Social Media
Distraction or learning tool? Learn more about how social media is used by students, teachers, and school systems
States
State Education Departments Are Taking to Pinterest
Pennsylvania is the latest state education department to use Pinterest try to reach teachers and families.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Educators' Responsibility to Take on Fake and Biased News
What is the truth now has a new meaning and, once we learn how to identify the truth ourselves, we need to teach the children.
Standards & Accountability
Pinterest, Google, and Common Core: Our Top 10 Posts for 2016
The most-read stories on Curriculum Matters this year note an evolution in how teachers find materials, lingering questions about the common core, and issues about science and math instruction.
Curriculum
Opinion
The Year of the Lie: Fake Ed-News
The actual truth about public schools? Well, as always, it's complicated. And we are not fond of complicated, in America. We'd rather grab onto a catchy meme--Dump Devos!--than explicate the pros and cons of a national curriculum, explore the long-term consequences of privately-managed, publicly-funded schools, or carefully deconstruct overly casual (not causal) use of student achievement data.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Three Great Resources to Help Students Fight Off Fake News
Students need to develop the ability to delve into blog posts and articles and determine where things veer from fact to fiction.
School Climate & Safety
Opinion
3 Reasons Fake News Is Important
Whether it is TV news or online, most are getting news from a screen and the younger the population the more the source is online.
IT Infrastructure & Management
'Fake News,' Bogus Tweets Raise Stakes for Media Literacy
Educators find themselves behind the eight ball, expected to help students negotiate everything from internet hoaxes to partisan policy advocacy disguised as unbiased news.
Classroom Technology
Opinion
Forget Fake News
Let's stop talking about fake news, an exercise that may lead us down an inescapable rabbit hole, and start talking about reliable sources of information.
Ed-Tech Policy
K-12 Digital Citizenship Initiative Targets States
A coalition of groups focused on children & media has launched a campaign to encourage lawmakers to promote digital citizenship in schools.
Classroom Technology
'Scary Clowns' Hysteria, Fueled by Social Media, Force Schools to Adjust
Rumor about 'scary clowns' seeking to harm children have swirled online and led some schools to lock down their facilities.
Student Well-Being & Movement
New Teachers' Quest for Added Support Goes Online
With the quality and quantity school and district mentoring programs often lacking, beginning teachers are increasingly seeking personalized feedback from online communities.
Classroom Technology
Twitter, Community, and Calling Your Gov. a 'Fascist:' Sara Goldrick-Rab Q&A
Education professor Sara Goldrick-Rab landed in hot water after tweeting that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is a 'fascist,' but said social media has changed her life mostly for the better.
Leadership
Video
Sara Goldrick-Rab on Social Media’s Ups and Downs
Sara Goldrick-Rab, a professor of higher education and sociology at Temple University in Philadelphia, has built a large Twitter following in part through frank exchanges about her research on higher ed. policy and and college access for low-income students. She also landed in hot water after tweeting that Republican Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin is a “fascist” and comparing him to Hitler. At AERA 2016, Goldrick-Rab talked with Education Week about the role of social media in academic life and work.
Personalized Learning
Summit Public Schools Expands Personalized Learning Network
The California charter network famous for its partnership with Facebook will expand its Basecamp program to 100 schools across the country.