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T.H.E. Journal February 2006	ISKME Special Series Part I >> Data Driven Savvy school administrators are using data to improve instruction district-wide.
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T.H.E. Journal January 7, 2010 Bridget McCrea	Netbooks All Around Missouri-based North Kansas City Schools with a total of 18,000 students, kicked off its 1:1 initiative about two years ago in an effort to equip all 5,600 of its high school students with netbooks.
T.H.E. Journal July 2006 Mary Ann Wolf	Using Technology to Improve Achievement: Making Data Relevant New information systems are helping states and districts individualize instruction and boost student learning.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Matt Miller	Staying Connected Is a 'Breeze' An ed-tech specialist explains how a versatile Web conferencing tool is helping his sprawling district remove the distance between teachers, administrators, and staff.
T.H.E. Journal March 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Resistance is Futile Even as technology use grows embedded in education, some teachers still prefer the old ways.
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 Matt Villano	Make It Count Budget crunches are elevating the need for K-12 technology leaders to demonstrate a favorable return on investment. Here's how to ensure you're getting what you pay for.
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 Vanessa Hua	A Strategy Worth Watching The Excellence in Teaching Project discards frivolous checklists in favor of a purposeful online, observation-based process of assessing teachers' performance.
PHONE+ January 8, 2010 Mike Rosen	Telephony 101: Targeting Educational Markets School districts today require telephony systems that address a variety of communications needs. But with budget often being a deciding factor in upgrades, finding a system that doesn't compromise these needs can be challenging.
T.H.E. Journal October 2006 Justine Brown	Data Warehousing :: Too Much Information The surge in the collection and use of data has created a new problem for K-12 administrators - where to put it all, while ensuring it stays safe and accessible. Data warehouses have the answer.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Christopher W. McGinley	Surviving a Communications Network Overhaul A Pennsylvania school district implements a system to provide anytime, anywhere communications for its 4,700 students and 600 staff members.
T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Gloria Bush	Logging on to Staff Development Enhancing your teachers' knowledge and use of educational technology through online professional development.
T.H.E. Journal November 2006 John K. Waters	Hiring Out for IT Support Your technology environment has outgrown your staff's ability to maintain it. What's a district to do? Try that trusted 21st-century solution: outsource it.
T.H.E. Journal August 2008 John K. Waters	High Maintenance Running a successful 1-to-1 program requires diligent upkeep - along with a few veteran tricks of the trade.
T.H.E. Journal March 2007 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Service Disagreement A lack of precedence on how to charge for ongoing support for technology purchases has created an unhealthy divide between vendors and educators.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Dian Schaffhauser	Out of Site, Out of Mind Software as a service puts burdensome administrative tasks into the hands of a web-based host.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Leslie A. Pulliam	The Quest for Quality Instructional Data The most successful school districts are embracing the philosophy that accurate data plays a critical role in driving instruction and making informed decisions. But there is still much more to learn.
T.H.E. Journal April 2008 Dian Schaffhauser	On the Road to DDDM Implementing a data-driven decision-making initiative is a painstaking, six-stage process. Two districts are halfway home.
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T.H.E. Journal June 2005 Hinson et al.	Today's smart educators are tailoring Professional Development to critical need---and you can, too. As the technological age continues to render traditional classroom practices obsolete, many educators are still untrained and apprehensive when it comes to technology integration.
T.H.E. Journal April 2007 Linda L. Briggs	Business Intelligence :: Magnum B.I. Using powerful business intelligence tools, two districts are drilling down to the finer points of student data, where the most revealing insights lie.
T.H.E. Journal May 2006 Nodine & Petrides	ISKME Special Series Part 4: Using Data to Improve Instruction Connecting the dots: how to use data to get from districtwide goal-setting to school-level performance.
InternetNews April 7, 2009 David Needle	Teachers Driving Web 2.0 Adoption? A new survey indicates teachers are leading the charge to get more Web 2.0 services into the classroom.
T.H.E. Journal May 2005 John H. Cox	Maryland District Evaluates a Special-Education Management System's Impact on Its Bottom Line The Charles County Public School District considered factors such as the total cost of ownership and return on investment during the evaluation and selection of a new special education management system.
T.H.E. Journal October 2008 Rama Ramaswami	A Tight Squeeze As government regulations mandate the long-term retention of districts' rising volume of information, K-12 IT directors are using new storage tools to put their data in its place.
T.H.E. Journal May 1, 2010 John K. Waters	Prepare for Impact Open source software is poised to make a profound impact on K-12 education.
T.H.E. Journal April 2009 Jennifer Demski	Up Close and Virtual By adding web-based offerings to traditional in-person sessions, school districts can continue to provide support to teachers when face-to-face visits aren't possible.
T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Matt Bolch	Remote Control School districts are catching on to software as a service, a business model that allows administrators to manage essential organizational functions and plug in to student data from anywhere with an internet connection.
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T.H.E. Journal April 2009 John K. Waters	Virtualize Me! K-12's burgeoning interest in cost-cutting, productivity-boosting virtualization technologies has vendors starting to take notice.
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T.H.E. Journal July 2007 Henson & Steele	Systemic School Reform :: South Dakota You may still find the occasional barn raising and one-room schoolhouse, but a plan for technologically advanced schools that first took root more than a decade ago has ushered South Dakota into the digital age.
Information Today July 23, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser	E-Rate Connects America's Classrooms, Libraries The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation convened on July 17, 2013 to discuss ways to strengthen E-Rate (E-Rate 2.0: Connecting Every Child to the Transformative Power of Technology).
T.H.E. Journal June 1, 2010 Rama Ramaswami	Nothing to LOL About Schools fear the predatory behavior that lurks around social networking sites can make users sitting ducks for hackers, thieves, cyberbullies, and scammers. So they're caught in what appears to be an all-or-nothing choice.
T.H.E. Journal August 2006 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	The 4-1-1 on District 219 This year's Charp Award winner is honored at NECC for its unique and compelling use of technology, particularly in support of teachers.
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T.H.E. Journal February 2008 Geoffrey H. Fletcher	Extracurricular :: For Technologists Who do Their Homework According to surveyed school districts, the use of online assessment to track students' progress and performance is surprisingly widespread.
T.H.E. Journal April 2005 Kathleen Webb	Decision-Support System Helps Utah Improve Its Student Achievement The Utah State Office of Education use Profiling Educational Technology Integration to advance technology programs and improve student achievement.
T.H.E. Journal March 2006 Paula Love	Meta-Analysis: Challenges and Opportunities A new study focused on the Enhancing Education Through Technology program identified a strategy to develop partnerships to produce increased learning outcomes.
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T.H.E. Journal November 16, 2009 David Nagel	Is American Education Neglecting Gifted Children? America's 3 million gifted and talented students are getting the shaft in the vast majority of K-12 schools, according to a new report from the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted.
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T.H.E. Journal May 2009 Charlene O'Hanlon	Title I-- and Then Some School districts are getting creative in finding ways to finance technology purchases, blending Title I dollars with money from numerous other funding sources.