worse health than employed workers over 50, while schools are short of counselors.
- [Can Traditional Professional Development For Educators Lead to Growth?](https://edcircuit.com/changing-times-can-traditional-professional-development-for-educators-lead-to-growth/): High-performing districts offer abundant professional development and a learning culture. Can traditional PD for educators lead to growth?
- [Self-Regulation Using Cognitive Data is Key to Personalization](https://edcircuit.com/self-regulation-using-cognitive-data-is-key-to-personalization/): Part one of two: self-regulation using cognitive data is key to personalization, and it takes more than one adaptive platform to help every learner.
- [Have Librarians' Value Diminished in the New Digital Age?](https://edcircuit.com/have-librarians-value-diminished-in-the-new-digital-age/): Technology is everywhere, but libraries are adapting and leading in digital research. Why librarians are still valuable in the digital age.
- [Crisis In Education? Don't Blame The Teachers; They Obey The Law: Or Else](https://edcircuit.com/crisis-in-education-dont-blame-the-teachers-they-obey-the-law-or-else/): Alex Terego says the crisis in education lies with lawmakers and bureaucrats, not teachers, and calls for mass customization of learning.
- [International Struggle: How Higher Education is Broken But Desperately Needed](https://edcircuit.com/international-struggle-how-higher-education-is-broken-but-desperately-needed/): More than 30,000 university-age Syrian refugees in Turkey have had to stop their studies. Why higher education is broken but badly needed.
- [How Much Is Too Much? Discussing A Lewd Election With Young, Impressionable Children](https://edcircuit.com/how-much-is-too-much-discussing-a-lewd-election-with-young-impressionable-children/): Election 2016 took a lewd, dark turn. How much should teachers discuss it with young, impressionable children in the classroom?
- [How to Make Higher Education Affordable for All: Yes, It’s Possible](https://edcircuit.com/how-to-make-higher-education-affordable-for-all-yes-its-possible/): With median household income at $56,516, most families can't afford college. Ideas for making higher education affordable for everyone.
- [ITT Tech Closes Doors For Good](https://edcircuit.com/itt-tech-closes-doors-for-good/): The USDOE banned ITT Tech from enrolling new students using federal financial aid funds and upped financial oversight of the school.
- [Education Funding Partners Honored by B Lab](https://edcircuit.com/education-funding-partners-honored-by-b-lab/): Education Funding Partners (EFP) was recognized for creating the most positive overall community impact by B the Change Media
- [SRC vs. Teacher’s Union: Where Are We One Month After The Decision?](https://edcircuit.com/src-vs-teachers-union-where-are-we-one-month-after-the-decision/): A two-year fight ended in favor of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. Where things stand one month after the court's SRC decision.
- [Has Standardized Testing Gone Too Far?](https://edcircuit.com/has-standardized-testing-gone-too-far/): There has been an emphasis on teaching students not so that they can learn, but so that they can score better on standardized tests.
- [Where Do We Draw the Line? Free Speech in U.S. Schools](https://edcircuit.com/where-do-we-draw-the-line-free-speech-in-u-s-schools/): FIRE had an eventful year as colleges faced pressure over race, sexual assault and speech. Where should schools draw the line on free speech?
- [Is Music Education Still Relevant?](https://edcircuit.com/is-music-education-still-relevant/): Studies show that high-quality music programs help kids increase test scores, boost social skills, and improve self-esteem.
- [The Power of the Visual Presentation: Reasons to Revamp Your Lectures](https://edcircuit.com/the-power-of-the-visual-presentation-reasons-to-revamp-your-lectures/): Presenting in an engaging, persuasive way is a skill that must be learned and practiced. Reasons for educators to revamp their lectures.
- [How Important is Play to Childhood Learning? Research Shows it’s Indispensable](https://edcircuit.com/how-important-is-play-to-childhood-learning-research-shows-its-indispensable/): Play has the ability to improve a child’s memory, self-regulation, language skills, social development, and other areas of academic learning.
- [Why Professional Development Should Be Embraced in the Education Sector](https://edcircuit.com/why-professional-development-should-be-embraced-in-the-education-sector/): K-12 teachers rarely get sabbaticals. Why teachers need high-quality, purposeful professional development throughout their careers.
- [Kids Who Code: Why Schools Should Make Basic Coding Mandatory](https://edcircuit.com/kids-who-code-why-schools-should-make-basic-coding-mandatory/): Current lesson plans allow students to, memorize the subject matter instead of honing their computational thinking skills.
- [Show Me The Money: Lack of Financial Literacy Education in Schools Leads to Poor Personal Finance](https://edcircuit.com/show-me-the-money-lack-of-financial-literacy-education-in-schools-leads-to-poor-personal-finance/): Nearly half of college students don't manage their finances and 58% don't save monthly. Why schools need financial literacy education.
- [Can Math and Science Groove to Music?](https://edcircuit.com/can-math-and-science-groove-to-music/): The emphasis on math and reading , and standardized testing is unfortunatly squeezing arts education out of the nation’s classrooms
- [PARCC: The Good, Bad & the Ugly](https://edcircuit.com/parcc-the-good-bad-the-ugly/): PARCC has become a divisive topic. Education thought leader Louise Law weighs the good, the bad and the ugly of the PARCC assessments.
- [Education Dive: It's official: Student connections often impact admissions](https://edcircuit.com/from-education-dive-its-official-student-connections-often-impact-admissions/): Student connections can affect college admissions, a Kaplan Test Prep survey finds, with 25% of officers at 400 top colleges reporting pressure to admit some.
- [Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Power Of Inclusion, Research and Education](https://edcircuit.com/autism-spectrum-disorder-the-power-of-inclusion-research-and-education/): New research questions advising bilingual families to raise children with autism in English only. How education can better support inclusion.
- [“No More Pencils, No More Books”: Can Schools Afford To Keep Up With Technology?](https://edcircuit.com/no-more-pencils-no-more-books-can-schools-afford-to-keep-up-with-technology/): Technology is everywhere in students' lives. Can schools afford to keep up, and how much does tech integration really help learning?
- [Are American Schools the Newest “Black Swan?”](https://edcircuit.com/are-american-schools-the-newest-black-swan/): Only 44% of U.S. high school students are engaged in school. Are American schools the newest black swan, and how can engagement improve?
- [My EdWorld: How to Pick Up the Pieces](https://edcircuit.com/my-edworld-how-to-pick-up-the-pieces/): You can teach in two or three years, but becoming a teacher takes time. A veteran educator on a world that no longer fits today's schools.
- [Cyberbullying: Grab the Tablet by the Horns!](https://edcircuit.com/cyberbullying-grab-the-tablet-by-the-horns/): Social media isn't going away, so grab technology by the horns. Understanding cyberbullying to educate, empower and engage students.
- [Can We Design the Perfect School?](https://edcircuit.com/can-we-design-the-perfect-school/): Compelling school design inspires children and their awareness of the built environment. What it would take to design the perfect school.
- [A Balanced Diet of Education Data](https://edcircuit.com/a-balanced-diet-of-education-data/): Google is tracking students as Chromebooks fill classrooms, privacy advocates warn. Finding a balanced diet of education data and privacy.
- [Teacher Education, Not Teacher Training](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-education-not-teacher-training/): Education thought leader Regie Routman provides her perspective discussing the role Professional Development/Learning play in educating teachers.
- [Where Are All The Black Teachers?](https://edcircuit.com/where-are-all-the-black-teachers/): The number of black public school teachers in nine cities — including the country’s three largest school districts — dropped between 2002 and 2012.
- [Music for Education Picking Up STEAM](https://edcircuit.com/music-for-education-picking-up-steam/): STEM is gaining STEAM as the arts join the conversation. Why music education belongs in a learning experience driven by more than data.
- [C & A Scientific Gives Large Donation to Prince William County Public Schools](https://edcircuit.com/c-a-scientific-gives-large-donation-prince-william-county-public-schools/): Science students across Prince William County Public Schools in Virginia are getting a $300,000 donation of equipment and supplies by C & A Scientific.
- [Becoming a Teacher and a Leader In Today's Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/becoming-a-teacher-and-a-leader-in-todays-classroom/): Every person involved in the education of our next generation is a leader, either intentionally or unintentionally. Leadership is not just a title.
- [To The Powers That Be: Fix Special Needs Education](https://edcircuit.com/to-the-powers-that-be-fix-special-needs-education/): The parent of a special needs student vents on her struggle to get her Ohio school district to pay attention to him and unlock the programs to help her son.
- [Thinking Outside the Music Box: Using Digital Tools to Teach Music and More](https://edcircuit.com/thinking-outside-music-box-digital-tools-teach-music/): Music unleashes creative powers. Students learn to think beyond the parameters of passing an exam. They open up their brains to deeper critical thinking.
- [The Effects of a Positive Mindset on School Culture](https://edcircuit.com/effects-positive-mindset-school-culture/): Educational leaders who have developed the strengths and skills to model optimism and a positive attitude are invaluable assets in schools today.
- [AASA Releases Superintendent Salary Study](https://edcircuit.com/aasa-releases-superintendent-salary-study/): AASA, The School Superintendents Association, released its fifth annual salary study to benchmark superintendent compensation and benefits.
- [Former Education Secretary John King to Receive Humanitarian Award](https://edcircuit.com/former-education-secretary-john-king-receive-humanitarian-award/): John B. King Jr., will receive the Dr. Effie H. Jones Humanitarian Award at the 2017 National Conference on Education, hosted by AASA.
- [Follow AASA’s National Conference on Education Through Conference Daily Online](https://edcircuit.com/aasa-national-conference-education-daily-online/): The award-winning publication features a new layout that includes coverage of key speakers, topical sessions, award winners, AASA governance activities.
- [Preparing for the Upcoming AASA National Conference on Education](https://edcircuit.com/aasa-national-conference-education/): Make this one of your best professional learning experiences of the year by preparing and documenting your experience at the conference.
- [ChanceLight Behavioral Health, Therapy & Education](https://edcircuit.com/mark-claypool-chancelight-behavioral-therapy-education/): Impacting over 20,000 students ChanceLight provides behavioral health, pediatric therapies, and special education services across the U.S.
- [Nation’s School System Leaders Convene in New Orleans for AASA’s 2017 National Conference on Education](https://edcircuit.com/nations-school-system-leaders-convene-in-new-orleans-for-aasas-2017-national-conference-on-education/): School leaders from across the country will present case studies and engage in a dialogue on behalf of the 50,000,000 students in our public schools.
- [School District Leaders Fear Medicaid Refinancing Will Harm Students with Disabilities, Students in Poverty](https://edcircuit.com/school-district-leaders-fear-medicaid-refinancing-will-harm-students-with-disabilities-students-in-poverty/): An AASA survey of close to 1,000 school leaders found deep concern that Medicaid refinancing would harm students with disabilities and students in poverty.
- [AASA Issues Statement on Betsy DeVos, Confirmed as Education Secretary](https://edcircuit.com/aasa-statement-betsy-devos/): AASA executive director Daniel A. Domenech issued a statement on the Senate confirmation of Betsy DeVos, pledging work toward educational equity for all.
- [Newburgh Enlarged City School District (NY), Newark Public Schools (NJ) Featured as Top-Performing School Districts in Annual School Breakfast Participation Scorecard](https://edcircuit.com/newburgh-enlarged-city-school-district-ny-newark-public-schools-nj-featured-as-top-performing-school-districts/): Newburgh Enlarged City School District and Newark Public Schools were featured in the FRAC school breakfast report on participation across 73 large districts.
- [Now is the time: State Flexibility to Implement Competency Education](https://edcircuit.com/state-flexibility-competency-education/): States have an opportunity to connect state policy drivers to federal flexibility opportunities through ESSA to transform the nation’s education system.
- [10 Local Conditions Needed to Scale Competency Education](https://edcircuit.com/10-conditions-scale-competency-education/): Districts have the opportunity to set the vision for personalized learning by creating a supportive culture of leadership and teachers.
- [Navigating Chaos - The New 21st Century Skill](https://edcircuit.com/navigating-chaos/): Thom Markham argues that navigating chaos is the new 21st century skill and sets out seven moves for project based learning as a teaching philosophy.
- [International Students Going Incognito](https://edcircuit.com/international-students-going-incognito/): International student enrollment has steadily increased but a Trump administration is an unusual circumstance that may yield unusual results.
- [How Will Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education Impact You?](https://edcircuit.com/how-will-betsy-devos-as-secretary-of-education-impact-you/): Tell us your one hope and one challenge you see in the event Trump's Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos is confirmed.
- [Managing Higher Education Disruption through Planning](https://edcircuit.com/managing-highered-disruption-through-planning/): Higher education institutions must be prepared to provide high-quality education regardless of emerging trends and challenges.
- [Motor City MadHouse - are school closures a new trend](https://edcircuit.com/motor-city-madhouse/): Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s office recently announced the closing of 38 under-performing schools – 25 of which are in Detroit.
- [Infographic - Project Based Learning Gains STEAM in Education](https://edcircuit.com/infographic-project-based-learning-gains-steam-in-education/): An infographic on how project-based learning is gaining STEAM as educators get creative, from Soundtrap, the cloud-based music platform.
- [Answerables by NexEd - a personal learning environment](https://edcircuit.com/answerables-by-nexed/): Answerables is not so much a new technology as a synthesis of technologies; not a fix for a broken system but an alternative direction for the system itself.
- [Dan Domenech: Letter to Mr. Trump](https://edcircuit.com/dan-domenech-letter-to-mr-trump/): The School Superintendents Association stands ready to work with you to ensure the 13,000 school districts we represent are well-served by your Administration.
- [Infographic - Music Education's Role in Personal Achievement](https://edcircuit.com/27667-2/): An infographic on how music education shapes lifelong personal achievement, from Soundtrap, the cloud-based music recording platform.
- [Dear Betsy DeVos - A call for Education Reform](https://edcircuit.com/dear-betsy-devos-2/): Donald Trump has nominated Betsey DeVos of Michigan as Secretary of Education. On a roster of polarizing nominees, DeVos' nomination is especially so.
- [Teacher Perspective: In Sync with EdTech](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-perspective-in-sync-with-edtech/): Soundtrap is an online recording studio that can be used across any device to create audio without being in the same physical space as your collaborator(s).
- [Shifting the Paradigm of the Classroom to Respond to the Demands of a Global World](https://edcircuit.com/shifting-the-paradigm-of-the-classroom-to-respond-to-the-demands-of-a-global-world/): College and career ready, 21st-century skills, flipping the classroom, and problem-based learning, permeate the conversations about education in the US
- [The Pleasure-Pain Principle Of Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/the-pleasure-pain-principal-of-instruction/): Educational psychologists know that one of the most pleasurable feelings is safety. They also know it is impossible to learn without safety.
- [CoffeEd: Enhancing Social Studies Through The Use Of Technology](https://edcircuit.com/enhancing-social-studies-through-the-use-of-technology/): Micah Shippee, Liverpool CSD, Teacher & Technology Trainer, Syracuse, NY is an innovative 'ideas' person who thinks outside the box.
- [Book Review: "Who Moved My Standards"](https://edcircuit.com/book-review-who-moved-my-standards/): A review of Michael Toth's Who Moved My Standards?, a playful book on the difference between old economy and new economy classrooms.
- [AASA Names Finalists for 2017 National Superintendent of the Year](https://edcircuit.com/aasa-names-finalists-for-2017-national-superintendent-of-the-year/): AASA, The School Superintendents Association, announced today the finalists for the 2017 National Superintendent of the Year.
- [Education Leaders: Need Tools to Evaluate Ed Tech?](https://edcircuit.com/education-leaders-need-tools-to-evaluate-ed-tech/): Educator leaders and researchers are creating tools school districts can use to evaluate if the Ed Tech actually does what it says it will do.
- [Choosito! And Quick Key Partner To Deliver Curated, Personalized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/choosito-and-quick-key-partner-to-deliver-curated-personalized-learning-content-based-on-quizzes-and-quiz-results/): Choosito innovates in education by offering a technology solution to the problem of finding resources that are right for your students.
- [Technology In Special Education: One Teacher's Journey](https://edcircuit.com/technology-in-special-education-one-teachers-journey/): In this interview, Neil Virani, an LAUSD Human Resources Division teacher adviser, discusses the District Intern Program and special education.
- [Shaping Mathematics To Be Creative, Entertaining And Rewarding](https://edcircuit.com/shaping-mathematics-to-be-creative-entertaining-and-rewarding/): Matthew Peterson spoke about his involvement in the Institute and the overall state of mathematic learning in our nation.
- [Common Sense Education and Public Consulting Group Partner to Offer Professional Learning Courses focused on Digital Citizenship](https://edcircuit.com/common-sense-education-and-public-consulting-group-partner-to-offer-professional-learning-courses-focused-on-digital-citizenship/): Common Sense Education and Public Consulting Group have partnered to offer Digital Citizenship courses through the Pepper professional learning network.
- [Conejo Valley USD Principal Honored by the California Association of Latino Superintendents and Administrators as 2016 Administrator of the Year](https://edcircuit.com/conejo-valley-usd-principal-honored-by-the-california-association-of-latino-superintendents-and-administrators-as-2016-administrator-of-the-year/): Juan Manuel Santos, Ed.D., a veteran educator and principal in Newbury Park, CA, was named 2016 Administrator of the Year by CALSA.
- [It’s Ok; I Was Just . . .](https://edcircuit.com/its-ok-i-was-just/): A passenger texting during takeoff thinks the rules are for other people. A look at honesty, rule-following and what we teach students.
- [SE3D Wins SBIR Phase II Award](https://edcircuit.com/se3d-wins-sbir-phase-ii-award/): SE3D, has been awarded the Small Business and Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
- [From Shackles to School: Should Prisoners Have Access to Education?](https://edcircuit.com/from-shackles-to-school-should-prisoners-have-access-to-education/): The best way to decrease recidivism rates is to provide inmates with marketable skills that will help them build careers upon their release.
- [The Benefits of Developing Creative Thinking Skills For Your Child](https://edcircuit.com/the-benefits-of-developing-creative-thinking-skills-for-your-child/): Creative thinking is the skill every institution seeks. How to tell if your child is a creative thinker and how to develop the skill.
- [Can EdTech and Educators Work Together?](https://edcircuit.com/can-edtech-and-educators-work-together-under-the-same-umbrella/): In this interview, Thomas Arnett shares his view on the need for more collaboration between EdTech developers and teachers.
- [Getting Started as an Instructional Coach](https://edcircuit.com/getting-started-as-an-instructional-coach/): Great teachers often become instructional coaches with no handbook. How to get started as an instructional coach and help others grow.
- [Managing Endless Stream of Ideas in Education](https://edcircuit.com/managing-endless-stream-of-ideas-in-education/): Mike Lawrence also speaks about advocacy efforts to support CUE members including the CUE 2016 Fall and National Conferences.
- [Life After Graduation: The Reality of College Loans and Underemployment](https://edcircuit.com/life-after-graduation-the-reality-of-college-loans-and-underemployment/): In 2016, the average college graduate left school with $37,000 in student loans. The reality of college debt and underemployment.
- [No Woman Left Behind: How Lack Of Computer Science Education Can Alter The Path Of Today’s Female Youth](https://edcircuit.com/no-woman-left-behind-how-lack-of-computer-science-education-can-alter-the-path-of-todays-female-youth/): Fewer than 1% of high school girls see computer science in their future. How the lack of coding education shapes young women's paths.
- [Audio: VH1 Save the Music Foundation Impacts School Music Programs Nationwide Through Large Scale Instrument Donations](https://edcircuit.com/vh1-save-music-foundation-nationwide-large-scale-instrument-donations/): VH1 Save The Music Foundation in partnership with Grammy-nominated singer Charlie Puth and Casio America announced the 2016 winners of Keys + Kids.
- [Huge Debt and Small Salaries: Are Millennials Making Informed Decisions Regarding Their Education?](https://edcircuit.com/huge-debt-and-small-salaries-are-millennials-making-informed-decisions-regarding-their-education/): The average college student graduates with $37,000 in loan debt. Are millennials making informed decisions about the cost of their education?
- [CoffeEd: Famed Singer Charlie Puth and VH1 Save The Music Foundation Team Up To Deliver Pianos To Students](https://edcircuit.com/famed-singer-charlie-puth-and-vh1-team-up-to-deliver-pianos-to-students/): Charlie Puth, VH1 Save The Music Foundation and Casio award 18 schools piano grants worth $10,000 each through the Keys + Kids program.
- [Giving Small Town Music Programs a Chance](https://edcircuit.com/giving-small-town-music-programs-a-chance-vh1-grants-st-paul-montessori-school/): In this episode, Timothy Hofmann, Principal of Parkway Montessori Middle School, shares the significance of being the recipient of the 2016 Keys + Kids Grant.
- [The Realities of Time in Education](https://edcircuit.com/the-realities-of-time-in-education/): What competency-based education means, a five-part working definition, and why fixed time schedules work against students advancing on mastery.
- [Do We Actually Know What Formative Assessment Is?](https://edcircuit.com/do-we-actually-know-what-formative-assessment-is/): We caught up with Howard Pitler at the ASCD annual conference to discuss what is and is not formative assessment in education.
- [Should We Train All Teachers to Work With Autistic Students?](https://edcircuit.com/should-we-train-all-teachers-to-work-with-autistic-students/): John McLaughlin discusses the notion that schools should be training all teachers to work and understand students who are on the Autism Spectrum.
- [Social Media: What Special Education Teachers Need to Know](https://edcircuit.com/social-media-what-special-education-teachers-need-to-know/): Discover essential social media guidelines for special education teachers to help students with special needs stay safe, connected, and supported online.
- [Music Education: The Accidental Educator](https://edcircuit.com/the-accidental-educator/): In this edCircuit interview, we sit down with Krista Fanning, Grammy Educator and Band Director at Caddo Middle Magnet School in Shreveport, Louisiana.
- [Music Education: Composing Original Student Works](https://edcircuit.com/music-education-composing-original-student-works/): In this interview with edCircuit, we sit down with Brayer Teague, fine arts chair at Downers Grove North High School, to discuss the power of music education.
- [Music Brings Students Out Shadows](https://edcircuit.com/music-brings-students-out-from-the-shadows/): In this interview, edCircuit sits down with Bonnie Anderson, a Coronado Village Elementary School music educator and Grammy Educator of the Year Finalist.
- [Jumping Into Music!](https://edcircuit.com/jumping-into-music/): Anne Fennell discusses the role music education plays in supporting young people's development in the greater ecosystem of education.
- [Grammy Educator of the Year Winner!](https://edcircuit.com/grammy-educator-of-the-year-winner/): Phillip Riggs of North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, has been announced as the recipient of the third annual GRAMMY Music Educator Award.
- [Education System: Force Multiplier Needed?](https://edcircuit.com/education-system-force-multiplier-needed/): Teams are Systems Designed to be Force Multipliers. If Any Part of the System is not Used the Force Multiplication is Limited.
- [SXSW Edu: Are You a YouTube Educator?](https://edcircuit.com/sxsw-edu-are-you-a-youtube-educator/): Tyler DeWitt, Paul Andersen, and Patrick Jones discuss the role flipped learning plays in education through video instructional content SXSW Edu
- [Literacy's Relationship with Education](https://edcircuit.com/literacys-relationship-with-education/): Regie Routman on literacy, school leadership and building Professional Literacy Communities focused on practice, not just data.
- [David Greene on Teacher Prep: The Error of Our Ways](https://edcircuit.com/dismantling-the-conveyor-belt-in-u-s-education/): David Greene discusses how lifelong teachers must be allowed to continue to use our God-given abilities to think, reason, and create.
- [The Top Traps of Educational Consulting](https://edcircuit.com/the-top-traps-of-educational-consulting/): Howard Pitler, fresh off his latest op-ed on value added assessments discusses the behind-the-scenes business of educational consulting.
- [How Would da Vinci Fare in a Common Core World?](https://edcircuit.com/how-would-da-vinci-fare-in-a-common-core-world/): How would Leonardo da Vinci or Michelangelo fare under Common Core? Educator Ken Turner responds to David Greene's op-ed on the real core of teaching.
- [The Real “Common Core” of Teaching](https://edcircuit.com/the-real-common-core-of-teaching/): Recently we have seen attempts by both Congress and states to pull back from their initial “gung ho” approach to both standardized testing and CCSS.
- [Arabic Assignment Closing Schools Begs Bigger Question](https://edcircuit.com/arabic-assignment-closing-schools-begs-bigger-question/): A Virginia school system closed schools after a geography assignment on world religions led to allegations of Islamic indoctrination.
- [Teaching Social Studies in a STEM-Focused World](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-social-studies-in-a-stem-focused-world/): Donna Krache talks to educators who are using STEM-focused skills to teach social studies in the hopes of preparing the next generation to be informed citizens.
- [PresenceLearning Snags $25M Series C](https://edcircuit.com/presencelearning-snags-25m-series-c/): Founded in 2009, PresenceLearning connects clinicians and students to speech-language pathologists & mental health providers through its award-winning platform.
- [CSCF Announces Advancements for Fraternity/Sorority Assessment and Research](https://edcircuit.com/cscf-announces-advancements-for-fraternitysorority-assessment-and-research/): The Center for the Study of the College Fraternity (CSCF) announces advancements towards fraternity and sorority assessment and research.
- [Tuition.io Secures $5M in Series A Financing from MassMutual Ventures and Wildcat Venture Partners](https://edcircuit.com/tuition-io-secures-5m-in-series-a-financing-from-massmutual-ventures-and-wildcat-venture-partners/): Tuition.io, which lets employers offer student loan payments as a benefit, raised $5 million from MassMutual Ventures and Wildcat Venture Partners.
- [TutorGroup Raises Landmark Series C Financing](https://edcircuit.com/tutorgroup-raises-landmark-series-c-financing/): TutorGroup, a leading online education platform, today announced a Series C equity financing of approximately $200 million.
- [Character Education: Alive and Well in American Schools](https://edcircuit.com/character-education-alive-and-well-in-american-schools/): Becky Sipos, CEO of Character.org, explains why character education is thriving in U.S. schools and why a positive approach to change wins.
- [Professional Learning for the Global Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/professional-learning-for-the-global-classroom/): Discover how international educators influence US classrooms and learn ways to contribute to global education initiatives with Emily Liebtag, Ed.D.
- [Connected from the Start: Global Learning in the Primary Grades](https://edcircuit.com/connected-from-the-start-global-learning-in-the-primary-grades/): Kathy Cassidy's book shows how primary teachers can use blogs, Twitter and Skype to connect young students globally and enrich early learning.
- [BrainPOP Expanding Engagement in Education](https://edcircuit.com/brainpop-expanding-engagement-in-education/): In this interview, BrainPOP's Dr. Kari Stubbs describes the company's support for Connected Educator Month, its list of events and BrainPOP's latest news.
- [October is Connected Educator Month](https://edcircuit.com/october-is-connected-educator-month/): Connected Educator Month in October offers educators informal professional development, with resources for starting out, building a PLN and learning all year.
- [Connected Educator Month Announces Exclusive Partnership](https://edcircuit.com/cem-announces-exclusive-media-partnership-with-mindrocket-media-group/): The Connected Educator Month (CEM) initiative announced an exclusive global media partnership with the MindRocket Media Group.
- [Theme Kickoff: Future Ready](https://edcircuit.com/theme-kickoff-future-ready/): In this interview, Frank Gallagher of Cable Impacts Foundation discusses Future Ready schools and best practices for bringing solutions to schools.
- [Connected Educator: CUE Up Professional Development](https://edcircuit.com/cue-up-professional-development/): Learn how CUE, led by CEO Mike Lawrence, champions technology in education through initiatives like Connected Educator Month and professional development.
- [Digital Citizenship Summit Saturday October 3rd!](https://edcircuit.com/digital-citizenship-summit-saturday-october-3rd/): In this interview, digital citizenship expert Dr. Marialice B.F.X. Curran discusses the DigCitSummit, Connected Educator Month and weekly #DigCit Twitter chats.
- [By the Numbers: Back to School 2015](https://edcircuit.com/by-the-numbers-back-to-school-2015/): Donna Krache breaks down the numbers behind back to school 2015, including the 50.1 million students expected in U.S. public schools.
- [Sal Khan Reflects on his Academy and its Impact on Education](https://edcircuit.com/sal-khan-reflects/): Sal Khan discusses Khan Academy’s impact, growth mindset, and how personalized, mastery-based learning is transforming education and SAT prep access.
- [The Man Behind the Curtain: How Top-Down Politics Are Destroying School Climate and Teacher Innovation](https://edcircuit.com/the-wizard-of-albany/): David Greene shares that former NY Governor Cuomo's education policies fly in the face of what experts cite as elements for successful schools.

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- [New ParentSquare and Hanover Research Study: School Communication Shapes Whether Families Enroll, Stay, and Recommend Their School](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-parentsquare-and-hanover-research-study-school-communication-shapes-whether-families-enroll-stay-and-recommend-their-school/): Nearly 63% of parents said communication quality influenced the decision to keep their children at their current school.
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- [All Episodes of Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra & the Algorithm Are Now Available for Free on YouTube](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/all-episodes-of-al-khwarizmi-father-of-algebra-the-algorithm-are-now-available-for-free-on-youtube/): All 30 episodes of Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra the Algorithm are now free on YouTube, tracing computer science and AI back to his work.
- [ParentSquare Unveils Refreshed Brand for Next Chapter of Family Engagement](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-unveils-refreshed-brand-for-next-chapter-of-family-engagement/): ParentSquare unveils a refreshed brand for its family engagement platform, relied on by 22 million students and 42,000 schools nationwide.
- [New K-12 Survey Report, from NSPRA and SchoolStatus, Highlights Growing Movement to Elevate Student Voice in K-12 School Communications](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-k-12-survey-report-from-nspra-and-schoolstatus-highlights-growing-movement-to-elevate-student-voice-in-k-12-school-communications/): As K-12 leaders look for ways to strengthen trust, engagement, and belonging, a growing number of districts are turning to a key partner: their students.
- [New Report Reveals Critical Turning Point in Student Attendance Patterns](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-report-reveals-critical-turning-point-in-student-attendance-patterns/): Districts using proven attendance strategies achieved overall chronic absenteeism rates of 20.92%, well below the national average of 23.5%.
- [AERDF Announces Outcomes of Five-Year R&D Effort on Math and Executive Functioning Skills](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/aerdf-announces-outcomes-of-five-year-rd-effort-on-math-and-executive-functioning-skills/): AERDF announced new learnings from its EF+Math program, five-year research and development initiative focused on transforming mathematics education.
- [CoSN Calls on FCC to Preserve E-Rate, Strengthen Support for School Connectivity and Cybersecurity](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-calls-on-fcc-to-preserve-e-rate-strengthen-support-for-school-connectivity-and-cybersecurity/): CoSN urges the FCC to preserve E-Rate and expand support for school connectivity, cybersecurity, and resilient networks while keeping classroom decisions local.
- [Webinar Alert: Inside ClassDojo for Districts 2026–27](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/webinar-alert-inside-classdojo-for-districts-2026-27/): ClassDojo for Districts hosting a webinar that will feature a live look at new communication tools for the 2026–27 school year.
- [Northside Independent School District Awarded National Recognition for Student Data Privacy Practices](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/northside-independent-school-district-awarded-national-recognition-for-student-data-privacy-practices/): Northside Independent School District has earned CoSN’s Trusted Learning Environment Seal, recognizing its rigorous student data privacy policies and practices.
- [Ohio CTE Institution’s Third CoSN TLE Mini Seal Reflects Progress and Statewide Commitment to Strong Student Data Privacy Protections](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/ohio-cte-institutions-third-cosn-tle-mini-seal-reflects-progress-and-statewide-commitment-to-strong-student-data-privacy-protections/): DACC earned its third CoSN TLE Mini Seal, recognizing strong classroom practices and Ohio’s growing commitment to student data privacy.
- [Ypsilanti Community Schools Extends Partnership with Concentric to Tackle Chronic Absenteeism](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/ypsilanti-community-schools-extends-partnership-with-concentric-to-tackle-chronic-absenteeism/): Ypsilanti Community Schools has renewed its partnership with Concentric Educational Solutions through the 2026-2027 school year.
- [New Kentucky Study Links Lexia LETRS Professional Learning to Improved Student Reading Outcomes](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-kentucky-study-links-lexia-letrs-professional-learning-to-improved-student-reading-outcomes/): New Kentucky study finds Lexia LETRS training linked to stronger reading outcomes and major gains in student proficiency statewide.
- [Leading Education Organizations Highlight Importance of Technology and Connectivity for Learning as Senate Committee Examines Impact of Technology on Youth](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/leading-education-organizations-highlight-importance-of-technology-and-connectivity-for-learning-as-senate-committee-examines-impact-of-technology-on-youth/): Seventeen education groups urged lawmakers to distinguish edtech from recreational screen time and support safeguards that protect students.
- [New Acquisition by Edmentum Creates Comprehensive Platform to Help Students Chart Their Path Beyond High School](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-acquisition-by-edmentum-creates-comprehensive-platform-to-help-students-chart-their-path-beyond-high-school/): The Edmentum acquisition of MajorClarity helps districts close major gaps in college and career readiness with a single, scalable system for student success.
- [Norton and Discovery Education Partner to Promote Responsible AI Use Among Students](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/norton-and-discovery-education-partner-to-promote-responsible-ai-use-among-students/): This commitment builds on Norton’s efforts in the digital citizenship space, including through My Digital Life with Discovery Education.
- [Lexia Core5 Reading Named Top Literacy Program in Independent Idaho Statewide Review](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-core5-reading-named-top-literacy-program-in-independent-idaho-statewide-review/): Among nine digital and blended programs reviewed for the 2025 fiscal year, Core5 earned the highest overall effectiveness score.
- [Florida’s Volusia County Schools Adopts Science Techbook for Use in Grades K-8](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/floridas-volusia-county-schools-adopts-science-techbook-for-use-in-grades-k-8/): Volusia County Schools (VCS) announces the adoption of the Science Techbook for Florida for use in the district’s K-8 classrooms.
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- [CoSN Welcomes U.S. Department of Education Guidance on Education Technology and Screen Time](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-welcomes-u-s-department-of-education-guidance-on-education-technology-and-screen-time/): CoSN supports guidance urging schools to use technology purposefully while prioritizing student privacy, online safety, and family engagement.
- [FCC Opens Public Comment Period on Proposed Changes to E-Rate](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/fcc-opens-public-comment-period-on-proposed-changes-to-e-rate/): CoSN urged K-12 leaders to comment after the FCC published its proposal to potentially eliminate or alter the E-Rate program, opening a public comment period.
- [New Book Highlights Real-World Examples of Purposeful Technology Use in K-12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-book-highlights-real-world-examples-of-purposeful-technology-use-in-k-12-education/): Purposeful Technology, Powerful Learning explores how 13 K-12 districts use technology to expand opportunity and prepare students for the future.
- [As Deadlines Loom, a Faster Path to EFTC Readiness Includes LearningSpring for Fraud Protection and Rapid Onboarding of Scholarship Granting Organizations](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/as-deadlines-loom-a-faster-path-to-eftc-readiness-includes-learningspring-for-fraud-protection-and-rapid-onboarding-of-scholarship-granting-organizations/): LearningSpring is a turnkey solution for states that assumes the administrative, oversight, and fraud-prevention workflows and eases the paperwork burden
- [Lexia Announces Science of Reading Week: Sustaining What Works](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-announces-science-of-reading-week-sustaining-what-works/): Three days of no-cost live sessions for K12 educators interested in sustaining and scaling effective literacy instruction.
- [ParentSquare Named Winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2026](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-named-winner-in-the-tech-learning-awards-of-excellence-back-to-school-2026/): ParentSquare named a winner in the Secondary Education category of the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2026.
- [Reading Eggs Wins Tech & Learning Award of Excellence for Back to School](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/reading-eggs-wins-tech-learning-award-of-excellence-for-back-to-school/): The literacy program Reading Eggs is a winner in the Primary Education category of the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Back to School 2026.
- [Kahoot! and Apple Music Classical partner to help students discover and explore classical music](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/kahoot-and-apple-music-classical-partner-to-help-students-discover-and-explore-classical-music/): Kahoot and Apple Music Classical have partnered to launch a free collection of ready-to-play Kahoot learning content to help students explore classical music.
- [CoSN Releases 2026 Blaschke Report on Change Management for Education Technology](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-releases-2026-blaschke-report-on-change-management-for-education-technology/): CoSN’s 2026 Blaschke Report and companion toolkit offer district leaders a practical approach to managing lasting technology change.
- [Amid Historic Reading Declines, New Lexia Data Shows Significant Gains Are Possible](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/amid-historic-reading-declines-new-lexia-data-shows-significant-gains-are-possible/): Lexia released 2025-26 data showing K-12 students using Lexia Core5 Reading and PowerUp Literacy with fidelity made substantial gains in literacy this year.
- [Penda Learning Announces New Science Success Webinar](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/penda-learning-announces-new-science-success-webinar/): During the week of October 5, Penda Learning will host a series of live, 30-minute “Science Success Informational Sessions.”
- [x2VOL Introduces an AI-Driven Tool to Quantify the Value and Impact of Experiential Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/x2vol-introduces-an-ai-driven-tool-to-quantify-the-value-and-impact-of-experiential-learning/): x2VOL’s new impactIQ adds AI-powered analysis to student experiences about experiential learning, including community service and work-based learning.
- [Empowering Schools and Communities: Concentric Educational Solutions Unveils Concentric360](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/empowering-schools-and-communities-concentric-educational-solutions-unveils-concentric360/): Concentric Educational Solutions launched Concentric360 to reconnect disconnected youth to education, training, and employment opportunities.
- [Walton County School District Celebrates Years of Reading Improvement](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/walton-county-school-district-celebrates-years-of-reading-improvement/): As the new school year begins, Sconiers’ team will be tracking how each campus and the district as a whole are using Reading Eggs.
- [Michigan's Ecorse Public Schools Extends Partnership Focused on Reconnecting Students to Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/michigans-ecorse-public-schools-extends-partnership-focused-on-reconnecting-students-to-learning/): Ecorse Public Schools has extended its multiyear partnership with Concentric Educational Solutions through the 2026-2027 school year.
- [ParentSquare Expands ParentSquare Intelligence for Back to School with AI Assistant for School Websites and AI Conversation Starters](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-expands-parentsquare-intelligence-for-back-to-school-with-ai-assistant-for-school-websites-and-ai-conversation-starters/): ParentSquare adds AI Assistant and Conversation Starters to ParentSquare Intelligence, giving families instant answers and conversations at home.
- [Penda Learning Releases Cosmos, a Custom AI-Powered Instructional Assistant for K-12 Science Learning Support](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/penda-learning-releases-cosmos-a-custom-ai-powered-instructional-assistant-for-k-12-science-learning-support/): Penda Learning, provider of digital science instructional intervention for grades 3–12, has created Cosmos, an AI-powered instructional assistant.
- [ParentSquare Named to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies for the Fourth Consecutive Year](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-named-to-the-2026-inc-5000-list-of-americas-fastest-growing-private-companies-for-the-fourth-consecutive-year/): ParentSquare lands on the 2026 Inc. 5000 for the fourth straight year, jumping 174 spots to No. 788. Family engagement infrastructure serves 22M+ K-12 students.
- [Concentric Educational Solutions and Linden Public Schools Expand Districtwide Partnership to Combat Chronic Absenteeism](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/concentric-educational-solutions-and-linden-public-schools-expand-districtwide-partnership-to-combat-chronic-absenteeism/): Linden Public Schools is expanding its partnership with Concentric Educational Solutions to reduce absenteeism districtwide through community-based engagement.
- [Validated Insights Report: Allied Health Training Market Is an Under-Marketed Growth Opportunity](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/validated-insights-report-allied-health-training-market-is-an-under-marketed-growth-opportunity/): Demand for non-nursing positions are in a period of significant growth with too few programs available to train the number of people needed to fill those roles.
- [CoSN Releases New Guidance for Developing Purposeful Education Technology Policies in K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-releases-new-guidance-for-developing-purposeful-education-technology-policies-in-k-12-schools/): CoSN’s new guidance helps K-12 districts move beyond screen time limits with purposeful technology policies focused on learning, safety and local needs.
- [CoSN CEO Keith R. Krueger to Step Down in Spring 2027 After 32 Years of Leadership](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-ceo-keith-r-krueger-to-step-down-in-spring-2027-after-32-years-of-leadership/): After 32 years of leadership, CoSN CEO Keith R. Krueger will step down in spring 2027, concluding a tenure that helped shape K-12 education technology.
- [ParentSquare Introduces Expanded Payment Capabilities for One Districtwide View of Payments Across Every School](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-introduces-expanded-payment-capabilities-for-one-districtwide-view-of-payments-across-every-school/): ParentSquare launches centralized reporting in ParentSquare Pay, giving districts one unified view to track, reconcile, and manage school payments.
- [seCuREgift Closes Sale of Two Public Golf Courses Outside Tucson, Arizona. Proceeds Benefit Purdue University](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/securegift-closes-sale-of-two-public-golf-courses-outside-tucson-arizona-proceeds-benefit-purdue-university/): seCuREgift sold two public golf courses outside Tucson, generating nearly $2 million in net proceeds for Purdue University.
- [Reading Eggs and Mathseeds from 3P Learning are Named Best Gamification in Learning Products in the 2026 CODiE Awards](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/reading-eggs-and-mathseeds-from-3p-learning-are-named-best-gamification-in-learning-products-in-the-2026-codie-awards/): Reading Eggs and Mathseeds from 3P Learning are the winning products of the 2026 CODiE Awards in the category for Best Gamification in Learning.
- [ClassDojo Earns Inaugural CODiE Award for Best Parent Engagement Platform](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-earns-inaugural-codie-award-for-best-parent-engagement-platform/): ClassDojo earns the inaugural 2026 CODiE Award for Best Parent Engagement Platform, recognizing its impact on family-school partnerships.
- [Global Release: Al-Khwarizmi: Father of Algebra and the Algorithm | An Original Docudrama Series Produced by Spencer Striker Digital Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/global-release-al-khwarizmi-father-of-algebra-and-the-algorithm-an-original-docudrama-series-produced-by-spencer-striker-digital-learning/): A new free, 30-episode AI-animated docudrama brings the story of Al-Khwarizmi, the House of Wisdom, and the origins of algebra to life.
- [ClassDojo Expands Beyond the Classroom with New Schoolwide Tools for School Leaders](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-expands-beyond-the-classroom-with-new-schoolwide-tools-for-school-leaders/): ClassDojo introduces new schoolwide tools to help school leaders streamline communication, engage families, and strengthen school culture.
- [Reading Eggs from 3P Learning is Named a Finalist in the 2026 CODiE Awards in the Category for Best Science of Reading Products](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/reading-eggs-from-3p-learning-is-named-a-finalist-in-the-2026-codie-awards-in-the-category-for-best-science-of-reading-products/): Reading Eggs from 3P Learning has been honored in the 2026 CODiE Awards as being among the very best products to help students develop early literacy skills.
- [CyberNut Acquires Neptune Navigate Digital Citizenship Platform, Expanding Its Student Safety Offering for K-12 Districts](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cybernut-acquires-neptune-navigate-digital-citizenship-platform-expanding-its-student-safety-offering-for-k-12-districts/): CyberNut acquires Neptune Navigate, expanding its K-12 student safety offering with a deeper digital citizenship curriculum.
- [Concentric Educational Solutions Elevates Professional Student Advocacy Training with New Certificate Program](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/concentric-educational-solutions-elevates-professional-student-advocacy-training-with-new-certificate-program/): Concentric launches a Howard University-developed certificate program training Professional Student Advocates to read beyond attendance data during home visits.
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- [Lexia Science of Reading Classroom Expands with New Back-to-School 2026 Capabilities](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-science-of-reading-classroom-expands-with-new-back-to-school-2026-capabilities/): Lexia announces new capabilities supporting its Science of Reading Classroom as part of its Summer 2026 Back-to-School product release.
- [ParentSquare Expands Attendance Capabilities to Help Districts Reduce Chronic Absenteeism at Scale](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-expands-attendance-capabilities-to-help-districts-reduce-chronic-absenteeism-at-scale/): ParentSquare launches new Attendance Plus capabilities—automated workflows, period attendance, proactive absence reporting—to help reduce chronic absenteeism.
- [CoSN to Assume Leadership of K–12 Cybersecurity Rubric and CCRE Program](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-to-assume-leadership-of-k-12-cybersecurity-rubric-and-ccre-program/): CoSN, ClassLink, and CC4E are joining forces to scale K-12 cybersecurity maturity and provide districts with a national framework.
- [School Districts Turn to ClassDojo as Budget Pressure and Phone-Free Policies Reshape Family Communication](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/school-districts-turn-to-classdojo-as-budget-pressure-and-phone-free-policies-reshape-family-communication/): School districts are adopting ClassDojo to reduce app overload, simplify family communication, and strengthen engagement.
- [McKinley Middle School Launches Human-Centered Initiative to Bring Students Back to the Classroom](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/mckinley-middle-school-launches-human-centered-initiative-to-bring-students-back-to-the-classroom/): McKinley Middle School has partnered with Concentric Educational Solutions to launch a new initiative aimed at reducing chronic absenteeism among its students.
- [CoSN Statement on FCC Review of the E-Rate Program](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-statement-on-fcc-review-of-the-e-rate-program/): CoSN calls on the FCC to preserve E-Rate's vital role in connecting schools, strengthening cybersecurity, and supporting equitable access to digital learning.
- [ClassDojo Expands Tutoring as Schools Face Ongoing Learning Gaps](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-expands-tutoring-as-schools-face-ongoing-learning-gaps/): ClassDojo is expanding teacher-led tutoring as schools address ongoing learning gaps, summer learning loss, and continued staffing challenges.
- [Concentric Educational Solutions' National Summer Pilot Program: Jumpstarting Student Reengagement Before the New School Year](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/concentric-educational-solutions-national-summer-pilot-program-jumpstarting-student-reengagement-before-the-new-school-year/): Concentric's 90-Day Summer Pilot uses research and hands-on outreach to reduce chronic absenteeism and reengage K–12 students before the new school year.
- [Zedbud Seeks Teachers, Schools, and Districts to Pilot New Unified Learning and Communication Platform](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/zedbud-seeks-teachers-schools-and-districts-to-pilot-new-unified-learning-and-communication-platform/): Zedbud is launching a national pilot program to help schools simplify communication, reduce tool overload, and connect learning in one platform.
- [Lightspeed’s Latest Instructional Audio Updates Enable Greater Ease of Use and Flexibility for Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lightspeeds-latest-instructional-audio-updates-enable-greater-ease-of-use-and-flexibility-for-teachers/): Lightspeed instructional audio updates simplify classroom audio with Bluetooth connectivity and clearer sound for more engaging learning.
- ["Every Student, Every Day": Van Dyke Public Schools Renews Partnership to Keep Kids in Class](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/every-student-every-day-van-dyke-public-schools-renews-partnership-to-keep-kids-in-class/): Van Dyke Public Schools (MI) renews its partnership with Concentric Educational Solutions to reduce chronic absenteeism through home visits and family outreach
- [VHS Learning Opens Fall 2026 Online High School Course Registration with Three New AP® Career Kickstart Offerings](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/vhs-learning-opens-fall-2026-online-high-school-course-registration-with-three-new-ap-career-kickstart-offerings/): VHS Learning expands fall 2026 online course registration with new AP® Career Kickstart offerings in cybersecurity, business, finance, and networking.
- [Zedbud Launches Unified Platform Where Learning and Communication Finally Meet—Eliminating Fragmentation in K–12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/zedbud-launches-unified-platform-where-learning-and-communication-finally-meet-eliminating-fragmentation-in-k-12-schools/): Zedbud launches a unified K–12 platform combining learning, communication, and family engagement in one secure experience.
- [U.S. State of EdTech Report Examines How K-12 Districts Are Using Technology to Support Teaching and Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/u-s-state-of-edtech-report-examines-how-k-12-districts-are-using-technology-to-support-teaching-and-learning/): The 2026 K-12 EdTech Report reveals rising AI adoption, cybersecurity priorities, and staffing gaps shaping how districts implement technology.
- [ParentSquare Announces Webinar Series to Help K-12 Districts Build Stronger Attendance Strategies for 2026-27](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-announces-webinar-series-to-help-k-12-districts-build-stronger-attendance-strategies-for-2026-27/): ParentSquare launches “Attendance Plus in Action,” a free 4-part May webinar series helping K-12 leaders build attendance workflows for the 2026-27 school year.
- [ParentSquare Announces 2026-27 Advisory Council Members and Launch of Enterprise Advisory Council](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-announces-2026-27-advisory-council-members-and-launch-of-enterprise-advisory-council/): ParentSquare launched its Enterprise Advisory Council and welcomed 17 new advisory members, bringing district leaders together to guide platform innovation.
- [New White Paper from ClassDojo Explains How School–Family Communication Can Support Enrollment Stability](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-white-paper-from-classdojo-explains-how-school-family-communication-can-support-enrollment-stability/): A new ClassDojo white paper shows how strong school–family communication builds trust, improves outcomes, and supports enrollment stability.
- [CoSN Announces New Board of Directors Ahead of 2026 Annual Conference](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-announces-new-board-of-directors-ahead-of-2026-annual-conference/): CoSN unveils its 2026–27 Board of Directors ahead of Building What’s Next, Together, guiding strategy and advancing safe, effective K–12 edtech.
- [National Education Organizations Release Updated Guidance on Responsible Use of Technology in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/national-education-organizations-release-updated-guidance-on-responsible-use-of-technology-in-schools/): National education leaders release updated guidance on responsible technology use, addressing AI, student well-being, and digital citizenship in K–12 schools.
- [Flint Community Schools Meets Families Where They Are in New Push to Boost Enrollment and Fight Chronic Absenteeism](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/flint-community-schools-meets-families-where-they-are-in-new-push-to-boost-enrollment-and-fight-chronic-absenteeism/): Flint Community Schools is partnering with Concentric Educational Solutions on a human-centered initiative to boost enrollment and fight chronic absenteeism.
- [CoSN 2026 Conference Highlights Innovative Local Leadership and Responsible Technology Use in K-12 Education](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/building-whats-next-together-convened-k-12-leaders-to-advance-responsible-student-centered-approaches-to-ai-cybersecurity-and-digital-learning/): CoSN 2026’s Building What’s Next, Together united K–12 leaders to advance responsible edtech, AI, cybersecurity, and student well-being through innovation.
- [ParentSquare Releases New Guide to Help Districts Go Cashless](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-releases-new-guide-to-help-districts-go-cashless/): ParentSquare released a guide to help districts go cashless, streamlining payments, reducing admin work, and improving family engagement and efficiency.
- [Lexia Unveils Science of Reading Classroom, A Unified Approach to Literacy Instruction at Scale](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-unveils-science-of-reading-classroom-a-unified-approach-to-literacy-instruction-at-scale/): Lexia, a Cambium Learning Group brand, announced Science of Reading Classroom by Lexia, a unified approach to help schools deliver literacy teaching at scale.
- [Media Alert from ClassDojo for Districts: New ClassDojo + Canva Integration Helps Districts Control School Communications at Scale](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/media-alert-from-classdojo-for-districts-new-classdojo-canva-integration-helps-districts-control-school-communications-at-scale/): A webinar introducing a first-of-its-kind, native integration that allows districts to create, manage, and publish on-brand communications across every school.
- [New Jersey News: Linden Public Schools Introduces Initiative to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism Among High School Students](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-jersey-news-linden-public-schools-introduces-initiative-to-reduce-chronic-absenteeism-among-high-school-students/): Linden Public Schools partners with Concentric to reduce absenteeism using home visits, family engagement, and data-driven strategies to re-engage students.
- [ClassDojo Helps Phone-Free Schools Keep Families Connected](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-helps-phone-free-schools-keep-families-connected/): ClassDojo is introducing new parent-student messaging, a structured, school-managed communication channel set to launch for the 2026 back-to-school season.
- [ParentSquare Appoints Senior Product and Operations Leaders To Support Nationwide District Communications at Scale](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-appoints-senior-product-and-operations-leaders-to-support-nationwide-district-communications-at-scale/): ParentSquare names Joel Hames SVP of Product and Anni Baghdasarian VP of Strategic Operations to scale its K–12 engagement platform serving 22M+ students.
- [ParentSquare Launches ParentSquare Intelligence, Embedding AI and Data Intelligence Layer Across the School-Home Engagement Platform](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-launches-parentsquare-intelligence-embedding-ai-and-data-intelligence-layer-across-the-school-home-engagement-platform/): ParentSquare Intelligence uses AI to equip school-home engagement data into actionable insights, helping districts improve reach, attendance, family engagement.
- [New Concentric White Paper Reframes the Attendance Crisis](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-concentric-white-paper-reframes-the-attendance-crisis/): Concentric releases a new white paper by Dr. Ivory A. Toldson reframing chronic absenteeism as a systemic engagement challenge and highlighting human-centered s
- [Ecorse Public Schools Reaffirms Commitment to Fighting Chronic Absenteeism Across the District](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/ecorse-public-schools-reaffirms-commitment-to-fighting-chronic-absenteeism-across-the-district/): Michigan’s Ecorse Public Schools (EPS) today announced the renewal of its multiyear partnership with Concentric Educational Solutions.
- [ClassDojo Launches ‘ClassDojo Payments’: Embedded Payments for the Platform Used in 95% of US Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-launches-classdojo-payments-embedded-payments-for-the-platform-used-in-95-of-us-schools/): Powered by Pay Theory’s payment facilitation infrastructure, ClassDojo Payments eliminates the friction of offline payment collections for families.
- [Lexia Announces 2026 Science of Reading Week: From Theory to Practice](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-announces-2026-science-of-reading-week-from-theory-to-practice/): Lexia’s Science of Reading Week (March 2–4) offers free live sessions on literacy implementation, AI-supported instruction, and real district success stories.
- [BW Walch Appoints Sean Lockwood as Chief Executive Officer](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/bw-walch-appoints-sean-lockwood-as-chief-executive-officer/): BW Walch names Sean Lockwood CEO as Al Noyes becomes Chairman, signaling expanded growth and deeper nationwide impact for its evidence-based math solutions.
- [ClassDojo for Districts Partners with Canva Education to Bring Seamless Visual Storytelling to School Communications—All in One Platform](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-for-districts-partners-with-canva-education-to-bring-seamless-visual-storytelling-to-school-communications-all-in-one-platform/): ClassDojo and the Canva Education team up to help districts share visually rich school stories—boosting family engagement through a single, seamless platform.
- [States and Districts Continue to Invest in Educator Learning to Meet Science of Reading Expectations](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/states-and-districts-continue-to-invest-in-educator-learning-to-meet-science-of-reading-expectations/): Lexia supports diverse educator needs with two science-of-reading–aligned professional learning programs that strengthen instruction and boost literacy outcomes
- [ClassDojo Releases 2026 District Communications Playbook to Help K–12 Leaders Navigate a New Era of School Communication](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-releases-2026-district-communications-playbook-to-help-k-12-leaders-navigate-a-new-era-of-school-communication/): ClassDojo has released a new resource designed to help district leaders modernize communication, strengthen family trust, and improve alignment across schools.
- [SchoolStatus Wins Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence 2025](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/schoolstatus-wins-tech-learning-awards-of-excellence-2025/): SchoolStatus Attend has been named a winner in the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2025 for the second consecutive year.
- [OnWord Stories Launches AI-Powered Reading Platform to Boost Engagement and Literacy for K–5 Students](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/onword-stories-launches-ai-powered-reading-platform-to-boost-engagement-and-literacy-for-k-5-students/): Educators told us they needed high-quality literacy resources that save preparation time while delivering highly engaging, standards-aligned content.
- [CyberNut Secures Strategic Growth Investment from Growth Street Partners to Expand AI-Powered Cybersecurity Training for K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cybernut-secures-strategic-growth-investment-from-growth-street-partners-to-expand-ai-powered-cybersecurity-training-for-k-12-schools/): CyberNut, a K-12–focused, AI-enabled human risk management and security awareness platform, announces a minority growth investment from Growth Street Partners.
- [New Lexia Study Shows Language Gains Translate to Literacy Growth for Texas Students](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-lexia-study-shows-language-gains-translate-to-literacy-growth-for-texas-students/): A recent Lexia study found that students who used Lexia English Language Development (Lexia English) in Texas scored significantly higher on state assessments.
- [Media Alert from ClassDojo for Districts: The 2026 District Communications Playbook: What Every K–12 Leader Needs to Know](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/media-alert-from-classdojo-for-districts-the-2026-district-communications-playbook-what-every-k-12-leader-needs-to-know/): Participants will be introduced to the District Communication Framework and receive access to the District Communication Checklist.
- [From the Classroom to the District: ClassDojo Becomes the All-in-One Communications Platform for K-12](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/from-the-classroom-to-the-district-classdojo-becomes-the-all-in-one-communications-platform-for-k-12/): ClassDojo expands into a districtwide communication platform, giving K–12 leaders better visibility while keeping teacher-family connections central.
- [New Guide Shows How to Improve Attendance by Up to 40% with Data-Driven Outreach](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-guide-shows-how-to-improve-attendance-by-up-to-40-with-data-driven-outreach/): SchoolStatus released a new guide on Data-Driven Attendance Strategies, examining how timing, delivery, and accessibility influence engagement and attendance.
- [SchoolStatus Ranked Number 123 Fastest Growing Company on the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/schoolstatus-ranked-number-123-fastest-growing-company-on-the-2025-deloitte-technology-fast-500/): The recognition highlights SchoolStatus’ rapid growth and expanding impact helping K–12 districts improve attendance, family engagement, and student outcomes.
- [New Validated Insights Report: Market for Master’s Degree Programs Shows Growth, Along with Mixed Signals](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-validated-insights-report-market-for-masters-degree-programs-shows-growth-along-with-mixed-signals/): Master’s degree demand is rising, led by online programs, but uneven growth, cost sensitivity, and policy changes are creating new challenges for institutions.
- [New Lexia Survey Reveals COVID-Era Kindergarteners Enter School With Weaker Literacy, Attention, and Social-Emotional Skills](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-lexia-survey-reveals-covid-era-kindergarteners-enter-school-with-weaker-literacy-attention-and-social-emotional-skills/): Lexia survey data shows COVID-era kindergarteners lag in literacy, attention, and social-emotional readiness compared to pre-pandemic students.
- [Newly Released AI Detector, Pangram 3.0, Gives Greater Transparency and Detailed Insight Into Text Written or Modified By AI](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/newly-released-ai-detector-pangram-3-0-gives-greater-transparency-and-detailed-insight-into-text-written-or-modified-by-ai/): Pangram 3.0 gives enhanced transparency into written work including how any selection of a written text was created, assembled, or modified with AI.
- [New Initiative from Dell and Discovery Education Prepares Students for In-Demand IT Careers](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-initiative-from-dell-and-discovery-education-prepares-students-for-in-demand-it-careers/): Discovery Education and Dell launch Tech Career Circuit, a hands-on learning hub that prepares grades 6–12 students for future-ready IT skills.
- [What’s Next for K–12 Communication? A First Look at ClassDojo for Districts’ 2026 Features](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/whats-next-for-k-12-communication-a-first-look-at-classdojo-for-districts-2026-features/): This webinar session is ideal for superintendents, communications teams, family engagement leaders, school leaders, and district technology teams.
- [Discovery Education's DreamBox Math for Texas Earns IMRA Approval](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/discovery-educations-dreambox-math-for-texas-earns-imra-approval/): DreamBox Math for Texas delivers TEKS-aligned adaptive learning, real-time insights, and personalized K–5 support to strengthen math skills and boost confidence
- [ACT and Texas Instruments Collaborate to Enhance Student Success in Mathematics](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/act-and-texas-instruments-collaborate-to-enhance-student-success-in-mathematics/): The initiative brings together two education leaders to provide innovative resources and tools that maximize student potential.
- [SpeechLP Launches AI Speech Therapy App at ASHA 2025 Conference](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/speechlp-launches-ai-speech-therapy-app-at-asha-2025-conference/): Innovative platform brings clinical-level data and engaging practice games to children, parents, and speech-language pathologists
- [Media Alert from ClassDojo for Districts More Than Messages: How Strong Communication Builds Trust and Belonging in Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/media-alert-from-classdojo-for-districts-more-than-messages-how-strong-communication-builds-trust-and-belonging-in-schools/): A no-cost, 60-minute Learn with Leaders webinar sponsored by ClassDojo for Districts designed for K-12 district and school communications professionals.
- [Lexia’s ‘All For Literacy’ Podcast Kicks Off Fifth Season with a New Host and a New Focus on Science of Reading Implementation and Sustainability](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexias-all-for-literacy-podcast-kicks-off-fifth-season-with-a-new-host-and-a-new-focus-on-science-of-reading-implementation-and-sustainability/): The popular “All For Literacy” monthly podcast series from Lexia has returned with a new host, Lexia Senior Education Advisor Kerri Larkin.
- [Media Alert: No Tricks Required: How Clear Communication Builds Calm in Spooky Season](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/media-alert-no-tricks-required-how-clear-communication-builds-calm-in-spooky-season/): Attendees will leave with proven strategies they can put into practice right away—ways to create clarity, strengthen relationships, and support their teams.
- [BW Walch and AMSTI Renew Partnership to Advance Math Achievement Across Alabama](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/bw-walch-and-amsti-renew-partnership-to-advance-math-achievement-across-alabama/): Since the partnership began, OGAP’s systematic, research-grounded professional learning has become a cornerstone of Alabama’s K–8 math improvement strategy.
- [Reading Eggs™ Becomes a Corporate Sponsor of Read Across America, the Nationwide Celebration Inspiring Student Reading](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/reading-eggs-becomes-a-corporate-sponsor-of-read-across-america-the-nationwide-celebration-inspiring-student-reading/): Reading Eggs — the global reading program that makes learning to read easy and fun — has been named a Corporate Sponsor of Read Across America (RAA).
- [Magic EdTech Hosts Hackathon-Style Event on AI-Driven Personalization in UX During #AIWeekNY](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/magic-edtech-hosts-hackathon-style-event-on-ai-driven-personalization-in-ux-during-aiweekny/): Magic EdTech hosted an AI hackathon-style event during AI Week NY, where 30+ participants explored AI-driven personalization in learning design.
- [Melanie Hammericksen of Lincoln High School (Portland) Won $16,000 in the Heroes of the Classroom Program Presented by Kleenex®](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/melanie-hammericksen-of-lincoln-high-school-portland-won-16000-in-the-heroes-of-the-classroom-program-presented-by-kleenex/): Melanie Hammericksen, a Culinary Arts teacher at Lincoln High School in Portland, OR, has won the Heroes of the Classroom national teacher recognition program,
- [ArtSpace Charter School Adopts Discovery Education’s DreamBox Math to Accelerate Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/artspace-charter-school-adopts-discovery-educations-dreambox-math-to-accelerate-student-success/): Discovery Education’s DreamBox Math will be used by teachers to enhance instruction and accelerate student achievement in math.
- [Texas Tech University Expands Partnership with iCEV to Provide School of Financial Planning Students with Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) Credits](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/texas-tech-university-expands-partnership-with-icev-to-provide-school-of-financial-planning-students-with-prior-learning-assessment-pla-credits/): Now, Texas Tech students who earned the CFR Personal Financial Literacy Certification through the iCEV Testing Platform will receive 3 credit hours at no cost.
- [Discovery Education to Host Free Futures Fair on November 5 to Support Student Career Readiness](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/discovery-education-to-host-free-futures-fair-on-november-5-to-support-student-career-readiness/): Free virtual event from Discovery Education to connect students with industry leaders, resources, and real-world insights to help them plan for the future
- [BW Walch Named Preferred Provider of Math Resources in New Mexico](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/bw-walch-named-preferred-provider-of-math-resources-in-new-mexico/): This designation makes BW Walch a preferred provider of high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) for schools and districts across New Mexico.
- [Calling All K–12 and College STEM Educators: Apply Today for the 2025 Vernier Science Education Inspiration Grants](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/calling-all-k-12-and-college-stem-educators-apply-today-for-the-2025-vernier-science-education-inspiration-grants/): A total of 10 grantees will receive hands-on technology and accompanying professional development to help them foster STEM literacy with students.
- [Streamline Named a 2025 CODiE Awards Finalist](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/streamline-named-a-2025-codie-awards-finalist/): Launched in June 2025, Streamline uses AI to reduce paperwork time by 90%, shrinking IEP preparation time from 3 hours to just 10 minutes per student.
- [Inspiring the Future Workforce: Discovery Education Supports Career Exploration on Manufacturing Day and Beyond](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/inspiring-the-future-workforce-discovery-education-supports-career-exploration-on-manufacturing-day-and-beyond/): New virtual field Trips, career exploration tool, and professional profile videos connect students to the world beyond the classroom.
- [National Education and Advocacy Organizations Oppose FCC Decision to Eliminate Funding for Wi-Fi](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/national-education-and-advocacy-organizations-oppose-fcc-decision-to-eliminate-funding-for-wi-fi/): CoSN and leading education groups urge the FCC to maintain E-Rate support for hotspots and bus Wi-Fi, cautioning that cuts will undermine equitable access.
- [Lexia Programs Deliver Breakthrough Literacy Gains for Pre-K-12 Students, Far Outpacing National Trends](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-programs-deliver-breakthrough-literacy-gains-for-pre-k-12-students-far-outpacing-national-trends/): Lexia reported that 83% of pre-K-5 students using Lexia Core5 Reading with fidelity in 2024-25 were working at or above grade level, despite NAEP declines.
- [CoSN Report Explores Balanced Conversations About K-12 Screen Time](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-report-explores-balanced-conversations-about-k-12-screen-time/): The 2025 CoSN Blaschke Report examines the various ways screens are used in classrooms and homes, and explores how educators and families can collaborate.
- [Immersive Virtual Field Trips from Discovery Education Enhances Student Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/immersive-virtual-field-trips-from-discovery-education-enhances-student-learning/): Discovery Education is offering a slate of free virtual field trips for the fall of 2025. These events engage students in immersive learning.
- [New Eduthings Features Help Career and Technical Education (CTE) Programs Increase Educator Efficiency and Student Agency](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-eduthings-features-help-career-and-technical-education-cte-programs-increase-educator-efficiency-and-student-agency/): Now, the groundbreaking platform from iCEV includes even more features to increase educator efficiency and, importantly, drive student agency.
- [CODiE Awards 2025 Selects Discovery Education Products as Finalists](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/codie-awards-2025-selects-discovery-education-products-as-finalists/): Four products from Discovery Education are finalists for the 2025 CODiE Awards, with winners to be announced on October 22, 2025.
- [Reflection Sciences and The Family Partnership Bring Together a Top-Rated Executive Function (EF) Curriculum with the Gold Standard EF Assessment](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/reflection-sciences-and-the-family-partnership-bring-together-a-top-rated-executive-function-ef-curriculum-with-the-gold-standard-ef-assessment/): Reflection Sciences partners with The Family Partnership to distribute EGG Toolkit, pairing EF curriculum with MEFS assessment for children ages 3–5.
- [Multiple Discovery Education Solutions Win 2025 Tech & Learning Best for Back to School Awards](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/multiple-discovery-education-solutions-win-2025-tech-learning-best-for-back-to-school-awards/): Multiple solutions by Discovery Education are winners in the 2025 Best for Back to School Awards of Excellence from Tech & Learning.
- [Aldine Independent School District Partners with iCEV to Drive Career and Technical Education (CTE) Innovation Districtwide](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/aldine-independent-school-district-partners-with-icev-to-drive-career-and-technical-education-cte-innovation-districtwide/): Aldine Independent School District equips 19,000 CTE students with the skills and credentials they need for college and careers.
- [New Automated Early Warning System Identifies At-Risk Students Months Before They Become Chronically Absent](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-automated-early-warning-system-identifies-at-risk-students-months-before-they-become-chronically-absent/): With its new early warning system, SchoolStatus analyzes 60-day attendance to spot students likely to become chronically absent.
- [BBC Learning Hub Launches Walking with Dinosaurs Virtual Field Trip Resources](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/bbc-learning-hub-launches-walking-with-dinosaurs-virtual-field-trip-resources/): New educational materials bring prehistoric adventures to life, offering educators cutting-edge paleontology and STEM learning experiences
- [BW Walch’s OGAP Professional Learning Earns ESSA Strong Evidence Rating for Driving Math Gains](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/bw-walchs-ogap-professional-learning-earns-essa-strong-evidence-rating-for-driving-math-gains/): BW Walch announced that its OGAP Professional Learning program for K-8 math has received an ESSA Tier I: Strong Evidence rating from Evidence for ESSA.
- [CoSN and SETDA Issue Joint Response to the Senate USF Working Group](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/cosn-and-setda-issue-joint-response-to-the-senate-usf-working-group/): The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and SETDA issued the following statement on the future of the Universal Service Fund (USF)
- [Lexia Announces Return of 2025 Science of Reading Week: Instruction Through Students’ Eyes](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-announces-return-of-2025-science-of-reading-week-instruction-through-students-eyes/): Lexia presents no-cost webinars being offered for K-12 administrators and teachers on the science of reading week this fall.
- [In time for Constitution Day, new civics curriculum available to educators across New Hampshire](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/in-time-for-constitution-day-new-civics-curriculum-available-to-educators-across-new-hampshire/): Nearly 80 ready-to-use lessons and 24 videos strengthening New Hampshire’s civics education have been completed and are now available for educators to use.
- [Back-to-School Growth: VHS Learning Reports Double-Digit Enrollment Gains](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/back-to-school-growth-vhs-learning-reports-double-digit-enrollment-gains/): VHS Learning reports 15% increase in full-year course enrollments and 18% growth in self-paced AP® courses as schools expand choices for students.
- [Just in Time for Workforce Development Month, Discovery Education Introduces New Career Exploration Resources](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/just-in-time-for-workforce-development-month-discovery-education-introduces-new-career-exploration-resources/): Discovery Education is offering a new collection of digital content to boost student engagement in career exploration during Workforce Development Month.
- [iCEV Wins Three “Educators Pick Best of STEM® 2025” Awards](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/icev-wins-three-educators-pick-best-of-stem-2025-awards/): iCEV received three Educators Pick Best of STEM 2025 Awards, judged by STEM educators, for its CTE solution and its manufacturing and health science curricula.
- [Avantis Education Launches Eduverse CTE for Career and Technical Education](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/avantis-education-launches-eduverse-cte-for-career-and-technical-education/): With demand for vocational skills at an all-time high, Avantis is bringing its proven immersive learning technology to the CTE space.
- [Newly Launched History AI Chat Gives Guided Help to Students Searching World History Encyclopedia](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/newly-launched-history-ai-chat-gives-guided-help-to-students-searching-world-history-encyclopedia/): World History Encyclopedia – the world's largest and most respected history encyclopedia – has launched a new History AI Chat to guide inquiry-based engagement.
- [BookBreak Receives 2025 Tech Awards for Teaching and Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/bookbreak-receives-2025-tech-awards-for-teaching-and-learning/): BookBreak receives 2 EdTech digital tools awards for teaching and learning in 2025, after an extensive review of a significant number of digital learning tools.
- [Omar Francisco Crowder to Receive 2025-26 ALAS Scholarship](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/omar-francisco-crowder-to-receive-2025-26-alas-scholarship/): Crowder is pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership at Saint Joseph's University. He will be recognized during the ALAS 22nd National Summit on Education.
- [Schools Outside the United States Can Offer Students Dual Diploma Opportunities in Partnership with VHS Learning Academy](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/schools-outside-the-united-states-can-offer-students-dual-diploma-opportunities-in-partnership-with-vhs-learning-academy/): Students who participate in the VHS Learning Academy dual diploma program can earn an accredited US diploma alongside their local high school diploma.
- [The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) Announces its 2025-26 Award Winners](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/the-association-of-latino-administrators-and-superintendents-alas-announces-its-2025-26-award-winners/): The ALAS Awards program recognizes four individuals and an ALAS state or regional affiliate for their extraordinary education leadership and advocacy.
- [New Research from Discovery Education Highlights Both the Importance and Challenges of Student Engagement in K-12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-research-from-discovery-education-highlights-both-the-importance-and-challenges-of-student-engagement-in-k-12-schools/): A new study reveals finds that engagement is seen as essential to learning, but is inconsistently defined, observed, and supported in K-12 classrooms.
- [Top Classroom Supply Needs for 2025-26: Insights from Over 2,000 Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/top-classroom-supply-needs-for-2025-26-insights-from-over-2000-teachers/): This year, more than 2,100 teachers applied to LifeChanger of the Year Back-To-School Supply Grant program between July 1 and August 15, 2025.
- [Avantis Education Advances its ClassVR Solution with Major Hardware Innovations](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/avantis-education-advances-its-classvr-solution-with-major-hardware-innovations/): Avantis Education has launched two new ClassVR headsets, Xcelerate and Xplorer, extending its virtual and augmented reality solution for K-12 and higher ed.
- [Lexia Survey Highlights Opportunities to Strengthen Family Engagement in Science of Reading](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-survey-highlights-opportunities-to-strengthen-family-engagement-in-science-of-reading/): Lexia’s survey reflects the continued national emphasis on Structured Literacy and shows that equipping families is essential to driving student outcomes.
- [VHS Learning Expands Global Network with New School Partnerships](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/vhs-learning-expands-global-network-with-new-school-partnerships/): VHS Learning, a nonprofit organization, announces new partnerships with the addition of schools in China, Italy, and across the United States.
- [Washington State's Hockinson School District Introduces Innovative Tool to Enhance Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/washington-states-hockinson-school-district-introduces-innovative-tool-to-enhance-student-success/): Hockinson School District (HSD) is partnering with Otus and Discovery Education to better track student learning and growth.
- [Whitnall School District in Wisconsin Selects Adaptive Edtech to Drive Student Success](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/whitnall-school-district-in-wisconsin-selects-adaptive-edtech-to-drive-student-success/): Wisconsin’s Whitnall School District today announced that it has selected several new adaptive and engaging edtech solutions from Discovery Education.
- [ClassDojo Fast-Tracks Districtwide Adoption Through New Privacy Agreement with The Education Cooperative](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-fast-tracks-districtwide-adoption-through-new-privacy-agreement-with-the-education-cooperative/): Now part of TEC’s network of 1,800+ vetted tools, ClassDojo can be rolled out districtwide across participating states without legal delays or extra negotiation
- [District Leaders Share Practical Insights for Building High-Impact Career and Technical Education (CTE) Centers in New E-Book](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/district-leaders-share-practical-insights-for-building-high-impact-career-and-technical-education-cte-centers-in-new-e-book/): The e-book features success stories and advice from district leaders across the country and from various types of districts.
- [Saginaw ISD Transforms District Storytelling With Apptegy Communication Platform](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/saginaw-isd-transforms-district-storytelling-with-apptegy-communication-platform/): “Apptegy has allowed us to break down barriers,” said Coty Kuschinsky, Saginaw ISD’s Chief of Staff and Communications Supervisor.
- [First AI-Powered Special Education Management Platform Helps Districts Reach 100% IEP Compliance](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/first-ai-powered-special-education-management-platform-helps-districts-reach-100-iep-compliance/): Streamline, a new AI-powered special education management platform created by Better Speech, solves an acute problem for SPED directors and teams.
- [Epson Wins Tech & Learning Best of Show Award at ISTELive 25](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/epson-wins-tech-learning-best-of-show-award-at-istelive-25/): The Epson EB-PU2116W 16,000-lumen, large venue laser projector was named a winner in the Tech & Learning Best of Show Awards at ISTELive25.
- [Epson Honored with Seven AV Industry Awards](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/epson-honored-with-seven-av-industry-awards/): Epson received multiple awards at InfoComm 2025 in Orlando, Florida, as well as recognition in the Higher Ed AV Awards and SCN Stellar Service Awards.
- [PBLWorks Announces its 2025 Award Winners](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/pblworks-announces-its-2025-award-winners/): The recipients of the 2025 PBL Champions and John Larmer “JL” Lifelong Learning Awards exemplify a commitment to high-quality Project Based Learning.
- [Feasibility.Pro Launches Student Edition—100 % Free, Forever](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/feasibility-pro-launches-student-edition-100-free-forever/): Feasibility.Pro has launched a free Student Edition of its desktop feasibility software for university students and faculty, with NPV, IRR and scenario tools.
- [PBLWorks TEACH™ Wins Tech & Learning Best of Show Award at ISTELive 25](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/pblworks-teach-wins-tech-learning-best-of-show-award-at-istelive-25/): New web-based application gives schools access to ready-to-use Gold Standard PBL projects in math, science, ELA, and social studies
- [Validated Insights Report: Education Offerings in AI Fields Growing Very Rapidly, Dramatic Growth Expected](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/validated-insights-report-education-offerings-in-ai-fields-growing-very-rapidly-dramatic-growth-expected/): Meanwhile, AI education programs are projected to more than double that growth rate – estimated to grow at 22.7% per year.
- [Broward County Public Schools with Acceleration Academies Opens a New Fort Lauderdale School For At-Risk Students — Giving A Self-Paced Path To a High School Diploma](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/broward-county-public-schools-with-acceleration-academies-opens-a-new-fort-lauderdale-school-for-at-risk-students-giving-a-self-paced-path-to-a-high-school-diploma/): Broward County Acceleration Academies is the result of a partnership between Broward County Public Schools and Acceleration Academies.
- [Louisiana Public Broadcasting and Discovery Education Extend 22-Year Collaboration Benefiting School Systems Statewide](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/louisiana-public-broadcasting-and-discovery-education-extend-22-year-collaboration-benefiting-school-systems-statewide/): Louisiana Public Broadcasting has extended its 22-year partnership with Discovery Education, maintaining a longstanding collaboration throughout the state.
- [ClassDojo for Districts Unveils New Features for 2025–26 School Year](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classdojo-for-districts-unveils-new-features-for-2025-26-school-year/): The new ClassDojo update, available for the 2025–26 school year, is a cost-free solution built directly from feedback from district leaders.
- [Lexia Debuts LETRS Connect Continued Professional Learning](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-debuts-letrs-connect-continued-professional-learning/): New platform provides access to their previously completed course as well as the latest literacy research, instructional best practices, and actionable tools.
- [Avantis Education Showcases Immersive VR Experiences and New ClassVR Headsets at ISTELive 25](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/avantis-education-showcases-immersive-vr-experiences-and-new-classvr-headsets-at-istelive-25/): Avantis introduces the interactive “Future Forests Experience” and launches next-generation ClassVR headsets at ISTELive 25.
- [ClassVR from Avantis Education Wins Tech & Learning Best of Show Award at ISTELive 25](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/classvr-from-avantis-education-wins-tech-learning-best-of-show-award-at-istelive-25/): ClassVR won in the Primary Education category, marking the fourth year in a row that Avantis has won Tech & Learning’s Best of Show award at ISTE.
- [Pickens County School District Announces Exciting New Partnership Enhancing Science and Social Studies](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/pickens-county-school-district-announces-exciting-new-partnership-enhancing-science-and-social-studies/): Georgia’s Pickens County School District today announced a new partnership with edtech leader Discovery Education enhancing social studies and science
- [ISTE-ASCD 2025: Texas’ McKinney Independent School District Selects Adaptive and Engaging Edtech Solution to Support Math Instruction in Grades K-5](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/iste-ascd-2025-texas-mckinney-independent-school-district-selects-adaptive-and-engaging-edtech-solution-to-support-math-instruction-in-grades-k-5/): Texas’ McKinney Independent School District has selected DreamBox Math by Discovery Education to increase math achievement.
- [Pangram Closes $4 Million in Seed Funding for AI Detection Technology](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/pangram-closes-4-million-in-seed-funding-for-ai-detection-technology/): Pangram, the most accurate and most reliable technology for detecting text created by AI, has closed a round of pre-seed and seed funding totaling $3.98 million
- [Free Back-to-School Resources for Teachers](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/free-back-to-school-resources-for-teachers/): Discovery Education offers an exciting new array of free, standards-aligned educational content and instructional resources for Back-to-School 2025.
- [Metapilot Academy Launches MBA with Senior Leaders from Boeing, Stellantis & U.S. Air Force](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/metapilot-academy-launches-mba-with-senior-leaders-from-boeing-stellantis-u-s-air-force/): Boeing-backed Metapilot Academy adds Stellantis & U.S. Air Force leaders to its board to train post-AI aerospace executives.
- [ISTE-ASCD 2025 NEWS: DreamBox Reading by Discovery Education Enhanced to Support Literacy in Grades PreK-5 as Part of Back-to-School 2025 Updates](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/iste-ascd-2025-news-dreambox-reading-by-discovery-education-enhanced-to-support-literacy-in-grades-prek-5-as-part-of-back-to-school-2025-updates/): Discovery Education announced enhancements to DreamBox Reading, its online adaptive literacy program, to support all PreK-5 learners for back-to-school 2025.
- [ISTE-ASCD 2025 NEWS: West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District Enhances Educators’ Ability to Interpret Student Data and Improve Achievement Through New Partnership](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/iste-ascd-2025-news-west-windsor-plainsboro-regional-school-district-enhances-educators-ability-to-interpret-student-data-and-improve-achievement-through-new-partnership/): Through this collaboration, Otus and Discovery Education are providing new resources that help WWP organize student data.
- [Gale Partners with GetSetUp to Offer Public Libraries a Dynamic Collection of Live and On-Demand Classes for Older Adults](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/gale-partners-with-getsetup-to-offer-public-libraries-a-dynamic-collection-of-live-and-on-demand-classes-for-older-adults/): Gale Presents: GetSetUp is a ready-made online solution that enables libraries to prioritize digital inclusion and instantly expand lifelong learning
- [3M and Discovery Education Recognize 32 State Merit Winners and 4 Honorable Mentions in 2025 3M Young Scientist Challenge](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/3m-and-discovery-education-recognize-32-state-merit-winners-and-4-honorable-mentions-in-2025-3m-young-scientist-challenge/): The 3M Young Scientist Challenge features outstanding innovations from young scientists that demonstrate the power of science to improve the world.
- [3M Young Scientist Challenge Announces 2025 National Finalists](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/3m-young-scientist-challenge-announces-2025-national-finalists/): The 3M Young Scientist Challenge recognizes the grand prize winner, 10 finalists, four honorable mentions, and up to 51 state merit winners across the nation.
- [Educators Tackle the High School Crisis at ASCD 2025: New Panel Explores Bold, Inclusive Solutions](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/educators-tackle-the-high-school-crisis-at-ascd-2025-new-panel-explores-bold-inclusive-solutions/): SchoolStatus joins the High School Overhaul panel of five education leaders at ASCD and ISTELive 2025 in San Antonio on inclusive, data-informed high schools.
- [Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Outperformed Their Peers On the Smarter Balanced English Language Arts/Literacy Assessment](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/students-using-lexia-core5-reading-outperformed-their-peers-on-the-smarter-balanced-english-language-arts-literacy-assessment/): California students at 525 schools using Lexia Core5 Reading saw significantly higher literacy gains compared to peers in 4,362 schools that didn't use program.
- [South Dakota School System Expands Partnership with EdTech Leader to Enhance Science and Social Studies Instruction](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/south-dakota-school-system-expands-partnership-with-edtech-leader-to-enhance-science-and-social-studies-instruction/): Rapid City Area Schools receives new digital resources enhancing science instruction in grades 6-8 and social studies instruction in grades 9-12.
- [Validated Insights Report on Computer Science and Information Technology Released: Tech Degrees Growing, Some Significantly](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/validated-insights-report-on-computer-science-and-information-technology-released-tech-degrees-growing-some-significantly/): According to the report, the number of certificates and degrees in Computer Science and Information Technology has tripled from 2011 to 2023.
- [VHS Learning Celebrates Partnerships with 11 Schools in Four States](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/vhs-learning-celebrates-partnerships-with-11-schools-in-four-states/): Large and small schools of all types in urban, suburban, and rural communities benefit from adding VHS Learning courses to their programs of study.
- [Ativion® and NASEF Partner to Expand Safe, Accessible Esports in K–12 Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/ativion-and-nasef-partner-to-expand-safe-accessible-esports-in-k-12-schools/): The partnership aims to give schools easier, safer access to the games and communities that are important to academic esports leagues and clubs.
- [ParentSquare Founder and President Anupama Vaid Named a Winner of Chief’s The New Era of Leadership Awards](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/parentsquare-founder-and-president-anupama-vaid-named-a-winner-of-chiefs-the-new-era-of-leadership-awards/): Chief revealed the winners of its second-annual The New Era of Leadership Awards, recognizing Anupama Vaid, Founder and President of ParentSquare.
- [2025 SmartBrief Readers’ Choice Awards Honor Two Discovery Education Solutions](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/2025-smartbrief-readers-choice-awards-honor-two-discovery-education-solutions/): SmartBrief on EdTech has honored two Discovery Education solutions in its 2025 Readers' Choice Awards, which recognize products making an impact on education.
- [Prepare for the New School Year with Discovery Education's Latest Professional Development Resources](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/prepare-for-the-new-school-year-with-discovery-educations-latest-professional-development-resources/): Discovery Education is offering a new collection of summer professional development resources that help prepare educators nationwide for back-to-school success.
- [New 2025 K-12 School Safety Trends Report, Based on More Than 265,000 Incidents, Shows Training and Technology Are Saving Lives in U.S. Schools](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/new-2025-k-12-school-safety-trends-report-based-on-more-than-265000-incidents-shows-training-and-technology-are-saving-lives-in-u-s-schools/): The 2025 School Safety Trends Report reveals that most safety incidents occur outside of the classroom, underscoring the importance of campus-wide coverage.
- [Epson’s New PowerLite L-Series Portable Projectors Now Available and Compatible with Apple AirPlay](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/epsons-new-powerlite-l-series-portable-projectors-now-available-and-compatible-with-apple-airplay/): This enhancement addresses the growing demand for effortless content streaming on large, vibrant displays in education and corporate settings
- [Scientific Leaders Honored by 3M and Discovery Education](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/scientific-leaders-honored-by-3m-and-discovery-education/): 3M and Discovery Education announce the recipients of the 2025 Alumni Grants Program, which supports former participants in the 3M Young Scientist Challenge.
- [Oregon’s Tillamook School District 9 to Enhance Science Curriculum with New EdTech Resources](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/oregons-tillamook-school-district-9-to-enhance-science-curriculum-with-new-edtech-resources/): Tillamook School District 9 announces it has selected a suite of engaging edtech resources from Discovery Education to enhance science instruction.
- [VHS Learning Announces 2025 College Scholarship Winners](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/vhs-learning-announces-2025-college-scholarship-winners/): The scholarship committee selected 10 scholarship recipients out of 70 applicants, awarding a total of $4,000 in scholarships.
- [SchoolStatus Wins EdTech Breakthrough Award for 2025 Best IT Solution Provider](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/schoolstatus-wins-edtech-breakthrough-award-for-2025-best-it-solution-provider/): SchoolStatus earns the prestigious “Best Overall IT Solution Provider for the Education Market” award in the 2025 EdTech Breakthrough Awards.
- [Lexia Solutions Earn iKeepSafe Data Privacy Certifications](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/lexia-solutions-earn-ikeepsafe-data-privacy-certifications/): Lexia announced that Lexia Core5 Reading, Lexia PowerUp Literacy and Lexia English Language Development have earned iKeepSafe Data Privacy Certifications.
- [Districts in Eight States Choose ClassDojo for Districtwide Communication and Family Engagement](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/districts-in-eight-states-choose-classdojo-for-districtwide-communication-and-family-engagement/): ClassDojo for Districts is now helping entire districts strengthen communication and deepen family engagement across their schools.
- [Gale, Part of Cengage Group, Introduces AI Leveler Tool in Beta to Personalize Learning and Support Student Reading Comprehension](https://edcircuit.com/press_releases/gale-part-of-cengage-group-introduces-ai-leveler-tool-in-beta-to-personalize-learning-and-support-student-reading-comprehension/): Gale announces the launch of AI Leveler, a generative AI-powered (GenAI) tool within Gale In Context: For Educators that allows educators to personalize reading

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- [EDU Podcasts](https://edcircuit.com/podcasts/): The EDU Podcast Network from edCircuit: CoSN The Podcast, Future of School, Author Chats, Building the Bridge and Equity Everywhere, for educators.
- [EDU Shows](https://edcircuit.com/shows/): edCircuit video shows for educators: Safer Ed on school safety, Mind the Gap on teaching worldwide, CoffeEd interviews and InFocus superintendent talks.
- [Equity Everywhere](https://edcircuit.com/podcasts/equity-everywhere/): Equity Everywhere: K-12 practitioners and experts discuss equity in education, the factors schools must address and solutions that work for every student.
- [InFocus](https://edcircuit.com/shows/infocus/): InFocus interviews superintendents from across the US, produced with AASA, on the challenges, opportunities and new approaches in district leadership.
- [Teacher Retention](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-retention/): Teacher retention and the teacher shortage: why teachers leave, preventing burnout, wellness and workload, supporting new teachers and building pipelines.
- [Safer Ed](https://edcircuit.com/shows/safer-ed/): Safer Ed explores school safety, from bullying and lab safety to digital citizenship and trauma response, with expert-led practices schools can use.
- [Artificial Intelligence](https://edcircuit.com/artificial-intelligence/): The latest on artificial intelligence in K-12 and higher education: new tools, research, state policy and classroom practice, plus our guide to AI in education.
- [Teacher Appreciation](https://edcircuit.com/teacher-appreciation/): Teacher Appreciation Week ideas for schools, PTAs and families, plus stories from educators and ways to recognize teachers all year.
- [Higher Education](https://edcircuit.com/higher-education/): Higher education news for colleges and universities: admissions, college costs, campus life, athletics and NIL, accreditation and what is changing.
- [Science and Lab Safety](https://edcircuit.com/science-lab-safety/): Lab safety for K-12 science and STEM: chemical hygiene plans, OSHA rules, occupancy load, inspections and lessons from real school lab fires.
- [Gifted and Advanced Learning](https://edcircuit.com/gifted-education/): Gifted education for K-12 schools and families: identifying gifted and talented students, gifted programs, twice-exceptional learners and honors classes.
- [School Design and Facilities](https://edcircuit.com/school-design-facilities/): School design for K-12 leaders: classroom design, learning spaces, overcrowding and occupancy load, ventilation and future-ready school buildings.
- [School Calendar](https://edcircuit.com/school-calendar/): How school calendars work and change: year-round schedules, snow days, start times, summer learning loss, back to school and the end of the year.
- [College Admissions](https://edcircuit.com/college-admissions-financial-aid/): College admissions for students, families and counselors: applying, campus visits, test-optional policies, AI in admissions and the merit debate.
- [Special Education and IEPs](https://edcircuit.com/special-education/): Special education for K-12 schools and families: IEPs and 504 plans, IDEA, dyslexia, autism, accessibility, AI tools and federal policy changes.
- [Teaching Strategies](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-strategies/): Teaching strategies for K-12 classrooms: lesson planning, classroom management, engagement, SEL in every lesson and using AI to plan well.
- [Early Childhood, Pre-K and Kindergarten](https://edcircuit.com/early-childhood-education/): Early childhood education: preschool and pre-K, kindergarten readiness, executive function, and how early learning shapes later school success.
- [School Choice](https://edcircuit.com/school-choice/): School choice explained: charter, magnet, private and Montessori schools, online schools, and the vouchers and education savings accounts behind them.
- [Department of Education](https://edcircuit.com/department-of-education/): News and analysis on the U.S. Department of Education: its restructuring, Secretary Linda McMahon, staffing cuts and what they mean for schools.
- [FAFSA and Financial Aid](https://edcircuit.com/fafsa/): The FAFSA and financial aid explained for students and families: when to file, the Student Aid Index, grants, work-study and what happens next.
- [Student Loans](https://edcircuit.com/student-loans/): Student loans explained: federal and private loans, borrowing limits, repayment and collections, forgiveness debates and financial literacy.
- [GED and Adult Education](https://edcircuit.com/ged/): The GED test and adult education explained: what the GED covers, what it costs, how to prepare, free adult classes, adult literacy and dropout recovery.
- [Tutoring and Homework Help](https://edcircuit.com/tutoring/): Tutoring and homework in K-12: how schools fund and run tutoring, AI tutors, online tutoring partnerships, and why homework is being rethought.
- [Graduation](https://edcircuit.com/graduation/): Graduation season in K-12 and college: commencement, what each graduating class faces, graduation rates, dropouts and life after graduation.
- [Career and Technical Education (CTE)](https://edcircuit.com/career-and-technical-education/): Career and technical education (CTE) in schools: high school CTE pathways and programs, work-based learning, apprenticeships and safety in CTE shops and labs.
- [Teaching Jobs and Careers](https://edcircuit.com/teaching-jobs/): Teaching jobs and careers: the teacher shortage, certification and provisional licenses, hiring and keeping teachers, and new routes into teaching.
- [Dyslexia](https://edcircuit.com/dyslexia/): Dyslexia in K-12 schools: early signs, how it differs from ADHD, reading support that works, and how families and teachers can advocate together.
- [K-12](https://edcircuit.com/k-12/): K-12 education news for public school leaders, teachers and families: classrooms, safety, technology, policy and what is changing in schools.
- [Continuing Education](https://edcircuit.com/continuing-education/): Continuing education for working adults: CEUs, adult learning, workforce training, career change, education in prison and lifelong learning.
- [Online Certificate Programs](https://edcircuit.com/online-certificate-programs/): Online certificate programs explained: professional certificates, micro-credentials, digital badges, bootcamps and MOOCs, and what they are worth.
- [Education Industry Guides and Reports](https://edcircuit.com/education-industry-guides-and-reports/): edCircuit guides: AI, special ed, edtech, lab safety, SEL, school safety, citizenship, STEM, PD, reading, attendance, assessment, gifted, classrooms, early ed.
- [Gamification and Game-Based Learning](https://edcircuit.com/gamification-in-education/): Gamification in education and game-based learning: what works in class, the research on motivation and critical thinking, and AI-powered game tools.
- [Math Education](https://edcircuit.com/math-education/): Math education for K-12 teachers and leaders: teaching for understanding, worked examples, math anxiety, curriculum, technology and professional learning.
- [Financial Literacy](https://edcircuit.com/financial-literacy/): Financial literacy for students: teaching personal finance in K-12 and college, budgeting and saving, curriculum ideas, games and AI money tools.
- [Duty of Care and School Liability](https://edcircuit.com/duty-of-care/): Duty of care in schools: what it means legally, liability and negligence, OSHA compliance and fines, lab safety, lockdowns and threat assessment.
- [Civics and History Education](https://edcircuit.com/civics-and-history-education/): Civics and history education for K-12: teaching social studies, civic engagement and democracy, history lessons that work, and the debate over civics time.
- [Literacy and Reading](https://edcircuit.com/literacy/): Literacy and reading in K-12 schools: reading comprehension, the science of reading, phonics, vocabulary, independent reading and writing across the curriculum.
- [Assessment and Testing](https://edcircuit.com/assessment-and-testing/): Student assessment and standardized testing in schools: state tests, formative and authentic assessment, grading, accountability and assessment in the AI era.
- [Personalized Learning](https://edcircuit.com/personalized-learning/): Personalized learning in K-12 schools: adaptive learning, differentiated instruction, student pacing, AI tutors, and the policy and teaching that make it work.
- [Executive Function](https://edcircuit.com/executive-function/): Executive function skills in school: working memory, self-regulation, attention and planning, cognitive load, and what brain science means for teaching.
- [Attendance and Absenteeism](https://edcircuit.com/school-attendance/): School attendance and chronic absenteeism: why students miss school, how districts boost attendance, family engagement, home visits and state attendance laws.
- [After-School Programs](https://edcircuit.com/after-school-programs/): After-school and summer learning programs: why they matter for students and families, clubs and enrichment, summer school, and keeping kids safe after hours.
- [School Counselors](https://edcircuit.com/school-counselors/): School counselors and student support teams: the counselor's role, student mental health, crisis prevention, career guidance and tools counselors use.
- [Bullying](https://edcircuit.com/bullying/): Bullying and cyberbullying in schools: prevention, social media, AI deepfakes and sextortion, and what K-12 leaders and parents can do to keep students safe.
- [Homeschooling](https://edcircuit.com/homeschooling/): Homeschooling and microschools: why more families are leaving traditional school, how homeschool frameworks work, costs and rules, and the role of edtech.
- [Education Industry Questions](https://edcircuit.com/shows/education-industry-questions/): Education Industry Questions asks education company leaders, investors and experts one question at a time, from the meaning of education to edtech sales.
- [Archived Media](https://edcircuit.com/archived-media/): Archived edCircuit videos from SXSW EDU, ASCD, ASU+GSV, ISTE and BMO education conferences, 2013 to 2017: interviews with educators, founders and investors.

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- [Laboratory Safety What School Administrators Need to Know.](https://edcircuit.com/series/what-school-administrators-need-to-know-about-science-safety/): Laboratory Safety What School Administrators Need to Know – What School Administrators Need to Know about Science Safety

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