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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.
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Throughout the nation, parents and students are pushing back against personalized learning. An expert on the different ways that students learn explains what's behind all the fuss.
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Nebraska Wesleyan University has developed an integrative data science major designed to connect its traditional liberal arts education with high-tech skills now in demand by employers.
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Families with students in grades one through 12 plan to spend an average of $696.70 on back-to-school supplies in 2019, according to a recent survey by the National Retail Federation, America's biggest retail trade group.
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As the cost for creating classroom apps rise, schools and teachers struggle to pay for technology that was once free. Adoption of ed tech apps could fall because teachers don't have discretionary budgets to pay for them.
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The University has opened a new tech-filled, emerging media arts center that was funded, in part, by the Johnny Carson Foundation, named after the late-night TV celebrity. The foundation donated $20 million.
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The Madison Area Technical College started construction of the campus in 2018, and will serve minority and other underrepresented students and provide programming that focuses on health care and information technology.
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Wake County is developing a new policy that would regulate how schools and outside groups could fly drones on school property. Science teachers say the drones have a wide range of educational uses.
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The Veteran STEM Scholarship Improvement Act, which was signed by President Trump, reduces the credit hour requirements to qualify for the $30,000 scholarship, which provides longer coverage needed for STEM degrees.
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The Ector County Independent School District plans to open up opportunities for students with autism by purchasing virtual reality equipment that will assist with life skills, technology education and other subjects.
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With evidence mounting that students aren’t interacting or paying attention, schools districts across the country are going “phone-free” and requiring students to lock up or turn off their phones.
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Columbus city schools, with 834 buses, has spent $1 million in federal grants for tablet computers with GPS that will display bus routes and announce turn-by-turn directions to drivers.
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Two Lakota High Schools in Butler County is the site for the cyber academies, which will have its course costs covered by the international IT corporation Belcan.
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The city of Decatur has invested $14 million in technology since 2011. This includes a $3.2 million tech budget this year, the largest in the school’s history, resulting in the completion of its one-to-one initiative.
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The U.S. Department of Education has opened more than two dozen investigations into universities that offer female-only scholarships, awards, professional development workshops as well as STEM camps for school girls.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation allowing school districts to install cameras that would record vehicles that illegally pass school buses when the stop-arm is extended. Fines would range from $250 to $1,000.
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Career Technical Education programs focus primarily on jobs that don’t require four-year degrees. While they’re often seen as a college alternative, they are increasingly viewed as a pathway for students to transfer from college.
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Since 2017, the state’s landmark college has reduced IT spending by $6 million, but it has initiated a consolidation program that has put the university’s IT security under centralized – and better – control.
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The National Science Foundation has awarded the grants to Rice University, University of Houston, and Texas Southern University to increase career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
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