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A five-year Education Innovation and Research grant will bring an online literacy tool and expanded support to elementary schoolers in Iowa, Wyoming and other states. -
An upcoming event at Penn State Berks will host small- and medium-sized manufacturers and technology professionals interested in networking and learning about how AI is poised to change their industry.
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Starting next year, Avon Lake City School District will store Chromebooks for first-graders on carts at school instead of allowing students to take them home. It may expand that to other grades in the coming years.
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 $200 million partnership between the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and IBM will create the Discovery Accelerator Institute, a collaborative space for studying uses for emerging technologies.
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Economists at the University of California in Santa Cruz found that enrollment in the state's community colleges decreased by 12 to 15 percent last year. They believe that struggles with online learning played a role.
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Long interested in bridging educational gaps for women and people of color, a teacher at Bret Harte Middle School in California has inspired students and recruited them to computer studies with all-girls classes.
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A career readiness center in Illinois is moving forward without a $7.5 million state grant. The center represents a collaboration between 14 school districts, business groups and Lake Land College.
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Marquette University is now the third private institution in Wisconsin to announce it will require students to be vaccinated, while the University of Wisconsin in Madison is considering a requirement for dorm residents.
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To address inequities in learning loss during the pandemic, which largely stemmed from poor access to broadband and technology, the state has set guidelines for districts and accelerated learning programs this summer.
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The Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System (PISCES) works with colleges and universities to allow cybersecurity students to monitor real web traffic from government organizations and report threats.
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With many third graders failing standardized tests after months of learning from home, several states are weighing whether to hold students back or let them pass and focus on intervention next year.
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Trinity Christian School won a grant from the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers to build a hydrogen line radio telescope. The school is also launching a summer coding workshop for the public.
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Funded by an $8 million, four-year federal grant, the inaugural WorkForces program through the Georgia Cyber Center aims to give marketable job skills in high-demand careers to those who lost jobs during the pandemic.
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After surveying close to 400 K-12 districts across the U.S., the Consortium for School Networking found widespread concerns about IT staffing and cybersecurity given the rapid adoption of technology in schools.
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Although it announced in December that in-person classes would resume in fall 2021, the nation's largest four-year university system is considering permanent online options for students who found them helpful.
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The university will launch the new two-year degree program this fall, hoping to produce graduates who can not only build upon the science of artificial intelligence but also communicate its potential and limits.
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Web-based programs such as the coding kit LINGO and the mobile app Capri, which teaches financial literacy, are helping women and people of color prepare for jobs in which they're underrepresented.
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An unspecified malware event at Clover Park School District in Washington is causing technical problems and apparently resulted in district files surfacing on the dark web, though the extent of the intrusion is unclear.
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School districts continue to get hit by ransomware attacks. But it’s not just IT’s job to keep networks and data secure.
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This year's Startup Awards winners are focused on autonomous vehicles, athlete injuries, the fashion industry and business vehicle fleets. All four will receive up to $100,000 and access to a collaborative workspace.
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A collaboration between Washington State University and Gonzaga University has produced an algorithm that analyzes data from home motion sensors and other devices to assess possible cognitive impairment.
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