Digital Transformation

Part of a strategic partnership to help historically black colleges and universities modernize their digital infrastructure and cybersecurity systems, the money will go toward student financial aid and tech services.

A new collaboration between the Technical College System of Georgia, the Technology Association of Georgia, the state department of education and Amazon Web Services wants to train a future workforce in cloud computing.

A report co-authored by the state and the national organization Attendance Works found that chronic absence increased by more than 8 percent compared to 2019, particularly among Black, Hispanic and high-needs students.

The digital textbook company is offering free K-12 digital educational materials focused on STEM subjects, designed for families and educators trying to combat achievement gaps that have widened during the pandemic.

After a court ruling in April ordered the state to help students especially in rural and tribal areas that lack access to technology, New Mexico has a three-year strategic plan to coordinate such projects.

Teachers and administrators in the Philadelphia-area district mostly succeeded with an all-hands-on-deck approach to keeping students tuned in, including knocking on doors, wake-up calls and dressing up as a mascot.

Economists at the University of California in Santa Cruz found that enrollment in the state's community colleges decreased by 12 to 15 percent last year. They believe that struggles with online learning played a role.

Long interested in bridging educational gaps for women and people of color, a teacher at Bret Harte Middle School in California has inspired students and recruited them to computer studies with all-girls classes.

With many third graders failing standardized tests after months of learning from home, several states are weighing whether to hold students back or let them pass and focus on intervention next year.

After surveying close to 400 K-12 districts across the U.S., the Consortium for School Networking found widespread concerns about IT staffing and cybersecurity given the rapid adoption of technology in schools.

Although it announced in December that in-person classes would resume in fall 2021, the nation's largest four-year university system is considering permanent online options for students who found them helpful.

Web-based programs such as the coding kit LINGO and the mobile app Capri, which teaches financial literacy, are helping women and people of color prepare for jobs in which they're underrepresented.

The Pennsylvania Association of Intermediate Units and Penn State Extension are gathering data about numbers of students, household devices and Internet access that may later aid the distribution of grant funds.

With lockdown orders mostly in the rearview mirror and recovery funds pouring in from federal legislation, now is the time for college and university IT leaders to make their cases for spending on tech initiatives.

In an effort to create an alternative to in-person tours, the university has loaded a new virtual reality experience onto Oculus headsets that gives prospective students and visitors a run-through of the campus.

The consolidation of two early learning programs, the personalized Homer program for very young children with the coding-focused codeSpark for slightly older kids, aims to prepare a new generation for STEM careers.

As part of its fiscal 2022 budget, Howard County Board of Education in Maryland has set aside funds for five additional technology positions and the Digital Education Center, a virtual learning program with 12 positions.

The largest grant ever given by the Richard King Mellon Foundation will be split between a new science building at the university, a robotics center in an old steel mill and a new manufacturing-focused institute.