A new report finds technology is becoming more prevalent in everyday learning activities, but the majority of classrooms worldwide are creating blended learning environments.
While Apple still dominates the tablet market, sales of all such devices have fallen worldwide, according to market data from International Data Corp.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/08/18
The burgeoning collection of data in education poses "infrastructure challenges" related to creation and storage that reduce the usefulness of data and presents "data privacy implications" that haven't been resolved, even with the current crop of regulations.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/05/18
Where kids grow up has a big impact on how well they'll do as adults. While that may sound obvious, a new program that brings together economists from Harvard University and Brown University and researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau has found that kids who grow up in the same community just miles apart end up with very different futures.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/05/18
If educators could create the ideal classroom, they'd give themselves more room, and it would be more open and flexible and include collaborative spaces.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 11/01/18
A new report from the Brookings Institution finds technology will play an integral part of assessing the ability of students to grasp 21st century skills.
Five years in, test scores have remained "relatively flat" in grade 4 and have even "slightly" declined in grade 3.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/30/18
A report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds public schools with more students in poverty are less likely to offer advanced course offerings that prepare students for college.
That's the take by the Thomas Fordham Institute, an education think tank. In a recent column, President Michael Petrilli took a recent analysis by the Alliance for Excellent Education to task for ignoring "basic math."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/30/18
A new report has examined whether career and technical education (CTE) deserves all the attention it's getting. The jury's still out.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 10/22/18