Students say they want more tech ed opportunities

A new study by CompTIA has found that nine out of 10 students believe STEM skills will help them be successful in the workforce one day.

By Allie Gross • March 25, 2015

Bipartisan Student Digital Privacy and Parental Rights Act introduced

The bill aims to protect student data, but critics argue it wouldn't do enough in its current form.

By Allie Gross • March 24, 2015

Explore the Trendline➔

Cybersecurity in K-12 Education

From the growing and persistent threat of ransomware attacks to concerns about vendors’ practices, schools have become increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks amid digital transitions.

By K-12 Dive staff

Curriculet's latest partners: Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster

The new partnerships add over 30,000 books to the K-12 reading platform's library.

By Allie Gross • March 23, 2015

4 key challenges and priorities of K-12 IT leaders

Data security and budgets ranked high among school IT specialists' concerns in a recent Consortium for School Networking survey.

By Allie Gross • March 23, 2015

English language learners the focus of new digital tools

Middlebury Interactive Languages and Fuel EducationTM  have teamed up to launch new elementary and middle school digital programming for non-English-speakers.

By Allie Gross • March 20, 2015

Google hosting virtual ed conference

Education on Air is set for May 8-9, 2015, and will focus on everything from 'leading for the future' to incorporating STEM learning.

By Allie Gross • March 20, 2015

SXSWedu 2015: Our recap of Austin's ed innovation extravaganza

Miss any of Education Dive's coverage of the higher ed and K-12 innovation showcase? We've got you covered.

By Roger Riddell • March 19, 2015

Sal Khan: We're thinking very seriously about Android

The founder and executive director of Khan Academy also told us that, in successful school implementations of the platform, teachers and students deserve most of the credit.

By Roger Riddell • March 19, 2015

Cybrary offers online IT and cybersecurity curricula for schools

The new online platform helps K-12 and higher ed institutions offer specialized classes without developing their own curricula.

By Tara García Mathewson • March 19, 2015

FiftyThree raises $30M to create tools for educators

While the company started with the goal of boosting creativity in the consumer market, this recent grant from New Enterprise Associates has shifted its attention to education. 

By Allie Gross • March 19, 2015

WIN Learning supporting math instruction in 15 rural Kentucky counties

The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative is funding the digital, blended learning program with a Race to the Top grant.

By Allie Gross • March 19, 2015

New deadline gives schools more time to apply for E-rate funding

The deadline for the fiscal 2015 application has been extended by three weeks to April 16. 

By Allie Gross • March 18, 2015

Data security's importance on the rise for K-12 IT admins

Still, budget constraints topped those concerns in a new survey from the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN). 

By Allie Gross • March 18, 2015

Pearson's Don Kilburn talks remediation costs and outcomes

We sat down with the president of the world's largest education publisher's North American arm to discuss remediation, PowerSchool, and, of course, that Politico article.

By Roger Riddell • March 17, 2015

Barracuda now Android compatible

The mobile device manager's latest release follows news late last year that Google-powered Chromebooks had taken Apple's share of the K-12 ed market.

By Allie Gross • March 17, 2015

Does opting out of data collection do more harm than good?

An EdSurge column argues that data collection is necessary to get an accurate picture of how well a district is educating its youth.

By Allie Gross • March 17, 2015

Chicago charter learns from failures, streamlines innovation

Despite a vision that was reportedly "too complex" in the beginning, Intrinsic Schools is now seeing success.

By Allie Gross • March 13, 2015

Discovery Ed hosting virtual field trip for Pi Day

The event will introduce students to scientists and mathematicians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

By Allie Gross • March 12, 2015

Student achievement app Classkick rakes in $1.7M

The Chicago-based startup hopes to improve outcomes for low-income students.

By Allie Gross • March 12, 2015

Smarter Balanced Common Core math test under fire

An education consultant and publisher co-founder says if students bomb the spring assessment, the culprit is the test, not teachers, administrators, or even the standards.

By Allie Gross • March 12, 2015

Brainly unveils new iOS and Android app at SXSWedu

The new app places larger focus on the social learning network's homework help platform.

By Roger Riddell • March 11, 2015

Instructure integrates PowerSchool in new Pearson partnership [SXSWedu 2015]

Could the impending sale of Pearson's widely-used student information system impact the deal?

By Roger Riddell • March 11, 2015

Is slower better when it comes to 1:1 deployments?

Vancouver Public Schools Superintendent Steven Webb approached his district's device rollout by first conducting diligent community outreach and a slew of neighborhood surveys.

By Allie Gross • March 11, 2015

USA Today links up with digital reading platform Curriculet

The partnership will integrate the newspaper's content with in-text assessments. 

By Allie Gross • March 11, 2015

Florida testing halted by cyberattacks

Students were unable to sign into the Florida Standards Assessment system at one point; at another, they were shown blank screens. 

By Allie Gross • March 10, 2015