Girls Edge Out Boys on National Technology Assessment - Education Week

Only 43 percent of 8th graders reached proficiency on the first NAEP in technology and engineering, but girls had a slight edge over boys.

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Digital Learning Games Breaking Into K-12 Mainstream - Education Week

The number of teachers in the United States using games in their classrooms has doubled over the past six years, a new nationwide survey shows.

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Race to Top Grants Spur Mixed Successes for Seven States - Education Week

With the crush of news about the Every Student Succeeds Act, Race to the Top may not be as high-profile as it once was—but states can learn from the competitive-grant program, according to a new U.S. Department of Education report.

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Taking New-Teacher Advice Beyond Platitudes - Education Week

"When teachers are bold leaders who model excellence in everything they do, we tap into the true capacity to make our educational system the best it can possibly be for each student we serve," writes teacher Ben Owens.

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Nonprofit Helps Deployed Parents Bond With Their Children Through Books - Time and Learning - Education Week

A program that's been helping members of the military connect with their children during deployments for nearly 30 years is now focusing on making sure these kids don't lose STEM skills during the summer.

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Worry Smart: Advice from an Entrepreneur - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

Too often, teachers worry like this... especially in the current climate of fear that many education reforms have created. It's time for educators to take back control of the system and worry smart, look ahead and problem solve so that our education system can do what it is meant to do.

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We Need Diversity at the Leadership Table - Leadership 360 - Education Week

As we probe diversity in the field of technology, minority involvement and inclusion in leadership seems to be a missing ingredient in the educational uses of and framing of technology in learning.

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Response: Reading Digitally vs. Reading Paper - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

Daniel Willingham, Kristin Ziemke, Lester Laminack and Kimberly Carraway explore that topic of reading digitally compared to reading on paper in this post.

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Preparing Elite Math Competitors: Can It Be Done During the School Day? - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A Florida teacher is preparing students for advanced math competitions during the school day—and it's paid off to the tune of nine national championships.

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Maine Teachers Are Trading in Their iPads for Laptops - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

Teachers felt that iPads "provide no educational function in the classroom" and are often used to play games in class.

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What's the Research Role of the NAEP's Long-Term Trends? - Inside School Research - Education Week

The postponement of the National Assessment of Education Progress trend study has raised red flags for some researchers looking for a constant student learning measure in an era of changing assessments.

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When 140 Characters Is Not Enough: Taking Learning Off Twitter - An Edugeek’s Guide to K-12 Practice and Policy - Education Week Teacher

What happens when you want to dig into deeper learning as a teacher? Try out a virtual PLC, and follow these steps from #MTBoS to make it happen.

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"There's An App For That": Philanthropy's Billion Dollar Bets - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

At a billion-dollar bet level, however, are apps the best solution for philanthropists to pursue in early childhood education?

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Watchdogs say Texas dodged 'train wreck' on education board - Education Week

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Born deaf, 11-year-old is among nation's top spellers - Education Week

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11 Programs Honored as Tops in Career Technical Education - High School & Beyond - Education Week

The awards come at a turning point for career and technical education, as it gains support for its potential to help students stay more engaged in learning with hands-on work, while acquiring job skills.

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Debate Flares Anew Over Pause for NAEP Long-Term Trend Assessment - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

The NAEP long-term trend assessments in reading and math won't be given again until 2024, which means there will be a 12-year gap in what had been a particularly constant set of data.

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A Look at 4th and 5th Grade Students' Digital Literacy Skills - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

A survey of how 4th and 5th grade students read online finds that girls significantly outperform boys with digital skills such as searching for and communicating information.

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Connecticut College to try new approach to curriculum - Education Week

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Silver Bullets and Solutionism in Education Philanthropy - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

A new wave has hit education reform: hacker philanthropy. As Sean Parker describes it, it's "a desire to 'hack' complex problems using elegant technological and social solutions." But is it the best way to conduct education philanthropy?

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North Dakota educators, leaders discuss higher ed future - Education Week

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School backers seek more funds after Proposition 123 passes - Education Week

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Obama Asks Kids for Ideas on Improving STEM Education - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

At a 9-year-old's request, the president is asking kids for their ideas on what they think is important in science, technology, engineering, and math education.

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Va. Gov. Signs K-12 Computer Science Bill, Making the Subject a Requirement for All - Curriculum Matters - Education Week

Virginia has officially become the first state to add computer science to its core academic requirements for elementary, middle, and high school.

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Utah Program Taps Technology to Close Kindergarten-Readiness Gap - Education Futures: Emerging Trends in K-12 - Education Week

Funded by the state of Utah, the program called UPSTART was launched seven years ago. The 4-year-old and parent or caregiver are instructed to devote 15 minutes a day, five days a week using the software. UPSTART teaches the alphabet, numbers, and how to spell your name and incorporates songs and games to entice the user. For families who didn't already have a computer and Internet capabilities, the state provides these free of charge.

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New Analysis of States' Race to the Top Work Released by Ed. Department - Politics K-12 - Education Week

States reported both successes and struggles in work funded by the Race to the Top competitive-grant program, a U.S. Department of Education report says.

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Colorado university that educates educators fights shortage - Education Week

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Utah charter schools spend public funds on private companies - Education Week

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NYC mentorship program puts startup staffers in schools - Education Week

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The Key to Student Success: Build Educator and Collective Capacity - Leadership 360 - Education Week

While it is well established that many factors can increase student performance, the most important factor is the quality of the classroom teacher.

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Response: Blended Learning is 'the Next Generation of Education' - Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo - Education Week Teacher

Angel Cintron Jr., Connie Parham, Catlin Tucker, Sheri Edwards, Cheryl Costello, William J. Tolley and George Station explore what blended learning is and how it can be made most effective.

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Report Urges Changes in State Policies, Funding in Support of 'Personalized Learning' - Digital Education - Education Week

Rethinking how students accumulate academic credit and supporting "competency-based" learning modules among key prescriptions in an iNACOL report.

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Teachers Like Technology in the Classroom, But Few Think It's Well Integrated - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher

A new survey shows that a majority of teachers believe technology helps facilitate learning and enriches the classroom experience for both students and teachers—but most don't think it's effectively implemented in the classroom.

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UM freezes in-state undergrad tuition; ups costs for others - Education Week

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Obama on science: 'It is fun. I love this stuff' - Education Week

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2 girls charged in fatal school fight waive arraignments - Education Week

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'Personalized Learning:' More Than Technology - High School & Beyond - Education Week

By discussing what leading states are doing to customize learning for students, a new report emphasizes, yet again, that personalized learning and technology-based learning aren't necessarily the same thing.

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Debating the Ethics of School Closure - Rick Hess Straight Up - Education Week

In the case of school closure disputes, we need to ask: which claims of injustice, by whom, require response?

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Is it Time to Reconsider Graduation Requirements for High School? - Work in Progress - Education Week Teacher

As we move deeper into the 21st century and technology continues to change what and how we have access to learning, we must consider the impact of these changes on our learners and adjust as needed. This is how we will serve students best.

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Creators of EngageNY Start New Archive of Free Common-Core Materials - Education Week

The nonprofit UnboundEd is stepping in to further the mission of the highly popular EngageNY website to provide teachers resources to help their students meet more-rigorous academic standards.

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1-to-1 Laptop Initiatives Boost Student Scores, Study Finds - Education Week

A meta-analysis of 15 years' worth of research found 1-to-1 laptop programs had a positive impact on students' English, math, and science scores.

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ESSA Can Empower States to Improve Teacher Training - Education Week

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A Photographer’s View of Chicago Schools’ Fiscal Crisis | Full Frame - Education Week

Education Week's Photo Blog

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Utah Finds Computer-Based Early-Learning Program Offers Literacy Boost - Early Years - Education Week

UPSTART, a Utah-funded program that also got federal Investing in Innovation grant money, gives an early-literacy boost that persists through elementary school, a state study says.

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New Online Tool Maps Research for Education Practitioners - Education Week

It's one of the most basic questions in K-12 education: What does the research say?

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Digital Reading - Education Week

Among digital natives, performing a task on a screen instead of on paper can lead to a greater focus on concrete details, but less ability to infer meaning or understand the big picture, experiments detailed in the Proceedings of the 2016 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems suggest.

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Audit Finds Lax Oversight in Philadelphia District - Education Week

The Philadelphia school district has failed to conduct background checks of all its police officers and bus drivers, uses unreliable student-data technology, and is the victim of a "broken" state funding system, according to a performance audit released last week by state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

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Screen Reading Worse for Grasping Big Picture, Researchers Find - Digital Education - Education Week

Can it really make a difference whether a class assignment is on a screen or printed out? Yes, according to new research.

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44 Colleges to Participate in U.S. Ed.'s Pell Dual-Enrollment Program - High School & Beyond - Education Week

The U.S. Department of Education names the colleges chosen to be part of its experiment in using Pell funds to allow low-income students to earn high school and college credit simultaneously.

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California's Continuous Improvement Needs Political Muscle - On California - Education Week

It's easy to lose sight of how profoundly California wants to change its education system and the political coalition that will be required.

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