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A 19-year-old college student in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to charges linked to cyber extortion crimes, including threats to leak the personal information of of more than 60 million students and 10 million teachers. -
Gale In Context databases provide vetted content for K-12 students and teachers on topics that range from world history to science. One high school librarian is using them to show students how to root out misinformation.
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An amended version of Assembly Bill 1111, if passed, would allow small education agencies to have the electric-bus requirement waived temporarily. Most polled superintendents are skeptical about the 2035 deadline.
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More than 2,500 applicants applied for funding through the Federal Communications Commission’s three-year Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program, which will fund expenses like firewalls and endpoint detection.
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In a recent presentation to the Alaska Board of Education, the state education commissioner inadvertently demonstrated the importance of AI literacy by relying on an AI chatbot that fabricated citations.
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A task force of parents, educators, students and community leaders found Colorado's school accountability system needs work. Recommendations include modernizing state assessments and a dashboard of performance data.
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Spurred by public demand for school safety after the Uvalde shooting that killed 19 people, the broadband company Wytec International is developing AI-powered sensors to pinpoint nearby gunshots and notify authorities.
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Albuquerque Public Schools and Central New Mexico Community College shifted to online courses Thursday in light of a winter storm warning, while the University of New Mexico canceled classes altogether.
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The online education nonprofit Michigan Virtual has partnered with Stride Tutoring to offer remote academic support for students in 700 school districts as part of a statewide push to reverse pandemic learning loss.
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State Superintendent Catherine Truitt last week advised the North Carolina Board of Education against a statewide approach to restricting student cellphone use, arguing it would be divisive and better left up to local leaders.
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Three months after Broward County Public Schools implemented a policy against most cellphone use during school hours, staff and parents are largely positive about it while students are ambivalent to negative.
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Proposed rule changes at East Baton Rouge Schools would bar users from sharing photos of students and staff, limit which search engines and devices can be used on the district network, and bar VPNs on school grounds.
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A Nov. 7 panel discussion between experts at Rogers State University in Oklahoma will cover the potential of AI in business and education, as well as ethical concerns with it, such as how it uses private data to learn.
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An advanced computer science course at Amador Valley High School in California gives students hands-on experience with emerging technologies. One project challenged them to create an AI-powered fact-checker.
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The editorial board of The Columbian makes the case for school districts following guidance from state officials and implementing restrictions on student use of cellphones in class.
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A new AI-powered tool from the ed-tech company Edia tracks student attendance and family contact information, sending parents a personalized text within minutes of an unexpected absence.
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The six winners of Harvard's fifth annual Zaentz Early Education Innovation Challenge offered ideas to grow child-care businesses, support early childhood educators, simplify applications for food assistance and more.
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Chandler Unified School District is working with the University of Arizona to develop an honors course on semiconductors that will delve into electrical circuits, calculating expected values and hands-on measurements.
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Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts centered conversations about AI around data privacy early on and got technology staff, administration and educators involved in professional development sessions.
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A new data-sharing agreement between the Sacramento Office of Education, Elk Grove Unified School District and several local colleges aims to deliver actionable insights for boosting enrollment and graduation rates.
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In the face of increasingly frequent threats from students, administrators at Conroe Independent School District in Texas are considering whether expensive metal detectors would be a useful or sustainable response.
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