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Gov. Andrew Cuomo will announce plans Wednesday to establish in Syracuse the state’s first regional high school and worker training center that focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics, or STEAM.
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At its December meeting, Coconino Community College’s governing board voted to add a trio of new technical and career education programs, one of which is a new focus on cybersecurity training.
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Norman Public Schools is just one of many districts nationwide that have embraced educational technology, a way of teaching and learning ideally enhanced through the use of classroom technology.
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Monroe High School is beginning an expansive career technical education (CTE) drone program by using electric lenses to teach drone piloting as a response to their commitment to prepare students for in-demand jobs.
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After completing the initial implementation phase of the AEGIS system, Lockport City School District has announced that it has begun using its controversial facial and object recognition surveillance for added security.
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In Pennsylvania, the Carlisle Area School District benefits from the flexibility in one-to-one initiatives where each student has access during the school day to a laptop computer or some other device.
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The Midlothian Independent School District has installed RFID chips in every student’s badge, which is swiped when they board and depart their bus. The system alerts the bus driver when something is amiss.
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In Pennsylvania, schools have very different standards and systems for protecting kids on classroom devices. Many resist the release of any details of those programs, citing security concerns.
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Two seniors from the David Thibodaux STEM Magnet Academy in Lafayette Parish have been invited to the U.S. Capitol for their work on HappyBytes, a multi-use app to combat depression and suicide.
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With esports now played at the college level and with professional tournaments handing out millions in winnings, two high schools in Buffalo, N.Y., will compete in the High School Esports League starting in January.
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Working with students as young as first grade, Nancy VanEenenaam, a technology education teacher at Holland Township’s Eagle Crest Charter Academy, helps children through the beginning stages of coding.
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Computer science students at Paul Duke STEM High School, located in Gwinnett County, recently showcased some new skills in a competition that teaches how to write code that makes music.
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Online college class enrollment more than doubled over the last decade, and there’s lots of evidence it’s far easier to cheat in an online class than in person. An incident in Newport Beach, Calif., shows just how easy.
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The scholarship money will be available to 35 colleges, with the goal of strengthening the state’s workforce in technology related fields such as computer science fields like coding and cyber security.
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The chief privacy officer for the New York State Education Department presented the Lockport School Board with proposed revisions to its facial recognition surveillance system policy.
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The school district has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant for a distance learning strategy, enabling virtual reality field trips and Internet collaboration with other school districts over great distances.
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Luzerne County’s Dallas School District may be the only one that has implemented flexible instruction on snow days, but it joins 79 other districts in the state. The trend takes place as e-learning programs spread.
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Visitors to Springfield Public Schools will no longer be asked to sign in with pen and paper. An ID-scanning system is being rolled out to give officials better information about visitors prohibited from school grounds.
