Digital Transformation

From establishing work-based learning programs for students to hiring specialists to help Dougherty County School System get the most out of AI, Superintendent Ken Dyer says he believes in running toward the future.

A dozen educators and five ed-tech companies earned “champion” status from Amazon Web Services, qualifying for spots on the AWS website and support from its experts and other educational leaders.

The website ApplyTexas, which serves 117 of the state's higher education institutions, is up and running again after technical difficulties this summer frustrated prospective students trying to apply.

Artificial intelligence might make students’ lives easier, but the science of learning says the best study methods have one thing in common: They’re hard. Without intellectual challenge, there is no intellectual change.

In response to the theft of test materials that caused some cancelled exams, the nonprofit College Board will expedite its previously reported plan to roll out digital options for AP exams over the next five to 10 years.

Without in-person services, thousands fewer students in Washington were evaluated for disabilities and subsequently didn't get accommodations that may have severely impacted their ability to do schoolwork.

Boston Public Schools is rolling out new technology that will allow parents to track school bus rides in real time through a mobile app and GPS navigation tablets on board.

In addition to giving money to 50 companies for educational apps, programs or research, the Tools Competition has a new partnership with OpenAI that rewards one team leveraging artificial intelligence.

The literacy software company Amira Learning announced a partnership with the Louisiana Department of Education to provide AI-powered reading assistance to roughly 100,000 students starting this fall.

After a year of offering generative AI tools for lesson planning, the ed-tech software company Anthology unveiled new features for artificial intelligence literacy, student assessment and multimedia creation.

Rasmussen is the latest of several institutions to partner with the online resume builder and job-search company Hiration to give students and alumni a tool for real-time feedback on job interview skills.

A $2.3 million contract between the New Hampshire Department of Education and the nonprofit Khan Academy will make the AI teaching assistant Khanmigo available for free to teachers and students in grades 5-12 until 2025.

Westmont Hilltop School District in Pennsylvania worked with the school website company Edlio to build a mobile app for sharing news, information about events, field trip permission slips and other communications.

Building on past work with metaversities, a private historically Black college is building virtual, AI-driven versions of five instructors that will offer tailored help to students beyond the capabilities of a chatbot.

One business professor at the University of Colorado Denver is trying to woo students outside of computer science to the field of cybersecurity with a video game intended to make the subject more engaging.

Some university administrators are imploring students to apply for financial aid after the rollout of a new online FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) system this year was beset by glitches and delays.

Nevada Department of Health and Human Services helps fund Waterford Upstart, an at-home early learning program that provides 4-year-olds with educational foundations in key areas.

A collaboration between the Wyoming Department of Education and the University of Wyoming has yielded a new Civics Ed Center, an online portal of statewide and national educational resources.