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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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The number of cyber attacks on schools has been ramping up, with schools facing off against ransomware, DDoS attacks and other threats. Luckily, a number of resources can help them bolster their defenses.
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A new Senate committee report suggests allocating more money to campus security technology, a public awareness campaign for the state's anonymous reporting system, and training more school marshals to prevent shootings.
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After stealing the data of tens of thousands of people, extortionists from the Karakurt group have contacted their employees, business partners and clients with harassing emails and phone calls to pressure the victims to cooperate.
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With U.S. schools recording their largest-ever drop in math scores and struggling students falling farther behind, the nation's education leaders should be looking for new ways to raise student proficiency.
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A Texas district attorney asked a local school district on Dec. 9, and again on Dec. 19, to notify up to 30,000 people that a security breach had exposed their confidential information, before making the announcement himself.
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UNESCO's education committee is calling on world governments to set benchmark indicators to measure progress with respect to Internet connectivity, student access to online learning and environmental education.
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A Wisconsin school district has contracted with Evolv Technology to install five dual-lane, walkthrough metal detectors at a handful of schools, costing the district $508,262 over the next four years.
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Faced with teacher shortages, district officials proposed adding cameras to classrooms in order to record and livestream lessons to other rooms. Teachers say this could harm learning, and students have privacy concerns.
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A regional initiative is building out a list of locations and events involved with vocational education programs or featuring hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math.
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Lawmakers, business leaders and K-12 students gathered at the Michigan State Capitol to see student teams show off inventions involving technologies such as robotics, coding, web design, podcasting and 3-D printing.
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If the Texas school district's partnership with the city of Pharr is approved, it could bring more affordable high-speed Internet to schools and fuel applications for more grants for regional broadband projects.
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Working with the Texas-based SparkCognition, Adelson Educational Campus is integrating an artificial intelligence-based system with its existing cameras to initiate alerts and lock-down procedures in case of emergency.
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University of Texas at Arlington has launched a new certificate and master’s degree program to train educators to teach online, use web-based applications and curricula, and personalize learning strategies.
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Experts in the ventilation industry say that bringing in air from outside through a filtration system is still the best way to improve air quality in schools, which studies have shown can affect student performance.
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In an email to families this week, Seattle Public Schools told students to bring laptops and chargers home over winter break in case inclement weather prevents their return to school in January.
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Following a spate of false alarms about active shooters, the Manchester school board has approved putting the gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter, along with Fusus technology for live video, into school buildings.
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Initiated by a $1 million state grant, the STEM Tech Career Academy at Springfield Technical Community College will be one of five such programs in Massachusetts which could enroll up to 2,000 students in the coming years.
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A school district in Connecticut is offering a smartphone app, Zonar MyView, to parents of elementary and middle-school students that can track their child's bus on a map and notify them when it arrives or departs.
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