Google is taking a silent step into the ed data space by buying BrightBytes
Google has confirmed to EdSurge that it bought educational data company BrightBytes for an undisclosed amount sometime around mid-May 2022. ...
About one third of students regret their vocational schools and humanities aren’t much better
The Washington Post recently published an article which breaks down the regrets that many Americans have surrounding their major and...
ISTE will likely merge with ASCD to form a new organization
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), a non-profit long focused on the improvement of K-12 education through technology....
Surveillance and security is hurting student performance
We reported that surveillance is more likely to target low income students, new science published in the journal of criminal...
Transcend Education’s new database aims to open up K-12 innovation
One of the themes that we discuss on this site is how difficult it can be to change the way...
3 Ways to Overcome Learning Loss
We are living in interesting times for education. With the pandemic winding down, schools and districts are pushing for accelerated...
Connecticut will now teach every student about climate change
Schools in Connecticut were already teaching most students about human caused climate change, but Connecticut House Bill 5285 will now...
Virginia is making it really hard to be, or even help, a trans student
In a move that should surprise none of us anymore, Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin’s office released a set of “Model...
The government will refund you any student loan payments made since March 2020
Payments for federal student loans have been on pause since March 13th, 2020 as a direct response to the novel...
Low-income students Increasingly targeted by monitoring software in schools
Student monitoring software, like GoGuardian, Blocksi and Securely, has been used for years, coinciding with many 1:1 technology initiatives that...