Patricia Hawke

Humans Versus Education Technology

An annual School Networking Conference goes on every year in Arlington, Virginia where people can be recognized for their educational technology inventions and how the technology has benefitted schools. Every year newer technology arises and schools are t... Read >

Are Schools Teaching for Ratings?

At the Raleigh convention center in North Carolina, an education conference was held to talk about the way schools and teachers are teaching. Schools are so focused on standardized test scores that they are not really looking out for the student’s best in... Read >

Teacher Unions

We all know that Teacher Unions sometimes protect the teachers that don’t deserve to be protected. A lot of things the teacher union protects are not helping the students to succeed. Teacher Unions keep teachers that have been around for the longest safe ... Read >

School Texting Programs

The fight against using cell phones in schools has been an issue since cell phones became popular. Schools had put restrictions on students bringing cell phones to school because of the distractions hey caused but too many parents complained about not bei... Read >

Saving School Money In Florida

In Florida’s Osceola Schools they have come up with good way of cutting costs down for the district. Instead of using coaxial cable to run information throughout the schools they are now converting to an IP network and digitally delivering content through... Read >

Online Testing in Florida

Standardized testing in the past was a large packet of paper with the test questions on it and a scantron to bubble in the answers. Now in this technological era, schools are starting to do online testing for standardized testing. The problem is that scho... Read >

Save on School Budgets Avoiding Layoffs

There are many ways to avoid laying off teachers and other educational figures when a school is faced with budget cuts. Sometimes schools feel that cutting teachers are the easiest way to comply with budget cuts since each teacher’s salary is worth more t... Read >

Schools Can Gain Student Interest With the Right Technology

In Norfolk, Virginia schools, students are learning with software called Kidspiration 3. This program has been very beneficial to students because it helps develop thinking skills, literacy and numeracy skills by a proven learning method of visual learnin... Read >

Math Reform in Schools

In Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District has made drastic changes to their math curriculum. When their test scores were not improving my much more than three percent, the school district decided to implement Texas Instrument... Read >

Atlanta Educational Technology

In the Atlanta Independent School District they are changing their old ways and introducing a lot of educational technology into their classrooms. They not only are introducing new technology but they are really researching how to successfully incorporate... Read >

Budget Crunch Help - Technology Saves Schools Money

Indianapolis based company, Synovia Corporation, is coming up with a few different types of technology-based programs to help save schools money. The came out with one technology that was a card that bus drivers used to clock in to their driving day and i... Read >

In One US County Technology Rules

In Bucks County Philadelphia, they had at one time completely banned the issue of cell phones during school hours on campus. Cell phones were starting to interrupt the classrooms and teachers were tired of seeing them out in class, the more popular cell p... Read >

Teacher Evaluations

A new study is being practiced in districts across the United States. Teacher evaluation is a very important part of their jobs and its important for teachers to be challenged to keep things fresh. There are many types of evaluations. There can be someon... Read >

Science in U.S. Schools

The 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress has said that fewer than half of the nation is proficient in science and technology and even fewer are planning a future career of it. A director of the New York Hall of Science, who is also a board mem... Read >

Diversity In K-12 Schools

In Maryland Public Schools administrators are contemplating integrating student bodies based on income integration. Currently schools in an area have either mostly poor or mostly rich kids, depending on the area and if the schools is located in the distri... Read >