Articles Archive

2018

• Business Record: Facebook Announces Pledge to Train 1 Million by 2020
• Quarterly Digital Magazine: The Equity Case for High-Quality Digital Content
• Getting Smart: Smart Update
• Education Week: Fresno Professionals Shifting Practices Towards Personalized Learning
• The Herald: Q&A: Rock Hill Superintendent Talks Leading the District, State of Public Education
• TimesNews: KCS teacher Professional Development Includes Micro-credentials, Google
• KyForward: Ron Daley: KCEV Hosts Educators From Across Country at K-12 Micro-Credentials Summit
• EdScoop: Washington District Puts Forward a Unified Approach to Digital Integration
• EdSurge: Why Google Maps—Not Netflix or Amazon—Points to the Future of Education
• The 74 Million: Commentary: 5 Things Educators Can Do to Make Ed Tech Research Work Better for Their Schools
• Trib Live: South Fayette to Host Pixar Animations Studio Director for ‘Inspire Talk
• Hechinger Report: New Online Option for Teacher Training
• Education Dive: Virtual Network Gives Kentucky Teachers Access to Professional Learning
• Salisbury Post: National Education League Tours Rowan Schools
• Education Dive: Former Education Secretary Duncan: Parkland Teens are ‘Moving This Country’
• EdScoop: Rural Schools in Kentucky Join Forces Online for Teacher Training
• Corsicana Daily Sun: Code to the Future: CISD to Make Computer Science a Priority Course
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Launches Student Immersive Video Project with UN and Oculus
• The 74: Robots, Grit, Personalization: 13 Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss at This Year’s ASU+GSV Summit
• Forbes: Nine Lessons From Brain Science From Dr. Melina Uncapher
• Getting Smart: Storytelling for Sustainable Development
• The Hechinger Report: More Money for Middle School Tech
• The Intelligencer: Neil A. Armstrong Middle School to Be Featured in New Verizon Television Commercial 
• Education Week: Tech Giants Announce New Funding for 1-to-1 Devices, Computer Science Education
• Hechinger Report: Don’t Go It Alone
• The Washington Post: Lawrence K. Grossman, Top Executive at PBS and NBC News, Dies at 86
• EdScoop: New Partnership Seeks to Tap Into Students’ Potential Using VR
• Wired: Why Some Schools Pay More Than Others When Buying From Apple
• Education Week: Schools Struggle to Use Data to Get Better
• The Greer Citizen: Local Librarian, Students Get Creative
• Education Dive: Stephensville ISD Digital Learning Director Stresses Importance of Pedagogy in 1:1
• Education Dive: Day 2 at SXSWedu 2018: Paul Quinn College’s Turnaround, Data Interoperability and Learning Science
• eSchool News: What’s happening at SXSW EDU
• THE Journal: Non-Profit to Crowdsource On-the-Ground Ed Tech Effectiveness
• Observer: A Year of Disruption? 7 Education Trends for 2018
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: San Ysidro Middle Schools Get Laptops Under Google-Funded Initiative
• Education Week: Putting Creativity at the Center of Student Learning
• AP: Illinois District Turns ‘Snow Day’ Into ‘E-Learning Day’
• Daily Herald: How Gurnee District 56 Turned a ‘Snow Day’ Into a ‘E-Learning Day’
• EdSurge: What Every City Can Learn From Pittsburgh’s Pioneering K-12-Research Partnerships
• THE Journal: Personalized Learning Is Not About Planting Students Behind Computers
• Cleveland Daily Banner: Verizon Grant Makes Difference in Polk
• Black Enterprise: Straight Outta Compton — A Stunning School Turnaround
• The Island Now: Mineola Board President to Receive Education Partner Award
• MultiBrief: K-12 Schools: The Need for Computational Thinking
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Students From South Fayette, Freeport Area High Schools Win FBI Opioid Awareness Contest
• Getting Smart: What Policies and Practices Can Make Learning Personal for All?
• The Almanac: New South Fayette Superintendent to Host Community Day
• SXSW EDU: The Power of Technology, Teachers and the Future of Learning
• Getting Smart: Smart List: 50+ Advocacy Organizations Making a Difference
• Education Week: League of Innovative Schools: A Network Creating the Future of Learning
• Education Week: A Year in the Making: The Second Lesson My New Year’s Resolution Taught Me about Next Gen Learning
• Christensen Institute: 5 Big Ideas for Education Innovation in 2018
• The Intelligencer: Student Teams Bolster Technology at Bristol Township Middle Schools
• Argus Leader: Movers & Shakers: Jan. 2
• The 74 Million: Analysis: Why School Districts Need a ‘Consumer Reports’ for Ed Tech
• Observer-Reporter: Bringing World Experiences to South Fayette: Kenneth Lockette
• STEAM Universe: Digital Promise: It’s Time to Weave Computational Thinking into K-12

2017

• Education Week: The Year in Personalized Learning: 2017 in Review
• EdSurge: What’s the Difference Between Project- and Challenge-Based Learning, Anyway?
• Education Week: Montour Schools: Home of the Evolving Educators
• TribLive: It’s a Very Chromebook Christmas at Carlynton
• Education Week: South Fayette Schools: A Computational Carnival for Kids
• Jacksonville.com: Duval Schools Working to Boot Up More Computer Careers for Girls
• Getting Smart: How Can We Bring Coding into Authentic PBL?
• EdScoop: Teaching Young People How to Think — and Thrive — in a Computational World
• POLITICO: Morning Education
• Getting Smart: Smart Update
• EdSurge: Instruct
• Hechinger Report: Maker Framework
• WHYY: Can We make Purchasing Classroom Tech More Like Buying a Car?
• Language Magazine: Literacy on the Line
• Observer-Reporter: McGuffey Teacher One of Few in U.S. Chosen for Learning Project
• Forbes: Cultivating Data Scientists: What Is EdTech Doing & What’s Left?
• Education Week: Competency-based Micro-credentials Are Transforming Professional Learning
• EdSurge: What Educators Can Learn from a Seven-Year-Old About Cultivating a Passion for STEM
• T.H.E. Journal: Digital Promise and Facebook Team on Social Media Marketing Training for Adults
• Getting Smart: Digital Promise and Facebook Developing New Micro-credentials Program
• Boston Herald: Verizon, BPS Team to Give Out Free iPads
• POLITICO: Education Department Awards $14M Innovation Grant to Personalized Learning Platform
• Orange County Business Journal: UCI on $14.65M Literacy Team
• T.H.E. Journal: Cyberlearning Research Report Peeks into Future of Ed Tech
• The Almanac: South Fayette students show off invention at World Maker Faire
• EdTech Magazine: Google Champions Teacher Tech Training with New Program
• Wayne Post: Marion CSD accepted by League of Innovative Schools
• T.H.E. Journal: Educator MOOC Adds Micro-Credentials on Personalized Learning
• Times Herald-Record: Newburgh School District Chosen for Coalition of “Innovative” Districts
• WHNT: Huntsville City Schools Lands Prestigious Membership Which Allows for National Innovation and Collaboration
• North Orange Daily Voice: Newburgh Schools Accepted Into National Technology Coalition
• EdWeek: Questions Linger Over Companies’ $300 Million Computer Science Pledge
• Forbes: Taming The Wild West Of Digital Badges And Credentials
• THE Journal: Online Guide Helps Students Learn How to Create Immersive Media
• Trib Live: Baldwin-Whitehall district joins League of Innovative Schools
• Innovators Point: New Buildings And New Curriculum Equals Student Success At South Fayette
• EdSurge: To Leverage Tech in Writing Instruction, This Superintendent Channeled Justin Bieber
• HuffPost: To Improve Teacher Training, States Try ‘Micro Credentials’
• EdSurge: There’s No Such Thing as Being Bad at Math: How Neuroscience Is Changing the Equation
• Irving Weekly: Verizon Provides Tablets and 24/7 Internet to Five ISD Schools
• KSFY: Sioux Falls School District Accepted Into National School Network
• TribLive: South Fayette Students Design Product to Curb Drug Abuse
• Journal-News: Lakota Digital Learning Efforts Grow with Membership in National Group
• Argus Leader: Sioux Falls District Accepted into National Network of Innovative Schools
• WESA: One Way To Combat The Opioid Crisis? Using Your Fingerprint And A High-Tech Pill Dispenser
• Education Week: Students Earn Digital Credentials for Adding New Skills
• Class Tech Tips: Bring Financial Literacy to Your Classroom
• Education Week: Factory-Model Change Won’t End the Era of Factory-Model Schools
• District Administration: PD Moves Toward Mastery in K12
• The 74 Million: Is Ed Tech Really Working? 5 Core Tenets to Rethink How We Buy, Use, and Measure New Tools
• Herald Standard: Yough Middle Selected for Nationwide Google Pilot Program
• The Citizen: Northgate Joins Technology Pilot Program
• THE Journal: Schools Still Struggle with Data Interoperability
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Ed Tech Pilot Resource Updated
• Education Dive: Kentucky Ed Collective Addresses Teacher Training Needs By Developing Own Solutions
• Hechinger Report: Rural Schools Turn to High-Tech Teacher Training Solutions
• EdSurge: Making Personalized Learning Real
• Education Dive: New CBE Toolkit Shares 10 Districts’ Best Practices
• TribLive: Project Boosts Use of Technology at Penn Hills Middle School This Year
• eSchool News: 10 Districts Share Their Invaluable CBE Secrets
• EdScoop: Federal Government Must Devote More Resources to Edtech Research, Study Says
• KPBS: Putting iPads, Laptops In The Hands Of Schoolkids Comes With Challenges
• EdSurge: Top Education Researchers Jump Ship to Join Digital Promise
• Education Week: Teaching With Tech Is Hard. Two New Efforts Aim to Help.
• EdScoop: Google Funds Project to Deploy Tech Integration Coaches Nationwide
• THE Journal: 50 Underserved U.S. Middle Schools Gain Coaches to Optimize Tech in Classroom
• EdSurge: Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program
• Tryon Daily Bulletin: District One joins the Dynamic Learning Project, a National Educator Coaching Program
• South Carolina GoUpstate: 2 District 1 Schools Selected for New Classroom Technology Program
• Pennsylvania TribLive: Google, Edtech Experts Choose 11 Western Pa. Schools for National Pilot Project
• Alabama Daily Sentinel: BMS joins Dynamic Learning Project
• Alabama WAFF: Bridgeport Middle School Gets Technology Coach
• Alabama WDEF: Alabama School Joins Dynamic Learning Project
• Alabama WHNT: Bridgeport Middle School is One of 50 in the Nation a Part of the Dynamic Learning Project
• Huntsville Rocket City Now: Five Huntsville Schools Chosen for Technology Education Program
• Pennsylvania TribLive: Carlynton Among 11 Pittsburgh Area School Chosen for Education Project Involving Google
• Pennsylvania TribLive: Back-to-School Stories, Teacher Layoff Laws & Google Ed tech Training: 5 Things to Know Today
• American Libraries: Tech Power
• Education Week: Family Literacy on Your Smartphone
• Charlottesville Tomorrow: National Pilot Program for “Maker Learning” Finds Inspiration in Albemarle County
• Newsradio WINA: Josh Weisgrau: Innovation in Public Schools
• NBC 29: Albemarle Schools Hosting Maker Learning Leadership Pilot Program
• CBS 19: Superintendents in Albemarle to Learn More About “Maker Movement”
• The Daily Progress: Digital Promise Visitors at Agnor-Hurt
• Today’s Motor Vehicles: News Roundup: GM Pushes STEM Education, Toyota Expands Production, Ford Offers Mustang Logo Option
• Triple Pundit: GM Boosts STEM Education for Girls and Women
• The News Wheel: GM Partners With Four New Nonprofits to Promote STEM Education
• CNN: Exclusive: GM CEO Mary Barra Says the World Needs More Coders
• Fortune: GM CEO Mary Barra Has a New Plan to Get More Girls Interested in STEM
• Business Insider: GM Wants the Era of Self-Driving Cars to Be Led by Women
• The Detroit News: GM Partners with 4 Groups to Boost STEM Education
• EdTech Magazine: ISTE 2017: From VR Consumers to VR Creators
• Getting Smart: Digital Promise Making Research Accessible to Educators
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Makes Improvements to Interactive Ed Research Map
• SAPOTEK: A Investigação em Tecnologias da Educação Pode Ser Vista em Mapa
• EdSurge: Digital Promise Re-launches Research Map To Visualize Edtech Landscape
• Education Week: Poor Students Face Digital Divide in How Teachers Learn to Use Tech
• Education Week: ‘Toolkit’ Breaks Down K-12 Districts’ Shifts Into Competency-Based Learning
• The Almanac: South Fayette High School Students Win National Competition
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Global Seeks Alpha Testers for Learner Positioning System
• Hechinger Report: Blended Learning
• EdSurge: Real Life Learning: An Up Close Look at Competency-based Education
• KCAW: To Teach Innovation, Sitka Schools Ramp Up Makerspace Program
• THE Journal: Competency-based Education in Action: School Districts Share Advice
• Education Dive: Rural Districts Band Together to Promote Innovation Across Schools
• NCCE: Guest Post: Leading Innovative Schools: Some Views From 30k Feet
• The Daily Journal: School, Businesses Seek to Close Digital Divide: Redwood City Community Collaborates to Help Improve Student Opportunities
• EdSurge: The Hard Truths and False Starts About Edtech Efficacy Research
• The 74 Million: $8 Billion a Year on Ed Tech, but Does It Work? Experts Call for Better Research at Unique D.C. Symposium
• Education Dive: Are Micro-credentials the Key to Personalizing Professional Development?
• EdSurge: Fusion: Bringing Personalized Learning Together
• The 74 Million: #ShowTheEvidence: Building a Movement Around Research, Impact in EdTech
• EdWeek: Ed-Tech Pilots That Appeal to Teachers
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Selects Winners for filmMAKER Challenge
• Education Week: Customizing Professional Development through Micro-credentials
• Education Week: School Districts Update Professional Development
• EdSurge: Grill That Edtech Company with These 6 Questions Before Buying Anything
• San Diego Union-Tribune: Vista Supe Brings School Reform to Silicon Valley
• Spartanburg Herald-Journal: Robot Helps Autistic Students at McCarthy Teszler Bridge Communication Barriers
• Education Dive: VR Filmmaking Projects Offer Potential for Powerful Lessons in Empathy
• The Hechinger Report: Using Virtual Reality to Step Into Others’ Shoes
• EdSurge: Can a District Disrupt the Edtech Industry?
• The Christian Science Monitor: Appalachia’s New Trail: Finding Life After Coal
• Education Dive: Santa Ana USD Digital Transition Highlights Importance of Professional Learning
• EdTech Magazine: Q&A: Melissa Dodd on Filling in the Access to Tech Gap
• eSchool News: Why STEM Education Could Get a Transformative Makeover—Soon
• Education Week: Helping Companies Identify Math and Science Practices Backed by Robust Research
• Getting Smart: Smart List: 30 School Districts Worth Visiting
• EdScoop: Lower Costs, Newer Tech Help Virtual Reality Become a Reality in the Classroom
• Education Dive: Tuesday at SXSWedu: Higher Ed Access and Future-Ready Librarians
• Hechinger Report: OPINION: Three misunderstandings about open resources
• EdSurge: Expanding Access to Edtech Isn’t Enough. We Need to Make Sure It Works, Too
• EducationNext: Competency-Based Learning for Teachers
• Education Week: Patricia Deklotz: Recognized for Leadership in Innovation
• Education Week: 18 Tips for Making Blended Learning More Student-Centered
• KQED MindShift: Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?
• NottinghamMD.com: Eastern Tech, Parkville High VR films Receive Awards in National Competition
• CBS19 Charlottesville: Monticello Students Nationally Recognized for Tackling the Issue of Bullying
• EdScoop: Digital Promise Releases ‘Research@Work’ Video Series to Help Educators, Developers
• Hechinger Report: How Can Schools Avoid Repeating Each Other’s Mistakes
• The Huffington Post: Sparks of Change: A Look Inside Innovative Schools
• Forbes: The 32 Million Disruptive Adult Learning Opportunities
• Education Week: Are Microcredentials the Next iPhone?
• eSchool News: Does Growing Student Diversity Mean a Renewed Focus on Personalized Learning?
• EdSurge: Buying or Building Research-Backed Edtech? The Government Can Help
• THE Journal: What’s Hot: 9 Major Ed Tech Trends for 2017
• Hechinger Report: School of Me: Letting Students Study What They Want, When They Want is the Latest Education Trend
• EdSurge: Finding ‘Personalized Learning’ and Other Edtech Buzzwords on the Gartner Hype Cycle

2016

• Forbes: Developing Our Understanding Of Personalized Learning
• KVPR.org: Student By Student, Lindsay Schools Erase Digital Divide
• Veja (In Portuguese): “Technology Democratizes Learning”, Says Expert
• eSchool News: 8 Steps to Evaluating Ed-tech Products
• Education Dive: Superintendents Find New Ways to Network Nationwide
• Edutopia: Networked: How Today’s Education Leaders Make Decisions
• MeriTalk: Digital Promise Releases Ed Tech Pilot Framework
• Education World: Framework Helps School Leaders Pilot New EdTech in Step-by-Step Process
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Offers Free Framework for Tech Pilot Programs
• EdSurge: Digital Promise Rolls Out Free Tool to Help Execute Pilot Programs
• Educational Technology Guy: Ed Tech Pilot Framework – Excellent Resources for All Schools
• EdScoop: 8 Steps to Pilot Smarter K-12 Edtech Product Tests
• The Hechinger Report: Blended Learning
• Education Week: Ed-Tech Pilots: New Resource Tries to Help K-12 Districts Get Them Right
• The Hechinger Report: Blended Learning
• EdSurge: Which Edtech Companies Are Producing the Best Research-based Products?
• Edutopia: Pen Pals 2.0: Can Technology Foster Global Tolerance?
• Black Enterprise: East Harlem School Kids Get iPads, Free Data Plans
• WBAL-TV: Educators from across country visit Md. to see language program
• Education Week: The OER Landscape has Something for Every District
• NBC News: 18-Year-Old Millionaire, Robotics Scholar Teach Students the Power of Technology
• EdWeek Market Brief: Conquering Teachers’ Tech Anxieties a Recurrent Theme at iNACOL
• THE Journal: Parents Buy into Potential of Ed Tech; Most Don’t See Learning Results
• Education Week: ‘Red Flags’ to Look for When Evaluating Personalized Learning Products
• Education Week: Data Dive
• Education Week: Checking Up on Personalized Learning Pioneers
• Information Age: HP Opens UK Learning Studios to Tackle the Digital Skills Gap
• Roswell Patch: Fulton Schools Join Group Promoting Innovation in Education
• Kokomo Perspective: Kokomo Schools takes the Digital Promise
• THE Journal: Digital Promise Network Encourages District Innovation
• Fox 21 News: Two Colorado Springs Middle Schools Get Grant for New iPads
• The Hechinger Report: What Does It Take to Make an Innovative School?
• Getting Smart: Vancouver Pilots Comprehensive Open Math Curriculum
• North Fulton Neighbor: Fulton County Re-joins League of Innovative Schools
• eSchool News: 19 New Districts Join League of Innovative Schools
• KSMU.org: Missouri Superintendent of the Year Goes to Springfield’s John Jungmann
• The Hechinger Report: What Does It Take to Make an Innovative School? Here’s a List Five Years in the Making
• MorristownGreen.com: Morris School District Chosen for National Innovation Program
• Irondequoit Post: East Irondequoit Accepted Into League of Innovative Schools
• B-Town Blog: Highline Public Schools Computer Science Efforts Receive National Praise
• EdWeek Market Brief: Rhode Island Makes Its Pitch to Ed-Tech Developers As Lab for Innovation
• EdWeek Market Brief: Personalized Learning Needed in Increasingly Diverse Classrooms, Report Says
• Christian Science Monitor: What If Volunteers Had a Craigslist to Help Public Schools?
• Times of San Diego: Vista High School Awarded $10M to Create ‘Super School’
• Getting Smart: 10 XQ Super Schools Announced: Leading the Way in Rethinking High School
• EdSource: Three California Schools Awarded $10 million Each to ‘Reimagine High School’
• Education Week: 10 High School Redesign Projects Win $100 Million in ‘XQ Super School’ Contest
• EdSurge: XQ Institute Announces 10 Winners of ‘Super Schools’ Competition
• The San Diego Union-Tribune: Vista High Lands $10 Million Innovation Grant
• EdScoop: Personalized Learning Can Aid Increasingly Diverse Classrooms
• THE Journal: New Report on Personalized Learning Recommends Use of ‘Learner Positioning Systems’
• Education Week: Personalized Learning in 2016: What’s Working, What’s Missing?
• EdSurge: What the Savviest School Administrators Know About Education Technology
• El Paso Herald-Post: Five El Paso ISD Middle Schools to Receive iPads
• EdScoop: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers Dive Into Edtech Pilots at Innovative Districts
• Stanford Social Innovation Review: Making School New
• eSchool News: 3 Ways Innovative Schools Advance Maker Learning for All
• Education Dive: How Schools are Getting Maker Ed to All Students
• EdSurge: What Machine Learning and Draymond Green Have To Do With Education
• District Administration: Micro-credentials Provide Highly Personalized PD
• THE Journal: President Unveils New Initiatives During National Week of Making
• EdScoop: Tech Enthusiasts Trek to Washington for National Week of Making
• U.S. News & World Report: Building a Nation of Makers
• Education Week: Can ‘Deeper Learning’ Drive Teacher Power?
• Education Week: The ‘Maker’ Movement Is Coming to K-12: Can Schools Get It Right?
• Education Week: Testing Tech Products in the Classroom
• Getting Smart: Making Education Research Available to All
• EdSurge: Pittsburgh: Providing the Blueprint for Citywide Maker Education
• The San Diego Tribune: Education in the Digital Age
• T.H.E. Journal: Digital Promise Launches Web Tool to Find Ed Research
• EdScoop:  New Tool from Digital Promise Connects Educators, Startups to Research
• KQED Mindshift: Digital Promise Puts Education Research All In One Place
• Education Week: Online Tool “Maps” Ed Research for School Districts, Business Leaders
• WESA 90.5: Avonworth ‘Maker Space’ Encourages Innovation And Creativity
• TribLive: South Fayette Middle School a high-tech hub
• WESA 90.5: Western PA School Districts Promise To Support Maker Movement
• Hazard-Herald: Hazard Independent Among 17 in East Kentucky’s KVEC Region Nationally Recognized for Education Innovation
• Remake Learning: How Digital Promise is Helping Sow Networks of Learning Innovation, One Region at a Time
• EdSurge: Heard & Overheard on Day 1 of ASU+GSV Summit
• The Hechinger Report: Are Ed-Tech Financiers Beginning to Listen to Teachers?
• Education Week: Educators’ ‘TED’ Talks-Style Forum Leads Up to ASU+GSV Summit
• Education Dive: Is Micro-credentialing the Future of K-12 PD?
• Education Week: Can ‘Micro-Credentialing’ Salvage Teacher PD?
• Make: White House Backs National Week of Making, Building High School Makerspaces
• EdSurge: White House and Barack Obama Scale Up TechHire Initiative, Push for More Makerspaces in K-12
• EdScoop: Contest offers prizes to educators for sharing practices in classrooms
• Getting Smart: League of Innovative Schools District on Improving Low-Income Student Outcomes
• Education Dive: Creative approaches can make coding more fun, accessible
• eSchoolNews: 4 Ways Forward-Thinking Districts are Inspiring More Students to Code
• The Huffington Post: School District Invests in “Erasing the Look & Feel of Poverty,” Sees Big Returns
• The New York Times: Bridging a Digital Divide That Keeps Schoolchildren Behind
• Education Dive: Measuring the costs and benefits of new ed tech
• eSchoolNews: The major momentum behind micro-credentials
• NorthJersey.com: Clocking-in to class from home: Local districts put virtual school days to the test
• The Seventy Four: WATCH: Inside South Carolina’s Campaign to Empower Students with Technology #EDlection2016
• The Hechinger Report: U.S. schools have more computers than ever. But what are they doing with all that (expensive) technology?
• TribLive: South Fayette schools grab Obama’s attention
• The New York Times: Forward Tinkering: Colleges Make Room for Maker Spaces
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: AIU, 4 county schools receive White House recognition for computer science education
• NJ.com: Elizabeth Public Schools recognized by White House for computer science initiatives
• Salisbury Post: RSS recognized in White House announcement
• T.H.E. Journal: BloomBoard Intros Curated Collections with Micro-Credentials
• The Hechinger Report: Forget snow days. How one school district uses this time to teach students — and fill their bellies with food
• Getting Smart: What You Need to Know When Developing Micro-Credentials
• Bucks County Courier Times: Bristol Township ‘Tiger Techs’ get a glimpse of technology on the horizon
• District Administration: Outlook: Deluge of mobile devices

2015

• Education Week: The K-12 Marketplace: What to Look for in 2016
• EdScoop: Privacy, broadband, No Child Left Behind among big topics of 2015
• Education Week: New Tool Helps Districts Evaluate Ed-Tech Companies’ Claims of ‘Evidence’
• T.H.E. Journal: UC Davis and Digital Promise Report on How To Run Better Ed Tech Pilots
• Getting Smart: 30 Districts Worth Visiting 2015
• Education Dive: Survey examines barriers to evaluating purchasing ed tech
• Education Week: Districts Struggle to Judge Ed-Tech Pilot Projects
• EdSurge: Digital Promise’s Guide to Running Effective Edtech Pilots
• Education Week: Little consistency in how districts judge ed-tech through pilot tests, study finds
• EdScoop News: Micro-credentials, the new gold star for teachers, show concrete evidence of learning
• Getting Smart: Rethinking Educator Professional Development with Micro-credentials
• eSchool News: How micro-credentials could have a chance
• T.H.E. Journal: New partnership will provide micro-credentials to teachers
• Getting Smart: EdTech 10: It’s a Small World
• Hechinger Report: To the future and beyond: A new class of innovative schools joins a growing network of educators who share best practices
• eSchool News: 22 districts join network of innovative school systems
• Education Week: Once Micro-credentials are Explained, Teachers are Willing to Pursue Them, Study Finds
• Bangor Daily News: Maine teachers to get online access to professional development
• Bright: What Kind of Smart Are You? How “maker” education is priming our kids for the kind of intelligence that matters most
• Getting Smart: Micro-credentials for Personalized, Powerful Professional Learning
• Education Week: Family partnerships are key to digital equity
• Kokomo Tribune: Digital Promise coaching aims to enhance Kokomo Schools’ technology use
• The Huffington Post: The Global Search for Education: The New UN Agenda – What Is the Role of Education?
• eSchool News: 4 things innovative districts do to improve graduation rates
• District Administration: Edtech purchasing: What CIOs need to know
• FedScoop: Education app developers overlook a target audience: adult learners
• Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly’s adult literacy problem
• Hechinger Report: Tablets and other tech offer ways to track teacher performance beyond just standardized tests
• Education Week: Regional Partnerships Emerging to Support K-12 Innovation
• FedScoop: Education innovation “clusters” coming to Chicago
• Knoxville News Sentinel: Bearden, Carter middle move to one-to-one technology
• Education Week: Amazon Top Pick for Contract to Create N.Y.C. Schools’ e-Book ‘Marketplace’
• MIT Technology Review: Lessons Learned
• Bright: How Should We Approach Education’s Digital Divide?
• Maui News: Middle school students get a tech boost with iPads donated by Verizon
• Hechinger Report: Let students lead a digital learning transformation, and you might be surprised by what happens next
• Buzzfeed: Baltimore’s Challenge: Buy Computers For 100,000 Kids, And Don’t Mess It Up
• Education Week: Schools, Organizations to Compare Notes on Education Innovation Clusters
• Quartz: These third graders spend 75% of their day on iPads, and their teacher doesn’t mind a bit
• Stephenville Empire-Tribune: SISD on its way to digital transformation
• Edutopia: Deeper Learning in Practice
• StateScoop: Schools rethink how to pilot edtech programs
• Education Week: Student Tech Use at Home Is Tricky Balancing Act
• Getting Smart: Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning
• T.H.E. Journal: New Report Shares Personalized Learning Guidance
• Marketplace: Giving every kid a computer and a connection
• Education Week: Johns Hopkins’ Education School Reviews Educational Products for Companies
• California Schools magazine: After-School Connections
• Time: The Next Experiment in Education
• Education Week: K-12 Librarians’ Roles Shift to Meet Digital Demands
• The Columbian: School district hosts national meeting
• Education Week: Four Lessons for Today’s Education Leaders
• Hechinger Report: As market surges, schools struggle to find the best tech products
• PBS Newshour: Tech giants battle for classrooms
• Education Week: Staging Better Trial Runs of Ed-Tech Products in Schools
• Politico: Many students wired at school feel digital divide at home
• The Atlantic: When Students Can’t Go Online
• Bucks County Courier Times: Tablet roll out finally taking shape in Bristol Township middle schools
• Education Week: Digital Promise to Create Network of Education Innovation Clusters
• EdSurge: Targeting Deeper Learning with Micro-Credentials
• Alliance for Excellent Education: Culture Shift: Making Innovation Contagious
• Anniston Star: What apps are most useful in classrooms?
• EdSurge: How to Make Micro-Credentials Matter
• Raleigh News & Observer: Carroll Middle School students to receive personal tablets

2014

• McClatchy: School buses bring Wi-Fi to impoverished families
• The Atlantic: Can a School’s Tech Program Take a Rural Town out of Poverty?
• Hechinger Report: Preparing for the future: Summits to help schools make smart technology choices
• WRAL-Raleigh: Carroll Middle among 8 schools nationwide to win tablets
• Los Angeles Times: How L.A. Unified got its iPad contract
• Levittown Now: Truman STEM Program Helps Area Students Succeed
• KQED Mind/shift: How Rural Schools Paid for Students’ Home Internet to Transform Learning
• Tampa Bay Times: When it comes to technology, Florida schools struggle to keep up with students
• MediaBistro: AAP Honors Educational Publishing Leaders
• Getting Smart: 25 Districts Worth Visiting
• The Columbian: Teacher-librarians fill high-tech role
• Hechinger Report: Is the next Khan Academy star a teacher in D.C. Public Schools?
• Education Week: League of Innovative Schools’ Leaders Share Ideas, and Common Frustrations
• Education Week: Ed-Tech Vendors Often in Dark on District Needs, Study Shows
• Education Week: Who Calls the Shots in School Purchasing? Vendors, K-12 Officials Disagree
• Buzzfeed: School Districts Are Really Bad At Buying Technology
• EdSurge: Bringing Order and Transparency to a Dysfunctional K-12 Marketplace
• Politico: Ed-Tech Blues
• Daily Northwestern: Two District 65 schools receive iPads through national learning program
• Edutopia: Leading and Learning for a Successful Digital Transformation
• The Coast News: iPad donations are a game-changer for Vista students
• Education Week: Making the Big LMS Buying Decision
• St. Paul Pioneer Press: iPad training for east metro teachers targets personalized lessons
• Al Jazeera America: The digital divide in American Schools
• Education Week: Middle Schools’ 1-to-1 Tablet Deployment to Be Studied
• KQED Mind/shift: What Are the Most Powerful Uses of Tech for Learning?
• USA Today: Technology access lacking, uneven in Miss. schools
• EdSurge: So You Think You Can Educate Adults?
• USA Today: A cheaper, faster version of a college degree
• Education Week: It’s Time: Connecting What Students Need and What Entrepreneurs Create
• EdSurge: Digital Promise Kicks Off Micro-Credentialing With Summer Pilot
• Slate: Tablet-Sized Teachers
• Hechinger Report: Digital education is supposed to transform public education, but many schools can’t even get online
• eSchool News: 7 big problems–and solutions–in education
• Hechinger Report: Wanted: More gutsy leaders to drive schools into digital age
• KQED Mind/Shift: 7 Big Hurdles In Education and Ideas For Solving Them
• EdSurge: League of Innovative Schools Adds Nine New Members
• FOX Business News: Online Education: Can it Solve the Employment Problem?
• National Public Radio: For The Tablet Generation, A Lesson In Digital Citizenship
• Education Week: ‘Learning Menus’ Empower Students to Tailor Curriculum
• T.H.E. Journal: 5 Best Practices of Tech-Leading Superintendents
• The Economist: Wiping out the blackboard
• EdSurge: Obama Spotlights Needs of Young Adult Learners

2013

• Huffington Post: Obama ConnectED Initiative Aims To Get Classrooms Online
• EdSurge: Karen Cator: “Close the Digital Learning Gap”
• AL.com: Education nonprofit praises Baldwin County schools’ Digital Renaissance
• U.S. World and News Report: The Latest Tools for Teaching STEM: Video Games
• Education Week: Ed. Leaders Balance Risk-Taking and Failure
• Education Week: Building a District Culture to Foster Innovation
• Education Week: K-12 Leaders Shift From Protectors of Status Quo to Change Agents