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About 500,000 students across more than 1,100 schools in New York City had online classes Monday, after schools stress-tested the technology and prepared their virtual classrooms in anticipation of inclement weather. -
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.
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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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The airport said the incident also affects some Port of Seattle systems, and that there’s no estimated time by which systems will be restored. Flights can continue, but some associated services are down.
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Many AI systems get their “training” by interacting with human behavior and information. But researchers at Washington University have found humans change their own behavior when they know their actions are being used to train AI.
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Crime continues to drop this year in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, part of the greater New Orleans area. The sheriff’s office already fields roughly 30 drones, but is considering adding first responder drones.
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Public libraries throughout the city’s southern suburbs — many chronically lacking the funding to make improvements themselves — are getting state grants for purposes including adding hardware or software.
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Emergency dispatch workers face a flood of calls that don’t require immediate assistance, or don’t even seem serious. Versaterm’s newest product aims to reduce that problem — and the stress on call takers — via software and AI.
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Propelled by plans to ban phones in big-city districts such as New York and Los Angeles, some Philadelphia-area districts are trying new ways to do so — with parent groups often at the forefront.
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Rockingham County Schools has announced the implementation of cutting-edge weapons detection systems across middle and high schools in the district, known as Opengate.
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Student cellphone use is a hot topic of conversation across the state, and the state Board of Education has adopted guidance urging districts to develop policies to restrict student phone use.
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There is a worldwide network of professional, around-the-clock agents who are lending their eyes through a phone app called Aira, which users can deploy at the state’s 42 parks.
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By the time state officials learned what was happening, the prisoners had spent nearly $88,000 on digital media products, according to a review of more than 1,700 pages of internal investigative records.
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Drone as First Responder programs have been adopted across the country, and in them, police place drones across their coverage areas and send them to determine if a ground response is needed.
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The FBI launched a new nationwide campaign this past week to raise awareness of the surge in online fraud and scams impacting the public and to encourage reporting to law enforcement.
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More than 500 applications of AI are in use across Texas agencies, a state representative said, but individual rights remain paramount. Efficiency must not come at the expense of privacy, panelists said.
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“How government chooses to make spending reductions is just as important as how it creates new programs,” writes Dan Kim. “The time to cut budgets is also an opportunity to rethink what the government does, how it does it, and whether it’s working.”
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The companies are expected to launch the service next year with Chevrolet Bolt autonomous vehicles, they said Thursday. Their partnership follows several months of focus by GM on relaunching Cruise and rethinking its safety strategy.
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Internet service provider Comcast will deploy fiber in the Milford, Orange and Woodbridge areas, potentially reaching more than 160,000 state residents. The move is expected to reach nearly 173,000 homes and businesses.
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Iowa Child Care Connect, a new website unveiled by state Gov. Kim Reynolds, comes out of a recommendation from a task force she created to look into improving the access to and affordability of child care.
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The Pine Springs Preparatory Virtual Academy started its first school year this week. The tuition-free public charter school allows students from anywhere in North Carolina to attend full time online.
