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A new initiative from the National Governors Association moves beyond math and ELA proficiency to track data contributing to “lifelong well-being" and “civic engagement.” -
Founded in 2025 over concerns about students not learning how to engage in evidence-based conversations about controversial topics, the Or Initiative aims to equip them with civil discourse skills.
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Grand Valley State University's planned Blue Dot technology hub will include new event spaces, an immersive-reality lab with a 360-degree display, a cybersecurity lab, a multimedia production studio and other resources.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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IU has a lot of sensitive data -- but many layers of security keep that information safe, according to a spokesman.
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The goal of this free technology, according to education officials, is to simplify the existing reporting system.
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This year's Consortium for School Networking survey found improvements, but schools continue to face ongoing challenges in technology budgets, a priority to establish digital environments and the need for succession planning.
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The report, which has not been released publicly, raises questions about the handling of the bidding process, according to school district officials.
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The work group who reviewed the policy presented its results and stated the obvious: The policy as written has a chilling effect on open dialogue in academia.
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The reconstruction will take place at all A&M universities and aims to consolidate the current "scattered and uncoordinated" IT system.
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A review of each group's privacy policies by two leading experts yielded concerns about the use of tracking and surveillance technologies that allow third parties to gather information on students.
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Florida could be the first state to outright ban biometric data collection in public schools, in what could set a national precedent.
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The movement was spurred by concerns that the rise of education technology and the increasing prevalence of new assessments will place student data in unreliable hands or be put to nefarious uses.
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Biometric data include things like a “fingerprint or hand scan, a retina or iris scan, a voice print, or a facial geometry scan,” according to SB 188.
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Staff at UW-Madison’s Division of Information Technology were busy exposing, tracking and marking potential vulnerability, and that effort has just begun.
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University presidents grapple with how to advance research in an era where big data and big science place increasing demands on networks.
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A former White House appointee calls for technology collaboration between government, higher education and the community at large.
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The federal program that funds technology in schools spends about $600 million on outdated tools like pagers. The FCC wants to reform it, but how that happens is subject to political debate.
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Connected cars that make you smile will help university researchers discover real applications for the Internet of Things.
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The operating system of choice for more than half the schools in Washington state will become outdated.
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The Codiga Resource Recovery Center will test new technologies intended to recover clean water, energy and materials from wastewater.
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At the Tuscarora School District in Mercersburg, Pa., CIO Aaron Trusky will use the same techniques as a malicious hacker, but in a lawful and legitimate way in order to assess system security.
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