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The Parents and Kids Safe AI Act would mandate age assurance, limit data use for minors, require child-safety audits and expand parental controls. It revises a similar, unsuccessful bill from 2025. -
TDS Telecommunications LLC has announced that Mooresville High School, part of the Mooresville Graded School District in North Carolina, is the recipient of its $10,000 TDS STEM-Ed grant.
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Schools in the state have until July 1, 2026, to enact their own AI usage policies. The new model AI policy is intended to assist districts, which can either adopt it or customize it to meet their needs.
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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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The former Central High School building will offer nine concentrations, including topics like data analytics, semiconductor microchip technology, business entrepreneurship and construction management.
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Data from the research organization foundry10 says roughly a third of teachers have used artificial intelligence to write recommendation letters, although far more teachers said they didn't use it for that purpose.
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Since a new state law required student phones to stow their phones and keep them turned off at school, teachers are seeing higher engagement, and many students who balked at first are admitting they're more engaged.
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Abbeville High and other schools in the Vermilion Parish district were temporarily offline Monday after an intruder seemed to have compromised the network. Officials are still investigating the source of the problem.
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The Texas Education Agency has issued no guidance on AI, and most San Antonio school districts have yet to adopt formal policies, but some are experimenting with new platforms and weighing risks against potential rewards.
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The three-year $200 million Schools and Libraries Cybersecurity Pilot Program opens its application window this fall. The near-term goal is to secure schools most in need, but long-term it will help nationwide.
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