Each week of the year we round up an education oriented App of Week. Here we've curated all the free apps we've featured in 2014, covering everything from…
A few years ago, my high-school-age stepdaughter arrived home from school one afternoon and started watching a video. Nothing too unusual. But Olivia was walking around the kitchen…
School funding difficulties show no sign of abating this January, and school budgets are stretched to the limit. Many educators and administrators rely on school grants to fund…
The National Student Clearinghouse's StudentTracker is an invaluable service that can help districts better prepare their students for college success. The National Student Clearinghouse is a nonprofit organization…
The Hour of Code is an initiative that asks students, teachers, parents, and schools to introduce students to computer programming during Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), Dec. 9-15,…
In a recent blog I wrote for Wired, I discussed Jack Uldrich’s book, Jumping the Curve. Essentially, it suggests that the best entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries are those…
1. President Obama’s ConnectED initiative prompts the biggest review of the eRate since the program’s 1997 inception. In June, President Obama announced a new program to ensure that…
A student holds a tablet in front of a series of famous paintings. On each painting, something comes to life–sounds, animation, or a pop-up fact linking the painting…
2. A backlash develops over the Common Core standards, even as school leaders prep for online testing. Click here to access a PDF of all Top 10 stories.…
3. High-profile missteps mar the nation’s biggest student tablet initiative. In June, the Los Angeles Unified School District made national headlines when it awarded a $30 million contract…
On December 3, eSchool News hosted an engaging webinar featuring Kristin Kahlich, a Google Education team member and Joel Handler, director of technology for the Hillsborough School Township…
4. ‘Big Data’ infiltrates education, bringing privacy concerns as well. At the SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas, in early March, the most influential new ed-tech product unveiled to…
Having worked with teachers across the country to implement programs, served on literacy committees, and seen first hand how technology has allowed students to become more creative and…
Ready or not, Common Core is coming. The national educational standards for K-12 schools will officially debut in the 2014-15 school year, and it is bringing a new…
In school systems from coast to coast, tech-savvy educators experimented with augmented reality, educational gaming, and other techniques designed to enhance teaching and learning. These are only some…
In the wake of much-publicized safety issues plaguing a 15,000-tablet initiative in Guilford County, N.C., schools, Brooklyn-based technology company Amplify said it will replace every device distributed under…
Listening to yourself read to improve fluency, speed and pronunciation. Building computational skills with exercises that adapt to your level and interests. Re-watching a mini-lesson at your pace.…
Once accompanied by a stigma, educational gaming has gained even more momentum over the past year. Across the nation, teachers are recognizing that engaging and immersive educational games…