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New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time. -
The University at Albany's embrace of IBM's artificial intelligence hardware and expertise is paying quick dividends for researchers in academic departments across the school.
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Some teachers say school districts should view computer science not simply as a precursor to specific college degrees, but as a foundation for thinking critically, creatively and confidently.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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New York City schools have been conducting parent-teacher conferences remotely since the COVID-19 pandemic, but they're finding participation is now far lower than it was before the pandemic.
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Mark DiMauro, an assistant professor of digital humanities at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, used AI to mimic the authorial voice of Sophocles and fill gaps in one of his imperfectly preserved works.
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University of Missouri and Harvard-Smithsonian researchers found that “STEM Career Days” can build an early interest in STEM fields, which could help meet the demand for trained professionals and diversify the field.
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The nonprofit Education at Work will use a grant from the Salesforce Foundation to fund the development of a hiring tool for Fortune 500 companies and a new employment “hub” in downtown Indianapolis.
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Cal State East Bay started its online course about the uses and business of cannabis, in partnership with a Ventura-based company that has developed a curriculum to build up the industry's workforce.
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Cheating at one school prompted teachers and administrators to form a committee, and some educators who tolerated text-based AI this year have become more wary of the advantage it gives dishonest students.
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Researchers at a private university in Atlanta, Georgia, are using artificial intelligence to make predictions about patient health outcomes concerning numerous diseases, including breast cancer and diabetes.
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As more states approve school choice programs — commonly through education savings accounts — there is demand for platforms that can handle the administrative tasks. Odyssey’s experience in Iowa illustrates the situation.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has earmarked $9 million for new master’s degree programs in West Virginia, Arizona, Florida and South Dakota. The programs will launch in the fall of 2025.
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One of the only two states to provide schools with official guidance on artificial intelligence so far, Oregon published an explainer on its website with tips, definitions, references and links to helpful resources.
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Addressing Carnegie Mellon University this week, Duke University law professor Nita Farahany said ChatGPT was adopted even faster with less safeguards than social media, but we need not repeat the same mistakes.
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The California School Boards Association will convene a 28-member group of teachers and administrators to study the facets of artificial intelligence and organize professional-development sessions around each one.
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A new facility at the University of Dayton proposes to be a "community toolbox" for members of academia, the tech industry, Air Force and other government agencies to work on solving their digital challenges.
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With its third acquisition in two years, and not its first related to digital credentials, the software company Instructure intends to expand both its product suite and its footprint in the market.
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About 600,000 people have completed a Google certificate through Coursera since 2018. Lisa Gevelber, founder of the program and Google’s CMO for the Americas, now sees certificates as essential to filling technology jobs.
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The national nonprofit Let's Move in Libraries recently awarded Laura Munski, executive director of the Dakota Science Center, for her work with local educators to host and promote STEM programs.
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Valerie Taylor, director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, says STEM diversity is increasing, but the academic environment must be made welcoming to all.
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Jennifer Gonzalez, founder of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast and website, said thinking about education technology should go beyond the classroom to encompass school operations and even community problem-solving.
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