In these video archives from recent Tech Forum conferences in Atlanta and Chicago, you'll hear from 11 different administrators/leaders who are involved in implementing one-to-one and BYO programs in their districts or states.

On April 9, the non-profit Achieve – working in conjunction with the National Research Council, the National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science – released the final Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a new set of voluntary, rigorous, and internationally benchmarked standards for K-12 science education.

DLE blogger, Jim Forde shares some of the many “Girls and STEM” twitter resources he connects with on his twitter feed - @stemnetwork. Check them out at: Stem + Girls + Twitter = Awesome. 

Winners of the Intel Science Talent Search, the nation's oldest and most prestigious high school science and math competition, were announced by Intel Corporation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) on March 12. Honoring high school seniors with exceptional promise in math and science, the Talent Search recognizes 40 students each year.

With bring-your-own-technology programs gaining steam across the nation, pioneering schools weigh in about what’s working and what they’d do differently in the future.

Excellence in education, school reform, digital learning – these are some of the phrases you’ll hear over and over in news reports and publication press releases, but what do they mean to you and to the people who push for them?

A recent Pew Internet & American Life Project survey of 2,462 middle and high school AP and national writing project teachers showed that teachers are of mixed mind about the impact of digital tools on students’ study skills. 

Earlier this month, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) released guidance for policymakers and K-12 school leaders on school technology readiness needs for “college and career ready teaching, learning and assessment.”

Ok, I dare you to read to the end of this editorial. It’s much longer than 140 characters!

This SchoolCIO article by Scott McLeod offers reassurance to risk-averse administrators.

When the Kansas State Department of Education met this week to discuss de-emphasizing cursive writing instruction in the schools, they were following the lead of the Common Core State Standards as well as a growing number of states that have stopped mandating cursive.

Alice Barr, Instructional Technology Integrator at Yarmouth High School in Maine offers tips for empowering students by putting them in charge of their own learning and offering them opportunities to lead.

On September 12, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan kicked off the Department of Education’s third annual back-to-school bus tour in Silicon Valley with visits to Google headquarters and a northern California high school where the secretary focused on the promise of digital technology in education.

The SciArt Project features art work and explanations from winners of the International Science and Engineering Fair.

The State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is working to ensure that you are.

Students at the Science Leadership Academy – a high-profile, project-based community within the Philadelphia Public Schools – are used to visitors. They get a lot of them. But last week’s visit by none other than President Obama was extra special to the SLA students. 

A state law prohibiting student-owned devices in class has been changed to accommodate today's evolving learning environments.

Innosight Institute publishes a new white paper with revised definitions and models of Blended Learning.

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 18, 2012 – Intel Corporation today named 18 U.S. schools as finalists in the 2012 Intel Schools of Distinction Awards.

When the Academy for Software Engineering opens its doors in September, 108 enthusiastic ninth graders will have the chance to learn programming, Web design, advanced computer science and much more.

You may not allow your students to cite tweets in their scholarly papers but, if you change your mind, the MLA and the Library of Congress are both there to help.

On March 1, Leslie Fetzer, an online biology teacher at North Carolina Virtual Public School, was named America’s 2012 National Online Teacher of the Year for K-12 education by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL).

Educators continue to weigh in on the pros and cons of student-owned technology.

At the second White House Science Fair President Obama congratulated students for their exciting and meaningful projects and pledged new money for STEM education.

This summary, from Lenovo and Intel, looks at disruptive innovations, with a particular emphasis on blended learning. [2-page trend report]

In this overview, we offer a blueprint for building effective and ambitious K-12 technology initiatives -- ones that are based on real-world successes and that take into account the complex array of variables that impact schools today. [48-page PDF]