The Association Supporting Computer Users in Education (ASCUE) initiated a refereed track for paper submissions to the conference in 2008. In fact, at the 2008 business meeting, the membership approved three different presentation tracks: refereed with 3 blind reviews for each paper, session with paper where the author submits a paper but it is…

What happens when teams from 57 cities building afterschool systems gather to discuss two key system responsibilities--improving afterschool programs and using data for informed decision-making? Lots of rich discussion. This report covers a national afterschool conference held in February 2013. It details what mayors, program providers, system…

Virginia's noble but flawed effort to bypass the U.S. Postal Service through electronic mail was an attempt to reduce the river of paper between state and local school officials and the mounting burden of paperwork reporting felt by administrators and teachers. Other valiant efforts in Ohio, Florida, and South Carolina are described. (MLH)