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The potential of technology to alter the status quo for the better has been a source of both inspiration and trepidation through generations. Historical perspective can help alleviate uncertainty about the teacher's place in the technologically enabled classroom. Expertise in the latest educational innovations allows teachers to increase their value, because it empowers them to adopt advanced teaching techniques such as differentiation of instruction.

Behavioral issues often are linked to unresolved academic challenges. Using education technology to address the academic underpinnings of behavior problems can help students remain inspired, motivated, and on track for graduation and successful post-secondary ventures.

ACT's picture of college and career readiness (CCR) is at once promising and reason for concern. While CCR has been trending slightly upward, it continues to be a challenge for certain ethnic and racial groups. How can educators do more to cultivate equity, as well as excellence, as they prepare students for higher education and skilled careers?

An organization dedicated to reforming secondary STEM education, the Texas High School Project has become a driving force for change — and hope — for underprivileged and at-risk students and their communities. Through strong relationships with higher education and industry partners, the group helps educators add engagement and relevance to STEM for students in grades 6–12.

Formative testing is invaluable in improving student performance. However, data from formative exams becomes less meaningful the older it is. In order to get the most out of formative test results, some educators are turning to technology, with which they can quickly use test data to provide deeply personalized learning experiences for students and facilitate differentiation in the classroom.

An unconventional school model is nurturing a love of learning in students in Gainesville, Georgia. Without books, a cafeteria, and many of the staff members present in traditional schools, middle school students at the Da Vinci Academy are feeling empowered to learn and excelling academically.

Each summer, Confratute sees the convergence of educators from across the globe. Learn more about some of this year's attendees, their excitement about the conference, and their expectations for what they'll take back to their schools from the acclaimed intensive on enrichment, differentiation, and creativity.

For decades, students at Bonsall, California's Vivian Banks Charter School on the Pala reservation slid through courses lacking academic rigor, convinced they could do no better. Theirs is a story of dramatic improvement in the space of just one school year. See how the school's turnaround efforts resulted in it meeting the California Academic Performance Index target for the first time, corrected student behavior issues, reduced teacher turnover, and engaged students in learning.

In the 21st century, the global community is shrinking, bringing diverse cultures ever closer to one another. World language mastery enriches student understanding of neighboring cultures, enhances cognitive abilities, and can put a greater variety of employment possibilities within reach. Yet American students' opportunities to learn world languages are disappearing. How can educators turn the tide in a world where world language proficiency can affect attitudes, finance, and political stability?

Tightening budgets. Impending layoffs. School closures. the Fed cutting education programs. This isn't the time to talk about new investments, right? Wrong. Now is exactly right for discussions about adding education technology to your financial planning. Here's why.

The benefits of blended learning in the current academic atmosphere are encouraging many districts to adopt online solutions. For a successful blended learning implementation, planning is crucial. Learn about the challenges of incorporating online curricula and how the right online solution can help an important investment yield the best possible results.

Mitigate the "summer slide" with a successful summer school implementation. Save money, reach the kids who need it most, and make the most of staff time with a well-planned program that takes advantage of 21st century technology.

In early December, CompassLearning announced its purchase of Renzulli Learning. In light of more than 75 years of combined experience in education, including differentiation techniques with proven results, the joining of these two education innovators means a promising future for students.

This year, the US government awarded close to $350 million to two consortia of states that have pledged to develop more comprehensive common assessments by 2014. Both groups share the aspiration of better preparing public-school students for college and careers, but their approaches to that goal differ. And only time will tell how rough the road to common assessments will be.

In 2008, only 74.9% of American high school seniors received their diplomas. The rest failed to earn the credits necessary for graduation or dropped out of school completely. Giving at-risk students a better, more academically rigorous credit-recovery option is part of the solution to the escalating problems high school graduates and non-graduates encounter in college and in the workplace.

The makeup of the job force is evolving, both in the U.S. and across the globe. The industries with the largest wage or salary increase over the next 8 years require ability in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

A vital component of both student achievement and funding initiatives, professional development features prominently in successful schools and districts, in all fiscal environments.

School Improvement Grants whet the appetites of schools hungry for funding. But they are hardly low-lying fruit. See how digital education solutions can help educators get and keep coveted federal support.

Response to intervention (RtI) is vital to getting students on track for success. RtI helps educators identify students who are experiencing difficulty, focusing on areas of challenge, and getting students back on grade level as soon as possible.

From adequately prepared to college and career ready, expectations for today's high school graduates are changing. What does this mean for students and educators, and how can education technology help get students ready for college and skilled careers?

Last year, the federal government approved allocating about $100 billion as part of its stimulus plan to help already strapped education systems recover from the recession. The money, intended to last schools through the 2010–11 school year, will run out for most schools by the end of the current term.