Technology represents opportunities and challenges for educators
As school leaders invite more technology into schools in hopes it will improve instruction and achievement they also face difficult decisions about how things like smartphones and social media should...
View ArticleIdentification please… Is there an ACT, SAT voter ID connection?
The somewhat coincidental similarity between the new requirements for students to provide a photograph ahead of test day to sit for the ACT and SAT exams and the debate over the state’s voter...
View ArticleIs investing in classroom technology worth the money and risks?
Two stories in the past two days demonstrate how classrooms around Minnesota may look in the near future. Sunday, Mila Koumpilova examined how St. Paul schools would use classroom technology to improve...
View ArticleOnline MCA: A tool for teaching or just easier?
In Wednesday’s Pioneer Press, MaryJo Webster and I reported how districts across the metro used the new online version of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment math test to improve achievement....
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Schools ask parents to insure student technology
As Farmington schools continue with one of the state's most ambitious iPad programs board members recently approved an "loan agreement" that protects their multi-million dollar investment. Farmington...
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