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One of the key lessons from Florida Virtual School’s collaboration with the AI-enabled data platform Doowii was the importance of spending time with users to understand their needs and limits. -
New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time.
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Some teachers say school districts should view computer science not simply as a precursor to specific college degrees, but as a foundation for thinking critically, creatively and confidently.
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The first school district in Washington state with its own virtual reality headsets is using them to boost student engagement, offer new outlets for activity and complement lessons in game and software design.
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A coalition of education advocacy groups have asked the FCC to allow schools to use federal E-rate funding to strengthen their IT security infrastructure amid an onslaught of cyber attacks targeting the education sector.
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A cyber attack against Long Beach Unified School District has exposed student data including student ID numbers, names and email addresses, although more sensitive information apparently remains secure.
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To compete with other local districts and meet growing demand for online learning options, a Washington district is creating an online-only academy that will accept students from anywhere in the state starting in 2024.
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The U.S. Department of Education’s “Raise the Bar” initiative aims to use investment, localized partnerships and awareness campaigns to expand access to high-quality career and technical education programs.
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Butte School District will no longer pay vendors by direct deposit but by check only, after a cyber thief stole $1.1 million by using detailed information to pose as a vendor in an email requesting payment.
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Baltimore County Public Schools next fall will offer Computer and Information Sciences Artificial Intelligence as a magnet program of study for software developers and computer systems engineers.
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A West Virginia school is testing a facial-recognition system that would allow staff to handle visitors outside of the building rather than in the front office by matching a visitor's face with database information.
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Students from Fox Chapel Area High School in Pennsylvania created a nonprofit, Technology Trained by Teens, to help train individuals or groups how to use pieces of software or hardware, from iPhones and apps to TVs.
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A 27-pound "dog" is Heartland Community College's latest tool to get, and keep, young people in classes there interested in career and technical education.
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The Hanover Police Department is using the CRIMEWATCH website and mobile app to help community members fight crime and stay informed of police incidents and crimes, and it is partnering with the local school district.
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Days after a sweeping systems outage first disrupted student learning and forced teachers to remake lessons, the Sweetwater Union High School District still hasn't said what caused the outage or when it expects a fix.
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Warhill High School junior Joshua Markle won the challenge in the 1st Congressional District by designing and programming an app that helps student drivers track their driving hours on a smartphone.
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According to data from the nonprofit Generation 180, more than half the nation's K-12 solar capacity is in California and New Jersey, which have 2,819 and 662 schools with solar panels, respectively.
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An initiative for bringing girls into science, technology, engineering and mathematics is nearly tripling the size of its youth ambassador program this year, hoping to inspire interest in space-related studies and careers.
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Three Norwalk schools will incorporate virtual reality, 3D printers, artificial intelligence and other tools from their Verizon Innovative Learning Labs into other subjects, giving students experience with emerging tech.
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The founder and CEO of the Western Welding Academy is touring high schools in 30 states to evangelize about the possibilities of careers in technical fields, like welding, as alternatives to four-year college degrees.
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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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