"A delicate balance exists between privacy and security in schools," a recent federal report on school safety noted. "On the one hand, there is the legal requirement to protect the privacy of student education records. On the other hand, it is critical to recognize that some education records may contain information that, if disclosed to appropriate officials, could help prevent students from harming themselves or others."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/23/19
A nonprofit that focuses on improving the climate for learning has released two reports intended to help school leaders understand how to create "safe, engaging school communities."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/23/19
Teacher confidence in the use of technology is rising incrementally. Some 99 percent of teachers and school leaders in a recent survey reported that they're using digital technology in their classrooms. And nearly as many (96 percent) said they've seen benefits from its use.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/22/19
A new report finds fewer than 10 percent of school districts report that all students have access to non-shared devices at home, while the number of schools offering broadband at school continues to rise.
Four-plus years after it was first published, a report on personalized instruction is getting renewed attention as schools in the northeast consider calling their experiments in the instructional model a failure.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/09/19
It's time to ramp up STEM in early childhood education, according to the Community for Advancing Discovery Research in Education (CADRE).
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/07/19
Could we be over-promoting the importance of soft skills to young people at the expense of helping them understand the relevance of other, "harder" skills?
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 01/07/19
A new report finds the achievement gap tends to widen with students having academic difficulties in math and science starting in kindergarten.
Will artificial intelligence make most people better off over the next decade, or will it redefine what free will means or what a human being is? A new report by the Pew Research Center has weighed in on the topic by conferring with some 979 experts, who have, in summary, predicted that networked AI "will amplify human effectiveness but also threaten human autonomy, agency and capabilities."
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/20/18
A new National Academy of Sciences draft report looks at middle and high school science labs and explores how best to engage students in doing science and engineering.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 12/13/18