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Odyssey CEO Joseph Connor, whose company is building infrastructure for the nation’s largest ESA rollout, says vetting local vendors is key to helping states and families make the most of digital wallets. -
A new facility at Portland Community College is helping students practice specialized manufacturing skills and cleanroom protocols using equipment that simulates a real manufacturing environment.
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A collaboration between Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab, the STEM Coding Lab and the Valley School of Ligonier will teach elementary students about AI’s ethical and societal implications.
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The Innovative, Immersive Training Program in Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing is intended to prepare juniors at Hood College for careers in the biotechnology workforce, according to a press release.
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State Rep. Nikki Rivera has introduced legislation to ensure charter school students are taught by certified teachers, citing the risks of fully AI-driven instruction. It highlights the ongoing conversation around AI in instruction.
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A new survey of school IT leaders from the Consortium for School Networking highlights strong interest in AI’s potential, tempered by early stage maturity and ongoing risks that hinder broader adoption.
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Over the past few years, there has been case after case of school-age children using deepfake technologies to prank or bully their classmates. And it keeps getting easier to do.
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Matthew Schmidt of the University of Georgia is working to enhance virtual learning tools across the state through a new educational project that he’s calling Gaming 4 Good.
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The Sophos State of Ransomware in Education 2025 report indicates that while smaller ransoms and faster recovery demonstrate progress, phishing, stolen data, and staff burnout keep schools at risk.
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The education sector has seen a swift rise in cybersecurity incidents since 2024, but training, awareness and tools can help ease incidents and response time.
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The project, which includes eight weeks of curriculum, allows children to learn skills interactively through a combination of collaborative digital games, read-alouds and hands-on activities.
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Central Community College will use a nearly $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to teach industrial automation to working adults and students in adult education programs.
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Grant funding will enable the Northern Pennsylvania Regional College to offer courses in renewable energy education and technical skills training, featuring virtual and augmented reality tools.
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Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law two bills to bolster and expand career and technical education and advising services in state public schools. They’re intended to more closely align education and workforce.
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PennWest is one of five state system colleges in an expanded partnership with the Google AI for Education Accelerator, which will provide free access to self-paced, online AI training.
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The San Diego Unified School District held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) lab recently at Millennial Tech Middle School.
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A historically Black university in Louisiana renamed their top IT role the chief experience and digital strategy officer, aiming to encompass student experience, digital strategy and institutional planning.
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The private, nonprofit, regionally accredited University of the People has enrolled 200 students from Nevada and over 20,000 from the U.S. in tuition-free online programs in fields such as computer science and IT.
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Cellphone bans have been an easy win for everyone, because teachers already wanted phones out of their classrooms, most parents are concerned, and even many students say they wish social media had never been invented.
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A new space at a private Catholic university in New York will feature a computer lab with financial trading terminals and business software, and a classroom to simulate complex decision-making environments.
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With more than $3 million from Volkswagen Group of America, a Tennessee school district's new career and technical education center will offer engineering-skills training to students from multiple high schools.
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