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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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
FCC Chairman Vows to Build a Better E-Rate Program
In a speech to technology advocates, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler outlined plans for improving the E-rate program and putting greater emphasis on high-speed broadband.
Classroom Technology
Corporations Promise to Offer Devices, Discounts as Part of Obama School Technology Plan
Microsoft, Apple, Sprint, Autodesk and other companies say they will offer $750 million in devices and discounts in support of the Obama administration's plan to expand students' technology access.
Classroom Technology
Most U.S. Adults Give Schools a 'C' or Below for Tech. Access, Survey Finds
An overwhelming majority of Americans, with or without children, support technology upgrades and greater broadband access for public schools, a new report says.
Equity & Diversity
Telecom, Tech Companies Enlisted in Plan to Expand Schools' Tech Access
At an event Tuesday, President Obama will announce commitments from Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and other companies to provide students and families with free wireless access and other services.
Privacy & Security
Improve Teachers' 'Data Literacy,' Education Groups Urge
The Data Quality Campaign and a host of partners are urging states to promote policies that will foster better use of student data by educators.
Curriculum
'Telepresence Robots' Connect Virtual Teachers With Classrooms
An Alaska school district is piloting a program that allows virtual teachers to control robots that move around classrooms and interact with students.
Ed-Tech Policy
FCC to Boost Broadband Funding for K-12, Libraries
A new federal plan will call for the portion of E-rate money devoted to improving schools' and libraries' broadband to rise by $1 billion annually.
Ed-Tech Policy
About That Broadband "Downpayment" Announced By the President...
CEOs have lined up to call for E-rate reforms, and some companies are pledging to provide funds to support increased broadband access.
Classroom Technology
Pa. Rejects Cyber Charter Applicants, Citing For-Profits' Role
Applications for six independently managed, fully online schools were denied, in part due to concerns regarding close relationships between board members and proposed vendors.
Classroom Technology
Madison Joins Other Urban Districts in Embracing 1-to-1 Computing
The Madison, Wis., school board approved a $28 million digital device initiative, but scaled back the size of the deployment for kindergarten and 1st grade.
Classroom Technology
Educational Quality of Children's Media Declines With Age, Parents Report
A new national survey of parents finds that mobile platforms are missing the mark in providing educational media geared toward older children.
Classroom Technology
Houston Launches Ambitious 1-to-1 Computing Initiative
Officials from the 210,000-student Houston Independent School District say they won't repeat the mistakes other large districts have made when launching 1-to-1 computing initiatives.
States
Former N.C. Governor Launches Digital-Learning Nonprofit
Beverly Perdue will head the Digital Learning Institute, which aims to bring educators, policymakers, and ed-tech entrepreneurs together.
Privacy & Security
Americans Worried, Uninformed About Student Data Privacy, Survey Finds
The nonprofit group Common Sense Media found overwhelming bipartisan support for proposals geared towards safeguarding children's personal information.