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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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
New York Times Offers Digital Subscription to Schools
Schools can now access NYTimes.com and the paper's online archives through a new network-wide subscription service beginning at $780 annually.
Classroom Technology
Chromebooks Versus Tablets in Schools? #TBT, and a Look Ahead.
One year ago, the iPad was dominant. Next week, Education Week takes a look at the rapid ascendance of the Chromebook.
Classroom Technology
Ed Tech to Get $2 Billion Bond Boost in New York State
New York voters approved a $2 billion bond proposal that would provide funding for school technology and broadband infrastructure.
Curriculum
Personalized Instruction Pays Dividends for Charters, Study Finds
Charter schools using personalized learning boosted students' math and reading achievement more than schools using traditional educational techniques with students, a new study found.
School & District Management
L.A. School Technology Chief Resigns
Ronald Chandler stepped down last week amid ongoing troubles surrounding the LAUSD's student information system and 1-to-1 computing initiative.
Classroom Technology
State Digital Education Programs Grow, But Disparities Persist
Thirty 30 have fully online schools, serving a combined 315,000 students nationwide, an enrollment number that has risen by 6 percent over the last year.
Ed-Tech Policy
Online Common Core Testing Delayed in Louisiana
Superintendent John White announces that students in elementary and middle school will take the exam on paper, rather than on computer, this academic year.
Classroom Technology
Building Better Ed-Tech Strategies for the Pre-K-5 Crowd
Educators discuss the best approaches for using digital devices, apps, and software for students in pre-K through 5th grade.
Classroom Technology
Cautionary Note Sounded on Toddlers' Use of Digital Devices, TV
A new paper, authored by researchers from Zero to Three and Georgetown University, offers evidence-based guidance how to manage youngsters' "screen" experiences via television, smartphones, and other tools.
Personalized Learning
Personalized Learning Plans for Vermont Students Move Forward
Vermont public schools have until next fall to prepare for a new law requiring all middle and high school students to have personalized learning plans.
Assessment
Digital Learning Games Used by Majority of Teachers, Survey Finds
Digital games have gone mainstream in U.S. schools, but their full potential to support learning has yet to be tapped, a new report finds.
Classroom Technology
Organizations Seek Blended Learning Successes in Traditional Schools
Two organizations that study blended learning are looking for successful examples in traditional public schools and districts to highlight as case studies.
Ed-Tech Policy
E-Rate Funding Insufficient, District Leadership Groups Contend
Just 9 percent of districts report having adequate bandwidth to support digital learning and assessments, according to a new survey.
Classroom Technology
L.A. iPad Investigation Report to Remain Confidential; Superintendent Resigns
Los Angeles Unified's school board voted against releasing an inspector general's report on a controversial technology program days before the district's superintendent stepped down.