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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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Storer Transportation will use funding from the California Energy Commission to place 37 chargers for electric school buses at its headquarters near Dakota Avenue and a second bus yard in the Beard Industrial District.
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Ten members of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents co-authored From STEM to STEAM: Latino Perspectives, a portion of sales from which will benefit the organization’s student scholarship fund.
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East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools will use the money to buy 50 new electric buses, in addition to the 19 it bought last year, plus charging stations. They may take a year to manufacture and deliver.
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In a 34-page guide to generative AI in schools, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction advised that using AI should not automatically be considered cheating, as students will need to learn how to use it.
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Mark DiMauro, a University of Pittsburgh assistant professor, gave the example of using AI to simulate ancient philosophers holding a conversation, tutor students on Greek playwrights, and provide curriculum updates.
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The U.S. Inspector General found the EPA’s program for replacing old buses lacked essential fraud-prevention measures. Schools returned over $38 million because they didn’t know contractors had applied on their behalf.
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A growing number of New Jersey school districts are requiring students to keep cell phones in their lockers or in special pouches so they're inaccessible during class. Some students have had a hard time adjusting.
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A Fort Worth-area school district was not affected when Raptor Technologies, a Houston-based school security software company, inadvertently leaked a cache of more than 4 million records from client districts nationwide.
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A trio of superintendents from Connecticut, Oregon and Pennsylvania agree that securing K-12 networks requires having plans to prevent and respond to cyber attacks as well as communicate the urgency of the problem.
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Red Rover, which makes workforce management software for schools, is launching a web-based tool that allows people to submit job applications by phone while hiring managers track them more efficiently.
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Virtual-reality headsets at the Kanawha County American Job Center transport West Virginia students to career sites such as transmission towers, construction zones or emergency situations.
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The fourth annual KidWind Simulation Challenge for grades four through 12 tasks students with using a CAD program and virtual simulations to design wind energy systems and test their efficiency.
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A new virtual reality program, created by Discovery Education in partnership with Edge at Hudson Yards, allows students to explore the skylines of New York City and learn about the work of architects and engineers.
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A Georgia school district that had to shut off its Internet due to a cyber attack in mid-November is slowly restoring full connectivity to its buildings, ending a two-month stretch of relying on pen and paper.
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In the past two years, Outcomes Based Contracting worked with school districts in nine states to procure money-back guarantees from online tutoring providers. For 2024, the organization hopes to broaden its reach in K-12.
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Three public school districts in the region are getting electric buses through a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program aiming to replace the country's aging, diesel-fueled fleet.
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State Superintendent Eric Mackey told members of the state board of education in December that they couldn’t outright ban cell phones from schools, but he would like to give some additional guidance to districts.
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To help kids realize science is applicable to everyday life, a Colorado Springs nonprofit researcher and developer of science instruction for schools earned funding to advance a promising project.
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