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SponsoredFrom food insecurity to school violence to early-onset mental health conditions, K-12 students face many challenges inside and outside the classroom that can hinder their academic success. Schools increasingly provide services to help children with these challenges, and government leaders have started funding these services through legislation. -
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SponsoredFortinet partners with Spring Branch Independent School District to enable change and secure the future of education.
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The Dallas County School District is close to being ready to implement flexible instruction days if bad weather forces schools to close, with the state approving a total of 79 local education agencies for the program.
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Lunchtime coding event at Terra Linda High School showcases their brand new $19 million Innovation Lab to provide a space for students to learn coding, programming, digital animation, and design.
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At UC Berkeley, dozens of companies pay the school $20,000 for "unique access" to electrical engineering and computer science students for recruiting purposes. But some companies also work with the military and ICE.
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The R.C. Musson and Katherine M. Musson Charitable Foundation ICS Testbed at the University of Akron, which held a grand opening Monday morning, aims to fight cybercrime through testing and training.
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Using $5 million in seed money from the Knight Foundation, the University of Washington and Washington State University aim to combat digital counterfeiting and misinformation, and give the public tools to sort fact from fakery.
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One-on-one laptop computers, broadband networking and advance planning have allowed the spread of e-learning programs in more school districts across the country, rendering the snow day obsolete.
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SponsoredThe AT&T Aspire program aims to remove barriers to academic success and career growth and help all students — regardless of age, gender or income.
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Residents of Kentucky will start learning and developing certifications in virtual reality after a grant purchased 20 VR consoles to be used by students during the day and displaced coal miners at night.
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While in middle school in Howard County, Md., Saniya Vashist used her passion for computer science to start her own nonprofit, codeHER. The idea: teach female middle school students coding after school.
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Thanks to anticipated federal Title IV grant funding, Maryland public schools could expand or establish co-curricular robotics programs at county high schools, according to an announcement Tuesday.
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Clark Atlanta and Augusta universities have announced a new plan that will see them partner on cyberphysical and cybersecurity research and opportunities for their students to earn degrees in those fields.
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The college will establish Seed Florida, which will provide critical early stage support for startups in technology, engineering and life sciences. Money for the $5 million to $10 million fund will be privately raised.
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Historically black colleges and universities are closely linked to their surrounding areas, including rural places on the other side of the digital divide. The Minority Broadband Initiative wants to take advantage of these connections.
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Students at Carencro High in Louisiana are helping to catalog litter around Lafayette Parish by using a new survey app that allows them to upload their findings into an interactive storytelling platform.
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Participants in the University of Michigan’s Detroit programs have raised concerns about the school’s involvement with establishing the Center for Innovation, a 14-acre, $300 million facility.
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WVU wants to participate in the testing of high-speed vacuum tube transportation. Virgin Hyperloop said it was issuing a RFP to states, municipalities and universities to create a certification and testing center.
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The proposal, which would require a fourth year of math-related coursework for admission, came under criticism from top state educators who said it would unfairly impact black and Latino students.
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EliteGamingLive, or EGL, is an esports league tailored to K-12 students that combines the burgeoning field of esports with educational programming to help parents and educators introduce students to STEM fields.
