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Supported by $55 million from the Gates Foundation and offered for free to students across the U.S., CMU's new "Learnvia" resource encompasses lessons, homework, activities and an AI tutor . -
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.
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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.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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Texas officials mandated that students take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness in person this year at monitored test sites, although millions of students are still learning remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Med-tech company Cue Health hopes to expand the use of its COVID-19 test among schools looking for fast and accurate results through a new program announced Monday. The company says the test is simple to administer and read, without the need for a lab.
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The University of Texas at Dallas and the city of Richardson are in the process of turning about 1,200 acres in one of the city’s oldest business areas into an "innovation quarter" with five new technology research centers.
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The new funding from the Appalachian Regional Commission will go toward workforce training equipment at the center, which aims to develop employees in autonomous technology, cybersecurity, clean energy and other areas.
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Stanford University and the University of California are among those warning users that their personal information may have leaked online after the security breach of a file-sharing system from the IT company Accellion.
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The American Rescue Plan will bring more than $130 billion to K-12 schools to help them reopen safely, make up for lost learning and address inequities made worse by the pandemic.
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A Broward County school district official in Florida responded with "shock and horror" that hackers who attacked them last month seriously believed a public school district could afford a $40 million ransom.
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Staff and students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore this week had their private information, such as passports, addresses and Social Security numbers, posted online following a ransomware attack in December.
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An updated report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology found schools are improving their support for virtual learning, but cybersecurity remains a looming concern as schools embrace ed tech.
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Three years after the school board endorsed more focus on science, technology, engineering and math education at Royalton-Hartland Central School District in New York, students and teachers are seeing benefits.
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Mechatronics, an interdisciplinary field combining robotics with electrical and mechanical engineering, is an in-demand field for engineers and a burgeoning program at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga.
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With IT professionals in growing demand, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill last week requiring all the state’s elementary, middle and high schools to teach computer science by the 2024-25 academic year.
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The New Hampshire-based nonprofit Future in Sight has partnered with the University of Massachusetts Boston to recruit more teachers who can work with reading devices and other needs of visually impaired students.
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A ransomware attack caused a disruption last week for Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Mo., but the district opted to work with the FBI and recover on its own using backups instead of paying the ransom.
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Klassly, a social media platform that facilitates communication between parents and teachers, nearly tripled its worldwide users in 2020. Now developers are working to attract more clients in the U.S and Canada.
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Three years after launching a cybersecurity degree program, South Carolina’s Benedict College has signed a deal to guarantee successful undergrads a spot in ECPI University’s online masters program for cybersecurity.
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DeKalb County School District in Georgia has notified some parents that a December 2019 security breach of PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. potentially exposed student names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers.
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A sixth-grade science and woodworking teacher at Highland School, New Jersey enlisted his students to build protective COVID shields for lab stations using pipe, clear shower curtains, PVC glue and duct tape.
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