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A donation from Mark Zuckerberg's technology company Meta will go toward converting buildings on Capitol Mall into mixed-use facilities, including a dedicated AI Center and a new School of Public Affairs. -
If passed, a bill making its way through the Idaho legislature would not mandate the use of AI or the collection of data, but would require the State Department of Education to recommend standards and assessments.
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A private Catholic university in Connecticut is using an alumni's donation to construct a virtual reality-enabled classroom space with a free-roam pod, an esports lab and coursework in biology this fall.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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In order to help both parents and students stay informed about evolving plans related to the COVID-19 pandemic, some school districts are attempting to find new and improved ways to communicate.
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Younger and older students alike face challenges with virtual school, said Andrea Smith, an early childhood education professor in Western Michigan University’s College of Education and Human Development.
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As a surge of coronavirus cases continues to impact communities across the state, several Michigan school districts are weighing or have already pivoted entirely to remote learning to slow the spread.
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In Central Indiana, many schools already are on a hybrid schedule, while others are making moves to restrict the number of students in their buildings at any one time and some say they’re not there yet.
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When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, teachers in Washington and across the country were first responders to students' concerns and fears, as well as their elation — moderating real-time political debates.
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After a scattershot spring, Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza pledged to deliver a far better educational experience this fall. For thousands of families, they’ve fallen short.
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Worcester, Mass., Public Schools students weighed in on the remote learning experience so far as some students prepare to return to the classroom — though most won’t be back in-person until January or February.
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Nationwide, students in low-income households are less likely than their peers to have high-speed Internet connections at home, a problem education leaders and researchers call the 'homework gap.'
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Preparing for a pandemic-plagued semester, Iowa's public universities carved out residence hall space for students with COVID-19 who needed to isolate or those with close contacts who needed to quarantine.
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University of Colorado Boulder Associate Professor Stefanie K. Johnson was recently recognized by NASA for her work related to reducing gender bias within the ongoing Hubble Space Telescope program.
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This series of virtual events, which is being hosted by students, is designed to help people learn more about an individual's personal security and how cyber risks impact all facets of society.
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K-12 Connect is a new program in South Dakota that will provide free Internet service to eligible families of K-12 students for the remainder of the school year, Gov. Kristi Noem announced Tuesday.
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Over the summer, high school volunteers for the nonprofit organization HumanWho virtually taught 10 different subjects, including robotics, entrepreneurship, premed immersion, and other STEM subjects.
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Nearly half of teachers who participated in a recent survey have received no training at all on student privacy, beyond simply signing a form, while some have also not been trained on video conference platforms.
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Remote learning will quietly hit an important milestone in the Buffalo Public Schools this week after the school district reaches its goal of distributing a laptop or tablet to every student.
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One district has requested permission from the Iowa Department of Education to transition its junior-senior high school to a 100 percent digital format for two weeks amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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The Tupelo, Miss., Public School District recently received nearly 1,000 laptops that are slated to be sorted and distributed to all of the elementary schools across the district by Dec. 1, worth roughly $432 per laptop.
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The school district in Ector County, Texas, recently became the first school district in the nation to partner with SpaceX to provide broadband service to families with poor or no Internet access.
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