Industry News & Opinions

5 ways to keep schools safer with innovative visitor management
One crucial aspect of school safety is monitoring who comes on and off campus, including visitors. Visitor management can be tricky, because school campuses tend to have various points of access.
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Math is not a universal language—but it can be a universal thread
Say what you will about the universality of numbers and symbols; I’d politely argue that it does not follow that mathematics is a universal language.
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Student mental health is still suffering–how should we address it?
According to the CDC, more than one in three high school students experienced poor mental health during the pandemic, but in reality, the rate of U.S. students struggling with these challenges was rising even before COVID.
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Personalizing history for more impactful student learning
It is no accident that the new National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) definition of social studies is focused on “human experiences and the spaces in which we interact as humans.”
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Classroom tech: The new and the tried-and-true of 2024
It’s 2024! Chalkboards, heavy textbooks, and other analog tools of the past have no place in today’s schools. Over the last few decades, applied technology in the classroom has grown by leaps and bounds.
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More than a passion project, literacy advocacy takes a village
Whether it’s individuals with a passion project or organizations that exist exclusively to help connect students with books, it takes a village to advocate for literacy.
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