Empathize: Gather information from users In action: Fourth-graders in Colorado solicited ideas from local residents to help their city redesign a local park. Define: Frame the problem In action: Administrators in Glenbrook High Schools District 225 considered student experience when redesigning classrooms. They chose furniture that let learners move around. Ideate: Generate possible solutions that […]

Students who have significant physical disabilities can benefit greatly from advances in "eye-gaze technology." With various platforms, students move their eyes to type letters or select pre-programed phrases. They can also navigate the internet and use computer programs with eye movements. Link to main story: Edtech equalizers in special education At Kent Intermediate School District […]

Digital games excel at building a range of skills without students realizing they are "learning" says Marissa Miller, a special education teacher at Warwick Neck Elementary, which is part of Warwick Public Schools in Rhode Island. Some of these games come with puzzle pieces, styluses and other physical components. Link to main story: Edtech equalizers […]

"Don't blame boys' bad behavior on the way we dress." That's the message—first delivered by a group of female high school students—that led Santa Fe Public Schools in New Mexico to adjust its dress code in spring 2018. "We had several young ladies who felt the dress code was somewhat sexist, and that it was […]