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North Carolina's Child Fatality Task Force recently endorsed legislation to limit how companies can use data on minors, and it will continue studying the impacts of AI companions and chatbots. -
Schools in Alabama have a year to voluntarily implement a digital literacy and computer science course approved by the Alabama State Board of Education. It will become a requirement within 18 months.
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Encouraged by a new state law that endorses hybrid and online schooling, Northside Independent School District is looking for a vendor to help start a virtual school next fall.
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A recent survey of school administrators found that 92 percent reported a “smooth transition” during the first few months of the state's new phone policy, and 83 percent reported a more positive and engaged environment.
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Capitalizing on a surge of interest in personalized education, the collaboration seeks to make math learning more interactive and responsive through AI-powered feedback paired with teacher-led instruction.
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A school district in western North Carolina canceled classes and shut down its network last week after detecting an intruder. As of last Tuesday, officials were still investigating and working to restore services.
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The new 62,000-square-foot campus modernizes university-sponsored K-12 education with labs and collaborative spaces supporting biology, computing, robotics and more. A state budget appropriation helped fund it.
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Towne Avenue Elementary in Carson, Calif., in a partnership with Ormat Technologies, now has a hands-on outdoor classroom powered entirely by renewable energy.
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The program, now operating in three high schools in the state’s second-largest district — the only school system in Minnesota with the program — is a partnership with Junior Achievement North.
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Scholar Labs, still in its testing phase and not yet available to all users, is designed to interpret intricate research questions and provide relevant material to users from within Google’s database.
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More than 30 states now require districts to restrict student phone use in some way, and the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board thinks Illinois should join them.
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In a recent Q&A, an official from the Association for Career and Technical Education discussed CTE programs moving beyond the "Googlification" of AI, its impact on culinary and HVAC programs and more.
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The deal gives CoreTrust and its supplier network access into private and charter schools — some 4,000 of which are served via BuyQ. CoreTrust recently signed a deal with two major U.S. cities.
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The "Ignite" career-track program at Bentonville Public Schools in Arkansas has added an AI twist, helping students understand how the technology is transforming their potential future jobs.
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A "sophisticated phishing attack" targeting New Haven Public Schools came after accounts belonging to at least four students were compromised. More than 10,000 emails were then sent to students districtwide.
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For some school districts searching for the right LLM, the most secure and cost-effective route may be to host their own on premises, then contract with a third party for enterprise services.
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State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said one of his goals before the end of the legislative session is to pass a bell-to-bell phone ban in K-12 schools. Many New Jersey schools already restrict phone use, but policies vary.
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The tech company aims to help educators utilize its new ChatGPT for Teachers amid the rising deployment of technologies to classrooms. The tool will be available free to verified teachers through June 2027.
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A $6 million partnership with Google will enable Georgia State University to provide daily AI and machine learning instruction to selected public school students on the university’s campus.
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A report from the Education Commission of the States finds that amid the growth of AI, shifting priorities and uncertain funding, longitudinal data systems may not be up to the task of tracking student trajectories.
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Some education officials say building trust with parents and students has been key to the success of California's Phone-Free School Act, and will be essential in the conversations to come.
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