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In Alabama, both statewide virtual schools on the books in 2017-18 --Limestone County’s Virtual School and Conecuh County’s Genesis Innovative School -- earned F’s on the state report card.
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A newly minted Oregon nonprofit is partnering with a California-based education and research network to better connect universities. The new deal will also help deliver public services, officials say.
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School districts have seen a stark rise in cyberattacks in just the last several years, according to the newly released report. Part of the problem could be traced back to digitally savvy students.
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Researchers at the University of Arizona are taking inspiration from the immune system and trying to apply that to network-connected devices. They hope machine-learning will teach computers to recognize cyberthreats faster.
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Demand for computer science programs is higher than ever, but challenges, ranging from lack of qualified instructors, poor funding and disagreements over course work, stand in the way.
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The Toledo Public Schools initiative is a collaboration between the district, the Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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With parents often too busy to read to their children at night, a teacher from Bakersfield has launched a YouTube channel and records nightly readings of picture and chapter books for her young students.
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Gov. Tom Wolf made that announcement about the impending closure of the Philadelphia-based charter school at a news conference where he discussed his plan to revamp Pennsylvania’s 22-year-old charter school law.
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A $110 million bond issue facing voters in Muskogee, Okla., this week includes $5 million to improve technology in all of the area district’s school buildings, as well as $12 million to remodel Muskogee High School.
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The Colorado Springs textbook organization, BSCS Science Learning, will use the grant from the U.S. Department of Education to produce training for rural teachers, using video conferencing for teaching scientific principles.
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Everything about Calbright, the state’s 115th community college, is different, from the lingo – it enrolls “learners” not students – to what it teaches: medical coding, information technology and cybersecurity.
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The University of North Florida will use funds from the National Science Foundation to prepare 30 high school educators through professional development and coursework leading to state certification in computer science.
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Lawmakers added $3 million to the education budget to fund implementation of the Rave Panic Button app, which allows users to connect with 911 and first responders while alerting school staff in the event of an emergency.
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As school officials across the country worry about how to stop the next mass shooting, biometric technologies and expanded surveillance systems have become attractive alternatives to traditional security procedures.
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Bucks County unveiled a $412,000 fab lab that will deliver science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics as it makes weeklong stops at various elementary and middle schools in all 13 county school districts.
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With 25 clubs, the Fort Smith school district has one of the largest community coding programs in the state. They are a result of an initiative by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to provide computer science to as many Arkansas students as possible.
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The concept of blended learning has been around since the 1960s, but only recently has it taken off as a methodology, enabled by technology, for integrating traditional and virtual classrooms.
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Ohio Northern University has recently opened a 105,000-square-foot, $30 million facility, which is designed to promote collaboration and small class size, reflecting the university’s new approach to the way it teaches engineering.
