New Millennium Secondary School, an LAUSD charter that is entering its third year of operation out of a Carson mall, saw its first CAHSEE results. They were decent: 81 percent passing English and 80 percent in math, about on par with the statewide average and greater than…
Deployment, anxiety, and hard work are constant factors in this Texas district. “You know what’s hard about being the new kid at school?” asks Gail Siller, superintendent of Fort Sam Houston Independent School District (FSHISD). “Not knowing where to sit at lunch.” Siller’s district serves children of active military personnel currently stationed at Fort Sam [...]
School District Meets Army Deployment, anxiety, and hard work are constant factors in this Texas district. By Jen Scott Curwood “You know what’s hard about being the new kid at school?” asks Gail Siller, superintendent of Fort Sam Houston Independent School District (FSHISD). “Not knowing where to sit at lunch.” Siller’s district serves children of [...]
You can’t miss the message: FETC has set its sights on a green future for American classrooms. If by chance you aren’t familiar with the Planet Green (Discovery) series Living with Ed, Ed Begley, Jr. is that guy famous for arriving at Hollywood red carpet events on his bicycle (really putting those limos into perspective.) [...]
Ed and Edtech Journalists: Check out our new social media news portal for eChalk. All FETC related pitching, releases and interviews will be posted here:
SNOW HILL — Greene County educators and school administrators gathered last week at Greene County Middle School to show off eChalk, an online education network. The network, which has been in place in Greene County Schools since 2003, helps teachers communicate better with students and parents, Assistant Superintendent Pat MacNeill said. “We wanted our community [...]
Fort Sam Houston ISD in San Antonio, TX uses eChalk to help students keep connected to parents, teachers, and their community. Univision visited our media event for eChalk to see how it all works for the children in the FSHISD community.
The second of 4 news broadcasts from Fort Sam Houston ISD in San Antonio, TX. eChalk Helps Students with Deployed Parents Stay Connected at Fort Sam Houston ISD:
September 17th, 2009 - Technology helps deployed parents connect to children, school. Most school districts have a web page, but the one for the Fort Sam Houston ISD serves a special purpose. It allows parents who are deployed to stay connected to their children every day. [Click here to watch the video at KENS]
eChalk begins the school year with a 1.5 million dollar note from Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group (SVB), an institution widely recognized for its dedicated support of emerging technologies. “SVB has always seen value in the high growth portion of the tech industry and we are very pleased to be associated with a market leader [...]
How do you keep 38,500 students and over 2,500 classroom teachers in more than 60 schools connected? One way would be newsletters. Yet, imagine the resources a district saves when the tool for communication is a robust and dynamic website. Corpus Christi Independent School District uses the powerful yet simple eChalk website to effectively connect [...]
The digital team at District Administration paid a visit to eChalk at TCEA. Here’s the video:
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