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The nonprofit believes preparing students for a digital future is less about expanding access to devices than about ensuring technology use is grounded in purpose, understanding and meaningful outcomes. -
Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut have contracted with Timely, because budget constraints and reduced staffing have made it increasingly difficult for the district to create master schedules.
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A survey of educators who work in career and technical education found that nearly a third of those who don't already have programs in IT and cybersecurity at their school expect one will launch in the next five years.
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By creating “fake” versions of their data to interface with ed-tech vendors, school districts can limit what kinds of personally identifiable information those companies have in the event they experience a data breach.
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Although Ridgefield school officials initially thought the district wasn't affected by the PowerSchool data breach impacting educational institutions nationwide, they're now saying that's not the case.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds used her eighth Condition of the State address Tuesday to call for a statewide policy requiring school districts to restrict the use of cellphones in the classroom.
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While technology has made teaching more complicated in some ways, a speaker at the Future of Education Technology Conference this week offered a handful of simple ways technology can help teachers de-stress.
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As COVID-19 pandemic relief funds expire, a new State Educational Technology Directors Association report outlines a path toward permanent funding for K-12 universal connectivity and related digital access measures.
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District leaders should convene a privacy team to familiarize themselves with applicable privacy laws, conference speakers said. They should formalize a process for vetting apps and train staff on best practices.
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Now that phone ban policies have been in place for a semester, North Texas school leaders and parents say they’re helping limit distractions in class, which keeps students more engaged.
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The schools there utilize PowerSchool as its student information system which was subject to a data breach on or around Dec. 22, according to emails sent out to district families and staff.
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Maryland-based ed-tech company Floreo VR gives students with autism a low-stakes, controlled environment in which to master social, emotional and safety skills under teacher supervision.
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Since cellphone rules went into effect at the beginning of the 2024-25 school year, some Connecticut school districts said they have seen improvements in academic achievement, attendance and discipline.
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In an effort to curb chronic absenteeism, school districts in Farmington, Raton, Carlsbad and Hobbs are piloting an AI tool by the software company Edia that automates student attendance tracking and notifies parents.
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As users of PowerSchool, a software company hit by a cyber attack last month, some Pennsylvania school districts are notifying families that student and parent names and addresses might be among the impacted data.
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School districts across the nation are reacting to word from K-12 software giant PowerSchool that its student information system has been compromised, exposing data from teachers and students.
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Federal COVID-19 relief initially provided the funding source to equip students with Chromebooks and other devices to use at home and school. Absent those dollars, many entities can’t afford their replacement.
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The nonprofit consortium announced Thursday it will use a “train-the-trainer” model to teach district teams nationwide how to assess and advance school AI readiness. The initiative’s precise timing is unclear.
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A widespread cybersecurity breach of the PowerSchool Student Information System — used across the U.S. and internationally — is impacting Connecticut schools. The incident was discovered Dec. 28.
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The United States Leadership in Immersive Technology Act calls for a national plan to assess and advance the use of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies across key sectors, from education to agriculture.
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Local districts can either adopt the South Carolina Board of Education's model policy prohibiting the use of personal devices during the school day, or create their own. Many districts have already done so.
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