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The 2026 Technology Innovation and LEAD Awards recognized K-12 districts and leaders for systemwide technology initiatives touching everything from blended learning to AI training and school board collaboration. -
A panel of district leaders at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando emphasized the importance of cautious budgeting, school culture, stoicism and flexibility for retaining both teachers and families.
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High schoolers are learning about AI through peer-to-peer work and after-school programming like Code Girls United, and higher education institutions in Montana are prioritizing introductory lessons in AI for students.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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Practicing or assessing sign language is hard because you can’t read or write it. But a new AI-driven computer game may overcome that learning challenge for sign language students.
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Currently, students can bring their phones on to campus, just not use them. Now, the school board is looking at a complete ban, but not everyone is on board with the proposed policy change.
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The students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach have developed a self-driving space vehicle to be used for unique missions on asteroids and far-flung planets.
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Indian Prairie School District 204, serving more than 28,000 students, has Chromebooks and smart boards, but wonders where to go next with education technology that will have a lasting impact.
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The Scranton School District has come under fire for weak controls of its IT inventory, and for poor records that have increased the risk for “loss, theft and misuse.”
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Lockport wants to invest $1.4 million in a camera security system that uses facial recognition technology, but privacy concerns have held up the project.
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Breaking with tradition, the Lakota schools in Butler County will allow pupils to keep the laptops round the clock rather than turn them in at the end of the day.
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The recent Public Domain Day celebrated a raft of new creative works whose copyrights have expired, making them freely available to all. And educators should take note.
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The state’s superintendent backs plans for a one-time salary incentive for non-certified math teachers. Last year, only 37 percent of students tested proficient in math.
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A new program being offered by Mid Michigan College is giving students and hobbyists an up-close look at unmanned aerial systems and their application in the workforce.
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The University of Colorado has purchased 15 interactive robotic devices meant to allow students to keep up with their coursework during periods of illness or absence.
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Sponsoring higher education programs is becoming an increasingly popular tactic for large companies in need of a steady stream of specialized labor.
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East Coast Polytechnic Institute University is the first in the country to produce and store degrees in a digital format that uses technology which helped make Bitcoin famous.
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The Central New Mexico Community College, located in Albuquerque, is developing the program with the help of Facebook, which is building a $1 billion data center in the area.
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The satellite, which took 7th graders three years to complete, will test how certain bacteria survives in extreme conditions.
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Hundreds have signed up to learn how to use the technology for free and apply it to healthcare, business, banking and more.
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Sacramento State University and the East Valley Institute of Technology in Phoenix will receive test vehicles from LM Industries for both research and actual use as shuttles.
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The school, located in Farmington, opened in October, serves students between the ages of 7 and 18 and offers classes on a range of coding programs and languages.
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