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New guidance and a national artificial intelligence action plan promote utilizing the technology in education. Some leaders, however, said resources levels must catch up for those strategies to be effective.
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Methuen Public School District and the city have filed court documents regarding control of and access to the district’s IT department and systems as a disagreement over merging city and school IT departments builds.
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Sophomores converged on West Virginia University Institute of Technology college campuses for the 31st annual Health Sciences & Technology Academy camp, designed to prepare them for careers in tech and other fields.
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A 19-year-old college student in Massachusetts pleaded guilty to charges linked to cyber extortion crimes, including threats to leak the personal information of of more than 60 million students and 10 million teachers.
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In partnership with the cybersecurity firm TekStream, a new student-run security operations center expands on LSU’s existing model, training students in cybersecurity while delivering 24/7 protection for industry partners.
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Gale In Context databases provide vetted content for K-12 students and teachers on topics that range from world history to science. One high school librarian is using them to show students how to root out misinformation.
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An amended version of Assembly Bill 1111, if passed, would allow small education agencies to have the electric-bus requirement waived temporarily. Most polled superintendents are skeptical about the 2035 deadline.
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Graduate students facing potential academic sanctions because AI detection software flagged their work are petitioning the University at Buffalo to stop using Turnitin and improve the appeals process.
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A career and technical education center that opened in 2024 as a collaborative effort between a school district, the city of Oxford and an economic development council now hosts around 300 high school students a day.
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The university will offer a degree in artificial intelligence starting this fall, as well as a seminar June 10 on the legal implications of AI on business as part of an ongoing series at the UC Downtown Innovation Hub.
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Salem City Schools contracted with Coram AI for a security system that connects to a school's camera feeds and monitors for visible threats like firearms, smoke, or unauthorized intrusions, which trigger an alert.
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The offer is eligible to students who are 25 to 55 years old and enrolled in advanced manufacturing, AI, cybersecurity, engineering, green and renewable energy, nursing, teaching or technology programs.
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More than 66,000 students at the university's Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses will get access to courses in foundational AI skills and certificates in fields such as cybersecurity, data analytics and digital marketing.
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Texas-based startup Campus Guardian Angel hires professional drone racers, military veterans and former law enforcement officers to combat school shooters with on-campus drones piloted from a surveillance hub in Austin.
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While educators value familiar tools like learning management systems and video conferencing, they need more support with artificial intelligence and making sure digital materials are accessible to everyone.
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To fight enrollment fraud, the state chancellor of California Community Colleges has proposed to raise security around the state's online application portal and begin charging students a fee "in the tens of dollars."
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Effective July 2026, elementary and middle school students in Georgia will not be allowed to have personal communication devices from the first bell to the last, with exceptions for students with IEPs or medical plans.
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Dozens of students from Greater Johnstown and Somerset Area high schools took part in a seminar on the ethics and applications of artificial intelligence, also discussing the need for education in the humanities.
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State and local entities had already begun to receive grant awards to teach digital skills and provide connectivity and devices for underserved people, including K-12 students, when the program was canceled last week.
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Increasingly skeptical of higher education, students today need digital experiences and services, flexibility, personalization and data security. Some of this is a software problem that modern tools can improve.
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A new one-acre solar farm at the university's Research and Technology Park, supported by a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is designed to reduce fossil fuel consumption and minimize risk from storms.
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