Digital Education
The Digital Education blog covered personalized learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive testing, digital curricula, data privacy, future of work, and all things technology. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work, and digital learning.
Curriculum
K-12 Computational Thinking Initiative Gets $1 Million Boost From NSF
Digital Promise Global has received a three-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve equitable access to computational education in public schools.
States
Lessons for Getting Schools Back Online After Hurricane Michael's Destruction
K-12 leaders should look for help from other school districts when they're struggling to get their management and learning systems back online after a hurricane.
Curriculum
How to Design Computer Science for Students With Disabilities
Captions and screen readers are just a first step, said Emmanuel Schanzer of Bootstrap and Jennifer Rodriguez of PBS KIDS at the CSforALL Summit in Detroit.
Curriculum
States Aggressively Adopting K-12 Computer Science Policies, Report Finds
Twenty-two states now have K-12 computer-science standards, and 15 states require all high schools to offer computer science, a new report finds.
Classroom Technology
New Study Shows 1-to-1 Technology Improves Student Achievement in Math Over Time
A new study published in the Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis journal found that there is potential for 1-to-1 technology programs to increase achievement in the short term, but more so in the medium term.
School & District Management
RAND: How to Do Personalized Learning With 'Imperfect Evidence'
Until personalized learning is better supported by research, curricula, and policy, K-12 leaders must be strategic, advises a leading researcher.
Federal
Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown Signs Net Neutrality Law, Provoking Fight With Feds
Critics say a 2017 order approved by the FCC that dismantled net neutrality could stymie the flow of online content to K-12 schools.
Classroom Technology
'Homework Gap' Hits Minority, Impoverished Students Hardest, Survey Finds
The lack of access to technology and internet connectivity at home is especially severe among poor, rural, and minority students, a new survey from ACT reveals.
Equity & Diversity
Charter School 4th Graders: Less Access to Computers in School, More At Home
A new analysis of NAEP survey and performance data examines differences in students' access to computers and use of classroom technology.
Privacy & Security
FBI Raises Alarm on Ed Tech and Student Data Privacy, Security
The widespread collection of sensitive information via ed tech, combined with often-weak cybersecurity protections in schools, is leaving students at risk, the FBI warned.
Privacy & Security
Instagram and Teens: What Do You Need to Know?
Instagram released a new guide for parents, but outside experts had different messages on what to know about privacy, identity, and healthy use of the platform.
Families & the Community
Data-Privacy Questions From Parents That Schools Should Be Ready to Answer
The Future of Privacy Forum outlined seven big privacy questions that parents should ask their children's schools.
Classroom Technology
Teen Social Media Use Is Skyrocketing. But Don't Panic, New Research Says
Seventy percent of teens use social media more than once a day, but they say it makes them feel less lonely and more confident, according to a new survey from Common Sense Media.
Curriculum
A Push to Make 'Computer Science for All' Accessible to Students With Disabilities
The nonprofit CSforALL Consortium aims to get vendors, school districts, state education departments, and investors to sign an "Accessibility Pledge."