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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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The new Innovation Zone at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Pennsylvania will host scheduled programs and classes about the computer science, design and storytelling involved in making video games.
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The state has earmarked $1.8 billion to upgrade school facilities, $385 million in STEM professional development and a 5 percent multi-year base increase for University of California and California State University.
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A recent professional development program in Iowa's Cedar Rapids Community School District coached educators on incorporating 3D printers, electronic cutting machines and green screen video technology into lessons.
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Through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Literably will further develop its reading assessment platform to help educators tailor reading lessons to student needs and address pandemic-related learning loss.
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A recent fight sparked by social media has prompted a Connecticut school district to consider implementing a new cell phone policy, and administrators say it would help if parents had their kids leave phones at home.
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The event featured an interactive discussion panel and activities involving topics such as teachable machines, can machines be creative, social media and information, personal image classification and careers in AI.
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Noticing that school districts often need guidance in implementing new technology, an ed-tech company has created a strategic planning advisory service to assess a school's needs and direct them to the appropriate tech.
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The Washington school will put the money toward robotics, manufacturing courses and a new computer lab in which students can access Microsoft training courses for fields such as welding and computer science.
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Staff at the Alabama elementary school had been planning for four years to build a STEM lab, and now a $25,000 grant will afford them materials including a makerspace cart, robots, drones and coding lessons.
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A high school in Connecticut will offer students six "academies" to choose from, giving them experience in fields such as emerging and business technology, scientific innovation, information technology and cybersecurity.
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The data breach of a California-based ed-tech vendor has exposed demographic information of 22,000 students from Greeley-Evans School District 6 in Colorado, including names, gender, birthdate, grade, class and school.
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Special education professionals say the increasing use of technology in schools has, in some cases, helped by making families more involved and giving students a digital environment in which they feel comfortable.
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The department thinks the schools could be labs of innovation to inform virtual learning practices throughout the district, but details on a start date, and who will teach and attend, are not yet public.
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In response to a 2018 court ruling that deemed the state's K-12 education system inadequate for Native American students and other groups, the state has set new goals and plans for extended learning and at-risk students.
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Translation applications driven by artificial intelligence are showing promise for schools in improving communications with parents and students. As these technologies advance, so do the possibilities for their use.
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Carlisle Area School District is seeking state approval for a districtwide flexible instructional day program starting this fall that would give them options for dealing with snow days or other building closures.
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Designed by alumni of Stanford University and MIT and taught by graduate students, the program will give kids hands-on experience with machine learning algorithms, Python and project-based learning in live coding labs.
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From Chromebooks to Google Classroom, Lexia, Prodigy and Zearn, student devices and digital education tools are giving teachers the flexibility and real-time data to meet students where they are and help them catch up.
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