K-12 Educational Technology News

All news articles from the THE Journal editorial team, in chronological order.


Digital Inclusion 'Imperative' for American Education

Despite tough economic circumstances and sequestration, investment in education technology "can't wait," according to United States Representative George Miller, who addressed education leaders Monday at the CoSN 2013 conference in San Diego, CA. Miller has introduced legislation that would bring $750 million in funding specifically targeted toward technology in education, funding that has dried up with the end of EETT and ARRA.

Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago Join Electronic Transcript Exchange

Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago have decided to transition from traditional paper transcript exchanges to electronic transcript exchange services.

MetaMetrics Adds New Math Activities to Resource Bank

Educators can now access a new free resource designed to help measure student comprehension and mastery of mathematical concepts.

District Tech Leader Salaries Significantly Lower Than in Private Sector

A new report from CoSN also finds that the majority of school tech budgets will decline or remain flat in the upcoming year.

5 Schools Win $140,000 in Ed Tech

This week Samsung unveiled the five grand prize winners of its Solve for Tomorrow contest.

Promethean, Boxlight Team up on Smart Classroom Bundle

Promethean and Boxlight have partnered to make Promethean's ActivInspire software available with Boxlight's ProjectoWrite and OutWrite interactive projectors.

Council Rock District Boosts Network Visibility with Team of Monitoring Tools

Council Rock School District has added several applications to help improve network security.

BenchPrep Adds Video Courses

BenchPrep, a developer of online and mobile courses, is now offering 40 video courses in software training, math, science, and business.

Pearson VUE Acquires Testing Software Developer Exam Design

Pearson VUE, the assessment services wing of Pearson, has acquired examination software development company Exam Design.

Learning Forward Unveils Free Common Core Professional Development Lessons

Nonprofit organization Learning Forward has released four free online professional learning units focused on implementing Common Core State Standards.

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