Blog Juice for Educational Technology

A Houston company and a former Columbia, South Carolina, school district official are among the latest to be involved in two separate instances of abusing the eRate, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ). The…

The nation’s schools, recognized incubators of respiratory diseases among children, are being told to plan for the possibility of an outbreak of bird flu–and technology is likely to play a key role in such plans.

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Two separate online learning events to be held on Tuesday, April 25, will take advantage of technology’s power to reach thousands of students from coast to coast in engaging ways, while also showing students the kinds of…

In one of the largest grants it has ever made to a single school system, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded $21 million to the Chicago Public Schools to establish a more rigorous high school curriculum, bo…

Looking to expand the options available to an elite class of learners, educators at Stanford University have announced plans to open the first online high school specifically for gifted and talented students.

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Laquanya Agnew and Victoria Duncan share a desk, a love of reading, and a passion for learning. But because of a loophole in the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), one second-grader’s score in Tennessee counts more than th…

With all the recent talk about improving math and basic science education to keep the United States competitive, Chris Stephenson worries that a third piece of the educational picture is being forgotten: computer science…

With the testing requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act targeting elementary and middle school students until now, and with the knowledge that a strong foundation in reading begins at an early age, it’s easy to see…

Virginia has enacted a law requiring public and private schools in the state to provide students with web-safety instruction and warn them about internet predators.

Introduced by Del. William H. Fralin Jr., R-Roanoke,…

For school leaders, the news from the nation’s capital regarding the federal education budget has been largely disappointing these last few years, especially when it comes to educational technology. But state budget scen…

Spatial literacy will play an increasingly important role in today’s information-based economy, and it should be incorporated into K-12 instruction, according to a recent report from the National Research Council (NRC), …

With the testing requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act targeting elementary and middle school students until now, and with the knowledge that a strong foundation in reading begins at an early age, it’s easy to see…

David Thornburg is an award-winning futurist, author, and consultant whose clients range across the public and private sectors worldwide. He is the author of The New Basics: Education and …