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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After a bus driver shortage resulted in a delayed or canceled routes and stranded students last year, St. Louis Public Schools has a new $30 million contract with Zum Services to provide and track buses for 220 routes.
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The exponential growth of data in the information age has not necessarily coincided with more effective education technology. Making the most of this data will require trust and conversation between multiple parties.
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Facing staffing shortfalls and unable to renew contracts of many teachers who have been on emergency permits for multiple years, a school board in Indiana approved a one-year agreement for 41 virtual instructors.
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With a team of teachers and an evidence-based approach, virtual tutoring startup Reading Futures is helping upper elementary, middle and high school students with the lowest reading scores in schools across six states.
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Some school districts have begun using AI to help write RFPs while vendors use it to submit as many bids as possible, but this has generated some concerns about bias, inaccuracies or generally low-quality responses.
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Seattle used funds from a technology levy to purchase a new digital curriculum, Illustrative Mathematics, which focuses on conceptual understanding rather than facts and memorization.
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North Carolina's largest public school district is reconsidering the possibility of remote learning in lieu of canceling school due to weather, as long as teachers have notice to prepare when a storm is coming.
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Blackstone Valley Regional Vocational Technical High School students do virtual learning up to four times a year, sometimes in place of a snow day, because learning to work over Zoom or Teams is part of their education.
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AugmentED, the latest "moonshot" program from the nonprofit Advanced Education Research and Development Fund, will focus on how new tools and approaches to teaching with artificial intelligence can transform education.
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North Carolina's largest school district will soon deploy the RAVE panic button app, which can give a user's location to 911, notify school staff and make critical information available to first responders.
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Artificial intelligence can help grant applicants identify which funds best match a project, generate drafts of persuasive text, ensure necessary criteria are met, and aggregate data to follow up with funders.
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The University of Maine, the Maine College of Art & Design, Husson University and the University of New England are expanding their online offerings amid growing demand for flexibility and degree-completion programs.
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A report issued this week by the Consortium for School Networking looks at the hurdles to innovation in K-12 education, as well as the trends and technology school leaders can use to improve teaching and learning.
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The final session of this year's Future of Education Technology Conference offered a glimpse at how AI platforms and tools might revolutionize education accessibility for students and work efficiency for teachers.
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The 2025 Chegg Global Student Survey shows AI usage is up, but trust is down. There's also broad interest in online classes, as 70 percent of students say they would prefer more online options if it meant lower tuition.
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A private university in Springfield, Mass., opened an extended reality lab in its library with headsets not just for study in the hard sciences, but also communications, marketing and psychology.
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Expert panelists at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando said K-12 technology plans should be adaptable, living documents informed by large committees and tailored to specific goals and mandates.
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Le Sueur-Henderson High School, about 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis, is using VR headsets to help students become certified nursing assistants in a bid to combat a dire shortage of nursing in the state.
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Benetech, a nonprofit focused on equity in education, will launch an AI-powered system to make STEM learning materials accessible and interactive for students who are neurodivergent or visually impaired.
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John F. Kennedy School is using an 11-foot inflatable dome with a projector that connects to an app, reportedly the first system of its kind in Connecticut, to create immersive learning experiences.
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School districts can use digital wallets to comply with regulations of student activity funds, which are raised by students and families to support clubs and athletic teams, while still allowing advisers to access them.