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The nonprofit believes preparing students for a digital future is less about expanding access to devices than about ensuring technology use is grounded in purpose, understanding and meaningful outcomes. -
Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut have contracted with Timely, because budget constraints and reduced staffing have made it increasingly difficult for the district to create master schedules.
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A survey of educators who work in career and technical education found that nearly a third of those who don't already have programs in IT and cybersecurity at their school expect one will launch in the next five years.
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State Schools Superintendent Richard Woods said Georgia will continue prioritizing career and technical education to create a balanced workforce, and he wants to see partnerships with colleges for teacher-prep programs.
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Internet and network access are back up and running this week at Arizona's largest school district following a ransomware incident on Jan. 30, with no evidence indicating that intruders accessed confidential information.
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A New Jersey school district has offered employees free membership to identity monitoring services after discovering a hacker in December gained access to social security numbers and insurance enrollment information.
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Proposed legislation in Washington state would require school districts to purchase emission-free school buses beginning in 2035, although distance limits and lack of charging infrastructure are potential obstacles.
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Educators acknowledge that writing is thinking, and therefore remains an indispensable skill, and college admissions staff may rely on unscripted interviews, short videos and proctored writing samples in lieu of essays.
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Employees with 177 public school districts and local governments will get free licenses for cyber trainings under a state grant program. The program will include strength assessments, phishing simulations, training modules and threat briefings.
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Created in partnership with Identity Automation, a scanning and reporting tool on the nonprofit's website helps schools flag user credentials on their network that have appeared in data leaks.
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A House bill that passed the education committee, with some controversy, would establish the West Virginia STEM Scholarship Program, granting $5,000 in debt relief to STEM teachers employed for five years.
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A contest at Crowder College's Advanced Training and Technology Center challenged students to demonstrate trade skills in welding and fabrication that some educators believe will soon be highly sought-after.
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The Biden administration has enlisted the help of Australia, India and Japan for the Quad Cyber Challenge, a resource-sharing initiative for preventing cyber crime against schools and government.
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Ed-tech developers have released a slew of programs in recent weeks to detect AI-generated writing, hoping to address widespread concern among educators about students plagiarizing answers from AI chatbot programs.
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The Central Rivers Area Education Agency convened superintendents, IT specialists, business managers and public relations staff to discuss ways to prepare for cyber attacks against K-12 school districts.
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Planning to convert its entire bus fleet to electric by 2030, Boston Public Schools this month will put 20 new electric buses on the roads and collect data on route efficiency, operations and climate and health effects.
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The training workshop aims to teach K-12 and post-secondary students the fundamentals of app development without the need for complex coding, according to an announcement from organizers.
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Artificial intelligence is here to stay, and optimizing it for the classroom will require a careful accounting of its implications, both good and bad: for tutoring, assessments, data security and other functions.
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School threats aren't new, but their dispersal through technology has necessitated innovations to catch culprits. Pennsylvania's Safe2Say Something tip line, for example, has received nearly 83,000 tips since early 2019.
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K-12 schools have long relied on homework, and in some cases competition between students, to prompt the hard work of learning and processing information. But it’s possible these tactics do more harm than good.
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With enrollment plummeting since the onset of the pandemic, Portland Public Schools is closing its Online Learning Academy in June as a cost-cutting measure. Its enrollment has dwindled to 225 students across 13 grades.
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