Merit Network, in partnership with Michigan State University's Quello Center and Measurement Lab, is addressing the digital divide in Michigan with access and availability data collection, and infrastructure investment and societal impact investigation and education. Three districts will pilot the Michigan Moonshot broadband data collection project.
The ever-increasing need for school safety and surveillance, as well as a desire for more accurate record-keeping, is driving wider adoption of biometric technology in school districts.
If you ask educators about essential skills for all students, lifelong learning surely tops many lists. It has always been important, but it’s now a real expectation for all of us to stay employed, engaged and relevant. Additionally, educators have always known that the true joy of learning is all about the ongoing journey of […]
Can schools avoid the temptation to add more screen time to animate students' lives? Given proficiency learning's emphasis on adaptive learning, real-time monitoring, technology use and student engagement, it seems inevitable what that the answer will be.
By the end of January, the state will publish the initial list of hundreds of low-performing California schools that must receive intensive help under the Every Student Succeeds Act. The State Board of Education has now approved how districts with any of those schools must verify what they're doing to turn those schools around.
A sharply divided Florida Supreme Court is rejecting a lawsuit claiming the state isn't living up to its constitutional requirement to provide a “high quality” education for all. The ruling ends a nearly decade-long lawsuit challenging school funding, which was filed by parents, students and advocacy groups.
Amid rising parent and pediatrician concerns about the impact of devices on students' psychological and social development, some schools have started monitoring the amount of time students spend in front of screens.
More Colorado students use school choice to opt into traditional district-run schools than use it to attend charter schools. Those who do so are more likely to be white and middle- or upper-class than their peers. And transportation continues to be a barrier for students who want to go somewhere other than their neighborhood school, […]
