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Proposed bills in the Kansas House and Senate share a common goal, but they differ in ways that could affect how districts implement the rules, including how the school day is defined and how devices would be stored. -
A policy advocate from the American Civil Liberties Union warned FETC attendees last week that fear-based marketing and limited empirical evidence are driving district adoption of student surveillance tools.
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To support students facing mental health stressors in the digital age, school leaders must explain features like “data mining” and “engagement algorithms,” and give kids chances to develop social skills offline.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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The nonpartisan Campaign for Our Shared Future is raising money to offer a range of services to educators targeted by political attacks, from legal support to threat assessments and cybersecurity measures.
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Some ed-tech experts say the need to close the digital divide will only grow more urgent as Internet-based artificial intelligence tools become commonplace in schools and universities.
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Dr. Matt Buckman, executive director and clinical psychologist at the Stress & Trauma Treatment Centers in Illinois, says a decline in interpersonal interactions among kids can lead to mental health problems.
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A public community college in Massachusetts was set to reopen campuses Wednesday after shutting down for a couple days due to a cyber attack, the source and effects of which are still under investigation.
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IBM is working with a private Christian university in Kentucky to provide no-cost training for STEM careers that involve IT and business, such as enterprise data science and building cloud-based mobile tools.
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An ed-tech company that has historically focused on culinary training recently bought Medical Marijuana 411, which offers online training programs for health-care and cannabis industry professionals.
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Several Albany-area districts have partnered with BusPatrol to equip their bus fleets with stop-arm photo enforcement technology that captures license plates of illegal passers and is funded by tickets paid by violators.
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The college will use funding from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program, part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, to help Latino and low-income students in remote and hybrid learning.
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The university is still working on network outages after shutting down its systems in late February in response to a security incident. Officials are unsure if personal information was compromised.
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Colorado's largest school district discovered on Jan. 4, and has now informed all employees, that a data breach compromised Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, passport numbers and other sensitive information.
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A Virginia high school last weekend hosted students from 16 high schools across the state in a cybersecurity competition that tested their skills in cryptography, networking and reconnaissance.
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Northern Essex Community College in Massachusetts shut down its Haverhill and Lawrence campuses Monday while it worked with law enforcement and conducted a full systems audit to assess the damage.
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Starting in September, ed-tech companies that handle programs funded by Title IV, such as student recruitment, will be subject to reporting and audit requirements established by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Three HBCUs in Virginia will receive nearly $10 million in federal funding from the Connecting Minority Communities Pilot Program to close the digital divide and provide students with additional tech job training.
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As part of a paid partnership with the company, star gymnast Oliva Dunne recently promoted the use of Caktus AI to help students automate their classwork. LSU warned students to be careful how they use AI tools.
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The State Board of Higher Education has yet to make a decision on whether or not to ban access to the social media app on college networks, but students and staff say they're aware of the information security concerns.
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A private liberal arts college in New York has added five new technology-oriented hybrid learning programs including cybersecurity, data analysis, web design, game development and digital marketing.
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A free event organized by St. Clair County Community College in Michigan aims to get students interested in STEM with virtual reality experiences, robotics, virtual anatomy dissection, rocket launches and other exhibits.
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