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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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Since the Marietta Board of Education in Georgia started requiring students to have their cellphones and smartwatches locked in Yondr pouches during the day, both teachers and students have seen positive changes.
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Rapid City Area School District in South Dakota is one of many across the state that have found smartphones an unsustainable distraction, and current polities inadequate to police them.
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Gov. Ned Lamont said he intends to encourage local superintendents across Connecticut to pass and enforce policies restricting student use of smartphones during instructional time.
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Schools throughout North Carolina are preparing to launch 11 digital learning initiatives with $1.8 million in funds from a statewide competitive grant program, involving novel technologies from VR to podcasting and AI.
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While there is no one-size-fits-all approach to restrictions on cellphones in schools, an imperfect policy is better than no policy at all, and when policies come from the district or state level, they bring advantages.
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A two-week, pre-college enrichment program teaches high schoolers about AI’s core applications, foundational concepts and programming tools, then challenges them to complete mentor-led projects for social good.
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Passed by the Senate this week, KOSPA combines the Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teen’s Online Privacy Protection Act. Experts say the bill could both help and hinder student use of online technology.
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Chippewa Valley Technical College partnered with Junior Achievement to put on a five-day STEM camp for high schoolers, with hands-on experiences with gas and diesel vehicles, HVAC and welding in a manufacturing lab.
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From establishing work-based learning programs for students to hiring specialists to help Dougherty County School System get the most out of AI, Superintendent Ken Dyer says he believes in running toward the future.
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As with "sexting" 15 years ago, schools must contend with specific behaviors that cause specific harms, but the focus has expanded beyond how students use their phones to broader concerns about how much they use them.
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The application window for the Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program opened last week, including funds for schools and other public agencies to spend on promoting digital equity among underserved groups.
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Artificial intelligence might make students’ lives easier, but the science of learning says the best study methods have one thing in common: They’re hard. Without intellectual challenge, there is no intellectual change.
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A former train station in Detroit, now a mixed-use technology campus, hosted 60 students this summer who were part of Google’s Code Next program, intended to engage underrepresented students in computer science.
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A report published by Quizlet based on a survey of 1,500 educators and students found that use of artificial intelligence is increasing while optimism about its potential is not, and users want guidance on use cases.
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An online questionnaire completed by 500 parents shows nearly half of children ages 7 to 14 are using AI tools, with boys slightly more likely to do so than girls, and most commonly doing it for fun.
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In response to the theft of test materials that caused some cancelled exams, the nonprofit College Board will expedite its previously reported plan to roll out digital options for AP exams over the next five to 10 years.
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Without in-person services, thousands fewer students in Washington were evaluated for disabilities and subsequently didn't get accommodations that may have severely impacted their ability to do schoolwork.
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Stamford Board of Education adopted a policy in summer 2022 restricting cellphone use during instructional time. High schools will introduce a progressive discipline protocol for those who violate the policy.
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