With nearly half of the nation’s new teachers still graduating without an understanding of high-quality reading instruction, former classroom teacher-turned-literacy coach Kathleen Law discusses why now more than ever every teacher prep program in the country should include the Science of Reading and give future teachers the foundational tools they need to help struggling readers.
The Royal Ransomware is claiming to have infiltrated public school management and virtual learning provider Edison Learning, posting on its dark web data leak site on Wednesday, April 26, that it had stolen 20GB of the company’s data “including personal information of employees and students” and threatening to post the data “early next week.”
K–12 science supplier Carolina Biological has teamed up with the Association for Science Teacher Education to provide professional development and teacher support in an effort to boost retention in the field, the organizations recently announced.
The U.S. Department of Education has launched a new CTE program called the Your Place in Space Challenge, inviting high schools to “submit designs for a product or service that will contribute to space missions and exploration,” and an informational webinar for educators is scheduled for May 10.
Two ed tech providers that suffered data breaches that compromised private student information have seen civil lawsuits reach vastly different results yet both should serve as a stark warning for ed tech companies collecting student data, a data privacy attorney told THE Journal.