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A recent promotion through the state-funded CalKIDS initiative highlights how the state of California is using education savings accounts to address technology access for students. -
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international policy research group, found that when students depend on AI, the mental processes that turn answers into understanding decline.
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Many school districts are still in the early, cautious phases, setting guidelines and testing tools, while local colleges are certifying teachers and using it to create teaching assistants, tutors or study aides.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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A federal grant through the Connecting Minority Communities Program will allow ASU to purchase devices, educational software, Internet access services, and other IT software and hardware for low-income students.
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With help from alumni donations, a Minnesota high school is installing digital screens to display daily announcements, schedules and coming events scrolling continuously in various spots in the building.
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The Easton Area School Board votes this week on a proposal to buy Navigate360 software that would allow staff to set alarms, keep track of students and contact law enforcement through an app on their phones or computers.
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A recent report on the nationwide initiative to bring Internet connectivity to schools and libraries found it has been a vital part of modernization, and now it needs to invest in making those connections secure.
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Building upon its collaboration with industry partner Enterprise Holdings Foundation, the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's new facility includes state-of-the-art industry tools for engineers.
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An Oklahoma school district has restored most of its network operations following a ransomware attack last week. The district is still working with data forensics specialists and law enforcement to investigate.
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Districts or schools in Compton, Montebello, Hesperia, Banning, Pacific Palisades, San Jacinto and elsewhere in Los Angeles County will benefit from a lottery held last month by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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A recent study by the American Educational Research Association estimated that 4.9 million Facebook posts on official school pages include identifiable images of students, risking the attention of nefarious actors.
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An Oklahoma school district is advising students that their Google accounts and some handheld devices are safe, but they should not use district-issued desktops or laptops due to a ransomware attack last week.
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A public technical school in South Dakota will revamp its radiologic tech program with state-of-the-art equipment and an improved lab space thanks to a donation from a regional health system.
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A cyber attack last weekend caused Albany City Schools to take its network offline, and while district officials say no data was compromised, teachers are using printed materials while investigators finish their work.
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With a stamp of approval from ISTE, Skriware is expanding its reach to North America, making its collection of robotics, CAD, programming and 3D modeling tools available to grades 2-10 in U.S. schools.
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The academy's 300 students majoring in engineering built and assembled rockets to launch at the school stadium. IA focuses on real-world skills in information technology, engineering and health care.
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Having partnered in 2021 to boost science, technology, engineering, arts and math education in southeast Texas, Indorama Ventures and the Beaumont Children's Museum gave $140,000 worth of activity kits to area teachers.
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With progress in cloud computing and adoption all but certain to continue for the foreseeable future, IT leaders in higher education should keep a weather eye on their options, spending, data silos and security posture.
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Expecting its first group of graduates in spring 2024, a new bachelor of science in engineering technology program at Ohio State University at Lima could improve the talent pipeline for area manufacturers.
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A random lottery system favoring disadvantaged communities, funded through last year's federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, could lead to 46 new electric buses across 27 school districts statewide.
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While working with independent cybersecurity experts to investigate, an Iowa school district that suffered a cyber attack in September has since restored its systems and refused to pay the attacker's ransom.
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