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Carnegie Mellon University is training a cohort of educators in Beaver County, Pa., with a background in AI who will be able to spur conversations about the technology and what it might look like in individual districts. -
Effective this year, Illinois will prohibit community colleges from using AI as the sole source of instruction for a course. It also directed the State Board of Education to develop guidelines for AI in K-12 by July.
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A recent survey of career and technical education teachers found several common factors in programs they rated highly, including good facilities, business partnerships, diverse offerings, and district- and state-level support.
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Six schools in Iowa received a grant, and some of them are participating in Hour of Code.
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Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval has made an important round of announcements concerning state technology education programs.
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The stated goal is to have a computer science course in all public schools, kindergarten through grade 12, by December 2017.
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The school system still teaches a lot of the courses that granted the technology credit, but some don't think the credit should be a requirement.
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The Kansas Connect and Learn Initiative is based on a partnership between Kansas state agencies and a nonprofit organization called EducationSuperHighway.
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Researchers look at the results from cyber charter schools.
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A school district is considering a new policy that would not prohibit phones, but rather support appropriate education uses of them.
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The profiles include data about accountability, assessment and teacher quality, among other things.
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The Illinois district is laying the groundwork for better technology access.
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But other schools aren't so strict. In fact, nearly three-quarters of school districts that previously banned cell phones have changed their minds later.
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Anchorage School District uses new data dashboards to track how well it's doing at fulfilling its mission of helping all students succeed.
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The ACLU weighed in when the first draft policy went too far.
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The Minnesota district didn't have a policy before.
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The Florida school district is one of 30 districts that the White House recognized.
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Limestone County Schools could become a national leader in students certified to work with an advanced computer programming language.
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In its first incarnation, the system would provide data on schools and districts, but not an overall grade for each school.
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Most area school divisions are behind the goal set by the FCC, but Mathews County may have the most severe connectivity problem in the region — it actually cut its bandwidth in half to save money in the current fiscal year.
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