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Aaron Gifford

Aaron Gifford

Staff Writer, Center for Digital Education

Aaron Gifford has several years of professional writing experience, primarily with daily newspapers and specialty publications in upstate New York. He attended the University at Buffalo and is based in Cazenovia, NY.

STEM graphic showing the word "STEM" in bright red surrounded by a red box. There are illustrations of two children, a boy on the left of the box and a girl on the right, in bright blue. There are multiple symbols in the background of things like robots, graphs and laptops.
K-12 Education
Student Projects Qualify for First-Ever National STEM Festival
The U.S. Department of Education’s first-ever National STEM Festival will take place April 11-13 in Washington, D.C., celebrating innovative projects from students in grades six through 12 who won national competitions.
January 30, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
Computer,Classroom
K-12 Education
NY State to Require Credentials for All Compsci Teachers
The policy for K-12 teachers, which takes effect Sept. 1, requires a specific certification from the Board of Regents or proof that the teacher has taught a computer science class since the 2017-2018 school year.
January 30, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
Wyoming highway
K-12 Education
Wyoming the Lone Holdout in Electric School Bus Adoption
The only two school districts in Wyoming to receive EPA Clean School Bus grants returned the money after deciding electric charging devices couldn’t handle their region’s extreme temperatures.
January 26, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
Mental health face icons, with the one on the left in red making a sad face, the middle one in yellow making a neutral face, and the one on the right in green making a happy face.
K-12 Education
Calif. Offers Free Statewide Mental Health App to Students, Young Adults
The state’s Department of Health Care Services is also working with K-12 districts to make the Soluna and BrightLife Kids digital mental health apps available on school-issued devices and in school wellness centers.
January 25, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
The Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
K-12 Education
National Ed-Tech Plan Gets First Update Since 2017
A 113-page descriptive and prescriptive document from the U.S. Department of Education lays out a plan for the nation’s school districts to close the digital divide in how technology is designed, accessed and used.
January 22, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
A young Latino student wearing safety goggles while working on a tablet in a lab-style class.
K-12 Education
Latino Educators Share STEM Success Stories in New Book
Ten members of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents co-authored From STEM to STEAM: Latino Perspectives, a portion of sales from which will benefit the organization’s student scholarship fund.
January 17, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
EPA headquarters in D.C.
K-12 Education
Feds Find Dirt in EPA’s Clean School Bus Grant Program
The U.S. Inspector General found the EPA’s program for replacing old buses lacked essential fraud-prevention measures. Schools returned over $38 million because they didn’t know contractors had applied on their behalf.
January 16, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
A young student climbs a staircase made from textbooks.
K-12 Education
Leveraging Ed-Tech Contracts for Better Student Outcomes
In the past two years, Outcomes Based Contracting worked with school districts in nine states to procure money-back guarantees from online tutoring providers. For 2024, the organization hopes to broaden its reach in K-12.
January 10, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
digital math instruction
Center for Digital Education
New Virginia Program Funds Ed-Tech Tools for Grades 3-8
The $418 million allocation includes contracts with Zearn, Ignite Reading and Lexia to help boost reading and math test scores. Elementary and middle school students statewide will have access to the added technology.
January 08, 2024
 · Aaron Gifford
A businessman stands, staring ahead, on an empty road with the number 2024 written on the pavement.
K-12 Education
Forecasting Ed Tech in 2024: Experts Weigh In
More integrations, low-connectivity tools, small language models, an avalanche of resumes: This is not a Christmas wish list but a set of predictions for what generative AI will bring to education in the months ahead.
December 22, 2023
 · Aaron Gifford
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