The latest K-12 edtech news from the nation's capital, including how more states are now offering edtech training and how educators are preparing to have their voices heard in the next presidential election.

A study, released by American Institutes for Research, shows that states that changed their standards most dramatically by adopting the Common Core didn't outpace other states on federal NAEP exams. By 2017, the standards appear to have led to modest declines in fourth-grade reading and eighth-grade math scores.

Cengage and McGraw-Hill are merging to create a combined company with more than 44,000 titles, including McGraw-Hill's portfolio of literacy, math, science and humanities curricula, and adaptive technologies, with Cengage Advanced Placement offerings.

Not all districts can dedicate time, space or money to a makerspace, but educators can still incorporate innovative tinkering. In some schools, teachers have created makerspace carts that include crafts, tools, small circuits and robots. Teachers can share these mobile carts with multiple colleagues at various grade levels. Another trend, the "breakerspace," encourages students to […]