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 This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work,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.
Education
Home Broadband Effort Will Extend Internet Access to Millions More Americans
Nearly 18 months after its conception, the nonprofit Connect to Compete organization Thursday launched its promised trio of programs aimed at an estimated 100 million Americans without home broadband Internet access, including tens of millions of students.
Assessment
Latest Ed-Tech Tactics, Barriers to Implementation, Discussed by Expert Panel
Experts on a Brookings Institution panel discussion today agreed that using technology to improve schools requires a systemic change.
Professional Development
New MOOC Offers Technology Training for K-12 Administrators
Two education organizations are staging a massive open online course for educators, or MOOC, to train K-12 administrators how to use technology to improve schools.
Education
N.C. Aims to Ramp Up Tech. Training of Teachers, Adminstrators
A pair of bills signed into law by North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory would set new goals for the state's adoption of digital technology.
Science
'Congressional App Challenge' Aims to Cultivate Students' Computer Science Innovation
The U.S. House of Representatives seeks to recognize student programmers through the "Congressional App Challenge."
Curriculum
Broad Foundation Invests in Blended Learning Initiatives
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation has described $20 million worth of blended learning projects it has supported over the past year.
Privacy & Security
Free-Speech Groups Condemn Suspensions Over "Harlem Shake" Video
Several Pennsylvania students were suspended for a what a school labeled a "very graphic and very vulgar" imitation of the Harlem Shake, prompting condemnation from civil rights groups.
Equity & Diversity
Smartphone Use Rising Fast Among Teens, Survey Finds
Twenty-five percent of teens access the Internet primarily through cellphones, while fewer adults choose that route online, a nationwide survey shows.
Classroom Technology
Digital Devices and Assessments Are Top Priorities, District Tech Leaders Say
But school technology leaders don't expect much more funding to flow to technology over the next year, a new survey shows.
Education
Assessment Group To Begin Testing Common Core Platform
The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium hopes to use data from a pilot test to conduct research and prepare for the implementation of Common Core-aligned tests in 2014-2015.
Classroom Technology
Bill Gates Talks Technology, and Quality Control, at SXSWedu Conference
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said that his foundation will soon help educators judge the usefulness of technology tools.
Classroom Technology
Amplify Unveils New Tablet Device at Education Gathering
Amplify, the education division of News Corp., unveils a tablet device with a pre-loaded curriculum and an open platform.
States
K12, Investors Reach Deal in Class-Action Securities Lawsuit
K12 Inc., a major for-profit provider of online education, has settled a class-action securities lawsuit and had parts of it dismissed, pending a federal court's approval.
Equity & Diversity
Amazon, PTA Partner on National Reading Effort
The National PTA, a five-million-member organization, is partnering with Amazon Kindle to promote literacy in early grades.