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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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
New 'Open' Ed. Project to Challenge Commercial Publishers for K-12 Work
Open Up Resources, a nonprofit led by a former Pearson executive, will try to produce openly licensed material at "curriculum scale," rather than just individual lessons and units.
Classroom Technology
ISTE and Chief Executive Officer Brian Lewis Part Ways
ISTE CEO Brian Lewis is no longer serving as its top executive, and the 17,000-member organization is searching for a permanent replacement.
Ed-Tech Policy
E-Rate Requests for High-Speed Internet Connections Keep Growing
School and library requests for federal support for many high-speed Internet connections more than doubled since 2015, according to a new analysis by Funds for Learning.
Ed-Tech Policy
Schools Should Widen Bandwidth Capacity, State Ed Tech Directors Say
State and federal officials convened on Capitol Hill for the release of SETDA's latest report that calls for more robust broadband connections to schools and a bridging of the homework gap.
Classroom Technology
Special Education Rules Apply to Virtual Schools Too, Ed. Department Says
Virtual schools are subject to the same federal special education mandates on issues such as testing and student identification, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
Classroom Technology
Parents' Support for Blended Learning Slips, Poll Finds
A survey found that while fewer parents think students should spend considerable time in front of screens in schools, teacher support was unchanged.
Privacy & Security
Cyberbullying More Common with Teens' Current or Former Friends, Study Says
Students are more likely to be cyberbullied by people they know than strangers, new research shows.
Privacy & Security
Parent Advocacy Group Warns of Ed-Tech 'Threats'
Parents Across America describes the ed-tech explosion as a dangerous and unproven component of the "corporate reform" agenda.
Classroom Technology
Special Educators Want Mobile Technology, but More Training Needed
An initiative to improve the use of apps and mobile technology in the instruction of special education students finds that teachers aren't receiving the professional development they want.
Personalized Learning
CliffsNotes Goes Digital, Personalized ... For Some Products
The popular yellow-cover study-guide series is offering a personalized, digital subscription service for its test-prep materials, but not its better-known literature-review guides.
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.
Classroom Technology
Online Ohio Charter Takes Feud with State Ed. Department to Airwaves
A cyber charter operator lashes out in two television spots after judge rules that student login records must be released for state audit.
Classroom Technology
Lackluster Showing for Ohio Virtual Schools in New Study
Online charter schools are dragging down the overall performance of Ohio's charter sector, according to a new study, in the latest negative assessment of the virtual sector.
Personalized Learning
Researchers Target Brain-Scanning Technology to Improve Ed. Software
A team at Carnegie Mellon University is using brain-activity patterns to better understand the mental processes students use to solve math problems.