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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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.
Ed-Tech Policy
Comcast Expands Broadband Program for Low-Income Families
Comcast will offer faster internet speeds and on-the-go Wi-Fi access to customers in a broadband program for low-income households.
Professional Development
ISTE Lands Another Former Federal Ed-Tech Director
The International Society for Technology in Education as hired Joseph South as its new chief learning officer.
Privacy & Security
Risky Practices With Students' Data Security Are Common, Survey Suggests
Over two-thirds of participants responded to survey questions in a way indicating that they could have exposed students' or employees' personally identifiable information.
Ed-Tech Policy
E-Rate, Other Universal-Service Funds to Be Transferred to U.S. Treasury
The move, which would take effect in 2018, comes in the wake of a recommendation by the federal Government Accountability Office.
Personalized Learning
Teaching With Tech Is Hard. Two New Efforts Aim to Help.
Digital Promise announced a new technology-coaching program. Summit Public Schools unveiled "the nation's first personalized-learning teacher residency."
Curriculum
For Code.org, Training Computer Science Teachers Isn't Really About Computer Science
Nearly 500 new computer science teachers are in Philadelphia this week for one of Code.org's summer TeacherCon professional development workshops.
Privacy & Security
The FTC on COPPA: 5 New Takeaways for Schools and Ed-Tech Companies
The Federal Trade Commission provided Education Week with new information about what the Children's Online Privacy Protection Acts means for schools and ed-tech companies.
Education
Google Launches $50 Million Effort on the Future of Work
The philanthropic initiative will seek to connect job seekers with jobs, improve job training, and make life better for those in low-wage jobs.
Curriculum
Congressional Panel Asks: What K-12 Skills Are Needed for STEM Workforce?
Schools need to prepare K-12 students to fill the growing number of jobs that require computing skills, witnesses told members of Congress Wednesday.
Teaching
Minecraft Party to Raise Money for Technology in Philly Schools
Philadelphia's mayor and superintendent announced a "kid-safe gaming event" aimed at raising funds for teacher-led classroom technology projects.
Ed-Tech Policy
FCC Nominees Grilled by Lawmakers on E-Rate, Net Neutrality
Democratic lawmakers on a U.S. Senate committee probed Republican FCC nominees' positions on the E-rate program and net neutrality.
Teaching Profession
Teachers' Union to Take a Critical Look at Online Credit Recovery Programs
The National Education Association approved a $31,000 review of often-criticized online programs that give students a second chance to complete coursework.
School Climate & Safety
For Principals, Student Sexting a Speeding 'Freight Train,' Full of Peril
For school leaders, sexting means worries about cellphone searches, bullying prevention, child pornography laws, and difficult conversations.
Personalized Learning
Personalized Learning: Modest Gains, Big Challenges, RAND Study Finds
Personalized learning is hard to implement and scale, the RAND Corp. found. But there are promising signs on student achievement, at least in some schools.