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Effective Jan. 1, 2026, a new state law in North Carolina will require school districts to enact policies and measures to prevent students from accessing social media on school devices and networks. -
The Louisiana Department of Education is using a five-year $15 million federal grant to connect about 4,500 first- and second-grade students to live video tutors through Air Reading.
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Minersville School District closed some schools for a couple days this week after discovering attempts to install malware on some of its systems. Officials are still investigating whether data was compromised.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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With record-high enrollment this year, Northland Preparatory Academy has completed a 9,000-square-foot facility to introduce students to technology and prepare them for future studies in fields like computer science.
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Tracking more than 80 educator-designed AI pilots, researchers from ASU and the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that teachers were more interested in problem-solving than efficiency for efficiency's sake.
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New agreements with Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM aim to integrate AI training, tools and curriculum support across the state’s community colleges and CSU system.
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Some students say being disconnected from cellphones at school deprives them of an academic and socializing tool, while school officials have noticed improvements in academics and student behavior.
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Through an agreement with the private online institution Western Governors University, the Community Colleges of Appalachia will soon offer competency-based degree and certification programs online.
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Houston Independent School District intends to build a new career and technical education center and upgrade its current one with ith more emphasis on the use of drones and cybersecurity.
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Facing tighter budgets and lower yields, many colleges and universities are investing in predictive modeling to target scholarships, forecast enrollment and adapt quickly to policy changes.
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In answer to growing concerns about distracted riders, starting Aug. 19, the University of Miami will not allow students or staff to take scooters, e-bikes or hoverboards through pedestrian-heavy areas of campus.
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New Jersey-based developer Scale Microgrids is working on a 3.5-story project with 21 fuel cells expected to come online next year. It will heat 20 buildings at the University of Bridgeport and a new city high school.
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A North Carolina school district this week organized a generative AI "prompt-a-thon" to help students build AI literacy through discussing, designing and experimenting with various programs.
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Chama Valley Independent and Santa Rosa Consolidated school districts will work with the online learning company Stride to run a statewide, career-focused online school that launched in 2020.
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A survey of 355,000 students by the New York City Public School system found a miniscule improvement in reported cyber bullying since the 2023-24 school year, but cyber bullying is still markedly higher than in 2019.
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By withholding at least 800 grants from the University of California, totaling $584 million, officials say the Trump administration threatens to devastate research in clean energy, neuroscience and cancer.
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University of Texas at Arlington researchers are working with a domestic violence center to study trends and interventions to help victims escape surveillance through hidden tracking devices and other technologies.
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The education-focused AI tool from Anthropic is now easier to access through Amazon’s cloud platform. Universities already working with AWS can leverage their established AWS agreements and manage subscriptions centrally.
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ERP modernization is not just a software upgrade but a costly institutionwide endeavor. Universities that get it right are those that talk to people early, show them what will change, then listen to feedback.
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The transportation system at East Baton Rouge Parish Schools this fall will include air conditioning on most of the district's 500 buses plus security cameras, GPS tracking and a new digital customer service platform.
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Competing bills in the state House and Senate failed to get sufficient bipartisan support, with Democrats favoring a requirement that local districts craft their own policies while Republicans pushed for a statewide ban.
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