Digital Education
The Digital Education blog covered personalized learning, artificial intelligence, adaptive testing, digital curricula, data privacy, future of work, and all things technology. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: classroom technology, personalized learning, future of work, and digital learning.
Federal
Making Sure Every Child Has Home Internet Access: 8 Steps to Get There
Involving the postal service, getting schools to help pay, and setting up statewide public networks could be part of the mix.
Classroom Technology
Rethinking Teacher Training During COVID-19: Bite-Sized Digital Lessons
One district's tech team posts four new modules on the learning management system each week, building a library of helpful content teachers can visit repeatedly.
Education
Tech Struggles During COVID-19 Hurting Students' Ability to Learn, Educators Say
Educators have big concerns about how unequal internet access is effecting students' ability to learn, a survey released Thursday finds.
Privacy & Security
What Do Parents Think of Online Learning?
Parents are supportive overall of online learning, but have big questions about student privacy, a survey by a nonprofit found.
Classroom Technology
Yet Another Online Learning Frustration: Assessment Glitches
The issues first cropped up last week with NWEA's MAP assessments and have been sporadically preventing students and teachers from accessing the exams.
Ed-Tech Policy
Districts Get Second Shot at E-Rate Funds to Bolster Campus Connectivity
School districts now have until Oct. 16 to get their applications in for this new round of funding, thanks to a recent FCC order.
Classroom Technology
Why Students Still Can't Access Remote Learning: How Schools Can Help
Schools are turning to paper packets and other workarounds while laptop orders are delayed and many students still lack internet access at home.
Classroom Technology
Complaints Over Offensive Content Lead Schools to Drop Online Learning Provider
Acellus Learning Accelerator, used by 6,000 schools nationwide, is under fire for lessons that parents and educators have decried as racist, sexist, and age-inappropriate.
Education
How COVID-19 Is Forcing Districts to Make an Abrupt Shift Back to Remote Instruction
More than a dozen school districts opened their doors for students and teachers, only to quickly switch back to full-time virtual learning.
Education
Urban, High-Poverty Schools Prefer Remote Instruction Under COVID-19, Report Finds
A little more than a quarter of school districts will be starting the academic year with full-time remote learning environments, says a report from the Center on Reinventing Public Education.
Equity & Diversity
Laptop Delays, Zoom Glitches, Equity Gaps: Remote Learning Faces Big Challenges
Schools are facing complex and oftentimes unpredictable technological challenges as many start the academic year with full-time remote learning.
Classroom Technology
Are Smartphones Hurting Kids' Thinking Skills?
Looking homework answers up on a smartphone makes it harder for students to retain information ,a new study finds.
Classroom Technology
Q&A
'We're All Anxious:' A Middle School Tech Coach's View on Reopening Remotely
The shift to live synchronous instruction and the challenge of building relationships with students remotely are big concerns, said Chelsea Haynes, the technology learning coach at a Kentucky middle school.
Education
From Our Research Center
Do Teachers Feel Ready For All-Digital Instruction?
Educators responding to an EdWeek Research Center survey paint a mixed picture of how prepared they feel to deliver online instruction this fall.
