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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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A new private-public partnership will pilot cloud computing courses at high schools in hopes of building a workforce talent pipeline through higher education and certifying 150 people by 2025.
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The video and game production company The IMG Studio has built its business designing training and educational games for organizations like the local Education Service Center of the Texas Education Agency.
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A state initiative will use $6.5 million in federal funds to finish creating digital maps of New Jersey's 3,000 public and private schools, including interior and exterior layouts, doors and surrounding areas.
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The leaders of various education-focused nonprofits single out cybersecurity, digital learning tools, sustainability, professional development and student responsibility with technology as key problems facing schools.
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Faculty at Decatur City Schools in Alabama say the proliferation of social media platforms and digital devices in recent years has exacerbated cyber bullying, especially for seventh and eight grades.
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The Community College of Allegheny County and BNY Mellon are opening their Early College High School program to all the county's public high schools, including an IT program and virtual sessions for underclassmen.
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Irvine International Academy, which aims to cultivate Mandarin bilingualism and also focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and math skills, has put $77K toward new virtual reality tools from zSpace.
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A Texas school district has closed campus to visitors but is holding classes as scheduled, with teachers making adjustments to lead class without Internet, after a hack took down its website, phones and email.
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A Pennsylvania school district has recovered most of $13 million stolen by international thieves who hacked an email account, used a fake dating profile to lure an accomplice and laundered deposits via cryptocurrency.
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The Nashville chapter of Blacks In Technology Foundation has launched a three-year pilot program with LocalTek and Tennessee State University to draw upperclassmen to tech fields such as data science and app development.
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The Editorial Board of the Charlotte Observer raises issues with body scanners installed by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to detect guns, including false alarms and a lack of research about their effectiveness.
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The mother of a 17-year-old student at a statewide online public school is suing the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association over its policy barring students in virtual schools from interscholastic athletics.
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A Washington school district is expanding its online option, Wisdom Ridge Academy, to students anywhere in the state. They can also partially enroll in part-time learning programs elsewhere in the district and region.
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West Virginia's first two statewide online charter schools have less than half the number of enrolled students they projected last year, although officials say it's still too early to know what fall will bring.
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A Texas school district lost website, email and phone services and closed its campus to visitors, because its identification system is down. The district is investigating and has yet to say whether data was compromised.
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According to a survey this year by the Center for Democracy and Technology, student monitoring systems may be violating kids’ civil rights and disproportionately bringing scrutiny and discipline upon specific groups.
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In Washington, Kelso School District is using a series of grants to buy iPads for special education students, subscribe to educational apps and train occupational therapists to use new applications and devices.
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With a TK-12 virtual schooling program created to satisfy demand, Newport-Mesa Unified School District gives parents the flexibility to keep students home while staying connected to the district.
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