Virtual field trips attracting school districts with tight budgets

Museums and NASA programs are more accessible than ever to schools with limited travel budgets.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 27, 2012

60 Twitter uses for educators

A list of 60 educational uses for Twitter. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 27, 2012

Explore the Trendline➔

Top 5 stories from K-12 Dive

K-12 Dive has gathered some a selection of our best coverage as a one-stop resource on the trends to watch in the months ahead.

By K-12 Dive staff

Online educational technology network Epic-Ed launches

Epic-ed launches today as a collaborative effort of the government and other organizations. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 22, 2012

8 digital textbook competitors

Education Dive lays out a list of textbooks alternatives with digital approaches to classroom education.

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 22, 2012

Discovery re-imagines textbooks as 'Techbooks'

The company is not alone as others such as News Corporation and Pearson see opportunities for new digital products.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 21, 2012

3 schools with Pinterest strategies

Belhaven Middle School, W.T. White High School and Notre Dame High School have all found ways to make use of Pinterest.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 20, 2012

9 lists that educators can use

An article on eSchool News features nine lists educators will find useful.

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 17, 2012

Personalized learning site gains additional content with partners including NASA, Nat Geo

Pearson-backed Alleyoop's new partners expand the startup's STEM content.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 17, 2012

How to address the education bubble: 2 perspectives

Speaking on the problems riddling today's education system, Dr. Raymund Paredes and Salman Khan present new ideas for the future in a Forbes interview. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 16, 2012

Khan Academy introduces new computer science education portal

Khan Academy has launched a new online portal aimed at personalizing computer science education. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 15, 2012

Four companies selected to build New York's education database

New York education officials have selected four companies to build an online platform for a variety of educational purposes. 

By Shehryar Nabi • Aug. 14, 2012

Former Flip execs found education video startup Knowmia

Knowmia crowd-sources lessons provided by teachers through video presentations.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 14, 2012

School bus becomes mobile learning lab through public-private partnership

Washington D.C. has its own "Magic School Bus" now.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 14, 2012

10 Twitter account types every educator should network with

For K-12 and higher ed professionals, there are a lot of hard decisions to be made on Twitter. Education Dive makes them a little easier by breaking down who you should follow and why they will help you.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 13, 2012

Virginia General Assembly passes online course requirement for high school students

Statewide requirement takes effect in 2013.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 10, 2012

Florida principals want biometrics scanning equipment

Survey results may result in a new fingerprint pilot program on school buses for Palm Beach County.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 9, 2012

Nebraska's new Virtual Library launches for teachers and students

The library is part of a larger statewide initiative involving a collaboration between several education groups.

By Roger Riddell • Aug. 9, 2012

Infographic explains mobile device security on campuses

Survey results give insights into theft and encryption in educational establishments.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 6, 2012

K-12 education investment hits record levels, but district budgets suffer

K-12 investments hit $389 million in 2011, according to GSV Advisors.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012

Most Read Education News of the Week: MOOC providers, Facebook and iPads in schools

Need to catch up on the last week's news in education? Here are Education Dive's most popular reads.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 3, 2012

McGraw-Hill Education buys math learning tech developer Key Curriculum

Key Curriculum will help McGraw-Hill expand its Common Core-related offerings.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 2, 2012

California school uses iPads for PE classes

The Chula Vista school bought 40 iPads to use a PE app called SPARK.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 1, 2012

Why You Should Care About Keeping the Data Center Cool

Closer monitoring of various hardware components will have an incremental benefit when it comes to data center energy efficiency, but the biggest opportunities - and challenges - come with keeping the environment cool. "Cooling is by far the biggest user of electrical power in the data ce...

By Lindsey Smith • July 31, 2012

Study: Facebook and YouTube are key recruitment tools

Campuses report high return-on-investment for social media as spending on traditional media declines.

By Roger Riddell • July 31, 2012

North Carolina school moving to Google Chromebooks for its one-to-one program

Educators at Millennium Charter Academy in North Carolina are seeing to it that their students will, so to speak, have their heads in the "cloud" this school year. The cloud refers to where students will store their work from new Google Chromebook model laptops that will be rolled ou...

By Lindsey Smith • July 30, 2012