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Winning the edtech lottery: Education nonprofits get $23 million

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One of the biggest issues that schools face when trying to adopt new technology in their classrooms is the price tag. Even just upgrading classroom computers can be expensive, so investing in an iPad laboratory or teleconferencing system can seem totally out of reach. But some foundations are handing out millions of dollars to schools and other non...

The path to success? Assigning students a barcode

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Public schools have often been accused of failing to provide their students with an individualized learning experience. Increasing budget cuts and class sizes are becoming a national trend in the United States, and federal grants are being paid out based on standardized test scores. Can you blame schools for doing whatever they can to stay afloa...

@students: Mom & Dad now on Facebook, Twitter

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We talk a lot about what social media means for kids and teachers, but what about parents? Moms, Dads and guardians already track what their kids are doing on social media in a nosy, "who is our daughter dating?" kind of way. But now they can also use social media to see what their kids are learning in school. George Couros, the division princip...

Planning for disaster in a virtual classroom

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One of the big appeals of the virtual classroom and online course boom is the ability of students to access coursework wherever and whenever they please. But this assumes that the schools running these networks will always be operating smoothly. In practice, we all know this won't be the case. Servers go down, the power goes out and in...