School iPads: Not a bust — but not yet a boon

High-profile mistakes have marred some classroom rollouts of iPads; here’s what school leaders can learn from these missteps.

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Slow Broadband Internet Speeds Vex Nation’s Schools

As public schools nationwide embrace instruction via iPads, laptops and other technologies, many are realizing they lack the necessary broadband speed to perform even simple functions. This is crimping classroom instruction as more teachers pull lesson plans off the Internet and use bandwidth-hungry programming.

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Obama’s school Internet plan could derail FCC picks, former members warn

Two former Republican members of Congress warned that President Obama's proposal to expand a federal Internet program for schools could derail two nominations to the Federal Communications Commission.

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President Obama meets again with tech bigwigs

President Barack Obama met with a number of top technology CEOs and senior executives to discuss policy issues that are key for the industry this year.

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Districts Forge School-to-Home Digital Connections

A look at the importance of using today's technological tools to bridge homes and schools in all kinds of communities—rural, suburban, or urban—and give students online access to learning resources well beyond the school day. As increasing numbers of school districts have put 1-to-1 computing programs in place, administrators are wrestling with whether to allow those devices to go home with students at the end of each day.

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Seven steps to success with mobile learning

Implementing a mobile learning initiative is a complicated undertaking, no matter how much funding or stakeholder support you have. But a new resource from the Consortium for School Networking offers an outline for school administrators who hope to launch and sustain a successful mobile learning project.

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