Digital Transformation
Coverage of the movement away from physical textbooks and classrooms toward digital operations in K-12 schools and higher education. Examples include virtual classrooms and remote learning, educational apps, learning management systems, broadband and other digital infrastructure for schools, and the latest research on grading and teaching.
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The nonprofits FullScale and All4Ed chose 13 rural schools and districts to explore, pilot and implement artificial intelligence based on their specific needs and capacities. -
Congress is pushing to regulate the Internet for kids after decades of harms posed by an evolving digital landscape. Experts say this well-intended effort may fundamentally alter privacy protocol for every user.
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A spokesperson for the New York State Education Department said glitches related to the state’s testing vendor, the Northwest Evaluation Association, impacted a “limited number” of test-takers in select school districts.
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When a student can acquire a four-year degree in just weeks of online classes, it no longer signals to employers that they can show up on time, read and write, and manage sustained effort within institutional structures.
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In response to student feedback, Virginia State University worked with the nonprofit Ed Advancement on a platform that aggregates financial, academic and administrative information into a single interface for HBCUs.
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Software companies Oracle and Drivestream developed a simulated environment for administrators and IT leaders from 15 institutions to see how AI agents could augment university operations.
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After years of rapid ed-tech expansion accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic and remote learning, many teachers and parents think early education is entering a moment of reckoning.
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Many states are implementing new laws and policies to curb screen time in classrooms, but some experts say blanket bans and rigid mandates fail to account for unique circumstances in individual classrooms.
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A school district in Nebraska is contracting with the online platform Goalbook, which special education teachers said makes it easier to write individualized education plans (IEPs) so they can focus on other things.
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Stanford researcher Chris Agnew says educational goals, not tools, should be the jumping-off point for ed-tech strategy, starting with what kids need to be able to do, then what learning experiences they need.
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A new data dashboard in Ohio tracks rates of chronic absenteeism in schools across the state, potentially showing where school leaders need to conduct outreach to families, but participation is optional.
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Educators moved quickly in the pandemic era to scale access to virtual learning — but governance, accountability and data systems have not kept pace. A patchwork of models and standards complicates solutions.
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Researchers at Digital Promise position outcomes-based contracts (OBC) not as a guarantee of student proficiency, but as a method for making sure ed-tech tools are implemented and used properly.
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An incoming doctoral student in the UM School of Information built a digital campus map focused on student needs: empty classrooms for studying, transit routes, university services and even weather information.
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Six Tennessee universities will use a new online platform to match researchers with industry for sponsored research and development.
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A high school in Ohio is collaborating with the state work-placement organization OhioMeansJobs to provide students with a digital directory of local companies, available positions and application information.
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Iowa lawmakers are considering a deal with Tyler Technologies to use AI and public budget data to find cost savings by comparing the spending of school districts and local governments across the state.
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A three-year collaboration between the two nonprofits aims to reach as many as 15 million students by 2028, signaling a national-scale push to shape how schools approach AI integration.
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Alpha School, which opened in Austin, Texas, in 2014, is set to open a K-8 location in Chicago. It charges $55,000 a year in tuition and uses "guides," in lieu of teachers, to motivate kids to complete online lessons.
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The National Science Foundation's new FINDERS Foundry initiative will fund up to $8.5 million in research by higher education institutions, nonprofits and government entities to solve problems in education.
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An ed-tech company is offering online after-school courses for students in grades K-6 featuring project-based, standards-aligned curriculum focused on topics like STEAM, civic engagement and life skills.
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