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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.
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As a result of a lawsuit from Los Angeles public school parents, the district will have to give regular assessments and outreach to students, additional training to teachers, and disaggregated data to the public.
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Available this fall, a new online undergraduate certificate in cybersecurity from Iowa State University was developed with input from the state's Cybersecurity Advisory Council and various community colleges.
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The nonprofit Education Design Lab's Community College Growth Engine gives community colleges a blueprint and resources to create short, stackable, workforce-oriented educational programs co-designed with employers.
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Losses include the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center, which offers resources to schools to prepare for cyber attacks, active shooters and other emergency disruptions.
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In partnership with the city of Ann Arbor, the University of Michigan will research “cellular vehicle-to-everything” technology and deploy it for testing at 51 sites throughout the city.
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In a brief conversation about AI and where it goes from here, an education writer and a college professor discuss reliance on AI, changing student thinking and whether a redesign of educational practice is in order.
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By crafting statewide standards, California officials hope to help districts adopt AI in ways that support learning, respect privacy and keep educators at the center of decisions that affect classrooms.
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The new Omnilert system at Oak Lawn High School District 229 can use artificial intelligence to identify a gun, then send the data to a human expert to verify before contacting first responders.
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Amid warnings about the need for AI literacy and the possibility of job losses, professors at institutions like Randolph College, Liberty University and the University of Lynchburg are developing their own use policies.
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Legislation enacted in 2023 requires new school buses in California to be zero-emission, where feasible, starting in 2035. Some of the county’s more rural districts have expressed trepidation around the transition.
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The University of Nevada, Las Vegas and tech company Terbine will work together on an agentic AI system to help autonomous machines work together to improve supply chain logistics.
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Since state legislation started requiring Iowa schools to adopt policies on cellphones, administrators have reported a "great response," with teachers seeing a positive change and most students following directions.
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A combination of capital budget reductions, a cut in federal funds, inventory control and loss-prevention issues caused a laptop shortage affecting middle and high schools in Richland County School District One.
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A new certification program at a public community college in Washington this fall will focus on AI in cybersecurity, health care and manufacturing. The college will also offer two-day classes on AI for the public.
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In addition to a new degree program, Kean is launching an Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence, and university professors are incorporating AI tutors, mentors and research tools into course work.
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The new Dear Future campaign from the Pennsylvania-based software company Frontline Education is the latest of many efforts to bring district leaders into the development and vetting of AI tools for K-12.
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Labor contracts spell out the expectations and working conditions of unionized teachers. As AI tools upend instruction, data management, surveillance and other aspects of the workplace, those contracts need updates.
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With a localized approach to cellphone restrictions comes a varied set of obstacles — many students don't use lockers anymore, they rely on phones for communicating with parents, and unlocking Yondr pouches takes time.
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