A discussion draft of the framework for the national assessment of technological literacy, the first to gauge students’ understanding of and skill in using a range of tools, has been presented to the ...

Defined as the ability to comprehend information from digital devices and perform tasks accordingly, tech literacy is increasingly recognized as a societal necessity, on par with traditional ...

In a broad sense, technology is any modification of the natural world made to fulfill human needs or desires. Although people tend to focus on the most recent technological inventions, such as ...

Thanks to the internet and technology as a whole, people are more informed and in control of their lives than ever before, able to access food, relationships, and entertainment at the touch of a ...

From extreme weather to vaccines to remote learning and virtual working, science and technology (S&T) underpins daily life. But only 22 percent of high school graduates are proficient in science, ...

In today’s digitally connected world, possessing digital literacy is essential. Let’s explore the significance of digital literacy, a multifaceted skill set developed while learning in the digital age ...

Top 10 of 2021: Literacy education is evolving to meet the needs of a modern society--but the basics of picking up a physical book remain important Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not ...

In one vision of classrooms of the near future, young children will put on headsets and read sentences aloud as they navigate computer programs powered by speech-recognition technology. Behind the ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...