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NASSP Principal of the Year: Dr. Tracie Anderson Swilley

The CoolCatTeacher

Tracie Anderson Swilley the Principal of Fairfield High School in South Carolina was named the 2025 Principal of the Year for the United States by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. She is also an active member of the Richland County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

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Incorporate Literacy Tools in K–12 STEM Subjects

EdTech Magazine

We have secondary students who have third-grade reading levels,” says Sharo Dickerson, director of digital and learning resources at El Paso Independent School District in Texas. K–12 students across the U.S. are struggling with literacy skills. “We

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Automation Delivers Economic Advantages for K–12 Schools

EdTech Magazine

As digital initiatives take off in more schools and the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund windfall winds down this year, school leaders want to know that they’re getting the highest return on their investments. According to a 2023 report from Snow Software,…

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6 Creative Ways to Spend K–12 ESSER Funds Before They Expire

EdTech Magazine

billion to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund. ESSER II funds must be spent by September 2023, and remaining ESSER III funds must be allocated by… Three stimulus bills passed by Congress in 2020 and 2021 provided nearly $190.5 Adding to the pressure, time is running out to spend the money.

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What Do Today’s K–12 Schools Look Like After Help from ESSER?

EdTech Magazine

However, support through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund came with mandates requiring districts to spend three separate rounds of funding by September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024. EdTech brought together a panel of IT and educational leaders to discuss how they’ve…

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Tracking college closures

The Hechinger Report

In the first nine months of 2024, 28 degree-granting institutions closed, compared with 15 in all of 2023, according to an analysis of federal data provided to The Hechinger Report by the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association or SHEEO. A growing number of them are making the difficult decision to close.

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

Here’s a look at my 2023 predictions.) In January 2023, about one month after the release of ChatGPT, there were already stories about colleges switching to “pen-and-paper” tests to battle the AI bots. Recent survey data shows that 90 percent of secondary students are part of a 1:1 device program.

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