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The move reflects a broader push by the education platform Newsela to help educators turn fragmented student data into actionable intelligence without adding new systems or complexity. -
At a recent webinar hosted by Fast Company and Texas A&M University, private-sector executives said colleges and universities must partner with tech companies and embrace AI to remain relevant to students.
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Faced with falling enrollment and a growing budget deficit, United Independent School District is expanding its early college program and preparing to offer a virtual high school program, open to any student in Texas.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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According to the California School Boards Association, 89 percent of districts have spent almost all of the first round of federal funding, including for staff training and purchasing educational technology.
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The editorial board of The Columbian praises Vancouver-area voters for supporting a number of ambitious projects, including a new high school and the Vancouver Innovation, Technology and Arts Elementary School.
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The gov tech giant will move customers of its student information system onto Infinite Campus’ platform, which in turn will integrate with Tyler’s ERP and student transportation software products.
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A North Carolina district will use federal COVID-19 relief money to lease 43 walk-through weapons scanners from Evolv to detect hidden guns at high schools, although it will need a new funding source after next year.
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Free workshops at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology this summer coached Indiana teachers to incorporate hands-on projects, energy conservation practices and renewable-energy principles into their lessons.
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A Pennsylvania school district will offer routers and broadband service, covered by the federal Emergency Connectivity Fund, to students who need Internet at home and to boost interest in the Hazleton Area Cyber Academy.
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The education nonprofit has updated its college and career readiness testing platform to report exam results faster, as well as assess skills in data literacy, written communication, critical reading and evaluation.
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Given rising fears about school shootings nationwide, a Florida district will equip 202 of its schools with panic buttons attached to staff ID badges, to work in tandem with the SaferWatch system already in place.
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Hosting STEM Camp for the nonprofit CFES (College For Every Student) Brilliant Pathways, a New York community college gave students lessons in drone package delivery and various STEM career fields.
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The Georgia district is prioritizing technology this year, with a cybersecurity and incident plan and team, phishing tests, cameras watching building interiors and a fingerprint scanner for meal orders.
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The district’s CTE campuses have been working with technology leaders from the county and private sector in recent years to ensure cybersecurity course curricula are aligned with ever-changing workforce needs.
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The district's school board will consider hiring the Virignia-based BusPatrol to use cameras with machine learning to monitor the area around stopped school buses and document any illegal passes.
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A case study by the nonprofit Data Quality Campaign found California’s P–20W Cradle-to-Career data system to be a model for other states to follow, with clear parameters on data governance, funding and community outreach.
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The first-ever national competition drew teens from Iowa, New York, Alabama, Utah, Colorado, Florida and Hawaii, challenging them to use virtual tools to defend a nuclear reactor energy supply from cyber attacks.
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A Massachusetts college will use a state grant for workforce training in fields such as cybersecurity, information technology, health care, manufacturing and education, prioritizing underemployed communities.
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The University of Cincinnati and the U.K.'s Coventry University are collaborating on a new master's course, “Artificial Intelligence and Human Factors," to prepare students for the rapidly changing industry.
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A bill under consideration by a Congressional committee led by Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia aims to turn cities across the U.S. into tech hubs, potentially bringing STEM jobs and research to places like Warner Robins.
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Even without anticipated developments from tech companies such as Panasonic and the electric car company Canoo, university officials are still committed to opening a polytechnic institute in Tulsa to train tech workers.
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