Gaming, blended models and cloud apps can bring learning home

A 2016 Deloitte survey of K-12 educators, parents and students found most respondents from all three groups wanted more opportunities for at-home learning and technology can help.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2017

Bringing metacognition into the classroom

Teaching students about how their brains work can help them improve executive functioning, and C8 Sciences identified seven core capacities on which to focus.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2017

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Educators are exploring a variety of strategies to improve students’ learning experiences while continuing to navigate ongoing political disputes.

By K-12 Dive staff

Budget process brings potential for significant changes to Ed Dept funding

The next federal budget may follow a conservative blueprint outlined by the Heritage Foundation for 2017.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 8, 2017

NCRP highlights community values in strategic framework for ed philanthropy

In its 10-year framework, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy condemns giving that ignores community expertise or hinders infrastructure-building for social change.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 7, 2017

California school districts prepare to defy immigration orders

California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has urged administrators to declare their districts “safe havens.”

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 7, 2017

Turning curriculum into a story makes students the protagonists

English language arts teacher Heather Wolpert-Gawron recommends presenting assignments as elements of a narrative that climbs to a climax and ultimately has a resolution.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 7, 2017

New America outlines 10 ed policy actions for 2017

In a new policy brief, New America’s Education Policy program outlines why state leaders, the Trump administration and Congress should adopt a variety of ed policy moves.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 7, 2017

Tracing spending to the classroom can offer strategic opportunity

Isolating spending down to the per-pupil level by subject and grade can help schools and districts reveal patterns and priorities in spending.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 7, 2017

These 7 trends are shaping personalized learning

Schools nationwide are experimenting with personalized learning strategies to better serve students.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 6, 2017

4 critical personalized learning questions, answered

Now that it's a regularly used marketing term, defining one of the industry's hottest buzz phrases can get difficult. But we've got a basic FAQ to help sift through the noise.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 6, 2017

My experiences as a student cemented my commitment to personalized learning

Berthold Academy co-founder Garrett Wilhelm shares how his father's death showed him some of the education system's most glaring flaws.

By Garrett Wilhelm • Feb. 6, 2017

Personalized learning isn't just for math — it boosts literacy, too

From selecting the right technology to designing the best classroom layout, bringing an individual focus into the classroom has proven benefits for learning. 

By Autumn A. Arnett • Feb. 6, 2017

School libraries can serve as personalized learning hotspots

Librarians can track student data, providing extra information for teachers to use for personalized learning, and they can capitalize on individual student interests and host makerspaces.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 6, 2017

NYC schools' lead problem more widespread than originally thought

New York City changed its practice of running water through faucets and drinking fountains for two hours the night before a test and found far more cases of dangerously high lead levels.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 6, 2017

New Orleans sees significant administrative spending increase in charter shift

A recent study analyzed the changes in school spending before and after Hurricane Katrina prompted a shift in the city's public school system to majority-charter.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 6, 2017

On principal training, are colleges failing secondary ed?

Some argue that collegiate training programs are not giving potential school leaders the tools to manage in 21st century secondary education, but others believe state laws are the biggest obstacle to sector reform. 

By Jarrett Carter • Feb. 6, 2017

Will 2017 see artificial intelligence find a larger role in education?

Dee Kanejiya, founder and CEO of AI ed tech provider Cognii, expects artificial intelligence to take on a bigger role in grading written answers, answering student questions, tutoring and more this year.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 6, 2017

E-Rate Trends Report highlights school bandwidth needs

The 2016 E-Rate Trends Report, prepared by consulting group Funds for Learning, found more than 24,000 applicants applied for $2.3 billion to support data and internet service.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 6, 2017

Leveraging ed tech to better serve ELLs and students with disabilities

The UP Education Network in Massachusetts has been particularly strategic about using technology to serve a particularly difficult student population.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2017

DeVos, Foxx and administrator tech: The week's most-read education news

Stay ahead of the class with the latest on the cost of remedial courses and more right here.

By Roger Riddell • Feb. 3, 2017

DeVos nomination approved on 52-48 party-line vote

Betsy DeVos is one step closer to becoming the U.S. Secretary of Education, with a final confirmation vote expected next week.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2017

Virginia principal says poverty can't be ignored on way to equity

Pamela Davis Smith says her school addresses students’ physical, social, mental health and nutritional needs as contributors to academic success.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2017

Michigan public high school courts Chinese students and their tuition dollars

Oxford High School, north of Detroit, started building a pipeline between Michigan and China in 2010 under then-Superintendent William Skilling.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2017

Study finds online algebra credit recovery outcomes lacking

Online credit recovery courses studied focus exclusively on second-semester algebra and the content follows a more conventional sequence, but students don’t perform as well.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2017

Illinois district redesigns learning spaces to meet 21st century learning needs

District leaders identified an end goal and their barriers to getting there, toured other districts that had already transformed their learning spaces, and phased in reconfigured classrooms.

By Tara García Mathewson • Feb. 3, 2017