NEPC Resources on Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Education

T. Philip Nichols (November 26, 2024). NEPC Review: Learning Systems: Shaping the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education (Bellwether, September 2024). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./review/learning-systems

Ben Williamson, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (March 5, 2024). Time for a Pause: Without Effective Public Oversight, AI in Schools Will Do More Harm Than Good.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/ai

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger, Anna Noble, Meenakshi Mani (September 21, 2023). We Need Better Education Policy. Summit Public Schools Shows Why.. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/summit-2023

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Shelby Hagle, Charisse Gulosino, Bryan Mann, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Amanda Glover, Kayla Bill (May 11, 2023). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2023. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2023

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (March 1, 2022). Don’t Go ‘Along’ With Corporate Schemes to Gather up Student Data. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/rd-along-platform

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, Amanda Glover, Nathan Browning, Shelby Hagle, Faith Boninger (May 6, 2021). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2021. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2021

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (May 6, 2021). New Report Provides Reality Check on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-reality-check

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Michael K. Barbour (September 24, 2020). Issues to Consider Before Adopting a Digital Platform or Learning Program. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-learning

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (September 21, 2020). The Commercial Transformation of America’s Schools . Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/commercial-transformation-american-public-education

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Christopher Saldaña (June 25, 2020). Big Claims, Little Evidence, Lots of Money: The Reality Behind the Summit Learning Program and the Push to Adopt Digital Personalized Learning Platforms. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/summit-2020

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (June 25, 2020). New Concerns Raised About a Well-Known Digital Learning Platform. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-summit

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar (May 29, 2019). New Report on Virtual Education: ‘It Sure Sounds Good. As It Turns Out, It’s Too Good to Be True.’. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-virtual-education

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Najat Elgeberi, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice (May 28, 2019). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2019. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2019

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (May 14, 2019). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger and Alex Molnar About Personalized Learning and Digital Privatization. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-boninger-molnar

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Christopher Saldaña (April 30, 2019). Personalized Learning and the Digital Privatization of Curriculum and Teaching. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/personalized-learning

Valerie Strauss, Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (April 30, 2019). How Corporate Interests Are Overtaking Well-Intentioned Goals of Personalized Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-corporate-interests

Gregory A. Smith, Michael K. Barbour, Bryan Mann (May 17, 2018). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Michael Barbour and Bryan Mann on Virtual Schools. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-barbour-mann

Gary Miron, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson (May 1, 2018). Full-Time Virtual and Blended Schools: Enrollment, Student Characteristics, and Performance. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2018

Gregory A. Smith, Faith Boninger (September 21, 2017). Education Interview of the Month: Greg Smith Interviews Faith Boninger on Student Privacy. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/smith-boninger

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar, Kevin Murray (August 15, 2017). Asleep at the Switch: Schoolhouse Commercialism, Student Privacy, and the Failure of Policymaking. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2017

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Christopher Shank, Caryn Davidson, Michael K. Barbour, Luis A. Huerta, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Jennifer King Rice, David Nitkin (April 11, 2017). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2017. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2017

Jeffrey W. Snyder (March 7, 2017). NEPC Review: Reimagining Learning: A Big Bet on the Future of American Education (NewSchools Venture Fund). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-philanthropy

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (May 17, 2016). Learning to be Watched: Surveillance Culture at School. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2015

Faith Boninger, Alex Molnar (March 17, 2016). How Companies Learn What Children Secretly Want. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/resource-document-how-companies-learn

Alex Molnar, Faith Boninger (April 9, 2015). On the Block: Student Data and Privacy in the Digital Age. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/schoolhouse-commercialism-2014

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Charisse Gulosino (March 10, 2015). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2015: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2015

Noel Enyedy (November 24, 2014). Personalized Instruction: New Interest, Old Rhetoric, Limited Results, and the Need for a New Direction for Computer-Mediated Learning. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/personalized-instruction

Michael K. Barbour (October 28, 2014). NEPC Review: Virtual Schooling and Student Learning: Evidence from the Florida Virtual School (Harvard University Program on Education Policy and Governance). Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./thinktank/review-virtual-schooling-and-student-learning

Alex Molnar, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Sheryl Rankin Shafer, Michael K. Barbour, Gary Miron, Charisse Gulosino, Brian Horvitz (March 4, 2014). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2014: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2014

Alex Molnar, Gary Miron, Luis A. Huerta, Jennifer King Rice, Larry Cuban, Brian Horvitz, Charisse Gulosino, Sheryl Rankin Shafer (May 2, 2013). Virtual Schools in the U.S. 2013: Politics, Performance, Policy, and Research Evidence. Available at: https://nepc.colorado.edu./publication/virtual-schools-annual-2013