Classroom Technology

Digital literacy, screen time, cellphones. Learn more about how schools handling technology’s effect on teaching and learning

Explainer

Technology in Education: An Overview
From blended learning to computerized testing, digital and online technologies are reshaping the classroom experience for students.

Featured Special Reports

Special Report Technology Counts 2019
K-12 educators do not believe the continued expansion of new technologies into U.S. schools is transforming education, according to an Education Week survey. Learn more in this special report.
April 24, 2019
A journalism adviser confers with a student during an editing session at a high school in Vermont. Journalism classes across the country have changed in light of new digital tools, such as Twitter and livestreaming.
A journalism adviser confers with a student during an editing session at a high school in Vermont. Journalism classes across the country have changed in light of new digital tools, such as Twitter and livestreaming.
Caleb Kenna for Education Week-File
Special Report What Do Principals Believe?
This year’s report takes a hard look at what principals are thinking and doing about some of the most vexing technology issues in their schools.
April 18, 2018
Freddie P. Alarcon, the principal of Corporate Landing Middle School in Virginia Beach, Va., said social media “is the world our teenagers are living in.”
Freddie P. Alarcon, the principal of Corporate Landing Middle School in Virginia Beach, Va., said social media “is the world our teenagers are living in.”
Bill Tiernan