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In a unique partnership, the university will conduct research with the U.S. Air Force to find out how new tech, including robotics, can help keep aging planes, such as the C-130, operational for longer periods of time.
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Schools in Wenatchee would use the funds over a six-year period to upgrade a broad range of tech needs, including system-wide infrastructure, personnel to keep the equipment running and training for teachers.
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A consultant has recommended the East Baton Rouge Parish school system ditch a number of manual and paper systems and replace them with software to reduce overhead expenses in the face of dwindling enrollment.
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The Carlisle School District recognizes that unmanned aerial devices could be a useful learning tool, but first the policies on their use need to catch up with the rapidly evolving technology.
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Mentoring is proven to have a positive impact on students’ efficacy, confidence and decision-making skills and to enhance their career aspirations.
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The business school at UC Davis wants to make it easier for working professionals to earn a business degree from its nationally ranked program. It is the first online offering from the state’s UC campuses.
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School children in Alachua County, Fla., are taking lessons in code breaking to improve their literacy. The students play visual games to solve language codes and are gaining a crash course in cybersecurity as well.
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Decatur will add courses for students to study computer science, technology, math and engineering. The goal will be to graduate more students who are ready to work in the growing high-tech market in the region.
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With schools cutting back on musical education, online courses offer young students a viable option to learn how to play, sing or create music. But more must be done to give underprivileged students the same opportunity.
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Despite firewalls, browser history monitoring and other measures, some young students have been exposed to adult content while using iPad tablets in their schools, leading some parents to object.
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Four Marin County school districts will split nearly $1 million to prepare students for careers in technology and other trades. The grant comes from a $10.8 million fund to support a statewide K-12 smart workforce program.
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Farmington High School’s team of robotic students modified a wheelchair to fit the needs of a disabled child and the project caught the attention of aides organizing first lady Melania Trump’s “Be Best” event.
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With more than 100,000 people in the United States currently on transplant waitlists, researchers hope to find ways for 3-D printing to create organs that would save lives.
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Researchers find promising results for two programs patterned after the Meyerhoff Scholars Program, a renowned initiative launched at UMBC in the 1980s and known to increase diversity in STEM.
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The Tuscaloosa County School System will spend $13,000 annually to cover the cost of a free phone app that allows users to anonymously report bullying incidents, reducing the risk of retaliation.
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Schools in Framingham have turned to a bus tracking app to revamp routes and make them more efficient in an effort to alleviate travel times for students while grappling with a statewide shortage of bus drivers.
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More than a dozen institutions in the state system have started programs in the past three years. The University of Minnesota, which has a Masters program in cybersecurity, will offer a 24-week boot camp this summer.
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Klara Jelinkova became the university’s first chief information officer in 2015, but her start in technology can be traced back to the days of the Iron Curtain when her mother taught her coding in Czechoslovakia.
