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Illinois is one of eight states that have yet to pass restrictions on cellphone use in public schools, but that may change with a recently amended bill that has support from Democrats, Republicans and the governor. -
A group of child safety organizations faulted Washington state for being too lax on smartphone use at school, as state law merely requires districts to enact policies tailored to their community’s needs by 2030.
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At the Consortium for School Networking conference this week, panelists argued that the screen time debate must shift focus from how much time students spend on screens to how that time is being spent.
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Houston Independent School District will expand its pilot of AI-focused "Future 2" schools from two to six this fall, and an internal email suggested the program may eventually reach 100 schools.
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Penn State Berks will use a recent donation to establish the Foster Excellence in STEM Fund, which will support partnerships with K-12 districts and outreach programming to introduce kids to STEM subjects.
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Some experts say interactions with artificially intelligent “aliens” could be developmentally damaging. As such, learning technologies need to balance anthropomorphism with objectification and engagement with separation.
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The coming deadline for compliance with new provisions in the Americans with Disabilities Act is an opportunity for K-12 school districts to reconsider the places and formats in which they publish public information.
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A survey of San Diego County's 42 traditional K-12 school districts found some focused on AI literacy, some setting up websites with guidance on AI for parents and students, and some still working on their AI policies.
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A school district in Minnesota shut down its systems, contacted third-party cybersecurity experts and started working with law enforcement Monday after an unauthorized party accessed the network.
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Educators moved quickly in the pandemic era to scale access to virtual learning — but governance, accountability and data systems have not kept pace. A patchwork of models and standards complicates solutions.
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North East Independent School District in Texas may soon be monitored by a conservator after a state investigation determined that district leaders did not create a bell-to-bell phone ban in compliance with state law.
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Given reporting delays from the South Carolina Department of Education, the state Senate's Education Oversight Committee will take over collecting, analyzing and reporting test results of voucher students.
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Researchers at Digital Promise position outcomes-based contracts (OBC) not as a guarantee of student proficiency, but as a method for making sure ed-tech tools are implemented and used properly.
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New legislation signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger requires schools to impose bell-to-bell phone restrictions, teach kids about social media addiction, promote the suicide crisis hotline and align CTE with workforce needs.
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A spokeswoman for Alamo Heights Independent School District cited the ongoing investigation as reason not to divulge whether the district paid money to cyber criminals following an attack on the network in March.
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A high school in Ohio is collaborating with the state work-placement organization OhioMeansJobs to provide students with a digital directory of local companies, available positions and application information.
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Iowa lawmakers are considering a deal with Tyler Technologies to use AI and public budget data to find cost savings by comparing the spending of school districts and local governments across the state.
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The two combined platforms intend to offer a single system that connects daily logistical operations, like parents and buses picking up students, with school safety protocols in an emergency.
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Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, says weapons detection systems are useful given the right policies overseeing them and a campus culture that's mindful about safety.
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Starting April 13, a town in Connecticut will use cameras on school buses to automatically issue fines to drivers for illegally passing stopped school buses. A warning period resulted in nearly 300 warnings to drivers.
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Out-of-state vendors can sign up for Texas Education Freedom Accounts if they have a license to do business in the state. Experts say the law leaves a gray area for out-of-state schools that join as online vendors.
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