Digital Transformation

The SAFE DE anonymous reporting app is the centerpiece of Delaware’s statewide K-12 emergency preparedness and case management system to prevent suicides and school violence with a crisis help center and other resources.

A school board member is questioning security measures at New Haven Public Schools in Connecticut after a hacker gained direct access to an official's email account in May and used it to steal $6 million.

A school district in Georgia has been trying for seven years to adopt a new HR software system, but leadership changes, data conversion issues and other problems have put the project five years past the original plan.

At a recent conference hosted by Empire State University, school administrator and former English teacher Bruce Henecker outlined how various AI tools can help educators overcome writer’s block and empower creativity.

Thanks to years of updates, tools such as Power Point, Microsoft 365’s Present Live, Microsoft Immersive Reader and Google Translate have almost negated the need for extra teachers for English-language learners.

School administrators who use PowerSchool's Schoology Learning platform will have access to online tutoring programs offered through Skooli, which recruits licensed teachers for personalized one-on-one lessons.

A group of low-income students of color is suing California education officials for not providing the means to learn from home. They're not seeking damages but court-ordered measures to close the statewide learning gap.

Addressing the AImpactEd Summit on Monday, digital strategist and education author Dan Fitzpatrick stressed the need for teachers to familiarize themselves with AI tools to enhance instruction.

As part of a new $11 million program in Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell researchers want to make AIs fluent with calculus so they can derive the underlying differential equations that govern physical systems.

Following the success of biology courses aided by technology from Dreamscape Immersive, Arizona State University is hoping to make more use of virtual reality for other course subjects moving forward.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will name a 19-member panel of education leaders, parents, students and others to study the effects of social media and make recommendations for the 2024-2025 academic year.

After a somewhat chaotic year in which professors grew suspicious of their students' writing and navigated new territory largely without clear guidance, colleges and universities still face inevitable change.

Neither the Hawaii Department of Education nor the University of Hawaii are considering outright bans on ChatGPT, but educators are waiting for more professional development or guidance how to use it.

Around 5,000 students who ride buses at Modesto City Schools will now be using the Zonar Z Pass system, which entails carrying an RFID card, scanning it when boarding a bus and having their whereabouts tracked.

There are many definitions of artificial intelligence, and it’s been embedded in software for years, but recent advances carry new potential to personalize education, tutor students and automate aspects of school operation.

The Jacobson Institute at Grand View University announced a partnership with the technology training company SkillStorm to fit regional workers for available positions in growing industry. SkillStorm has similar programs at southern schools.

According to CoSN's 2023 State of EdTech Leadership report, demographics for IT leaders in K-12 haven't changed much in the past 10 years, and most of them are white, male, and between the ages of 40 and 59.

As artificial intelligence-driven translation technologies advance, teachers are starting to warm up to using translation tools such as Waverly Labs’ Forum interpretation app for classroom discussions.