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The move reflects a broader push by the education platform Newsela to help educators turn fragmented student data into actionable intelligence without adding new systems or complexity. -
The CEO of CHAMP Titles — which recently raised $55 million — talks about where the industry is headed. His optimism about upcoming significant growth is matched by another executive from this field.
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Entities including an uncrewed aviation company are exploring use cases. Organizers indicate the city’s proximity to training and National Guard drone operations make it a good fit.
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Officials have confirmed that an attack that shut down technology last month at the public school district was ransomware. Since then, faculty have had to make do without new technology they adopted during COVID-19.
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A data-building initiative by United Way Metropolitan Dallas and Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation allows groups to visualize community vulnerability across 26 clinical and socioeconomic indicators.
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With this new legislation, California becomes the second U.S. state to officially recognize the importance of mental privacy in state law, doing so by amending the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.
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A new agreement between two state education associations and the recently merged ed-tech companies Munetrix and SchoolData Solutions offers discounted data management and planning services for Illinois school districts.
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The state hasn't broadly promoted the service yet, but Deputy CIO Paula Peters hopes one day residents across Missouri will also be able to access local government services through the platform.
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The Maryland State Police’s model policy is intended as a template for other law enforcement. It largely mirrors state law but lacks extra guardrails sought by the state's ACLU. Local agencies can opt not to use it, or to add their own requirements.
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Stephen Miller, who has served as Washington, D.C.'s acting chief technology officer since June, has been confirmed as permanent CTO. He has been with the city nearly two decades, including more than six years in the C-suite.
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A City Council committee will consider next week a new contract with the company that provides the gunshot-detecting tech. Chicago and Seattle have moved away from it, and Houston's mayor has indicated he wants the city to drop it.
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Chris Hein, Google’s director of customer engineering for public sector/SLED, reveals how AI is transforming government services and improving citizen experiences — and how they should think about AI success.
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Plus, the U.S. Senate passes new broadband legislation, more federal broadband funding proposals get approved, Seattle launches an interoperable multilingual application process for low-cost Internet, and more.
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Students at Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, Calif., started the nonprofit 404 Found Code to teach younger children concepts of coding. Now they have funding and gifts from tech companies and plan to expand.
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Implementation of the Florida school district’s student information system, purchased in 2019, was disrupted by COVID-19 and multiple superintendent changes. A consultant said the vendor has failed to deliver on expectations.
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The new degree program, two years in the making, was launched with collaboration from Red Rocks, Arapahoe and Pueblo community colleges. The Colorado Springs area is a “cybersecurity hot spot,” the program director said.
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Given the surge of ransomware attacks and increasing costs of payments to unlock stolen data in 2024, some states have banned public ransomware payments. But experts are divided on whether it's the right move.
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As the state pushes residents to buy electric vehicles, some Washingtonians wonder why they should invest in an electric vehicle when many state agencies still use gas-powered SUVs, pickups and sedans.
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Colorado Springs officials have proposed a policy to expand legal access for electric bikes across city-owned parks and open spaces, representing the next point of contention in a yearslong controversy.
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The Los Angeles County Office of Education and the USC Education Technology Accelerator have partnered on a new program to unite educators and developers in the quest to create more effective ed-tech tools — and implement them.
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CAST’s Center on Inclusive Technology and Education Systems will work with Nebraska, New Jersey and Pennsylvania to develop inclusive technologies to meet diverse student needs in their school districts.
