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The American Medical Association awarded $12 million across 11 institutions to implement artificial intelligence-powered feedback for students on tasks like clinical reasoning and interactions with patients. -
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.
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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.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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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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Humble Independent School District in Texas is in the second year of an initiative to pique student interest in CTE courses starting in sixth grade, giving students a chance to discover passions and specialize sooner.
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Educators from Stanford University shared lessons from their campus’ overall experiences with remote learning, including student struggles and academic innovations, at the virtual Educause Annual Conference last week.
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At an annual State of the College event, El Camino College President Brenda Thames emphasized investments and programs to prepare students for evolving fields in computer science, environmental tech and cybersecurity.
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Internet services are down across Riverland Community College's three campuses in Minnesota, and the college says it's working with Minnesota State system office technology personnel, Microsoft and Dell to resolve it.
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Warning of a ransomware attack on Friday, Norman Public Schools asked families to turn off any devices issued by the district and not connect them to any network until further notice while law enforcement investigates.
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The international encoding standard Unicode has included Kaktovik numerals, designed by Iñupiaq students almost 30 years ago, in its latest version. Teachers in Alaska say it has spurred an interest in math.
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Idaho's Empowering Parents program, launched last month and administered through the online platform Odyssey, provides microgrants to help families purchase technology, textbooks, tutoring and educational programs.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the recipients of its Clean School Bus program last week, awarding 389 school districts some $965 million toward the purchase of more than 2,400 school buses.
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Under a new state rule proposed Thursday, Texas schools would have to keep two-way emergency radios on campus, install panic buttons in classrooms, and have weekly door inspections to ensure they close and lock.
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Two Colorado school districts worked with SchoolBlocks.com to overhaul their websites, their "windows for the outside world," to make them more attractive, accessible, informative and easier to use.
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At a Thursday webinar panel for the Educause Annual Conference, former U.S. Secretary of Education and Chicago schools CEO Arne Duncan described technology access and degree completion as major issues facing higher ed.
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Students are invited to learn about Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS), used by spacecraft as a kind of nuclear battery, and design an RPS-powered space mission for a chance to attend a virtual event with NASA experts.
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When schools share photos with identifiable student faces on their official Facebook pages, they might land on the radar of facial recognition tools used by law enforcement, foreign governments or worse.
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A grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Connecting Minority Communities Program will allow the southwest Georgia university to improve its broadband infrastructure and hire and train IT personnel.
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Making sure CIOs have a seat at the leadership table and reducing staff turnover are both key IT challenges in higher education today, according to the ed-tech advocacy organization Educause at its annual conference.
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Year-over-year data suggests students are becoming more comfortable with, and optimistic about, online learning, while educators and institutions are advised to track student outcomes after implementing new technology.
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A South Carolina school district purchased charging systems and 16 fully electric school buses, which will include mobile two-way radios, camera systems, Wi-Fi capability and GPS/telematics systems.
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