‘Keeping Young Girls and Women Afloat’: Foundation Founder Challenges Myths About Black Girls’ Hair With Invitation to Swimming, Diving, Marine Science & STEM
Helping Students Feel Seen and Heard: Along, a New Digital SEL Tool, Helps Teachers Engage Their Pupils — and Unlock Better Learning
From Diving to Radio, Coding to Farming — Nonprofit Awards $165K in Grants to Local Groups Bringing STEM Education to Underserved Kids
Camp Invention Hands-on Summer STEM Program Goes Virtual, Bringing Creativity and Innovation to Kids — and Their Families
Numerade Opens Free Online STEM Summer Bootcamps to Help MS and HS Students Overcome COVID Learning Loss
74 Interview: Researcher Ryan Baker on the Changing Face of Ed Tech Amid the Pandemic — and What Should Happen Next
EmpowerU, Minnesota-Based Social-Emotional Learning Platform, Provides One-on-One Online Counseling to Thousands of K-12 Students
SXSW EDU Launch Winner Inspirit Creates Interactive 3D Science Models for Student Exploration
‘What Would It Mean to Equalize Access to Tutoring?’ Brown University’s National Student Support Accelerator Aims to Find Out
Begun in NYC Public Schools, Techrow Makes Virtual Reality Work for Students of All Income Levels, No Matter Where They’re Learning
HS Senior’s Research on COVID in High-Needs Areas Adopted by Congressional Coronavirus Task Force — & Puts Her in the Running for Top Science Contest Prize
With Income Share Agreements Instead of Student Loans, Purdue University Pioneered Program That ‘Makes School Available to Those Who Want to Come’
Amira Literacy Uses Artificial Intelligence to Analyze and Support K-3 Students’ Reading Skills, Opens Up Greater At-Home Learning Options
App That Matches Students With Community Service Takes a Virtual Pivot During Pandemic & Opens Up Fresh Opportunities
From Blue Light Glasses & Noise-Canceling Earphones to Tablets & Masks for Kids, a New World of Student Technology in the Age of COVID
This 12-Year-Old Won Nation’s Largest Middle School Science Contest for Her Study of Color, Vision and the Human Brain — and $25,000
What Would Schools Be Like If They Were More Like Children’s Museums? Designers of New Pittsburgh K-6 School Are Finding Out
Minecraft: Education Edition Using In-Game Virtual Worlds to Teach SEL Skills, Expand Girls’ & MS Students’ Interest in STEM During Pandemic
Educators Spend $13 Billion a Year on Ed Tech for K-12 Classrooms. EdTech Genome Project Is Looking to Help Them Make Better Choices
Labster Brings Virtual Laboratories — and Coronavirus Research — to K-12 Students
Reopening Classrooms With ‘Equity by Design’: How One NYC School Network Partnered With Architects and Designers on a Pandemic Plan That Prioritizes the Most Vulnerable Students
Schools Tell Ed Tech Leader They Expect Lots More Blended, Hybrid Learning in the Fall. What This Means for Teachers and Students
One-Way Hallways, See-Through Partitions, Handwashing Stations & Lunch in Class — Architects’ Models for Socially Distanced Schools
L.A. District & Snapchat Created a Celebrity Book Club for Students. More Online Engagement Is in the Works
Football’s San Francisco 49ers Turn Their Stadium STEAM Lab Into a Digital Playbook for At-Home Learning
These Florida Tech Team Teens Are Now the Genius Bar for Their Middle School’s Teachers and Students During Remote Learning
WATCH: In This Age of Social Distancing, Class of 2020 Graduations Go Virtual, Mobile and Robotic
Barack Obama, LeBron James, the Jonas Brothers Headline Nationally Simulcast HS ‘Graduate Together’ Event on Saturday Evening
Technology Shortage Hits Schools: As Remote Learning Jolts Demand for Chromebooks and iPads, Districts Warn Communities’ Needed Supplies Could Take Months
From Coding and Origami for Robots to Electrical Circuits and Animation, 9 Online Sources That Bring Hands-On Technical Learning Home
‘Why Do I Want Digital Experiences for My Kids If It Looks Like This?’ — Experts Fear Parent Backlash Against Online Learning
Current Events, Science, Politics — National Geographic Opens Up Learn-at-Home Resources for Grades K-12. 2 Students Check Them Out
Need Help Sorting Through the Avalanche of Online Resources for Kids Who Are Now Learning at Home? 11 Sites for Parents to Look At
With Coronavirus Closing Their School, Massachusetts Engineering College Seniors Hold Joyous, Last-Minute ‘Fauxmencement’ Exercises
Rat Brains, Ants & Underwater Robotics: Pilot Program Brings Live Virtual Reality STEM Education to Rural North Carolina Students
Meet the Etsy of Education: Online Marketplace Lets Teachers Buy — and Sell — Millions of Classroom Materials and Lessons
Remote-Controlled High-Tech Microscope Brings Cutting-Edge Science to Tennessee HS. And Now, More Underserved Schools Are Getting In on It
Middle School Marvel: For Her Science Project, This 14-Year-Old Invented a Way to Eliminate a Car’s Blind Spot. Now She’s Won $25,000 — and Volvo Is Intrigued
From Artificial Intelligence to Augmented Reality to Peer-to-Peer Learning, 7 Ed Tech Trends to Watch in 2020
Equity Maps App Tracks Student Discussions for Better Understanding of Dialogue Skills, Conversation Flow and Inclusion
For 30 Million Teachers, Coaches, Parents & Students, Remind Enables Secure 2-Way Communication in 6 Languages. It Delivers Academic Content, Too
CodeMonkey’s Banana Quest Game Gives Learning Coding a Certain Appeal for Students and Teachers
Guild Education Links Employers, Universities and Employees to Make Additional Schooling a Company Benefit for Workers
Building a Smarter (and Cheaper) School Bus System: How a Boston-MIT Partnership Led to New Routes That Are 20% More Efficient and Saved the District $5 Million
Kindi, the Uber of English Reading, Links Syrian Refugee Students to Language Pals — & American Schools Are Getting In on the Act
From Teaching Architecture Through ‘Minecraft’ to Giving Spanish Lessons via Taylor Swift Lyrics, Outschool Is ‘the Netflix of Learning’
New LiftEd App Puts Special Education Data to Work for Teachers, Specialists, Therapists, Parents and Students
AdmitHub: How Conversations With a Chatbot Are Helping Students Get Into College — and Then Stay Enrolled
As Both College Student and Entrepreneur, Jessica Sun Is Instilling Confidence in the Thousands of Kids at Her Debate Camp — and in Herself
CareerVillage Offers Underserved High Schoolers a Crowdsourced Portal for Career Advice — and Now, Google Wants to Help It Grow
Whether Through Texts or Apps, Schools Are Using Technology to Get the Message Out to Students’ Families
Hands-On AP Computer Science Principles Course Has Broad Appeal for Diverse Groups of Students — and Is Changing How They See Themselves
74 Interview: NovoEd’s Andrew Linford on Blockchain, the Sharing Economy, Student Feedback in the Classroom & Shifting Teacher Mindset
Possip Text-Messaging Service Enables Easy Two-Way Communications Between Families and Schools
CottageClass: A Microschool Hub That Connects Families With Small-Scale Teachers — & Takes Care of the Business Side
Meet Iowa’s Waukee Innovation & Learning Center, the High School That Apple’s CEO Called ‘a Model for the Country’
New Book Helps Teachers Unlock Secrets of Virtual and Augmented Reality With Lessons, Apps, and Strategies for the Classroom
With Goal of Hiring 100,000 STEM Teachers in Sight, 100Kin10 Asks: Why Is It So Hard to Find and Keep Great Teachers in STEM?
A New Way to Teach Kids About Money — and Debt: How the Award-Winning CreditStacker App Has Turned Financial Literacy Into a Popular Game
FIRST Robotics: How an Afterschool STEM Program That’s Grown to Inspire More Than 530,000 Students a Year Is Now Being Used to Shape Curriculum in the Classroom
New App to Help Disadvantaged High Schoolers Pick the Right College — and Know What to Expect When They Get There
Why a School’s Floor Plan Is So Important: New Research Shows That 78 Feet Can Make All the Difference in Helping Teachers Collaborate With Struggling Colleagues
After the Tornado, an Innovation in School Design: How Joplin’s Rebuilt High School Is Protecting Students From Mother Nature — and Peer Conflict
In Classcraft’s Virtual World, Kids Learn Through Gaming — and Look Forward to Coming to School
Ohio School Custodian Becomes a U.S. Citizen — and Students Throw Him a Star-Spangled Celebration
Apple’s Mysterious High School Announcement: 4 Education Tools the Tech Company Seems Poised to Announce Tuesday
Applying to HS in NYC Is More Like Applying to Med School. This App Can Help Students Find the Right School for Them
A Half-Century and Millions of Dollars Later, Beach Boy Brian Wilson Gets an ‘A’ for ‘Surfin’ USA’ During Visit to His California HS
South By Southwest Education Preview: 12 Key Conversations About How Virtual & Augmented Reality Could Change Learning at SXSWedu 2018
Parents Want to Know: Are All Those New ‘STEM Boxes’ Worth a Subscription? 3 Grade-Schoolers Put the Kits to the Test
Allovue: How a New Software Platform Is Helping Schools Follow Their Money — and Make Sure It’s Working for Every Student
ThinkCERCA: Inside the Computer Program Being Used by Hundreds of School Districts to Teach Critical Thinking Skills
What a School Believes: Making New Friends and a Better World
Virtual Reality and Selfies: Students Become Teachers as They Introduce Senior Citizens to the World of Technology
Color, Light & Room to Explore: 21st Century School Architecture Boosts 21st Century Learning
55 Years Later, Oklahoma School Gets Its Lost 1960s Library Book Back — and $1,000 for Late Fees
An Innovative Public-Private Partnership in California: Oracle Will Give Mentoring, a Tech Curriculum, and a New $43 Million Building to a Charter High School
Massachusetts Third-Grader Gets Hero’s Welcome at School After 15-Month Battle With Leukemia
School Principal Dresses Up as Real-Life Elf on the Shelf, Turns Last Week of School Into a Ho-Ho-Ho-Holiday
Hawaii Teacher Wins $100K Grant for State-of-the-Art STEM Lab — and the Whole School Celebrates
Holiday Gift Guide — For Your Favorite STEM Student: 9 Fun Toys That Also Teach Science, Engineering, and Computing
How a 9-Year-Old Boy in Pennsylvania, and Five of His Grade-School Friends, Hatched a Plan to Get 1,500 Coats to Homeless Neighbors
WATCH: Oklahoma’s Panhandling Teacher Spreads the Wealth to Her Fellow Educators
Quill: How One Online Program Is Using Machine Learning to Help Students Become Better Writers — and Learn From Their Mistakes
Educators We’re Thankful For: 9 Thanksgiving Tales of Gratitude for Teachers, Students, and School Friends
WATCH: Middle Schoolers ‘Rise Up’ & Inspire the World
With Batman & Batmobile Costume, Washington School Resource Officer Is a Real Live Superhero Cop
After Sandy Hook Massacre, Designing Schools for Safety
Make a Video Game Instead of Taking a Test? That’s One Way Teachers Use Bloxels
WATCH: Chinese Gym Teachers & Oregon Students Move and Learn Together
Great Pep Rally — or the Greatest Pep Rally? Why One Arizona School’s Elaborate ‘Wizard of Oz’ Dance Number Has Gone Viral
Here’s the App That’s Helping Teachers Better Organize Their Ed Tech Tools — and Aiding Districts in Engaging Families Under ESSA
No More Magnet Boards: Abl Scheduler Is Dynamic, Personalized Tool for Managing School Day to Day
WATCH: Michigan Middle Schoolers Row, Row, Row Their Cardboard Boats
Boosting Student Safety and Parental Engagement, While Keeping School Buses on Track
Bouncy Balls & Tippy Stools — How Flexible Seating at Louisiana School Is Helping Students Focus in Class
How Sweet It Is! 6-Year-Old Girl Sells Lemonade to Pay Off Classmates’ Lunch Debts
Growing Fab Lab Network Brings the High-Tech, Hands-On STEM Education Out to Rural K-12 Students
80 and Still Teaching! Arkansas Kindergarten Teacher Gets Surprise Birthday Visit From Football Star
Free Clothes, Backpacks, Supplies & Books Come to Needy LA Kids Courtesy of Operation School Bell
Why 600 Kids in Tennessee Are Writing Inspiring Notes (and Hashtags!) on Rocks and Placing Them All Over Town
‘Dream It, Believe It, Achieve It’: Teachers’ Bathroom Makeover Offers Messages of Inspiration for Girls in Alabama MS
Watch: Teachers Act Just Like Little Kids When a Huge Treehouse Appears in the Middle of Their School
Students to the Rescue! School Kids Lead the Way in Relief Efforts for Victims of Hurricane Harvey
Sony and IBM Team Up to Make Education Data More Secure – and Easier to Share — with Blockchain System
LearnLaunch Accelerator Gives a Boost to Ed Tech Startups Worldwide From Its Boston Home
Call Her RoboKid: How a Cutting-Edge Robot Is Helping an Ohio Student Attend Classes While She’s Sick at Home
For Schools, an Eclipse Conundrum: To Open or Close? For Fun or for Science?
WATCH: Mission to Mars Video Wins $10,000 and Visit to NASA for 4 NJ Middle Schoolers
In Oklahoma, a 3rd-Grade Teacher Is Panhandling Along a Highway Entrance to Raise Money for Classroom Supplies
The Martian, Classroom Edition: 5 Quiz Questions Buried in the Book to Get Kids Thinking Like Astronauts
Novel Idea: Texas Teachers Turn Middle School Hall Into Library for Giants With Painted Literary Lockers
How’s This for a Yarn? School Bus Driver Crochets a Personalized Toy for Every Student on Her Route
WATCH: These 100 HS Grads Made a Splash With Pomp, Circumstance — and a Jump in the Lake
Dr. Dre Gives Back With $10 Million for School Performing Arts Center for Compton’s Young Artists
Personalized Learning Boosts Math Scores, New RAND Study Finds — But Scaling Is a Challenge
How 1 Nonprofit Is Trying to Get Kids Excited About Computer Science & Closing Cybersecurity Skills Gap
WATCH: Teacher Reads His Book of Love at Faculty Meeting — Then She Cries as He Proposes
NFL Cornerback Gives College Scholarship to Virginia HS Senior for Making Honor Roll
What to Do With Pokémon Tie Son Made in 1st Grade? Wait a Decade and Wear It to His HS Graduation
The Eagles Have Landed — Outside This School. As Birds Nest Nearby, Teachers Hatch New Assignments
A Historic Literacy Effort in California Brings Personalized Learning to English Language Learners
This 83-Year-Old Navy Veteran in Florida Will Get His HS Diploma Friday — and You Can Watch Live
Watch — Jimmy Fallon Helps Maryland School Lay Golden Eggs in 26G Read-a-Thon Fundraiser
For Teacher Appreciation Week, Here Are 7 Educators Who Amaze and Inspire Their Students Every Day
ClassDojo, Yale Roll Out New Video Series on Mindfulness to Help Young Students Tame ‘The Beast’
Rolling Study Halls Give Rural South Carolina Kids Free Wifi and Internet for Long School Bus Ride Home
Darryl Adams Got iPads, Wi-Fi for Every Student in High-Needs Calif. District. Here’s What He’s Up to Now
True to Their (Old) School: 2 Minnesota Farmers Just Paid $35,000 to Save Shuttered K-12 Building
Will Personalized Learning Become the New Normal? Inside Rhode Island’s Statewide Tech Initiative
High School Sophomore Wins Google Contest — and $30,000 Scholarship — With Diversity Doodle
MUST-SEE: School Films Epic 12-Minute ‘Trolls’ Music Video to Lift Spirits of Sick 5-Year-Old Girl
In Uniting Students With Prospective Employers, the Whether Job Search App Wins SXSWedu Tech Competition
Principal of the Day: This North Carolina School Leader Makes House Calls to ALL 990 Students
The Fifth-Grade ‘Future Chef’: A Grade-Schooler’s Comfort Food Gets Her Closer to National Cookoff
California High School Nets $24 Million From Snapchat Investment, All Thanks to Curious VC Dad
South by Southwest Education: 10 New Ed Tech Startups About to Grab the Spotlight in Austin
WATCH: New Hampshire Students Hatch Plan for Duck Wedding. ConQUACKulations!
This Barber Gives Grade-Schoolers Free Haircuts — as Long as They Read or Do Math While He Snips
A Toast to Ale-Truism: Pub Patrons’ Donations Help Put Books in Hands of Portland’s Needy Kids
CogniToys Dino Can Answer Kids’ Questions All Day Long, in and out of the Classroom
‘I Will Be Your Valentine’: Navy Dad Surprises His 2 Daughters at School After More Than a Year at Sea
6 Questions From Newsela That Teach Students to Distinguish Between Fake News and the Real Thing
Must-See: Student With Down Syndrome — Who Couldn’t Walk Till Age 2 — Scores Varsity Basketball Shot
Would You Be My Friend? How Buddy Benches Are Helping Lonely Kids Find Playmates at Recess
Kansas Couple’s Donation Gives Teens Free Visits to Art Institute of Chicago for the Next 25 Years
Rhode Island’s Big Bet on Classroom Innovation: A Statewide Personalized-Learning Initiative
With Amazon Inspire, Teachers Nationwide Can Share Classroom Materials, Learn From One Another
Smartstones Technology Gives Voice to Students Who Cannot Speak Themselves
Where Sports and Science Meet: San Francisco 49ers Expand Support of STEM With New Lab at Calif. HS
Technology On the Move: Heart Zones’ Wearable Monitors Put Fitness First in Phys Ed Classes
Can a Robot Help Teach Classics of Literature? Sphero’s Ed Uses Range From STEM to STEAM
Gamify the Classroom: Kahoot! Software Boosts Learning, and Teamwork, Through Quizzes
Fake News Isn’t Just an Internet Problem, It’s a Classroom Crisis. A New Push for Media Literacy
Dissect a Frog Without the Mess? Eon Brings Virtual Reality to Life in the Classroom
The Pokémon Go Effect: How Augmented Reality Could Reshape Classrooms Via Better Education Apps
The Gooroo App — Instant, On-Demand Tutors, Right to Your Dorm Room
Can You Translate That? New App Allows Parents, Teachers to Bridge Language Divide
Baton Rouge Floods: As Students Help Neighbors, Educators Rush to Reopen Schools — as Early as Wed.
This NYC Hospital Teacher Is Crowdfunding E-Readers for Sick Students Who Can’t Risk Handling Books
ClassDojo Announces the Launch of Student Stories: A New Way for Students to Share Their Classwork
Teach to One: Inside the Personalized Learning Program That Bill Gates Calls the ‘Future of Math’
Zaption: Changing the Way Students (and Teachers) Use Interactive Videos to Learn
First Robotics: A Building Competition That’s Now Gaining State-Level Support as In-Class Curriculum
CodeSpark: The California Startup That’s Using Apps and Games to Teach Coding to 5-Year-Olds
Super Bowl Surprise: Inside the Stadium That Will Host the Big Game, a First-Of-Its-Kind STEM Curriculum