Digital Curriculum

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Gwinnett County students in an Advanced Placement literature class at Lanier High School use an eCLass quiz widget called Kahoot that is run on a laptop. They use their wireless phones to answer the quiz questions.
Gwinnett County students in an Advanced Placement literature class at Lanier High School use an eCLass quiz widget called Kahoot that is run on a laptop. They use their wireless phones to answer the quiz questions.
Dustin Thomas Chambers for Education Week
IT Infrastructure & Management Georgia District Puts Data Analytics to Work
A long-running collaboration in Gwinnett County schools is pushing to make the most out of predictive analytics.
Liana Loewus, March 28, 2016
7 min read
IT Infrastructure & Management CAOs and CTOs Ramp Up on Collaboration
In many K-12 systems, the jobs of chief academic officers and chief technology officers are increasingly intertwined as technology has become essential to teaching and learning.
Sean Cavanagh, March 28, 2016
7 min read
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Nina Subin
Reading & Literacy Opinion Q&A With David Denby: 'Serious' Reading in the Digital Age
Writer David Denby talks about how he wrote his new book to understand how today's students consume the written word.
March 15, 2016
9 min read
Curriculum Inside Facebook's Partnership to Develop Software for K-12 Schools
Engineers from Facebook and educators from Summit Public Schools are co-developing a new digital learning platform. Can it find a place in a crowded K-12 market?
Benjamin Herold, March 7, 2016
11 min read
Lori Smith (left) and Heather Hobbs (right), two teacher leaders in the Kingsport, Tenn., school district, participate in a common-core training session in Kingsport in 2014.
Lori Smith (left) and Heather Hobbs (right), two teacher leaders in the Kingsport, Tenn., school district, participate in a common-core training session in Kingsport in 2014.
Lauren Camera/Education Week-File
Education Funding A Tennessee District Perseveres in Wake of Online-Testing Woes
The state pulled the plug on new online tests aligned to the common core, but school leaders in Kingsport, Tenn., see it as a temporary setback in implementing the news standards and assessments.
Lauren Camera, February 29, 2016
9 min read
Federal U.S. Ed. Department Signs Up 13 States for #GoOpen Initiative
Thirteen states and 40 districts are joining the U.S. Department of Education's open education resource initiative, which includes a commitment to replace textbooks with free digital learning resources.
Jaclyn Zubrzycki, February 27, 2016
2 min read
In this 2015 photo, third grader Iyana Simmons works on a coding exercise at Michael Anderson School in Avondale, Ariz.
In this 2015 photo, third grader Iyana Simmons works on a coding exercise at Michael Anderson School in Avondale, Ariz.
Nick Cote for Education Week
Technology Explainer Technology in Education: An Overview
From blended learning to computerized testing, digital and online technologies are reshaping the classroom experience for students.
Benjamin Herold, February 5, 2016
16 min read
Seventh graders at Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., look at a PARCC practice test to give them some familiarity with the format before field-testing in 2014 of the computer-based assessments aligned with the common core.
Seventh graders at Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington, Mass., look at a PARCC practice test to give them some familiarity with the format before field-testing in 2014 of the computer-based assessments aligned with the common core.
Gretchen Ertl for Education Week-File
Assessment PARCC Scores Lower for Students Who Took Exams on Computers
The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers acknowledged the discrepancies in scores between its paper and computer exams in response to questions from Education Week.
Benjamin Herold, February 3, 2016
11 min read
Curriculum 'Growth Mindset' Touted by Companies, Ed. Groups in National Campaign
Amazon Education and TenMarks, another business division of the online retailer, have helped launch a website and promotional effort to encourage teachers, students, and parents to change student attitudes about math.
Sean Cavanagh, February 2, 2016
4 min read
Curriculum Chat Chat: Bringing Digital Differentiation to All Subjects
Digitally driven learning remains uneven across subject areas. Math and literacy teachers have access to high-quality adaptive curricula while social studies and science educators often have to create their own. How can educators in all subjects find the digital resources they need?
Alyson Klein, January 27, 2016
Seventh grader Mateo Smith, center, researches lyrics from his favorite songs during a session to promote career exploration and other interests at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati.
Seventh grader Mateo Smith, center, researches lyrics from his favorite songs during a session to promote career exploration and other interests at Hughes STEM High School in Cincinnati.
Pat McDonogh for Education Week
Special Report Extending the Digital Reach
This special report outlines the progress schools are making to use digital tools to personalize learning, but also raises the question: Are they reaching far enough?
January 13, 2016
Curriculum Flood of Open Education Resources Challenges Educators
New content curation tools aim to help teachers organize and find digital content to personalize student learning for a variety of subjects.
Michele Molnar, January 11, 2016
5 min read
Social Studies Adaptive Digital Curricula Lagging in Science, Social Studies
Education companies are just starting to develop personalized learning products in subjects outside math and literacy.
Michelle R. Davis, January 11, 2016
6 min read
Reading & Literacy Digital Tools Aim to Personalize Literacy Instruction
New learning resources help teachers customize texts, target specific literacy skills, and help all students find their "sweet spot" for learning to read.
Benjamin Herold, January 11, 2016
8 min read