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At the ISTELive 25 conference in San Antonio, a group of librarians said the potential of artificial intelligence to enable research must be weighed against costs not only to student learning but to content creators. -
Beaverton School District implemented digital hall passes after large groups of students started meeting each other in hallways during class, but a parent alleges that the new system constitutes behavioral monitoring.
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A technology-focused charter school in Oklahoma City uses a state-of-the-art school garden to teach students about planning, data collection, species identification, hydroponic plant beds and gardening-related apps.
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As K-12 schools and universities increasingly rely on devices and software for daily operations, out-of-band network management could help them minimize network vulnerabilities and downtime.
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Boston Public Schools is rolling out new technology that will allow parents to track school bus rides in real time through a mobile app and GPS navigation tablets on board.
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Across the state, voters in five districts nixed buying electric school buses and instead approved buying traditional ones. Even voters in progressive-leaning Ithaca agreed to buy just two.
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Kids and adults alike seem to understand that the rapid change in cellphone use post-COVID has not been good for them, but they don't agree on exactly how to change the rules to make them work for everyone.
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This week’s decision from the Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals calls the Universal Service Fund unconstitutional. The nearly 30-year-old fund uses telecommunications fees to pay for the FCC’s E-rate program.
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In addition to giving money to 50 companies for educational apps, programs or research, the Tools Competition has a new partnership with OpenAI that rewards one team leveraging artificial intelligence.
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New legislation requires that all public and private schools in Ohio carry automated external defibrillators, which can help prevent student athletes from dying of sudden cardiac arrest.
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As a result of a 2021 settlement against Google related to its data collection practices, the company is funding a community education program from New Mexico Public Education Department about online safety.
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The literacy software company Amira Learning announced a partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education to provide AI-powered reading assistance to roughly 100,000 students starting this fall.
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The Texas Education Agency's Office of School Safety and Security is rolling out a mass communication and threat reporting system called Sentinel, available to all schools in the state at no charge.
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A new framework from the Los Angeles County Office of Education offers step-by-step instructions for the implementation and use of artificial intelligence in TK-12 schools that other districts might find useful.
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The South Carolina Department of Education is expected to draft a model cellphone policy in August. Many students at schools that have already piloted cellphone restrictions were pleasantly surprised at their effect.
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According to recent data from the education research organization foundry10, about a third of college applicants in 2023-24 acknowledge using an AI tool for help in writing admissions essays.
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Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho intends to assemble independent experts to conduct a wide-ranging review of what went wrong with the AI chatbot the district debuted in March.
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School districts and state and local governments across the U.S. have been approving policies restricting student cellphone use in class. Many teachers are desperate for the help, and some have already seen improvements.
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After KIPP NYC College Prep restricted smartphone use in class, AP test scores increased, grades bounced back to pre-pandemic averages, and attendance at sporting events and other activities jumped by 50 percent.
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A recent report from the nonprofit Common Sense found that more than half of teens and young adults have used apps to support their mental health and well-being, although they have mixed views on their effectiveness.
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The Federal Communications Commission voted July 18 to allow funding for Wi-Fi hot spots under the E-rate program. Schools can loan these hot spots to students who lack Internet access at home.
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