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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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.
Classroom Technology
District Technology, Academic Leaders Learning to Work Together
Effective purchasing, policymaking, and external communications are all dependent on good CAO-CTO relationships, said panelists at CoSN's annual conference.
Assessment
Internet Trouble Delays Kansas Testing, Causes Alaska to Scrap Assessments
Loss of Web connectivity at a Kansas-based assessment provider caused testing disruptions across the country and prompted Alaska to cancel state testing this academic year.
Privacy & Security
New Seal of Approval for Districts Protecting Student Data
CoSN's "Trusted Learning Environment" seal aims to give parents confidence that schools are going "above and beyond."
School & District Management
U.S. Adults Below Average in Numeracy and Tech, International Report Finds
A first look at results drawn from an international study found that American adults struggle with numeracy and tech skills, while ranking close to the international average on literacy tasks.
Privacy & Security
State Boards of Ed. Can Help Shape Student Data Privacy Rules, Group Says
From ensuring compliance to raising awareness, state boards of education are "major players" on the issue of student data privacy, their membership group contends.
Ed-Tech Policy
FCC Adds Broadband to 'Lifeline' Program in Party-Line Vote
Low-income families will now be allowed to use a $9.25/month subsidy to cover home broadband access.
Classroom Technology
The Quantified Baby: Ready or Not, Here The Products Come
New wearable technology for infants aims to help parents close the "word gap," but some early childhood experts are skeptical.
Privacy & Security
New Toolkit to Help Schools, Vendors Test Ed Tech for Privacy, Security
Common Sense Media has released an "information security primer" to help schools and ed-tech vendors test the privacy and security of new products.
Social Studies
McGraw-Hill Education Pulls Textbook Amid Criticism Over Middle East Map
A series of maps in a comparative politics textbook purporting to show Palestinian loss of land enraged pro-Israel groups.
Personalized Learning
LightSail Partners With Washington Post With Focus on Literacy
The ed tech company says it significantly enlarged its digital library in the deal with the prominent national newspaper.
Equity & Diversity
Q&A
'Homework Gap' and Lifeline Vote: Q&A With FCC Commissioner Rosenworcel
New subsidies for home-broadband access and more public Wi-Fi are among the strategies Democratic Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel wants to see the FCC adopt.
Personalized Learning
The State of Ed Tech: Taking Stock
In a recent online explainer and extended radio discussion, Staff Writer Benjamin Herold surveyed the state of K-12 ed-tech.
School & District Management
'Social-Emotional Learning' a Ripe Market for Ed Tech, Report Contends
Technology can help promote development of character traits and such skills as communication and cultural awareness, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum and the Boston Consulting Group.
Curriculum
Inside Facebook's Partnership to Develop Software for K-12 Schools
Engineers from Facebook and educators from Summit Public Schools are co-developing a new digital learning platform. Can it find a place in a crowded K-12 market?