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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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The university is trying to create an easier path for undergraduates to tap into the university's hodgepodge of programs aimed at helping startups.
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Assemblywoman Susan Bonilla, D-Concord, has introduced legislation to increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the Golden State.
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The virtual reality market is in its infancy, and VR itself is still far from mainstream adoption, but colleges think it might be more attractive than brochures, phone calls and visits.
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North Carolina considers legislation that would make renewable energy affordable for universities and other power consumers.
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The bill would create a misdemeanor offense for students who build fake social media profiles or conduct a wide variety of other online actions sometimes associated with online bullying.
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Websites and mobile phone apps would let victims, or anyone else who hears of it, report assaults anonymously.
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Although the state's 'smart schools' initiative includes possible funding for rural communities, reimbursement rules may interfere with districts obtaining money from local agencies.
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Researchers team up to harness the power of medical data so they can improve health care.
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A new study from Kent State University found that the relationship between cellphone use and grade point average is “statistically significant and negative.”
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A new coalition is coming together on Twitter that is competing to influence politics that influence policy -- and this coalition is gaining the ears of policy makers.
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Now responsible for lining up individual contracts with local school districts, state schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra's technology team dropped virtually everything else.
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With a team of IT specialists, the district is constantly monitoring activity and quarantining any suspicious Internet traffic.
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Legislators are introducing more bills this year to govern and prohibit data practices in the education technology community.
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The LiveSafe smartphone app will also allow students to anonymously report suspicious behavior.
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More than 30 education groups endorse privacy principles designed to guide student data use in schools.
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The two bills aim to improve K-12 students' STEM performance and reverse cuts to the state's Cal Grant financial aid program.
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The partnership, known as UniteSF, highlights an attempt to raise more private money for San Francisco schools and to streamline what have been largely uncoordinated donations.
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The technical woes have given ammunition to school district officials and lawmakers who have been complaining the state is moving forward too quickly with the new tests.
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