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A school board resolution acknowledges that technology plays an essential role in modern education but says it has to be “balanced with proven traditional methods to best support student achievement and well-being.” -
A Lexington-area school district is proposing to replace paper packets used by bus drivers with tablets and hardware that can map routes, give audio directions and make sure students are on the right bus.
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To avoid creating vulnerabilities, school IT leaders often find themselves saying "no" to new tools and systems. Instead, they should foster a culture of innovation by convening partners to figure out how to make it work.
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Information technology is among the subjects in which students in the Texas school district can get certifications, through a program expected to recruit future business partnerships across the state.
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Realizing the need for alternatives to one-size-fits-all education, Aberdeen School District in Washington plans to expand nontraditional options like career technical education, GED and online learning.
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The EPA is awarding more than $10 million to school districts across 40 states to reduce harmful school bus emissions. The funding comes as policymakers explore new programs to provide electric buses to U.S. schools.
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With money from the Magnet Schools Assistance Program, four schools in the South Carolina county will try to attract students in fields such as cybersecurity, computer science and network engineering.
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Guilderland Central School District last week became the latest of many in New York to suffer a malware attack, forcing students back to remote learning today while the district works with specialists to investigate.
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The city of Danbury, Conn., has approved a new academy for middle- and high-school students that will teach cybersecurity, scientific innovation, medicine and global enterprise, among other things.
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Advances in technology are changing what career and technical education programs need to teach, while the growing costs of equipment are increasingly hard for schools to afford. But they’ve never been more important.
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Montgomery Public Schools are collaborating with Apple and the nonprofit EdFarm on a new summer program to teach middle schoolers basic coding concepts that can be applied to the real world.
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Several schools in southwest North Dakota are working with lawmakers, industry representatives and communities to turn a former Halliburton complex into a multi-million dollar training ground for technical careers.
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School districts across the U.S. have implemented cloud-based software to monitor student nutrition, with the goal of simplifying meal planning and improving student health.
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The Biden administration’s new budget proposes to increase federal spending. While little is specifically geared toward school technology, some funds could help close the digital divide and bolster mental health services.
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Five students at Shaker High School, New York are finalists in a statewide competition for their report that used World Bank data and machine learning models to assess the impacts of various factors on income inequality.
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The tutoring company Wisdom Café has developed a mobile app for K-12 students to schedule 30-minute sessions with credentialed tutors, with flexibility and security measures to ensure anonymity and safety.
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The biotechnology company Ginkgo, in partnership with the diagnostics company Helix and its automated lab, aims to provide pooled COVID-19 testing programs in 2,000 school districts on the West Coast.
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After a year of increasing bandwidth and other remote-learning adaptations, a Kentucky school district's new four-year technology plan includes new monitors, desktops, security features and other equipment.
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As use cases for drones continue to multiply, and more businesses incorporate them into regular operations, there’s a case to be made for teaching K-12 students how to use them. Here’s how schools can get started.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Georgia, media specialists have handled tech support for the transition to virtual learning, Chromebooks, a new learning management system and other educational technologies.
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