Feds launch new education data tool
Trigg County Public Schools Deploys ZeroEyes’ AI Gun Detection and Intelligent Situational Awareness Technology
Kentucky School District Integrates Leading Proactive Solution to Mitigate Gun-Related Violence
Amid economic uncertainty, ed-tech leaders do more with less
Though education budgets might be frozen or face further reductions in school districts from coast to coast, some educational technology leaders have found innovative ways to update their…
How Google’s leadership shakeup could affect education
Google Inc.’s announcement last week that co-founder Larry Page would replace CEO Eric Schmidt might be appealing to educators who long for the company’s free-wheeling days, but educational…
If education were a business…
A controversial new study published by the Center for American Progress analyzes K-12 school districts based on their productivity: the academic achievement a district produces relative to its…
Verizon challenges new net-neutrality rules in court
In a case with important implications for schools as well as consumers, Verizon Communications Inc. on Jan. 20 filed a legal challenge to new federal regulations that prohibit…
Panel: How to improve special ed
As the push for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) increases, leaders in the field of special education recently debated whether the Individuals with Disabilities…
Nursing students to use iPods for treatment, exams
Students at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Nursing will be able to translate patient questions from English to Spanish, run diagnostic tests, and prepare…
States look to Indiana as a model for online instruction
Washington state could mimic Indiana’s successful model for online instruction if a state legislator’s proposed bill that would make online college classes more available to students there becomes…
Comcast’s legal win raises questions for education
Educators and students could see new internet service options after the federal government on Jan. 18 gave Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, the green light to…
Readers: Here are our favorite apps for education
In our recent story, “10 of the best apps for education,” Assistant Editor Jenna Zwang listed several apps for mobile devices that can help classroom processes or present…
Colleges accept video essays to connect with students
As video cameras and editing equipment become more user friendly, many younger consumers are now using the technology in their college applications.
Survey: Schools need faster broadband speeds
More than half of school and library respondents in a recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) e-Rate survey say they provide some form of wireless internet access for school…
Trouble lurking ahead for Obama’s education focus
Signs of trouble are arising for President Barack Obama's plan to put education overhaul at the forefront of his agenda as he adjusts to the new reality of…
Blackboard backs ed-tech standards
Common standards for online learning became more likely this week after Blackboard, Inc. announced that it would support an open database initiative that could make educational content usable…
The best of eSN.TV from 2010
The past year has brought dozens of changes and ideas to improve education and ed tech—some good, and some controversial. The editors of eSchool News have assembled this…
Universities find the virtualization ‘sweet spot’
There hasn’t been much opposition to ridding college campuses of clunky, energy-guzzling server racks, campus technology chiefs say, although creating virtual servers could result in an unwieldy mess…
JFK library opens first online presidential archive
In a move that will make primary-source documents more accessible for students, Caroline Kennedy unveiled the nation’s first online presidential archive on Jan. 13, a $10 million project…
Computer 1, humans 0
In a huge step forward for artificial intelligence, a computer known as Watson won a practice round against two former Jeopardy! champions in advance of the official contest.
Ed tech vs. larger class sizes: Worth the trade-off?
Thrusting his state into the center of the debate over education reform, Idaho public schools chief Tom Luna called for more educational technology in the classroom and a…
Game-show challenge puts artificial intelligence to the test
Artificial intelligence is about to be put to the test in a trial that could reveal just how far researchers have come in designing computers that can “think”…
Adaptive learning tool helps spur individual success
Undergraduate professors employ myriad techniques to motivate their students to arrive prepared for active discussion. Despite our efforts, students often fall well short of our preparation expectations and…
Report shows high school graduates enter college unprepared
High school students should be exposed to college-level courses early on, and they should learn in technology-rich classrooms that redesign the learning process to emphasize problem-solving, critical thinking,…
College help-desk services lagging in tech use
University help-desk services need a technological makeover, according to a recent report that shows students and faculty at seven out of 10 schools can’t hold online chats with…
Should student test scores be used to evaluate teachers?
The so-called value-added model is an “imperfect, but still informative” measure of teacher effectiveness, especially when it is combined with other measures, according to the preliminary results of…
For minorities, new ‘digital divide’ seen
When the personal computer revolution began decades ago, Latinos and blacks were much less likely to use one of the marvelous new machines. Then, when the Internet began…
‘Whitewashing’ of literary classics paints controversy
The internet is abuzz with reaction to a publisher’s controversial decision to replace the N-word with "slave" in Mark Twain's classic novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in an…
Faster, cheaper color printing coming soon
For a long time, the two choices in desktop printers have been inkjet and laser. This year, a significant twist on the inkjet is hitting the market and…
Six girls arrested for Facebook invitation to attack a teacher
Six girls have been arrested in connection with a Facebook invitation to take part in what the poster called “Attack a Teacher Day” at two Nevada middle schools.
10 of the best apps for education
As iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches become more integrated in classrooms, educators and students are looking for new ways to apply them to the learning process. In this…
New devices allow for mobile wireless broadband
This year, the big national wireless carriers will be racing to stake their claims in the latest frontier of service: ultra-fast data access through a cellular connection for…
Troubled R.I. school hits bumps on road to education reform
The teachers at Central Falls High School in Central Falls, RI, struck a deal to get their jobs back last year after the entire staff was fired in…
States having problems with Common Core standards
As states move forward in their adoption of the Common Core State Standards, a new survey reveals that thorough implementation of these standards is still years away, and…
Ore. district says iPods fire up kids for reading
While other school systems across the nation have banned personal cellular phones or mobile internet devices, Oregon's Canby School District is one of a growing number of districts…
Electronics show to bring fiercer competition to iPad
Apple Inc.’s popular iPad is getting its strongest competition thus far as consumer-electronics manufacturers unveil tablet computers with bigger screens, front-facing cameras for video chatting, and other features…
Readers: ‘Bad’ teachers aren’t the problem
On Dec. 15, we published a story about the results of an Associated Press-Stanford University poll that revealed 78 percent of respondents think it should be easier for…
Can eBooks help bridge achievement gaps?
As more traditional book content goes digital, educators are left wondering whether technology will make achievement gaps even wider—or whether electronic books might act as a bridge for…
The 10 biggest ed-tech stories of 2010
STEM education gets a boost amid concerns about U.S. competitiveness … States embrace cloud computing with large-scale school software projects… ... Read more
Teachers turn learning upside down
Some innovative teachers are turning the traditional classroom model on its head in an effort to make instruction more valuable to their students.
Students use social media to promote safe driving
High school students from Fairfax County, Va., are using social media and other methods to help discourage their peers from driving while distracted by cell phones.
Education disappointed by net-neutrality ‘loopholes’
