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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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.
Equity & Diversity
More Technology Doesn't Mean More Learning, International Study Finds
Access to computers in classrooms is at an all-time high worldwide, but too much technology translates into poorer learning outcomes, researchers find.
Curriculum
New 'Interactive Constitution' Featured in AP History, Government Curricula
The National Constitution Center and the College Board are partnering to bring a new digital version of a key founding document to teachers and students.
Classroom Technology
Open Education Resources Get an Adviser at U.S. Ed. Department
Andrew Marcinek will advise state and district officials, content developers, and others on the free, re-usable instructional materials.
Ed-Tech Policy
Broadband Upgrades for Montana Schools the Focus of New State Push
Montana will partner with EducationSuperHighway to assess schools' connectivity and develop a plan to get all schools meeting national broadband targets by 2018.
Education
Online Credit Recovery in Need of Improvement, Report Says
Districts are turning to online credit recovery to move struggling students toward graduation, but a new report says that these options need to improve.
Classroom Technology
AIR to Partner With 'Accelerator' for Testing Ed-Tech Products
The American Institutes for Research will be a primary option for companies looking to have their ed-tech products rigorously tested through the Jefferson Education Accelerator.
Curriculum
Intel to Drop Its Support of Science Talent Search
The technology manufacturer says it will end its sponsorship of the high-profile competition when its contract ends after 2017.
Assessment
Chromebooks' Rise in U.S. K-12 Schools Fueled by Online Testing
Chromebooks now command almost half the U.S. K-12 market, with prices coming down even further.
Federal
Obama Talks School Technology Gap During Alaska Visit
The President touted his ConnectED program, which draws financial support from ed-tech providers and hopes to improve digital education and Web connectivity.
Classroom Technology
L.A. iPad Program an Ongoing Mess, Evaluators Find
Los Angeles' massive school-technology initiative again suffered from deployment problems, poor communication, and ineffective classroom uses, according to a new report.
Curriculum
Social Media Not a Priority for Classroom Teachers, Survey Finds
Just 13 percent of K-12 teachers today have integrated social media into classroom instruction, finds a poll from the University of Phoenix.
Classroom Technology
Q&A
Daniel Schwartz, Ed-Tech Professor and New Stanford Ed. Dean: Q&A
Technology could soon transform health education and social-emotional learning, said the newly appointed dean of Stanford's Graduate School of Education.
Classroom Technology
Online Test Results in Mont., Nev., N.D., to Be Reviewed
Smarter Balanced has hired an outside organization to review the test results in three states that experience online disruptions on common-core exams.
Families & the Community
World Privacy Forum Pushes FERPA 'Opt Out' for Parents
An interest group has launched an effort meant to help parents protect student data that could be released through schools' "directory" information.