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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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Carlisle Area School District has applied for funding from the Federal Communications Commission's Strategic Cybersecurity Pilot Program, which could yield $200,000 for cybersecurity defense over the next three years.
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Sara Snell started her career as an elementary school teacher. Here is her journey to becoming a state government cyber professional.
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Rhode Island teacher Benjamin Hamill beta tested four AI tools now available for math educators in the Kiddom classroom management system. He said the automated feedback tool gave him a “huge quality-of-life upgrade.”
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A Georgia school district was making do without Internet and email services this week as officials investigated the source of a network outage. They did not confirm whether it was caused by ransomware.
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A report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology suggests that schools should update their sexual harassment policies to better handle deepfakes, which have become a common problem in institutions across the U.S.
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At the same time student behaviors are worsening and the rate of autism is increasing, school districts in Wyoming and across the U.S. are struggling to find qualified special education teachers.
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The parents of a Hingham High School student are suing after an AP U.S. History teacher failed their son for using generative AI on a project, which then got him barred from the National Honor Society.
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One month after a fatal shooting at one of their high schools, Harford school officials toured Smith Detections, a company that serves airports and the U.S. Department of Defense, in search of security system options.
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Staff at Sutter Middle School in Folsom found that Yondr pouches created extra headaches when it came to monitoring them, but a policy of requiring phones to be powered off during school hours has been a success.
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Elizabeth Barker, an accessibility manager at Khan Academy, shares her insights on how ed-tech developers can make their tools user-friendly for everyone, including the need for field testing, observation and feedback.
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Two months after a student died on campus, the largest public school system in Texas is using a new life safety equipment management system to track certifications for CPR, first aid, AEDs and Stop the Bleed kits.
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Students at George Washington Carver High School developed a free app that estimates cost of individual colleges, financial aid eligibility, loan options, repayment plans and future earnings.
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Spokane Public Schools this year barred cellphone use in class at its 57 schools. Teachers are seeing more engagement, and students report feeling more focused and social, with more talking and playing games at lunch.
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While most residents told pollsters they support the installation of metal detection technology in high schools, attendees at a school board meeting were mostly opposed, arguing it would make schools feel like prisons.
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The tech giant added to its league of global partnerships with schools and nonprofit organizations and created new resources to show educators how Apple products can be used in the classroom.
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With no space to add programs and students in its current vocational center, Collinsville District 10 is planning a new 46,000-square-foot facility to add up to eight new programs including aviation mechanics and avionics.
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Funded by the American Rescue Plan and a federal grant, the flight simulator and virtual reality desktop simulators could provide career-focused training in response to a growing demand for pilots.
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Delays with the website to apply for New York City public middle schools stemmed from an update by the Division of Instructional and Information Technology, which compromised other features and slowed down the system.
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