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Migration to the cloud was all the rage from around 2010 through the pandemic, but some IT leaders are having second thoughts due to high costs, compliance issues, and the need for better data security and local control. -
School-zone speed cameras in Richmond, Va., which are only online while children arrive or leave from school, produced just over 100,000 violations in their first year of use.
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The town of Vernon recently became the latest of several local governments in Connecticut to put enforcement cameras on school buses, hoping to curb moving violations around the vehicles when students are present.
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By July 2017 the project will connect the state’s 274 school districts and 600,000 students to the all-fiber Arkansas Public School Computer Network.
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Ground is expected to be broken early next year for the first of up to seven buildings for a new aviation and technology center
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Cybersecurity isn’t one problem -- it’s an evolving nest of issues that develop as fast as the technology to counter it, making communication and vigilance critical.
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The event is another example of CSU’s increasing recognition as a source for cybersecurity education.
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Plus, a California utility and smart thermostat company partner on energy conservation.
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A smartphone app called Rave Panic Button allows teachers, administrators and other school staffers to call 911, alerting operators to key information such as the type of emergency with the single push of a button.
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A Center of Excellence in Cybersecurity at the University of Connecticut’s School of Engineering is an initiative intended to support education and research in the field.
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The Columbus, Neb., City Council is expected to consider the agreement to share development of the network at a meeting in November.
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The partnership means that the library will provide step-by-step training to local businesses of all sizes wishing to claim their free, verified business listing through Google.
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In the federal government’s push to expand cybersecurity training, it has targeted all levels of education and designated nearly 200 colleges and universities as National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense.
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The superintendent of Oakland Unified School District shares how a partnership with the mayor has helped advance education for students.
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After visiting with San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee, R.T. Rybak crossed the Bay Bridge to talk with Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, where he found that the dramatic differences in their situations illustrate the many factors beyond governance structure that impact how a city's chief executive can work to improve education.
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Mayor Rybak takes the Mayors and Schools Field Trip to San Francisco, a city where there has been an unusual degree of continuity on school and youth policy between the administrations of Mayor Gavin Newsom and current Mayor Ed Lee.
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Mayor Greg Fisher develops a compact with the superintendent of schools to ensure mutual accountability and alignment.
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Mayor Rybak sits down with former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, the man who helped change the Chicago system to one of mayoral control of schools.
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Colleges should do a better job of teaching such skills as creativity, communication and collaboration in every field.
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In the university's Hacking for Diplomacy class, about 30 students work with various State Department units to help solve global problems with technology.
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The county is looking to direct the deficiencies in the number of minorities reflected in IT careers.
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