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Not every ed-tech tool has to be a bespoke platform or mobile app. A fourth-grade teacher at the Future of Education Technology Conference this week presented a collection of useful or fun websites available for free. -
North East Independent School District, which is located in San Antonio, may soon be fighting a legal battle with the Texas Education Agency over its controversial cellphone policy.
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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.
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An Oklahoma school district has restored most of its network operations following a ransomware attack last week. The district is still working with data forensics specialists and law enforcement to investigate.
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Districts or schools in Compton, Montebello, Hesperia, Banning, Pacific Palisades, San Jacinto and elsewhere in Los Angeles County will benefit from a lottery held last month by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A recent study by the American Educational Research Association estimated that 4.9 million Facebook posts on official school pages include identifiable images of students, risking the attention of nefarious actors.
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An Oklahoma school district is advising students that their Google accounts and some handheld devices are safe, but they should not use district-issued desktops or laptops due to a ransomware attack last week.
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A cyber attack last weekend caused Albany City Schools to take its network offline, and while district officials say no data was compromised, teachers are using printed materials while investigators finish their work.
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With a stamp of approval from ISTE, Skriware is expanding its reach to North America, making its collection of robotics, CAD, programming and 3D modeling tools available to grades 2-10 in U.S. schools.
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The academy's 300 students majoring in engineering built and assembled rockets to launch at the school stadium. IA focuses on real-world skills in information technology, engineering and health care.
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Having partnered in 2021 to boost science, technology, engineering, arts and math education in southeast Texas, Indorama Ventures and the Beaumont Children's Museum gave $140,000 worth of activity kits to area teachers.
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A random lottery system favoring disadvantaged communities, funded through last year's federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, could lead to 46 new electric buses across 27 school districts statewide.
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While working with independent cybersecurity experts to investigate, an Iowa school district that suffered a cyber attack in September has since restored its systems and refused to pay the attacker's ransom.
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Humble Independent School District in Texas is in the second year of an initiative to pique student interest in CTE courses starting in sixth grade, giving students a chance to discover passions and specialize sooner.
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Warning of a ransomware attack on Friday, Norman Public Schools asked families to turn off any devices issued by the district and not connect them to any network until further notice while law enforcement investigates.
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The international encoding standard Unicode has included Kaktovik numerals, designed by Iñupiaq students almost 30 years ago, in its latest version. Teachers in Alaska say it has spurred an interest in math.
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Idaho's Empowering Parents program, launched last month and administered through the online platform Odyssey, provides microgrants to help families purchase technology, textbooks, tutoring and educational programs.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the recipients of its Clean School Bus program last week, awarding 389 school districts some $965 million toward the purchase of more than 2,400 school buses.
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Under a new state rule proposed Thursday, Texas schools would have to keep two-way emergency radios on campus, install panic buttons in classrooms, and have weekly door inspections to ensure they close and lock.
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Two Colorado school districts worked with SchoolBlocks.com to overhaul their websites, their "windows for the outside world," to make them more attractive, accessible, informative and easier to use.
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At a Thursday webinar panel for the Educause Annual Conference, former U.S. Secretary of Education and Chicago schools CEO Arne Duncan described technology access and degree completion as major issues facing higher ed.
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