Support the fact-based journalism you rely on with a donation to Marketplace today. Give Now!

From This Collection

Video: If you give a kid a laptop

May 29, 2015
...she's going to ask how to use it. An animated look at the digital classroom.

Giving every kid a computer and a connection

May 27, 2015
Video: How technology can transform a school and its students.

Exclusive survey: Parents weigh in on the digital classroom

May 15, 2015
Our results reveal parental attitudes toward education technology nationwide.

Parents find promise and peril in education technology

May 15, 2015
Infographic: Parents say tech improves education, but worry about privacy and screen time.

The changing role of Advanced Placement classes

May 4, 2015
At some schools, they're more about college prep than college credit.

Proposed legislation would protect student data

May 1, 2015
A new bill aims to restrict how companies use personal info in education technology.

For public good, not for profit.

Comparing colleges by economic value of their degrees

Apr 29, 2015
Thousands of colleges are ranked by the economic benefit of degree programs.

How one high school is closing the AP gap

Apr 28, 2015
Research and outreach at Roosevelt High is putting more kids in advanced classes.

Find the AP participation rate at your high school

Apr 28, 2015
Compare, by race, the percentage of students enrolled in your high school with the percentage enrolled in at least one an AP class.