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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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Because of costs and infrastructure needs, Capital Region school leaders are concerned they won't be able to meet New York's 2027 deadline to begin buying only electric buses and the 2035 deadline for electrified fleets.
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House Bill 485 would require students to keep electronic devices out of the classroom, with some exceptions, and require schools to adopt policies to govern Internet use and teach students about hazards of social media.
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Winners of Apple’s Swift Student Challenge will attend the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference in June, showing off app concepts they built using an Apple-developed coding language.
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The Reading Readiness Dashboard, recently launched by the state Department of Education, allows the public to view literacy data on who is reading below, at, or above grade level in schools across the state.
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To prompt class discussions about the potential consequences of artificial intelligence, teachers can draw from a long history of literature on the subject, from classic novels to short stories and memoirs.
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The Louisiana Department of Education's new AI task force is developing policy recommendations for K-12, and the state Board of Regents voted to create its own committee to study the use of AI in higher education.
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Kanawha County Schools could receive as many as 28 or 29 battery-powered buses in the coming years, but will continue to buy and maintain diesel buses as well.
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In preparing young people to enter a professional environment of rapidly evolving technology, one of the best things educators can do for them is teach them how to explore and learn about new tools on their own.
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Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare’s Project Filter applauds the use of technology for intervention measures, but implores school leaders to provide alternatives to suspension and address teen nicotine addiction.
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Since it began in 2019, the program has been providing course training for three defined career pathways: aviation, aviation mechanics and drones. It does so by teaching aeronautical science and various FAA policies.
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The era of standardization in education might be coming to a close, given the potential of artificial intelligence tools to analyze student metrics in real time and create personalized, dynamic learning pathways.
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A handful of districts in Massachusetts will use money from the state’s Accelerating Clean Transportation School Bus Fleet Deployment Program to deploy new buses and charging stations.
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In an effort to use remaining ESSER funds, the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction is encouraging K-12 organizations that offer cybersecurity and artificial intelligence instruction to apply for grants.
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Now that Florida state law has given school districts the green light to restrict cellphone use in classrooms, school boards across the Tampa Bay area are deciding how to approach the issue.
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For Earth Day, the educational VR company is offering schools one week of free access to online lessons about deforestation, pollution, the harm that plastics have on marine life, and the importance of recycling.
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The movement toward integrating more visual communication and artificial intelligence into education isn't just about keeping up with new tools, but about preparing students to be employees and citizens of the future.
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Keegan Lee was in ninth grade when she realized her addiction to social media apps had become "all-consuming." She has spent much of the past several years writing and raising awareness about social media addiction.
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LaPorte Community School Corporation in northern Indiana hopes to increase enrollment by launching an online school available to students statewide, as well as early entrance for pre-K and kindergarten.
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