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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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
Google Bringing 'Scratch' Computer Programming to Boys & Girls Clubs
Google, the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, AmeriCorps VISTA, and others will bring an after-school computer coding program to more than 100,000 students.
Classroom Technology
L.A. Schools Can't Afford Computers for All Students, Superintendent Says
The Los Angeles Unified district doesn't have the money to continue with plans to provide all students with a computer, superintendent Ramon Cortines said.
Curriculum
Tiny Raspberry Pi Computer Hits Big Sales Milestone
The group that created the credit-card-sized computers used to teach coding announced that it has sold more than 5 million units.
Curriculum
Digital 'Slavery Simulation' Game for Schools Draws Ire, Praise
An award-winning digital role-playing game about U.S. slavery has provoked a backlash from critics who say that genocide cannot be appropriately simulated or gamified in the classroom.
Curriculum
STEM Gender Gap in K-12 Evolving, Data Show
The gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics may be starting to turn, according to new 2009 data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
States
Idaho Schools' Connectivity in Limbo After Judge Voids State Broadband Contract
A judge Wednesday reaffirmed his November ruling that the state's $60 million broadband contract had been awarded illegally.
Privacy & Security
FERPA Update Sought as Part of Federal Student-Data-Privacy Protection Efforts
Modernization of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 was the focus of a U.S. House hearing Wednesday.
Federal
'Future Ready' Ed-Tech Summits for District Leaders Set to Begin
The U.S. Department of Education is kicking off a series of "Regional Future Ready Summits" to help school district leaders develop digital learning plans.
Classroom Technology
Pearson, K12 Inc. to Operate N.C.'s First Virtual Charter Schools
North Carolina approved two virtual charter schools as part a four-year pilot program.
Privacy & Security
Federal Student-Data-Privacy Legislation to Be Introduced in U.S. House
Jared Polis, a Democrat, and Luke Messer, a Republican, are working with the White House to introduce student-data-privacy legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Professional Development
Q&A
Q&A: STEM Innovation Lessons Learned in Colo. District
Patty Quiñones, the executive director of innovation for the St. Vrain Valley Schools in Colorado, talks about boosting STEM education at all levels.
Ed-Tech Policy
N.Y. Launches Ambitious Plan to Spread Broadband Technology
The state of New York is implementing an initiative that would bring bring high-speed broadband access to most of the state, including to schools.
Curriculum
Teachers, Developers, Researchers Quickly Evaluate Ed Tech in N.Y.C.
New York City is one of three "test-bed networks" experimenting with new ways to quickly evaluate ed-tech products in real-world settings.
Classroom Technology
Obama Budget Calls for Reviving Federal Ed-Tech Program
President Obama's budget calls for restoring the Enhancing Education Through Technology program and giving states money to support "model districts" at the local level.