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A private STEM-focused university in Pennsylvania put the HUE Invitational, its flagship esporting event that started in 2018, on hold amid efforts to close operating deficits and boost enrollment. -
At least 80 percent of Massachusetts school districts already have some type of cellphone restrictions in place, and local school committees of governing boards would be required to approve the new restrictions.
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To ensure more consistent and responsive communication with student families, Kanawha County Schools in West Virginia redesigned its website and worked with the ed-tech company Apptegy on a bespoke mobile app.
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Chariot Automotive Group partnered with Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo this year on a program to teach students the basics of automotive repair, including changing oil and rotating tires.
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A blended learning program at District 230 in Illinois, in which students can do coursework online on their own time, gives them practice at organizing schedules, meeting deadlines and communicating electronically.
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Interns at a Catholic college in Pennsylvania are setting up computers, installing monitors and beginning work on network infrastructure for the college's cybersecurity and digital forensics program.
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According to SETDA, 32 states have statewide digital learning plans, a dozen require local districts to come up with their own plans, and some have provisions other than mandates to encourage classroom technology use.
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The Future Ready Tech Challenge, launched by NAF on its KnoPro platform this week, kicks off with a $10,000 question: How can high school students use cutting-edge technology to explore and chose their ideal career path?
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The Muscogee County School District board unanimously voted to uphold the firing of a teacher who went on leave for 12 months when in-person classes resumed in 2021 and wanted to continue teaching virtually.
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Boeing acknowledged hiring its thousandth high school student from the Core Plus Aerospace program at schools in Washington state, which trains students how to drill, counter sink, install rivets and read blueprints.
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Intending to upskill more students in artificial intelligence to address anticipated workforce demands, the tech giant is adding new AI courses and resources to a free education program called IBM SkillsBuild.
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A pilot program at Georgia State University found that students who used an AI-powered teaching assistant got better grades, so researchers think these chatbots could be valuable for struggling students.
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Rochester Public Schools in Minnesota is asking voters to approve a tax levy for technology, which will indirectly support higher wages for teachers by freeing up some of the district's money for other expenses.
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On their annual tour of the state, administrators from the University of Illinois system are meeting with schools and local leaders to coordinate efforts to help families and small businesses get high-speed Internet.
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The nonprofit College Track has partnered with 14 universities to offer online courses and resources to first-generation college students and help them navigate the transition from secondary to higher education.
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As general artificial intelligence threatens to upend years of advice telling students that coding was the essential skill of the future, new skills might come to the fore, such as the ability to think conceptually.
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Lakeside High School in Ohio is using virtual-reality technology to simulate hands-on experiences in various subjects and allow students to explore topics, places and content without leaving campus.
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Matt Massey, president of the Alabama School for Cyber Technology and Engineering, is leading an independent state high school that focuses on cybersecurity and engineering and has recruited 333 students since 2020.
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Ahead of Banned Books Week this week, the nonprofit EveryLibrary Institute published a spreadsheet of book titles and authors that have been targeted by parents across the U.S. trying to get them banned from schools.
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A computer science industrial engineering student at West Virginia University is building GPTeacher, a classroom tool that guides students toward answers to problems by creating a series of gateways that they must solve.
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Given examples of college-admissions essays generated by ChatGPT, some counselors found them slightly more polished than the average student essay but also somewhat generic and missing details or sensory descriptions.
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