Q&A: Reporter Delves Into World of 'Digital Play' - Education Week

Veteran USA Today reporter Greg Toppo discusses his new book examining the hopes and reality of how schools and students are trying to use digital games for learning.

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L.A. Demands Refund for iPad-Based Curricula - Education Week

The Los Angeles Unified School District announced last week that it will stop buying Apple iPads that come loaded with Pearson digital courses.

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Blended Learning - Education Week

Using online editing sessions does not affect student scores on standardized writing and reading exams, according to a forthcoming study.

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U.S. Education Department Issues Guide for Ed-Tech Developers - Education Week

U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week unveiled a new guide for software developers, startups, and entrepreneurs at the Arizona State University/Global Silicon Valley conference in Phoenix.



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K-12 Schools Still Mix Print and Digital Content - Education Week

While many educators find benefits to using tech-based instructional materials, they find a mix of digital and print works best for their students.



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Creating an Out-of-School Wireless Community - Education Week

The Kent, Wash., school district has placed kiosks that beam free Wi-Fi in locations across the community, including public housing, to give students who lack home Internet access more options for doing homework and school research.



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Report Summary: Breaking Down Barriers to Blended Learning - Education Week

This report examines some of the most intractable challenges schools face in trying to use technology to improve teaching and learning—and how K-12 systems are attempting to clear those hurdles.



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Wi-Fi Hubs on Buses Connect Students in Transit - Education Week

An Arizona school system is one of a number of districts around the country to install Wi-Fi devices on its school buses, with the goal of allowing students to schoolwork during their rides to and from school.



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Blended Learning Research Yields Limited Results - Education Week

Drawing conclusions about what works in blended learning is difficult, because of the amorphous nature of the term, rapid changes in technology and how it is used, and other factors.



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Chicago School Designed With Blended Learning in Mind - Education Week

At the Intrinsic Schools' first permanent campus, located in a former lumberyard in Chicago, students and teachers are working in spaces designed to support blended learning and a mix of individualized and group instruction.



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Ohio District Creates a Lab for Blended Learning - Education Week

In Mentor, Ohio, teachers test out and refine blended learning best practices in the “Catalyst,” a laboratory for educators to observe each other at work.



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District Loans Out Wireless Hubs to Bring Students Online - Education Week

The Green Bay, Wisc., district allows students, many of them from poor backgrounds, to check out mobile, wireless hotspots so that they have the Web connectivity to do online assignments.



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D.C. Favors Centralized, but Flexible Ed-Tech Buying - Education Week

The District of Columbia school system arranged to purchase a blended learning software program, ST Math, through its central office, but left decisions whether to adopt it to individual schools.



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Colo. System Lets Individual Schools Shape Ed-Tech Buying - Education Week

A Colorado district has given its schools significant leeway in making decisions about buying blended learning software, despite the challenges in ceding purchasing authority.



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Districts Weigh Control Over Software Buying - Education Week

School leaders and researchers often disagree about who should have the ultimate decisionmaking authority over buying blended learning software—central district offices, or individual schools?



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Businesses Build Online Wi-Fi Network in Ga. School District - Education Week

A network of about 50 businesses and facilities in Forsyth County, Ga., are advertising themselves as offering free Wi-Fi to students who are seeking to continue their blended-learning lessons outside school.



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District Extends Wi-Fi to Students in Public Housing - Education Week

The Kent, Wash., district has set up kiosks with Web connectivity across the community, including public-housing complexes, to help students take part in blended learning away from school.



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Idaho Found to Waste Money on Software - Education Week

State auditors say Idaho wasted $61 million on a software system to track and improve student performance that doesn't work for most districts.



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Most Districts Unprepared for Online Testing - Education Week

Fewer than 30 percent of K-12 school technology leaders believe their districts are ready for online assessments, according to an annual survey by the Consortium for School Networking.



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Online Course-Taking Evolving Into Viable Option for Special Ed. - Education Week

A growing number of programs around the country are allowing students with disabilities to take virtual courses created with their needs in mind.



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