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Davenport University will use the grant from the National Science Foundation to provide 28 students with scholarships that cover their full-tuition, any education-related fees and living costs.
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The increase of vaping among teens has prompted officials in some school systems to install special sensors to identify signs of it. Recent reports about the dangers of vaping products have upped the ante on the issue.
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The college will be the new home of a National Science Foundation-funded center to study the implementation of advance wireless infrastructure and drones. The center will receive funding from NSF and an industry consortium.
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Lincoln public school educators discuss their efforts that allow teachers to use the best of what the Internet has to offer while making sure students can’t get to what is considered inappropriate.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer announced he will co-sponsor a bill authorizing the Department of Homeland Security to help protect school districts and other public and private entities from cyberattacks.
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As the state’s governor, Asa Hutchinson has boosted the number of high school students taking computer science from 1,000 to more than 8,000, and has raised state funding for the program to $2.5 million.
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A group of researchers at the University of Connecticut Center for Voting Technology Research (VoTeR Center) are investigating technology that will enable poll workers to check- in voters electronically.
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The new Apple Hearing Study will be available soon for users to participate in through a forthcoming Apple app, called the research app, which will be available for download by the end of 2019.
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Though one-to-one computing programs continue to grow, particularly in higher education, K-12 school districts have been slow to adopt digital textbooks and curricula, often citing concerns like cost of annual updates.
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Throughout the nation, parents and students are pushing back against personalized learning. An expert on the different ways that students learn explains what's behind all the fuss.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University has developed an integrative data science major designed to connect its traditional liberal arts education with high-tech skills now in demand by employers.
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Families with students in grades one through 12 plan to spend an average of $696.70 on back-to-school supplies in 2019, according to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation, America's biggest retail trade group.
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As the cost for creating classroom apps rise, schools and teachers struggle to pay for technology that was once free. Adoption of ed tech apps could fall because teachers don't have discretionary budgets to pay for them.
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The University has opened a new tech-filled, emerging media arts center that was funded, in part, by the Johnny Carson Foundation, named after the late-night TV celebrity. The foundation donated $20 million.
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The Madison Area Technical College started construction of the campus in 2018, and will serve minority and other underrepresented students and provide programming that focuses on health care and information technology.
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Wake County is developing a new policy that would regulate how schools and outside groups could fly drones on school property. Science teachers say the drones have a wide range of educational uses.
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The Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act, which was signed by President Trump, reduces the credit hour requirements to qualify for the $30,000 scholarship, which provides longer coverage needed for STEM degrees.
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The Ector County Independent School District plans to open up opportunities for students with autism by purchasing virtual reality equipment that will assist with life skills, technology education and other subjects.
