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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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During the past two semesters, teams of students brainstormed dozens of devices in the university's Internet of Things Lab.
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The data breach included about 1,300 Social Security numbers and 300 credit card numbers, according to a campus spokeswoman.
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Northwest Missouri State University’s emergency plans now travel with students, faculty and staff.
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The new order went into effect after a 3-2 vote at a meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11, and means that next year, school districts are more likely to receive support for on-campus Internet connections.
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The state's head law enforcement official is pushing for Legislature to adopt a bill in the coming session that would prohibit companies from amassing student information and selling it to marketing companies.
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University officials said some of the network still lacks proper firewalls or systems to detect intruders or malware.
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A second annual campaign seeks to unveil the mystery of coding in schools around the world.
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Thanks to a new partnership between the district and the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, all students will now be able to gain access to the same online resources they have at school at any county library.
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As demand for data analysts in government grows, what may be the nation's first master’s program that teaches not just public policy knowledge but technology skills too has launched.
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The plan announced last month by Chairman Tom Wheeler would raise the overall funding cap for the program from $2.4 billion to $3.9 billion a year.
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Supt. Ramon Cortines said his decision was not based on Monday’s surprise visit from the FBI, who removed 20 boxes of documents related to the controversial iPad project.
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The state's flexible instructional day pilot program would allow school districts to form a plan addressing work that could be completed from home when there is an unplanned day off for students.
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While most U.S. schools are working to expand their Web-based course offerings, Texas universities are widening bandwidth on campus for students and faculty, who increasingly use the Internet for just about everything.
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School officials said Monday that the school board should lobby lawmakers to change laws about student use of drones.
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Officials with participating institutions said the new network backbone will help the state bring additional capacity needed to expand the network to public libraries and other organizations.
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The Laguna Beach Unified School District is expanding its bring-your-own-device program, asking students to bring a laptop or tablet to class beginning in January.
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Glitches in the system caused myriad problems. Some students spent weeks waiting to be assigned to classes, and the district scrambled to fix errors in transcripts in time for college application deadlines.
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Top-level support for longitudinal data systems and policies has helped states make progress on recommended data actions.
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