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Effective Jan. 1, 2026, a new state law in North Carolina will require school districts to enact policies and measures to prevent students from accessing social media on school devices and networks. -
The Louisiana Department of Education is using a five-year $15 million federal grant to connect about 4,500 first- and second-grade students to live video tutors through Air Reading.
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Minersville School District closed some schools for a couple days this week after discovering attempts to install malware on some of its systems. Officials are still investigating whether data was compromised.
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The Colorado Springs textbook organization, BSCS Science Learning, will use the grant from the U.S. Department of Education to produce training for rural teachers, using video conferencing for teaching scientific principles.
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Lawmakers added $3 million to the education budget to fund implementation of the Rave Panic Button app, which allows users to connect with 911 and first responders while alerting school staff in the event of an emergency.
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As school officials across the country worry about how to stop the next mass shooting, biometric technologies and expanded surveillance systems have become attractive alternatives to traditional security procedures.
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Bucks County unveiled a $412,000 fab lab that will deliver science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics as it makes weeklong stops at various elementary and middle schools in all 13 county school districts.
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With 25 clubs, the Fort Smith school district has one of the largest community coding programs in the state. They are a result of an initiative by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to provide computer science to as many Arkansas students as possible.
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The concept of blended learning has been around since the 1960s, but only recently has it taken off as a methodology, enabled by technology, for integrating traditional and virtual classrooms.
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The increase of vaping among teens has prompted officials in some school systems to install special sensors to identify signs of it. Recent reports about the dangers of vaping products have upped the ante on the issue.
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Lincoln public school educators discuss their efforts that allow teachers to use the best of what the Internet has to offer while making sure students can’t get to what is considered inappropriate.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer announced he will co-sponsor a bill authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to help protect school districts and other public and private entities from cyberattacks.
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As the state’s governor, Asa Hutchinson has boosted the number of high school students taking computer science from 1,000 to more than 8,000, and has raised state funding for the program to $2.5 million.
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SponsoredBroadband provides students in rural and underserved urban schools access to online resources that can help them better prepare for the workforce.
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Though one-to-one computing programs continue to grow, particularly in higher education, K-12 school districts have been slow to adopt digital textbooks and curricula, often citing concerns like cost of annual updates.
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Throughout the nation, parents and students are pushing back against personalized learning. An expert on the different ways that students learn explains what's behind all the fuss.
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Families with students in grades one through 12 plan to spend an average of $696.70 on back-to-school supplies in 2019, according to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation, America's biggest retail trade group.
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As the cost for creating classroom apps rise, schools and teachers struggle to pay for technology that was once free. Adoption of ed tech apps could fall because teachers don't have discretionary budgets to pay for them.
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Wake County is developing a new policy that would regulate how schools and outside groups could fly drones on school property. Science teachers say the drones have a wide range of educational uses.
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The Ector County Independent School District plans to open up opportunities for students with autism by purchasing virtual reality equipment that will assist with life skills, technology education and other subjects.
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With evidence mounting that students aren’t interacting or paying attention, schools districts across the country are going “phone-free” and requiring students to lock up or turn off their phones.
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