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Students in rural El Paso County school districts don’t have access to makerspace tools. So, the county has launched a mobile STEM lab, where they can learn basic coding, use virtual reality headsets and build objects on a 3-D laser scanner.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a portion of a $3 million grant to Georgia Southwestern State University. The funds will help increase the number of minority majors graduating with baccalaureate degrees and applying to graduate programs in the STEM disciplines.
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Worcester, the state’s second largest city, will use the funds to provide interactive online training to 1,800 government and school employees in topics from email security to USB device safety.
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Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s social work department has created a virtual reality lab as a way for students to ease into the experiences they'll come to face. However, VR is still relatively unproven as a teaching tool.
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The state’s university plans to build a $300 million innovation center that would provide master's level instruction and certificate education in technology-related fields for current and future businesses in the region.
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Carroll County Public Schools unveiled a three-year plan that calls for building the capacity of school staff through professional development, and preparing students for online collaboration and use of digital tools.
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute has received a five-year, $3 million National Science Foundation grant to conduct research and training to shape, guide and lead the transition to a robot-assisted workplace.
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A coding course called The Last Mile started small in a California prison before evolving into a 17-prison undertaking. Now, inmates nearing the end of their terms are learning skills they can use in the workforce.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Tuesday that Michigan has brought high-speed broadband connectivity to 98 percent of its schools, which means the state’s school districts are meeting the goal of 100 kilobits per second per student.
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The goal of the ‘Aina-Informatics Network launched by ‘Iolani School is to give kids hands-on research experience, such as analyzing the DNA of local plants, as well as an opportunity to explore ethical questions in the field.
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First-year research immersion is an academic model that is part of an emerging trend meant to provide college undergraduates with meaningful research experience.
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Reports can be on any serious topic from abuse and bullying to threats, mental health, family problems or weapons that affect local students or schools. False reporting could lead to legal consequences.
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Starting this fall, cybersecurity courses will be mandatory for all freshmen studying computer science. By next year, the university expects 100 students to be enrolled in the courses each semester.
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Despite a soaring number of scooter-related injuries to students in the last 10 months, the Indiana University student government is against a ban, citing benefits, such as mobility, accessibility and affordability.
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Robots have proven effective in interacting with special needs children who actually interact with robots like they are social entities, whereas adults can be very off-putting for children with autism.
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Access to the Internet remains a cost problem for many students. In 2015, 35 percent of lower-income households with school-age children didn't have a broadband connection at home, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
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Iowa could become a world leader in addressing K-12 and higher education challenges, according to a state-commissioned report, which pointed out that ed tech is poised to grow into a $110.9 billion global market by 2022.
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Most states have changed their rules in recent years to let computer science count as a required high school math or science class. A physics professor explains how that trend could set students back.
