Why It's Time to Transform Your Classroom with AI

As these teachers have come to understand, you don't have to be technically minded to introduce your students to the important concepts behind artificial intelligence.

SETDA: More States Supporting Digital Shift in Ed

For the last five years, the State Education Technology Directors Association has monitored how well schools and districts have weathered the transition to digital learning. Today, the organization released its latest snapshot of those efforts, finding that the number of states with definitions, guidance and policies supporting the use of digital instructional materials and resources "continues to increase annually."

Report: The Right Policies Are Needed for Microcredentials to Succeed

Two education nonprofits examined the challenges and possibilities posed by the use of microcredentials as a structure for helping teachers get the professional learning they need.

Michigan Adopts K-12 Computer Science Standards: What's Next?

In May 2019, Michigan became the 32nd state to adopt standards for computer science in K-12. In this week’s blog post, we describe those standards, unpack the adoption process, look to the future now the "easy bit" — standards definition and adoption — is done. There is much to learn from Michigan’s efforts!

Deadline Approaching for $3,500 Classroom Grants

The deadline is less than two weeks away for classroom grants offering cash and creative arts products.

New Project Ties MAP Growth Assessments and Khan Academy Videos

Two education nonprofits are working together to create a new classroom tool that helps teachers integrate personalized learning and assessment.

NEPC Issues 'Red Flag Warning' on Personalized Learning

A new report from the National Education Policy Center has suggested that the concept of personalized learning has been productized by technology companies in ways that "can put important educational decisions in private hands and compromise the privacy of children and their teachers."

Closing the Homework Gap Through Educational Broadband Service

A new study finds the licensing of unassigned Educational Broadband Service Spectrum to educators and nonprofits would reduce the digital divide by nearly 20 percent.

Podcasting Software Adds Education Functionality

Soundtrap, a digital media software company owned by Spotify, will release a new education edition of its Soundtrap for Storytellers podcast creation tool in June.

10-School Project Tackles Equity, Inclusion in STEM Intro Courses

Representatives from 10 public research universities will be meeting in a couple of weeks to begin serious development of strategies for making large-enrollment foundation courses in STEM more accessible to students who are under-represented in the fields.

Behavior Management: Classroom Prototype Display Helps Kids Get on Track

Researchers at the University of Michigan and other institutions have examined the challenges of teachers implementing behavior management strategies and come up with a classroom display prototype that can be used by students themselves.

Institute of Play Closing Down, Handing Work over to UC Irvine

Institute of Play, a nonprofit in New York City that pioneered and promoted the use of gaming principles for learning, has decided to shutter operations, effective by the end of summer. The organization said it would hand over its learning assets to the Connected Learning Lab at the University of California, Irvine.

NEPC Report: Time to 'Hit Pause Button' on Virtual Schools

Do online schools deserve their reputation for expanding student choice, providing more tailored approaches to learning and making public education more cost-efficient? No way, according to a new three-part research brief released by the National Education Policy Center.

Florida School Houses STEAM Labs in Shipping Containers

A college preparatory school in Florida has opened a new STEAM center on its campus using refurbished shipping containers. Maclay School in Tallahassee introduced three student lab centers, each with a different focus.

Student-to-Counselor Ratio Better but Far from Optimal

While the good news is that the student-to-counselor ratio has reached its lowest margin in three decades, 455-to-1 for the 2016-2017 school year, the bad news is that it's still way above the recommended ratio of 250 students for each counselor.

NAEP Data Reveals Uneven Music Access

A new analysis by the Education Commission of the States has identified those states where students do and don't play musical instruments outside of school.

New VR System Previewed for Ed

"Project Chimera," as it's called, allows remote students to sit in on classes in real time, watching live streams of lectures and interacting with each other, as well as the teacher and the on-site students.

Tough Questions on Achieving Equitable CS Ed

A new guide has provided insight for school administrators who are struggling to implement equitable K-12 computer science education.

University Collaborates with K-12 District on Digital Literacy

The initiative intended to enhance the community's digital literacy for workforce competitiveness, beginning in K-12.

AI Education Nonprofit Receives $1.1 Million in Funding

Artificial intelligence education nonprofit Iridescent has received $625,000 in new funding, following a recent $500,000 investment. The group’s purpose is to work with underrepresented youth to help them “to become self-motivated learners inventors, and leaders.”

AR/VR Classroom Kits Coming to K–12

Two education companies are teaming up to deliver virtual reality and augmented reality kits to K-12.

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