In the early ‘90s, I was an elementary school librarian and an adjacent computer lab was part of my domain. Wanting to prepare our fifth graders to become more fluent writers, we ran them through a ...

From front, Hailey Hendrickson, Terranaja Moore and Betsaida Marroquin tap away in a typing class at King Science and Technology Middle School. Eighth-grader Hailey Hendrickson taps away in a ...

A new Ohio law encourages schools to teach students how to write legibly in cursive by the end of the fifth grade. While cursive is returning to state emphasis, it never left Oakwood. The district has ...

Meghan is an associate editor with EdTech. She enjoys coffee, cats and science fiction TV. K–12 digital natives might seem like they were born with smartphones in their hands, but educators shouldn’t ...

Matt Renwick is an elementary school principal in Wisconsin. Prior to becoming an administrator, Matt was a 5th and 6th grade teacher. You can follow him on Twitter at @ReadByExample and read his blog ...

It wasn’t too long ago that schools offered classes with names like “Keyboarding” that were pitched as teaching a skill that would be vital for life and work in the 21st century. As it turns out, all ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. More than half of teachers feel ill-equipped to teach keyboarding skills and many students do not get a chance to practise typing ...

At the School Board Meeting of March 19, 2025, School Board Member Luisa Santos proffered agenda item H-14, reaffirming the School Board's commitment to addressing the digital divide and implementing ...