2019 Common Sense Census: Inside the 21st Century classroom

Many of these observations will not be a surprise to you. To read the full report. Click the link.

Key Findings

1. Digital citizenship is being taught in a majority of schools.

2. Teachers believe digital citizenship is effective in helping students make smart, safe, and ethical       decisions online.

3. Teachers worry about their students’ ability to critically evaluate online content.

4. More than a quarter of high school teachers report sexting as an issue.

5. Video is the king of edtech in the classroom.

6. Teachers place a high value on digital creation tools in developing 21st-century skills, but these   tools are among the least used in the classroom.

7. The gap between the edtech products teachers use and what they say is effective is real and cuts     across subjects.

8. Many teachers are not receiving effective professional development (PD) to support their use of   educational technology.

9. Many technology products purchased by schools and districts go unused.

10. Home access to technology continues to be a challenge for teachers and students in
 schools serving lower-income students.

11. Teachers who assign homework that requires access to digital devices and/or broadband internet   outside of school are more likely to teach in affluent, non-Title I schools than in Title I schools.

12. Approximately a third of teachers (29 percent) said that it would limit their students’ learning “a   great deal” or “quite a bit” if their students didn’t have home access to a computer or the internet.

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