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A year after issuing a $1.5 million grant to a data-center project proposed by Indian River State College, the Florida Department of Commerce accused the college of deceiving state officials into funding the campus. -
Seven Pennsylvania universities, the state government and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center are coordinating shared AI and quantum computing infrastructure to boost research and industry collaboration.
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Los Angeles Unified School District this week is expected to pass a resolution keeping students off screens until second grade and requiring schools to produce itemized contracts related to classroom technology.
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Opened last year as part of the Montana Digital Academy, a lab at the University of Montana conducts AI training events and incorporates evolving tech like AI and virtual reality into schools where it makes sense.
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With so many academic programs for cybersecurity still playing catch-up, the bipartisan, bicameral Cyber Ready Workforce Act would create a grant program to support registered cybersecurity apprenticeships.
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Many states are implementing new laws and policies to curb screen time in classrooms, but some experts say blanket bans and rigid mandates fail to account for unique circumstances in individual classrooms.
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A 148,000-square-foot facility set to open in the 2026-27 academic year will have research and teaching laboratories with technology supporting the biology, chemistry, geology, math, physics and astronomy disciplines.
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Employees at two school districts on opposite ends of Los Angeles County had fraudulent tax filings submitted in their names, so the Los Angeles County Office of Education temporarily disabled access to online W-2 forms.
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The university's new facility will feature four research labs and two classrooms for student entrepreneurs interested in energy, digital health care, infrastructure, cybersecurity, food security and applied computing.
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A security expert from the U.S. Department of Education warned that the most mundane tasks, like routine email updates or inadequately redacted records, are where student privacy is most vulnerable.
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Colleges are using artificial intelligence to augment student advising and analyze data, but some experts warn it could confine their thinking by steering them toward statistically common paths.
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The one-year-old dashboard helps students plan their path to college while also offering a treasure-trove of educational and career data. The state also has increased the tool’s accessibility.
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The Minnesota State university system may receive $1.5 million a year for “automatic identity proofing” software that uses biometrics, document authorization and behavioral analysis to verify financial-aid applicants.
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In the second phase of its partnership with IBM, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign will develop new algorithms that enable classical and quantum systems to work together to solve complex problems.
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A school district in Nebraska is contracting with the online platform Goalbook, which special education teachers said makes it easier to write individualized education plans (IEPs) so they can focus on other things.
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As AI creates uncertainty around specific technical skills, universities and employers are rethinking how to embed AI fluency, real-world experience and soft skills into education through private-public partnerships.
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Stanford researcher Chris Agnew says educational goals, not tools, should be the jumping-off point for ed-tech strategy, starting with what kids need to be able to do, then what learning experiences they need.
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A new 120,000-square-foot complex will house 15 departments, including programs for computer science, medical assisting, electrical engineering, and air conditioning and refrigeration technology.
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A new data dashboard in Ohio tracks rates of chronic absenteeism in schools across the state, potentially showing where school leaders need to conduct outreach to families, but participation is optional.
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Schools, laws and parents are still operating under rules built for a world where harmful images had to be shot, not fabricated, and where the consequences unfolded more slowly.
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Education leaders who have seen major gains in student literacy in Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee say that state leadership, continuity and time are necessary for exporting those gains across the U.S.
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