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Ed Tech Can Unlock STEM Potential of Students With Disabilities — If It’s Funded
Mark Schneider & Ayan Kishore
October 17, 2025
Using AI for the Master Schedule Can Meet Student Needs — and Save Money
Misty Rieber & Kimberly Gilmore-Madkins
October 1, 2025
School Systems Are Remaking the Old Yellow Bus into a High-Tech Machine
Kevin Hardy
September 30, 2025
How a Federal Seed Money Program Has Powered Ed Tech Innovations
Eric Tucker & Edward Metz
August 25, 2025
An Ed Tech Insider Pleads for More Equitable Tools
Greg Toppo
August 12, 2025
The Road to Educational Equity: Can Ed Tech Solve the Digital Divide?
Aditya Prakash
June 12, 2025
Technologists Welcome Executive Order on AI in Schools But Say More Detail is Needed
Paige Gross
May 5, 2025
Ed Tech Startup Boosts Teacher Well-Being With Feelings Check-ins and Care Packs
Lauren Wagner
April 28, 2025
Podcast: How AI Is Changing How Young People Connect
Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
March 26, 2025
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Educators’ View: How AI Boosts Learning in Our Tennessee & Colorado Districts
Scott Langford & Simone Wright
March 17, 2025
OpenAI’s Education Leader on AI’s ‘Massive Productivity Boost’ for Schools, Teachers
Diane Tavenner & Michael B. Horn
March 12, 2025
The Future of AI: How HBCUs are Leading Innovation in Education
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March 4, 2025
What’s the Best Way to Tell If an Ed Tech Product Works? Science of Learning Can Help
Natalia Kucirkova
March 3, 2025
To Make Ed Tech More Secure, Software Companies Need to Step Up
Shannon Pierson & Sarah Powazek
February 25, 2025
Class Disrupted Podcast: Ben Riley on Why AI Doesn’t Think Like Us
Michael B. Horn & Diane Tavenner
February 21, 2025
Randomized Controlled Trials Remain the Gold Standard for Ed Tech Research
Kirk Walters
February 10, 2025
Developing Ed Tech With a Focus on Students, Teachers and the Research
Chris Liang-Vergara
October 20, 2024
Q&A: Katy Knight’s Quest to Fund Ed Tech’s ‘Deeply Unsexy Things’
Greg Toppo
October 16, 2024
Ed Tech Startup Behind L.A. Schools’ Failed $6M AI Chatbot Files for Bankruptcy
Mark Keierleber
September 12, 2024
50 Years after FERPA’s Passage, Ed Privacy Law Needs an Update for the AI Era
Ariel Fox Johnson
August 20, 2024
School (in)Security Newsletter: Kamala’s Student Discipline Fail; School Ransomware Costs Surge to $3.75M
Mark Keierleber
July 26, 2024
4 Barriers to Student Success that Educators Need to Be Talking About
Bridget Hamre
February 12, 2024
Relied on by Parents, Hailed by Schools, GPS Bus Trackers Raise Security Risks
Mark Keierleber
January 24, 2024
7 Artificial Intelligence Trends That Could Reshape Education in 2024
Edward Montalvo
December 12, 2023
How Have Schools Improved Since the Pandemic? What Teachers Had to Say
Cory Beets
October 11, 2023
How Ed Tech Tools Track Kids Online — and Why Parents Should Care
Mark Keierleber
September 22, 2023
How a Free, 24/7 Tutoring Model is Disrupting Learning Loss for Low-Income Kids
Marianna McMurdock
September 14, 2023
Gen Z Entrepreneurs Tackle Youth Mental Health Crisis With Music Therapy
Joshua Bay
July 10, 2023
Educators, Technology Entrepreneurs Search For Solutions at Summit
Daniel Perez
July 7, 2023
Iowa Professors Say Students Must Be Educated About Artificial Intelligence
Eleanor Hildebrandt
June 26, 2023
Teacher Job-Search App Focuses on Diversity in Education
Tim Newcomb
May 8, 2023
The Pandemic’s Virtual Learning is Now a Permanent Fixture of America’s Schools
Conor P. Williams
May 1, 2023
Virtual Solution to a Math Emergency at a Rural Wyoming School
Tim Newcomb
March 21, 2023
Educator’s View: What Good is Technology if Teachers Aren’t Trained to Use It?
D'Andre J. Weaver
March 8, 2023
Ed Secretary Gets Inside View on Tech Academies From Omaha Bryan Students
Cindy Gonzalez
February 9, 2023
ChatGPT: Learning Tool — or Threat? How a Texas College Is Eyeing New AI Program
Daniel Perez
January 30, 2023
Schools Must Embrace the Looming Disruption of ChatGPT
Sarah Dillard
January 4, 2023
Best of 2022: The Year’s Top Stories About Education & America’s Schools
Steve Snyder
December 21, 2022
What if Innovation, Not More Teachers, Is the Solution to the Teacher Shortage?
Brian Greenberg
October 18, 2022
With an Online Community & Summer Camp, Scratch Brings Coding to 42 Million Kids
Tim Newcomb
September 13, 2022
AI-Powered Tutor Filling COVID Need for Students and Teachers
Tim Newcomb
July 18, 2022
Zoom-Based Program Links Young Students With One-on-One Reading Tutors — Right in Their Own Classrooms
Tim Newcomb
July 12, 2022
Ex-Teacher’s Mission: Making Sure Ed Tech Really Works in the Classroom
Tim Newcomb
June 21, 2022
Teachers Leaving Jobs During Pandemic Find ‘Fertile’ Ground in New School Models
Linda Jacobson
June 12, 2022
Award-Winning App Brings Native American Culture to Life
Tim Newcomb
May 10, 2022
Reading, Writing and ... R&D? How Students Helped Logitech Beta-Test New Stylus
Tim Newcomb
March 10, 2022
The Next Big Thing in Education Technology for 2022 — and Beyond
Tim Newcomb
January 4, 2022
ESL Educators/Tutors Weigh in on Pandemic’s Effect on English Learners
Jo Napolitano
December 6, 2021
Oregon Trail Began 50 Years Ago in Minneapolis Classroom
Greg Toppo
December 2, 2021
How to Keep the Ed Tech Momentum Going
Emily Dillard & Elizabeth Hoover
November 2, 2021
New Digital SEL Tool Helps Teachers, Students Connect
Tim Newcomb
August 16, 2021
Camp Invention Hands-on Summer STEM Program Goes Virtual
Tim Newcomb
July 27, 2021
How Nevada got 100% of students online during COVID
Jonathan Moore
July 27, 2021
Online STEM Summer Bootcamps Target COVID Learning Loss
Tim Newcomb
July 20, 2021
How a Reading App Could Help Students Confront COVID Learning Loss This Summer
Rupen Fofaria
July 1, 2021
Online SEL Platform Offers One-on-One Counseling for K-12 Students
Tim Newcomb
May 31, 2021
'Classroom' Tech Innovations That Will Stay Long After Pandemic Ends
Carol Lloyd
May 27, 2021
SXSW EDU Launch Winner Inspirit Creates Interactive 3D Science Models
Tim Newcomb
May 17, 2021
Virtual Reality for All Students — Wherever They're Learning
Tim Newcomb
April 6, 2021
Amira Literacy Uses Artificial Intelligence to Analyze and Support K-3 Students’ Reading Skills, Opens Up Greater At-Home Learning Options
Tim Newcomb
February 8, 2021
App That Matches Students With Community Service Takes a Virtual Pivot During Pandemic & Opens Up Fresh Opportunities
Tim Newcomb
January 26, 2021
Minecraft: Education Edition Using In-Game Virtual Worlds to Teach SEL Skills, Expand Girls’ & MS Students’ Interest in STEM During Pandemic
Tim Newcomb
September 27, 2020
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
August 17, 2020
Technology Shortage Hits Schools: As Remote Learning Jolts Demand for Chromebooks and iPads, Districts Warn Communities’ Needed Supplies Could Take Months
Tim Newcomb
April 21, 2020
From Coding and Origami for Robots to Electrical Circuits and Animation, 9 Online Sources That Bring Hands-On Technical Learning Home
Tim Newcomb
April 14, 2020
Putting Rivalries Aside, Media, Education and Tech Giants Come Together to Offer Free Lessons, Activities During Pandemic — All in One Curated Place
Laura Fay
April 5, 2020
How a News Site for Kids Is Providing Comfort — and Free Educational Content — in a Time of Uncertainty and Anxiety
Laura Fay
April 1, 2020
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
March 20, 2020
Rat Brains, Ants & Underwater Robotics: Pilot Program Brings Live Virtual Reality STEM Education to Rural North Carolina Students
Tim Newcomb
March 3, 2020
Meet the Etsy of Education: Online Marketplace Lets Teachers Buy — and Sell — Millions of Classroom Materials and Lessons
Tim Newcomb
February 23, 2020
Remote-Controlled High-Tech Microscope Brings Cutting-Edge Science to Tennessee HS. And Now, More Underserved Schools Are Getting In on It
Tim Newcomb
February 11, 2020
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
February 4, 2020
From Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Reality to Peer-to-Peer Learning, 7 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2020
Tim Newcomb
January 14, 2020
Equity Maps App Tracks Student Discussions for Better Understanding of Dialogue Skills, Conversation Flow and Inclusion
Tim Newcomb
December 4, 2019
For 30 Million Teachers, Coaches, Parents & Students, Remind Enables Secure 2-Way Communication in 6 Languages. It Delivers Academic Content, Too
Tim Newcomb
October 30, 2019
CodeMonkey’s Banana Quest Game Gives Learning Coding a Certain Appeal for Students and Teachers
Tim Newcomb
October 2, 2019
Guild Education Links Employers, Universities and Employees to Make Additional Schooling a Company Benefit for Workers
Tim Newcomb
September 9, 2019
Kindi, the Uber of English Reading, Links Syrian Refugee Students to Language Pals — & American Schools Are Getting In on the Act
Tim Newcomb
August 14, 2019
From Teaching Architecture Through ‘Minecraft’ to Giving Spanish Lessons via Taylor Swift Lyrics, Outschool Is ‘the Netflix of Learning’
Tim Newcomb
July 31, 2019
Heffernan: How Can We Know If Ed Tech Works? By Encouraging Companies & Researchers to Share Data. Government Funding Can Help
Neil T. Heffernan
July 28, 2019
New LiftEd App Puts Special Education Data to Work for Teachers, Specialists, Therapists, Parents and Students
Tim Newcomb
June 19, 2019
AdmitHub: How Conversations With a Chatbot Are Helping Students Get Into College — and Then Stay Enrolled
Tim Newcomb
June 3, 2019
Whether Through Texts or Apps, Schools Are Using Technology to Get the Message Out to Students’ Families
Tim Newcomb
March 25, 2019
Possip Text-Messaging Service Enables Easy Two-Way Communications Between Families and Schools
Tim Newcomb
February 12, 2019