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It Doesn’t Have to Be the End of Reading as We Know It

by Medha Tare
August 26, 2026

This summer, we’ve seen the continuation of a long-held conversation about the literacy crisis in the U.S.; some have even declared that the end of reading is here. Children (and

Evidence, Rigor, and the Race to Market

by Chris Berdik
May 18, 2026

There is a fundamental disconnect in the edtech world: What’s best for profits isn’t always what’s best for learning. It’s not that edtech makers don’t care if their products help

Learning from the Littlest Voices (and Fingers): User Testing to Shape the Development of Digital Tools for Young Learners

by Emily Hanno and Mallory Undestad
January 6, 2026

Four-year-old Arturo wiggled in his chair, eyes wide with excitement, as we handed him the tablet and asked him to tap a colorful character on the screen to start the

AI Goes to School: Exploring AI’s Impact on Personalized Learning

by Rotem Landesman
December 10, 2024

I’ve recently read a few articles listing the pros, cons, and questions1 2 3 that come up when we think about the changes education will and is already experiencing with

It’s Time to Get Excited About Immersive Tech in Schools

by Elizabeth Rood
June 20, 2023

Technology may promise to disrupt. Yet, all too often in education, tech tools simply digitally replicate the ways we’ve always gone about teaching and learning. From gradebooks to slide decks,

Teasing Apart the Teacher-Technology Puzzle

by Katharine Chen, Riddhi Divanji, and Lisa Castaneda, foundry10
February 8, 2023

Technology can be a transformative learning tool in the classroom. According to The National Education Technology Plan (NETP), technology has the potential to “affirm and advance relationships between educators and

What we can learn from families: Challenges and creative adaptations in the face of school building closures during COVID

by Brigid Barron, Susie Garcia, Caitlin K. Martin, Rose K. Pozos
August 3, 2021

When schools across the U.S. shut their doors in March 2020, families were confronted with the reality that our educational systems were not designed for remote instruction. Lack of access

Youth Voice Through Teacher Empowerment

by Jessie Nixon and Megan Monday
February 17, 2021

The following post is part of a series springing from the Cooney Center’s joint initiative with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, By/With/For Youth: Inspiring Next Gen Public Media Audiences. This is

What Play Can Teach Us About Transitions

by Jill Vialet
September 21, 2020

This is a moment of unprecedented transition for the United States–and for the world more broadly. Reopening schools requires decisions based on incomplete information that must be made in an

What Will it Take for Virtual Reality to Become Education’s Next Big Reality?

by Catherine Jhee
August 13, 2019

At the XR for Change Summit in New York City in June 2019, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center hosted a cross-disciplinary panel of experts to discuss the potential impact and

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