K-12 Technology News
Here you'll find the latest news from the education technology world, from the newest hardware and software releases to policy and funding updates to research reports to school and district tech initiatives. Looking for more in-depth coverage of important topics? Be sure to visit our Features page.
Vinci Education is launching a new game-based digital math curriculum for elementary education, mapped to the Common Core and featuring real-time data-tracking features designed for tablets.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 04/22/14
To help improve its four- and five-year high school graduation rates, Boston Public Schools is expanding its partnership with online course provider Apex Learning.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 04/22/14
California's Pajaro Valley Unified School District will install solar power systems, projected to reduce energy costs by approximately $380,000 each year, at five schools.
Cloud Server provider Infinitely Virtual has unveiled a virtual server offering targeted at K-12 schools and higher education institutions.
A new survey of K-12 teachers found that 88 percent of respondents said they and their students use technology in class but only 24 percent said they believe it has a strong positive effect on student achievement and a mere 13 percent said it has a strong positive effect on standardized test scores.
To help shore up its professional development among early education instructors, the state of Massachusetts is introducing the video-coaching support platform from Torsh to help provide feedback and analysis.
- By Stephen Noonoo
- 04/21/14
Chalkup employs social networking tools and an interactive platform to facilitate online learning with video chat, instant messaging, group messaging, discussion boards and Twitter.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 04/21/14
CEO Iwan Streichenberger announced today that the nonprofit data integration and content search service for students and educators, which launched in February 2013 with $100 million in funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, will cease operations.
- By Christopher Piehler
- 04/21/14
Cheap, flexible computers may be one step closer to reality, thanks to researchers at the University of Iowa and New York University.
The Taylor Independent School District in Texas has adopted a new student information system in an effort to reduce paper usage and eliminate redundant data entry.