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As 2018 starts, I get lots of questions about what are the “most important” technologies and trends that will impact learning. As head of the Consortium for School Networking, CoSN, it makes sense that our leaders and the media want to know where to focus their attention and budgets to...

Each year we at LFA compile our most popular blog posts, determined by unique pageviews in Google Analytics. As always, in addition to covering a wide range of topics, this list reflects the contributions of a number of the leading education associations representing the local practitioners, parents and policymakers working...

I’ve long been a fan of the Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project and their model for home visits (see, for example, a post I wrote for Edutopia highlighting it back in 2015). This model, developed by parents and teachers, includes a structured opportunity for teachers to visit the families of students...

By Amanda Karhuse, Director of Advocacy at NASSP I started my day at Loudoun County High School (LCHS) in Leesburg, VA, feeling excited and a little nervous at the same time. Although I spend most of my days speaking on behalf of principals and advocating for their interests on Capitol...

Many of the most valuable jobs of tomorrow depend on STEM education happening in today’s classrooms. The U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that by 2020, there will be 1.4 million IT jobs available but only 400,000 computer science graduates with the required skills to fill the positions. Companies...

Updated December 20, 2017 LFA organizations sharply criticized the tax reform measure that cleared the Senate and House this week because it jeopardizes federal K-12 funding and allows deductions for private schooling and other expenses. National Education Association President Lily Eskelsen García said, “Hypocrisy is at the heart of the...

Public schools are where most children learn. They are major employers, they are reference points (“turn left at the middle school”), and they are gathering places. They are a community asset, whose continued success is entrusted to the citizens themselves and led by their representatives on school boards. We value...

Note: AASA, the School Superintendents Association, led a delegation to visit Scotland's public and private schools last month to learn about the country's education system and find good practices that could be replicated in the United States. The blogs below are a summary of one superintendent's experience. Learn more at...

Note: AASA, the School Superintendents Association, led a delegation to visit Scotland's public and private schools last month to learn about the country's education system and find good practices that could be replicated in the United States. The blogs below are a summary of one superintendent's experience. Traveling to Scotland...

“I am all for school diversity, but not when my kid has to take the bus across town.” This comment was made during the ongoing middle school boundary debate in my community. It reminded me of findings on school diversity from this year’s PDK Poll of the Public’s Attitudes Toward...