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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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
With Students' Media Illiteracy In Mind, State Legislatures Taking Action
Legislative proposals seek to promote students' online savvy through the creation of new curricular materials, increasing access to media specialists, and other means.
Federal
Amid Big Proposed Cuts to K-12, Trump Seeks Major Hike for Career Education
President Donald Trump is asking for a $680 million increase to state grants for career and technical education, the largest federal program aimed at high schools.
Curriculum
Five Tips for Using Video to Ease Chronic Math Anxiety
To combat math confusion and frustration, a team of three teachers records daily videos summarizing lessons and running through example problems.
Teaching Profession
This Teacher Uses Drones to Help Students Learn Problem-Solving
At Martha Elementary in West Virginia, students use small drones to simulate real-world events and learn about the power of technology as a force for good.
States
Why Troubles Are Mounting for Online Charter Schools in Three States
Officials in Illinois, Nevada, and Pennsylvania are proposing to close online charter schools over concerns that they're producing subpar academic results for students.
Classroom Technology
TikTok's 'Outlet Challenge' Is Latest Social Media Nightmare for School Leaders
Schools around the country are contending with damage from the latest social media craze, which involves using a phone charger and a penny to spark an electrical outlet.
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence Could Free Up 13 Hours a Week for Teachers, Report Finds
A new report estimates that 20 to 40 percent of the tasks teachers spend time on, including grading, lesson planning, general administration, could be outsourced to technology.
Classroom Technology
Four Tips for District Leaders Dealing With Social Media Impersonators
Several incidents have popped up across the country in recent years: fake district accounts in Arkansas, California, Minnesota, and Ohio, and fake superintendent accounts in Delaware, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, among others.
School & District Management
Fake News Is Everywhere. But Students Can Be Taught to Spot It, New Study Finds
Researchers at the Reboot Foundation found that interventions as simple as reading a short article or watching a three-and-a-half-minute long educational video can make an immediate difference in students' abilities to pick out fake news.
Classroom Technology
Clayton Christensen: Did He Really Disrupt K-12 Education?
The champion of disruptive innovation in business and education passed away this month. One of Christensen's co-authors of "Disrupting Class," Michael B. Horn, assesses the impact his late colleague had on schools.
School & District Management
Social Media Is 'Tearing Us Apart', Middle and High School Students Say
The digital world isn't just exhausting for adults. More than half of the middle and high school students who participated in a recent survey say they sometimes turn off their phones just to get some relief from all the activity.
Classroom Technology
How School Districts Can Avoid Buying Expensive Technology That Doesn't Work
An expert recommends schools agree not to pay tech providers until their products prove effective.
Classroom Technology
How Weather Forced a Minn. District to Establish E-Learning Options On the Fly
The director of teaching and learning for a Minnesota district talks about putting e-learning days into action under difficult circumstances.
School & District Management
Yes, College Admissions Officers Do Look at Applicants' Social Media, Survey Finds
More than a third of the nearly 300 college admissions officers surveyed by the Kaplan Test Prep company say they have visited sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to get more information about a prospective student.