Schools are suffused in screens, and the backlash has begun. Dozens of states are banning phones even as district leaders champion new action plans for AI. What’s the right way forward? In his new ...

Here is this week’s letter to the editor of the Herald Times Reporter. See our letters policy below for details about how to share your views. I write this as a former K-12 public school teacher, ...

The rise of generative artificial intelligence is reshaping nearly every school subject—but maybe none more than English class. When generative AI became widely available, some teachers wondered ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh. The ...

Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School celebrates its Top 10 graduating seniors from the Class of 2026.

In SETDA’s fourth annual State EdTech Trends Report, ed tech directors, state chiefs, CIOs and other education agency leaders in 47 states shared their outlook on priorities and challenges facing K–12 ...

New Oriental Education delivers test prep and language training to students across China’s education sector with a broad ...

Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed a data breach affecting students’ private information. The hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The hackers ...

Federal Chief Information Officer Gregory Barbaccia has a new deputy: Thomas Flagg, currently the CIO for the Education Department, according to an internal email viewed by Nextgov/FCW. Flagg has been ...

Thomas Flagg is a longtime government executive, having worked in the Labor Department for over 11 years prior to joining the Education Department. OMB Leadership Education Federal Chief Information ...

The higher education sector got another reminder over the weekend that it remains a prime target for cybercriminals. Hackers who have stolen data from Ticketmaster, Google and several high-profile ...

There is a persistent myth in education that technology is here to replace teachers. In reality, its greatest value lies in empowering educators to do what they do best with greater precision, insight ...