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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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
Computer Science for All and Silicon Valley: Generous Support or Corporate Takeover?
The tech industry is giving hundreds of millions of dollars to K-12 computer-science education, raising questions about its motives and impact.
Classroom Technology
School Shootings Now Unfold on Social Media. Here's What Educators Need to Know.
When terror strikes, social media can be used to share information, process grief, and re-traumatize victims. Experts say parents and educators can help.
Classroom Technology
Computer Ownership Not Linked to College Students' Future Earnings, Study Finds
Giving free computers to community college students had no significant effect on students' future wages, total earnings, or rates of employment, according to an NBER study.
Personalized Learning
The Cost of Personalized Learning? Six Figures, Then Status Quo
After a one-time infusion of startup funds, six Chicago schools were able to sustain personalized-learning models on regular public funds, a new analysis finds.
Classroom Technology
As Cell Phones Proliferate in K-12, Schools Search for Smart Policies
Many advocates say that modeling appropriate behavior with the devices is the way to go, and that a "ban is not a plan."
Classroom Technology
New Campaign to Pressure Silicon Valley on 'Tech Addiction' and Kids
Children's advocates and tech-industry insiders are teaming up to press for more "humane" design and business practices.
Professional Development
Educator Development Key to Statewide Personalized Learning, iNACOL Says
Teachers must be able to make reliable and fair judgments of student mastery, the education advocacy group says.
Classroom Technology
Student Retweets Snoop Dogg, Then Sues School District for 'Retaliation'
A California district is under fire for allegedly punishing a student who retweeted and liked "inappropriate" content on her personal social-media account.
Education
Personalized Learning for the 'Whole Educator'? Chan Zuckerberg Announces New Grants
More than $5 million will go to efforts to change how teachers are prepared and supported, including to incorporate social-emotional learning into their classrooms.
Equity & Diversity
Ed. Department Late on 'Homework Gap' Study, Advocacy Groups Say
The Every Student Succeeds Act required that a report be produced by June. The Department of Education says it won't be ready until March or April.
Privacy & Security
State and District Education Websites Fail to Disclose Ad Trackers, Study Finds
Many state and local education agency websites aren't disclosing the presence of third-party tracking services, according a new EdTech Strategies study.
Federal
Student-Data-Privacy Debate Comes to U.S. House (Again)
The House education and workforce committee heard from a panel of experts divided over how to balance stronger privacy protections with the desire for better evidence.
Curriculum
New Ohio Law Focuses on Computer Science, Lets Students Avoid Algebra 2
An Ohio law gives students the right to opt out of Algebra 2 -- a staple of high school math - if they take computer science instead.
Ed-Tech Policy
New York, Montana Govs. Sign Orders Aimed at Preserving 'Net Neutrality'
The governors of New York and Montana say that internet service providers that fail to uphold "net neutrality" will be disqualified from winning state contracts.