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Educators moved quickly in the pandemic era to scale access to virtual learning — but governance, accountability and data systems have not kept pace. A patchwork of models and standards complicates solutions. -
North East Independent School District in Texas may soon be monitored by a conservator after a state investigation determined that district leaders did not create a bell-to-bell phone ban in compliance with state law.
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Given reporting delays from the South Carolina Department of Education, the state Senate's Education Oversight Committee will take over collecting, analyzing and reporting test results of voucher students.
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A Colorado school district has come out against legislation that would require the Colorado Department of Education to develop a new reporting database to receive complaints about contracts with digital vendors.
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A conservative-leaning FCC, coupled with legal and congressional challenges, have created uncertainty around the E-rate program that funds school broadband. Experts say districts will need local funding and community partnerships to fill the gap.
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The Kentucky Board of Education moved to limit enrollment in virtual schools in light of academic underperformance, but lawmakers blocked the measure and proposed to stop enrollment restrictions on virtual schools until 2028.
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A freshman from Onalaska High School won her area's Congressional App Challenge with a tool that finds local health care providers based on the user's needs, such as distance, cost and type of care.
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A partnership between Prodigy Learning and Minecraft Education offers students the opportunity to earn industry-recognized credentials while playing one of the most popular digital games.
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Hamilton Avenue School in Greenwich, Conn., was the target of an "astroturfing" email campaign that lobbied public officials to reject a $5.25 million project to replace the school's geothermal energy system.
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A professor of educational theory is creating an AI tool that records video and audio to determine whether a teacher addressed each section of the classroom, how often they used group work and other techniques.
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A pair of bills expected to be introduced to the Ohio House and Senate next week propose to make computer science a graduation requirement for all high schoolers by 2027-28.
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A tip to the Sandy Hook Promise Say Something Anonymous Reporting System prevented a mass shooting this month at Mooresville High School in Indiana. The system allows students to submit tips via app, website or hotline.
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The National Association for Amateur Radio hosted a four-day training event to show educators how to download weather satellite images, use digital decoding tools and use radios and antennas to find signals.
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A new competition from the National School Boards Association and the Center for Digital Education honored three school districts this month for their innovative approach to K-12 technology integration.
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Labor unions successfully argued that the U.S. Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management violated the Privacy Act of 1974 by giving DOGE access to citizens’ personal information.
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The editorial board of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette argues that Pennsylvania's cyber charter schools are failing students while siphoning money from public schools, and they need accountability.
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Law enforcement is still investigating last year's phishing attack on Grand Forks Public Schools, but they recovered more than half the $2.2 million stolen, and the loss has not impacted funding for day-to-day operations.
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The Alabama State Department of Education and the nonprofit Be Pro Be Proud launched a mobile workforce development tour, bringing virtual and augmented reality job site simulations to students throughout the state.
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Racine Unified School District in Wisconsin is offering free credit monitoring and identity protection services to employees after a Dec. 13 cybersecurity incident. Forensic investigators said students were not impacted.
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In a survey of 300 students, 32 percent of high schoolers reported pursuing a STEAM career directly because of the Starbase program. That doesn’t include students who were already interested in science.
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In her State of the State address this week, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is expected to call for state legislation to address smartphone distractions in schools, but local control remains important to many superintendents.
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