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Free, teacher-vetted lessons offered online by the nonprofit CYBER.ORG are designed to support and re-establish the caregiver’s role as an active participant in a student’s tech-driven education. -
A recent conversation with the senior associate director of AI and teaching and learning at Northeastern University yielded advice about engaging students, upgrading lessons, trial and error, and helpful feedback.
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Starting this spring, a new state test called the New Jersey Student Learning Assessments-Adaptive for grades 3-10 will be “adaptive,” meaning students will get different questions based on their previous answers.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law two bills to bolster and expand career and technical education and advising services in state public schools. They’re intended to more closely align education and workforce.
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PennWest is one of five state system colleges in an expanded partnership with the Google AI for Education Accelerator, which will provide free access to self-paced, online AI training.
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The San Diego Unified School District held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) lab recently at Millennial Tech Middle School.
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A historically Black university in Louisiana renamed their top IT role the chief experience and digital strategy officer, aiming to encompass student experience, digital strategy and institutional planning.
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The private, nonprofit, regionally accredited University of the People has enrolled 200 students from Nevada and over 20,000 from the U.S. in tuition-free online programs in fields such as computer science and IT.
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Cellphone bans have been an easy win for everyone, because teachers already wanted phones out of their classrooms, most parents are concerned, and even many students say they wish social media had never been invented.
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A new space at a private Catholic university in New York will feature a computer lab with financial trading terminals and business software, and a classroom to simulate complex decision-making environments.
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With more than $3 million from Volkswagen Group of America, a Tennessee school district's new career and technical education center will offer engineering-skills training to students from multiple high schools.
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Major growth and investment by major companies in emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, along with the federal government's new stake in Intel, could affect institutional decision-making.
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Austin Public Schools in Minnesota launched a technology advisory committee, started training staff on how AI works and when it's useful, and partnered with Common Sense Media to teach students best practices.
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The Cube, a new 5,000-square foot facility with advanced classrooms and technology resources for STEM education, is the first new building constructed for Flint Community Schools in over 50 years.
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Jay Martin, director of School Safety & Security for the Nebraska Department of Education, warns that kids are learning cultural norms from social media instead of parents or their peers.
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The university's collaboration with Sony Electronics brings professional technology, cloud production tools and mentorship opportunities to Syracuse communications students.
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The TECH Mobile Initiative project will provide approximately 800 students at high schools and career centers with STEM education, training and credentials tailored to specific career pathways.
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Education officials say Missouri's statewide cellphone ban at public and charter schools has brought consistency, focus and more social interaction. Some students agree, while others say they feel bored or limited.
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Supported by a Wisconsin Fast Forward grant, a student-run business at Superior High School uses metal fabrication and manufacturing equipment to produce items for businesses and community members.
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Scientists and students at the University of Colorado Boulder developed an AI tool to analyze and detect predatory, illegitimate scientific journals that post anything and do not adhere to the peer review process.
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Students enrolled in the Granite State Academy Online Program, an alternative program of Prospect Mountain High School hosted by the online education company K12, will begin instruction Sept. 19.
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