Public Education Press Releases
Explosive Report Highlights Cybersecurity Risks Impacting K-12 Schools
In a first-of-its-kind report, The State of Cybersecurity: 2018 Year In Review found that K-12 schools suffered at least 122 cybersecurity incidents in 2018, nearly 60 percent of which resulted in personal data being compromised. The K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center…
NASCAR and Wakanda Highlight Black History Now 2019 Celebration
Brehanna Daniels, the first African-American woman on a NASCAR pit crew, and 93-year-old Black Panther actress Dorothy Steel will highlight the city’s fourth year celebration of Black History Now 2019: Celebrating Today’s Change Makers Saturday, January 19, and Saturday, January…
Students in New Tech Network Continue to Outpace National High School Graduation and College Persistence Rate
New Tech Network (NTN) announced today that its students outperform national high school graduation rates for the eighth year in a row according to the 2018 School and Student Success Report. Students graduate from high school at 94%, ten percentage…
Dr. Norman Quintero Demands Financial Accountability in Schools
Among all candidates for the Perris Elementary School District Board, only one contender has identified specific causes for and stated specific solutions to address he believes is the inferior education of Perris, California's local children. Armed with a five-point “Road…
New Tech Network Awards Commandant of First State Military Academy for Exemplary Leadership
New Tech Network awarded Patrick Gallucci, Commandant of First State Military Academy, with the prestigious Susan Schilling Legacy Award for his exemplary leadership. The award was presented in St. Louis at the New Tech Annual Conference (NTAC), where 1,400 teachers…
Arming Today's Kids to Cope: Positive Education the Key to Developing Resilient, Self-Confident Kids, Studies Show
With school shootings, bullying and teen depression reaching a crescendo, thousands of educators from around the world are meeting in Fort Worth this week at the World Positive Education Accelerator June 25–28 to deal with the growing number of kids struggling to…
New Grant Opportunity From Agentic Learning Will Help Schools Successfully Implement Student-Centered Learning
Empowering students by fostering student agency has been shown to improve outcomes, leading to gains in student engagement and achievement. But many school systems struggle to implement this approach effectively. To remedy this problem, Agentic Learning today launched a competitive…
Pallium Canada Appoints Jeffrey Moat as Chief Executive Officer
Keynote Search, a company that helps organizations with business-critical hiring needs, announced today that Jeffrey Moat was selected by the Pallium Canada Board of Directors as their new Chief Executive Officer. Moat steps into the newly formed CEO role. Jeff was…
Digital Agency Websites Depot Launches Educators' Resource Portal for Los Angeles Unified School District
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) has teamed up with the leading web design agency to announce the completion of a much-anticipated and robust web project. The new portal is designed to serve as a digital resource for educators of…
Trial Finds New Learner Analytics Software Helps 15 Percent More Students Achieve Top Class Degrees, and Improve Student Retention
Solutionpath, a U.K. education technology business is set to revolutionize the way universities are able to harness their student data after a three-year trial of its pioneering analysis and monitoring software. The pilot project, at Nottingham Trent University in the…
Clean the World Celebrates Global Handwashing Day With Hygiene Education Program Expansion
Clean the World Foundation, a leader in Global health, continues its commitment to hygiene education by launching a worldwide Global Handwashing Day initiative aimed at building awareness for the importance of proper hygiene and announcing plans to build a permanent…
Witte Museum Paleontologist Names New Species of Fossil Crocodile
Dr. Thomas Adams, Witte Museum Curator of Paleontology and Geology, has described and named a new species of fossil crocodile discovered in North Texas. Dr. Adams, the lead author of a paper outlining the find, describes Deltasuchus motherali as one…
NDSU Computer Science Department Focused on 'Giving Back'
Contribution to society is a big theme in the Computer Science Department at the North Dakota State University. Leading the charge is Department Chairman Kendall E. Nygard who, in addition to sponsoring the Nygard Scholarship for Computer Science students, has recently…
New Tech Network Schools Continue to Outperform National High School Graduation Rates
New Tech Network, (NTN), today released its 2017 Impact Report offering evidence that NTN schools graduate students at higher rates and demonstrate stronger college persistence than the national average. New Tech students also score higher on academic measures and employability skills, in…
Poet David Russo Releases 'Tokin' of My Esteem: Hybrid Theory,' Poetry on the Coming-of-Age of Medical Cannabis
David Russo, a retired attorney, member of SAG-AFTRA, author, and passionate poet who works to share his philosophies with interested listeners and readers today, this week officially published his highly anticipated chapbook of poetry, "Tokin’ Of My Esteem: Hybrid Theory,"…
The Accelerated Schools Campus Opening Ceremony for New Dual Language Campus
The Accelerated Schools, a pre-K-12th grade network of public charter schools that provides high quality education to students in South Los Angeles, celebrates their grand opening of a new, $37 million campus for its dual language (Spanish/English) school, The Accelerated Charter…
Moreno Valley Unified School District Selects Q by Aequitas Solutions
Q, a premier student information system (SIS) developed by Aequitas Solutions, Inc. was selected by Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) to replace its current system Infinite Campus. After conducting a comprehensive review of 5 leading systems and official RFP…
Kari’s Law Requires Direct Access to 9-1-1 by September 1st, 2017
Owners of multi-line telephone systems (MLTS) in Texas are now required to provide direct-dial access to 9-1-1 without having to dial an additional digit such as 9 first before getting an outside line. Business service users (BSUs) of MLTS have…
Pulsar360, Inc. Joins CompTIA as Premier Member
Pulsar360, Inc., a telecommunication solutions provider to small and mid-size organizations, today announced it has become a premier member of CompTIA, The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a non-profit trade association, issues professional certifications for the information technology (IT) industry.…
New Tech Network and Three South Carolina School Districts Announce Partnership to Expand College and Career Readiness
New Tech Network (NTN) announced the creation of the South Carolina Learning Network (SCLN), a joint effort with Colleton, Charleston, and Florence, three county school districts. This new collaboration will result in the redesign of elementary, middle and high schools…