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A new survey from the research firm Britebound finds parents are increasingly open to career and technical education, even as traditional college remains their top preference for after high school. -
The university's College of Medicine will collect data through eyeglasses and smartphones to capture student-patient interactions, then provide personalized feedback on clinical reasoning and communication skills.
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Council Bluffs Community School District will spend funding from Google on an autonomous robot, new welding booths and specialized Project Lead The Way engineering devices and IT hardware for interdisciplinary courses.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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The goal of the ‘Aina-Informatics Network launched by ‘Iolani School is to give kids hands-on research experience, such as analyzing the DNA of local plants, as well as an opportunity to explore ethical questions in the field.
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First-year research immersion is an academic model that is part of an emerging trend meant to provide college undergraduates with meaningful research experience.
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Reports can be on any serious topic from abuse and bullying to threats, mental health, family problems or weapons that affect local students or schools. False reporting could lead to legal consequences.
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Starting this fall, cybersecurity courses will be mandatory for all freshmen studying computer science. By next year, the university expects 100 students to be enrolled in the courses each semester.
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Despite a soaring number of scooter-related injuries to students in the last 10 months, the Indiana University student government is against a ban, citing benefits, such as mobility, accessibility and affordability.
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Robots have proven effective in interacting with special needs children who actually interact with robots like they are social entities, whereas adults can be very off-putting for children with autism.
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Access to the Internet remains a cost problem for many students. In 2015, 35 percent of lower-income households with school-age children didn't have a broadband connection at home, according to a Pew Research Center analysis.
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Iowa could become a world leader in addressing K-12 and higher education challenges, according to a state-commissioned report, which pointed out that ed tech is poised to grow into a $110.9 billion global market by 2022.
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Most states have changed their rules in recent years to let computer science count as a required high school math or science class. A physics professor explains how that trend could set students back.
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In Alabama, both statewide virtual schools on the books in 2017-18 --Limestone County’s Virtual School and Conecuh County’s Genesis Innovative School -- earned F’s on the state report card.
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A newly minted Oregon nonprofit is partnering with a California-based education and research network to better connect universities. The new deal will also help deliver public services, officials say.
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School districts have seen a stark rise in cyberattacks in just the last several years, according to the newly released report. Part of the problem could be traced back to digitally savvy students.
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Researchers at the University of Arizona are taking inspiration from the immune system and trying to apply that to network-connected devices. They hope machine-learning will teach computers to recognize cyberthreats faster.
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Demand for computer science programs is higher than ever, but challenges, ranging from lack of qualified instructors, poor funding and disagreements over course work, stand in the way.
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The Toledo Public Schools initiative is a collaboration between the district, the Lucas County Metropolitan Housing Authority and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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With parents often too busy to read to their children at night, a teacher from Bakersfield has launched a YouTube channel and records nightly readings of picture and chapter books for her young students.
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Gov. Tom Wolf made that announcement about the impending closure of the Philadelphia-based charter school at a news conference where he discussed his plan to revamp Pennsylvania’s 22-year-old charter school law.
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A $110 million bond issue facing voters in Muskogee, Okla., this week includes $5 million to improve technology in all of the area district’s school buildings, as well as $12 million to remodel Muskogee High School.
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