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Those stepping up to fill education’s new C-suite role say it's more than just understanding IT — it requires communication and skill-building across disciplines and comfort levels, and flexibility to create a road map. -
University System of Maryland students will have free access to Google Career Certificates in cybersecurity, data analytics, digital marketing and e-commerce, IT support, project management and UX design.
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A school board resolution acknowledges that technology plays an essential role in modern education but says it has to be “balanced with proven traditional methods to best support student achievement and well-being.”
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Roughly three-quarters of essay answers on the STAAR test, the standardized achievement test in Texas K-12 schools, will be assessed by an automated scoring engine programmed to emulate how humans would score an essay.
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The Alabama Center for the Arts is being renovated into a STEAM Imagination Center, with a new degree program in design innovations that will include classes in computer systems information and additive manufacturing.
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PlayVS is the official platform of North Carolina's Varsity Esports and STEM League, organized by the STEM education and esports company Stiegler EdTech to incorporate educational competitions into the esports calendar.
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Greenwich Public Schools in Connecticut are asking the town for $1.1 million over five years to fix inadequate cell service at the high school, citing safety concerns in the event Wi-Fi goes down.
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Republican state legislators in New York have proposed a bill to end the transition to electric school buses and push the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to study their utility.
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Pivoting to remote learning Tuesday because of an intense snow storm, New York City Public Schools had issues taking attendance and using programs that required an IBM authentication to log in.
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As part of the AI Unity Initiative by the school software company PowerNotes, professors are testing new applications for artificial intelligence in classrooms and research, then discussing the results with each other.
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A new sustainability plan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison aims to develop more solar on campus, become a "zero waste" campus by 2040 and achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2048.
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The New York Power Authority has started offering industry certifications in fields such as cybersecurity and HVAC as part of an internship program with Pathways in Technology Early College High School (P-TECH).
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Danbury School District in Connecticut requested educational reserve funds from its local city council to cover expenses tied to a ransomware attack, including setting up a secure network and backing up data off site.
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The biggest accelerator of K-12 innovation is changing attitudes toward demonstrating learning, and the top hurdle is staff recruitment and retention, according to an annual report from the Consortium for School Networking.
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As the private sector looks to artificial intelligence to increase efficiency across job roles and industries, employers say more needs to be done to prepare workers for the AI-integrated workplaces of tomorrow.
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A system designed to amplify classroom audio can now be equipped with safety buttons that provide teachers with a one-touch ability to notify office personnel if something is amiss.
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From having a vision to strategic alignment to collaboration, innovation and talent development, here are 10 guiding principles for IT leadership success from a veteran CIO of the City University of New York.
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New Haven Public Schools placed two employees on leave due to performance-related concerns that arose while implementing corrective measures after a cyber attack on the school and city in June 2023.
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The Educational Service Center of the Western Reserve and a handful of other educational centers will train up to 1,100 educators to teach computer science through supplemental certifications and other programs.
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A spokesman for the private liberal arts college did not say why it took nearly a year to announce that a data breach had exposed Social Security numbers and other information for an unspecified number of people.
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Montana State University will spend a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation on major upgrades to computer systems used for research in quantum science, large data analysis and artificial intelligence.
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