Information on infusing leadership and life skills in K-12 education.
The Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable yesterday released a report that counts the lost economic activity society bears when students drop out of high school. Youth who drop out of school face higher risks of unemployment and economic insecurity and are more reliant on government supports. High school dropouts are costing Arizona more than $7 billion
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President Barack Obama recently announced Esri has pledged $1-billion of mapping software available free to US K12 schools. Since 1969, Esri, headquartered in Redlands, California, has built geographic information system (GIS) software to enable organizations to create responsible and sustainable solutions to problems at local and global scales. Understanding how to use effectively use GIS
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Education Week is hosting a free webinar about the use of Google Apps on Tuesday, June 17, 2014, 11 a.m. to 12 noon Pacific Time. If your district is planning on using Google Apps, you may be interested in hearing from Chin Song, Director of Technology at Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) in California. Milpitas’
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The California Department of Education and Butte County Office of Education have announced applications are now being taken for the 2014-15 Leadership Development Institute. This training will help new CTE leaders meet the multiple challenges of providing industry standard career technical preparation programs while utilizing CTE/academic integrated instructional methodology and connecting STEM concepts to real
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