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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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.
Teaching
Can Digital Games Help Students Conquer the Toughest Science Content?
Games offer the possibility of helping students master some of the broadest and most difficult concepts in science, an education official for NOVA contends.
Equity & Diversity
Teachers in High-Poverty Schools Less Confident About Ed Tech, Survey Finds
Teachers' confidence in ed tech varies based on the type of school they work in, concludes an analysis from the Education Week Research Center.
Curriculum
Smithsonian Launches Online Learning Lab for Teachers
The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access has released a free online toolkit allowing educators to easily use its resources and collections in the classroom.
Curriculum
ISTE 2016: Maker Education, Computer Science...and Drones?
Here's what to look for at the country's largest education technology conference, which begins this weekend in Denver.
Curriculum
New Report Finds Fault in K-12 Computer Science Education
A new report by the Information and Technology Innovation Foundation argues that the STEM education push has left computer science behind.
Ed-Tech Policy
Net Neutrality Rules Upheld by Federal Appellate Court
The powerful D.C. circuit court gave the Federal Communications Commission a major win by sustaining controversial 2015 rules that protect an "open" internet.
Assessment
Tablets Pose Challenges for Online Test Takers, Studies Finding
Researchers are finding signs of "device effects" for online tests administered in some grades and subjects, and for certain types of assessment items.
Teaching
Microsoft Releases Early Version of Minecraft for Educators
In the education version of the popular game, students can explore subjects ranging from science and engineering to history as they re-create places and events.
School & District Management
Q&A
The Maker Movement, Equity, and Schools: Researcher Q&A
As K-12 schools embrace maker education, researchers and practitioners are wrestling with how to ensure a focus on diversity and inclusion.
Personalized Learning
Harvard Researchers Probe Student Time Spent Using DreamBox Math Software
The more time students spent using DreamBox software, the larger their gains in achievement, according to a study by Harvard's Center for Education Policy Research.
Classroom Technology
Ed-Tech Company Executive Testifies in Trial of Alabama House Speaker
A top official at Edgenuity testified that his organization paid Alabama's House Speaker $7,500 a month to connect him with legislative leaders around the country.
School Choice & Charters
Large Pa. Cyber Charter Under Review for Data Irregularities
The Pennsylvania Department of Education is reviewing the operations, finances, and child-accounting practices of the troubled 8,500-student Agora Cyber Charter School.
Personalized Learning
Report Urges Changes in State Policies, Funding in Support of 'Personalized Learning'
Rethinking how students accumulate academic credit and supporting "competency-based" learning modules among key prescriptions in an iNACOL report.
Classroom Technology
Screen Reading Worse for Grasping Big Picture, Researchers Find
Can it really make a difference whether a class assignment is on a screen or printed out? Yes, according to new research.