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4 Barriers to Student Success that Educators Need to Be Talking About

Bridget Hamre

Relied on by Parents, Hailed by Schools, GPS Bus Trackers Raise Security Risks

Mark Keierleber

7 Artificial Intelligence Trends That Could Reshape Education in 2024

Edward Montalvo

How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say

Cory Beets

How Ed Tech Tools Track Kids Online — And Why Parents Should Care

Mark Keierleber

How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for Low-Income Kids

Marianna McMurdock

Gen Z Entrepreneurs Tackle Youth Mental Health Crisis With Music Therapy

Joshua Bay

Educators, Technology Entrepreneurs Search For Solutions at Summit

Daniel Perez

Iowa Professors Say Students Must Be Educated About Artificial Intelligence

Eleanor Hildebrandt

Teacher Job-Search App Focuses on Diversity in Education

Tim Newcomb

The Pandemic’s Virtual Learning is Now a Permanent Fixture of America’s Schools

Conor P. Williams

Virtual Solution to a Math Emergency at a Rural Wyoming School

Tim Newcomb

Educator’s View: What Good is Technology if Teachers Aren’t Trained to Use It?

D'Andre J. Weaver

Ed Secretary Gets Inside View on Tech Academies From Omaha Bryan Students

Cindy Gonzalez

ChatGPT: Learning Tool — or Threat? How a Texas College Is Eyeing New AI Program

Daniel Perez

Schools Must Embrace the Looming Disruption of ChatGPT

Sarah Dillard

Best of 2022: The Year’s Top Stories About Education & America’s Schools

Steve Snyder

What if Innovation, Not More Teachers, Is the Solution to the Teacher Shortage?

Brian Greenberg

With an Online Community & Summer Camp, Scratch Brings Coding to 42 Million Kids

Tim Newcomb

AI-Powered Tutor Filling COVID Need for Students and Teachers

Tim Newcomb

Zoom-Based Program Links Young Students With One-on-One Reading Tutors — Right in Their Own Classrooms

Tim Newcomb

Ex-Teacher’s Mission: Making Sure Ed Tech Really Works in the Classroom

Tim Newcomb

Teachers Leaving Jobs During Pandemic Find ‘Fertile’ Ground in New School Models

Linda Jacobson

Award-Winning App Brings Native American Culture to Life

Tim Newcomb

Reading, Writing and ... R&D? How Students Helped Logitech Beta-Test New Stylus

Tim Newcomb

The Next Big Thing in Education Technology for 2022 — and Beyond

Tim Newcomb

ESL Educators/Tutors Weigh in on Pandemic’s Effect on English Learners

Jo Napolitano

Oregon Trail Began 50 Years Ago in Minneapolis Classroom

Greg Toppo

How to Keep the Ed Tech Momentum Going

Emily Dillard & Elizabeth Hoover

New Digital SEL Tool Helps Teachers, Students Connect

Tim Newcomb

Camp Invention Hands-on Summer STEM Program Goes Virtual

Tim Newcomb

How Nevada got 100% of students online during COVID

Jonathan Moore

Online STEM Summer Bootcamps Target COVID Learning Loss

Tim Newcomb

How a Reading App Could Help Students Confront COVID Learning Loss This Summer

Rupen Fofaria

Online SEL Platform Offers One-on-One Counseling for K-12 Students

Tim Newcomb

'Classroom' Tech Innovations That Will Stay Long After Pandemic Ends

Carol Lloyd

SXSW EDU Launch Winner Inspirit Creates Interactive 3D Science Models

Tim Newcomb

Virtual Reality for All Students — Wherever They're Learning

Tim Newcomb

Amira Literacy Uses Artificial Intelligence to Analyze and Support K-3 Students’ Reading Skills, Opens Up Greater At-Home Learning Options

Tim Newcomb

App That Matches Students With Community Service Takes a Virtual Pivot During Pandemic & Opens Up Fresh Opportunities

Tim Newcomb

Minecraft: Education Edition Using In-Game Virtual Worlds to Teach SEL Skills, Expand Girls’ & MS Students’ Interest in STEM During Pandemic

Tim Newcomb

Educators Spend $13 Billion a Year on Ed Tech for K-12 Classrooms. EdTech Genome Project Is Looking to Help Them Make Better Choices

Tim Newcomb

Technology Shortage Hits Schools: As Remote Learning Jolts Demand for Chromebooks and iPads, Districts Warn Communities’ Needed Supplies Could Take Months

Tim Newcomb

From Coding and Origami for Robots to Electrical Circuits and Animation, 9 Online Sources That Bring Hands-On Technical Learning Home

Tim Newcomb

Putting Rivalries Aside, ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, Education and Tech Giants Come Together to Offer Free Lessons, Activities During Pandemic — All in One Curated Place

Laura Fay

How a News Site for Kids Is Providing Comfort — and Free Educational Content — in a Time of Uncertainty and Anxiety

Laura Fay

Need Help Sorting Through the Avalanche of Online Resources for Kids Who Are Now Learning at Home? 11 Sites for Parents to Look At

Tim Newcomb

Rat Brains, Ants & Underwater Robotics: Pilot Program Brings Live Virtual Reality STEM Education to Rural North Carolina Students

Tim Newcomb

Meet the Etsy of Education: Online Marketplace Lets Teachers Buy — and Sell — Millions of Classroom Materials and Lessons

Tim Newcomb

Remote-Controlled High-Tech Microscope Brings Cutting-Edge Science to Tennessee HS. And Now, More Underserved Schools Are Getting In on It

Tim Newcomb

Middle School Marvel: For Her Science Project, This 14-Year-Old Invented a Way to Eliminate a Car’s Blind Spot. Now She’s Won $25,000 — and Volvo Is Intrigued

Tim Newcomb

From Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Reality to Peer-to-Peer Learning, 7 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2020

Tim Newcomb

Equity Maps App Tracks Student Discussions for Better Understanding of Dialogue Skills, Conversation Flow and Inclusion

Tim Newcomb

For 30 Million Teachers, Coaches, Parents & Students, Remind Enables Secure 2-Way Communication in 6 Languages. It Delivers Academic Content, Too

Tim Newcomb

CodeMonkey’s Banana Quest Game Gives Learning Coding a Certain Appeal for Students and Teachers

Tim Newcomb

Guild Education Links Employers, Universities and Employees to Make Additional Schooling a Company Benefit for Workers

Tim Newcomb

Kindi, the Uber of English Reading, Links Syrian Refugee Students to Language Pals — & American Schools Are Getting In on the Act

Tim Newcomb

From Teaching Architecture Through ‘Minecraft’ to Giving Spanish Lessons via Taylor Swift Lyrics, Outschool Is ‘the Netflix of Learning’

Tim Newcomb

Heffernan: How Can We Know If Ed Tech Works? By Encouraging Companies & Researchers to Share Data. Government Funding Can Help

Neil T. Heffernan

New LiftEd App Puts Special Education Data to Work for Teachers, Specialists, Therapists, Parents and Students

Tim Newcomb

AdmitHub: How Conversations With a Chatbot Are Helping Students Get Into College — and Then Stay Enrolled

Tim Newcomb

Whether Through Texts or Apps, Schools Are Using Technology to Get the Message Out to Students’ Families

Tim Newcomb

Possip Text-Messaging Service Enables Easy Two-Way Communications Between Families and Schools

Tim Newcomb