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North Carolina's Child Fatality Task Force recently endorsed legislation to limit how companies can use data on minors, and it will continue studying the impacts of AI companions and chatbots. -
Vanderbilt University and the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga are looking for a downtown space for the Institute for Quantum Innovation, where up to 260 Vanderbilt faculty, staff and students will live and work.
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Schools in Alabama have a year to voluntarily implement a digital literacy and computer science course approved by the Alabama State Board of Education. It will become a requirement within 18 months.
The CDG/CDE AWS Champions Awards honor AWS customers who are setting new standards for innovation in the public sector.
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Given new pressures from emerging tech, funding cuts and public skepticism, EDUCAUSE’s list of priorities for higher education in 2026 calls for strong data foundations, AI literacy and collaboration.
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The 2025 Fall Cybersecurity Summit at Thiel College in Pennsylvania last week involved a variety of speakers on three different panels focused on industry, education and military and government affairs.
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The idea behind the new technology is to enable quicker emergency response in case of school shootings or weapons threats. The effort reflects larger trends in public safety and government technology.
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When schools across the U.S. were unable to access various learning management systems, security programs and online assessment tools hosted by AWS last week, teachers had to scramble to figure out workarounds.
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A college in Michigan custom-built a media studio for students and faculty to produce video and audio content, and a collaborative hub to connect in-person and online learners through integrated audio-visual technology.
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Switching schools can be especially challenging for students with IEPs, but some experts say cross-sector collaboration and better data systems could help ensure a child’s learning plan follows them wherever they go.
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Some higher education IT leaders say getting financial and institutional partners on board with new technology should start with discussions about problems, not tools, and what works to address them.
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This week's Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium is a student-oriented event to promote cybersecurity practices and recruit students to programs in cybersecurity, cybersecurity engineering and artificial intelligence.
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A public community college in Illinois will use grants from the National Science Foundation to coordinate AI workshops for faculty across disciplines and create a cybersecurity toolkit for college employees.
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Some former employees of Commonwealth Charter Academy say they were asked to develop online curricula that could be sold to other states rather than focusing on Pennsylvania's standards and history.
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Panelists at the EdTech Week conference in New York City called for intentional, evidence-based ed-tech decisions grounded in real metrics of impact, accessibility, interoperability and instructional alignment.
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Some current and former staff at Commonwealth Charter Academy said it started to feel more like a business focused on convincing parents to enroll new students than a school focused on their academic performance.
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Some surveys show an increasing number of students using AI to complete homework, prompting teachers to reevaluate when and how they assign it, and what they intend students to get out of it.
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Educate Texas, an initiative of the Communities Foundation of Texas, convenes officials from school districts, nonprofits, Dallas College and the Texas Education Agency to discuss integrating AI into their operations.
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Tariffs are having direct impacts on technology costs, and indirect ones on tuition revenue and institutional planning. This is pushing universities and ed-tech companies alike to explore creative financing options.
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Community members and lawmakers are calling for a review of the Omnilert AI monitoring system at Baltimore County Public Schools after it mistook a student's bag of chips for a firearm.
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To meet regional demand for professional capacity in construction trades and data center operations, a public community college in Arizona set up a construction “laydown yard” and launched a new 22-credit certification.
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Rébecca Kleinberger, who taught a class on designing technology for animals, is pioneering research into animal interactions with touchscreen games, video calling and other technologies that could improve their welfare.
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