Digital Transformation

A nonprofit advocacy group says Pennsylvania’s 14 cyber charter schools held a combined $164 million in unassigned fund balances in the 2020-21 school year, essentially stockpiling funds that should be spent on students.

Responding to concerns about students using chatbot programs like ChatGPT to do their homework for them, OpenAI developed a classifier tool that can, with limited accuracy, identify text generated by an AI chatbot.

Identity and access management of users in K-12 districts, including students, teachers and administrative staff, can have many benefits in terms of cybersecurity and time saved creating and deleting profiles.

As chatbots threaten to upend English instruction, an ed-tech startup in New York launched a new platform that uses AI to generate real-time feedback, recommend educational content and create writing prompts.

While they acknowledge concerns about an AI tool that can write essays for students, professors from the University of Hartford, University of Connecticut and Yale also see its limits and a need to redesign assessments.

A 14-year-old freshman from Pennsylvania won the 2022 Congressional App Challenge with RecybleBot, an app that analyzes photos of objects to assess what percentage of them are recyclable material.

When tasked with writing a poem, an explanation of how to train a puppy, an explanation of string theory and an email to a parent, the AI chatbot ChatGPT produced imperfect but coherent responses.

The integration of ParentSquare’s school communications software with Gabbart’s website and CMS tools aims to give teachers the ability to share consistent information across websites, social media and other channels.

Researchers at UCLA and MIT Press suggest that universities could improve operational efficiency and advance fields of study by updating their policies around sharing institutional and research data.

A survey of 1,000 U.S. college students found that nearly a third of them had used the AI chatbot ChatGPT to complete written homework assignments, and close to 60 percent use it on more than half of their work.

As some K-12 schools have moved to ban a new AI chatbot that can write essays and answer complex questions, higher ed experts are weighing the pros and cons. They all agree on one thing: Education is going to change.

The Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the U.S. Department of Education, is embarking on a $7 million project to accelerate research into helping students academically recover from the pandemic.

Pending state legislation includes bills for an ed-tech grant program, a commission on tech-enabled teaching and learning, solar panels in new construction, a CTE diploma and student privacy protections.

The 13 largest cyber charter schools in Pennsylvania failed to meet any of the state averages on English, math and science exams. Some attribute this to low participation in tests, and some are calling for reform.

Professors from the University of Pennsylvania argue that banning artificial intelligence-driven chatbots is a practical impossibility, so teachers should consider ways to embed them into the learning process.

Three bundles of online professional development courses from the software company Vector Solutions are designed to help special education, general education and paraeducators teach students with trauma or disabilities.

TikTok videos documenting the recruiting process of fraternities and sororities have become a staple of Greek life on some college campuses, but this might not last if more states ban the China-based app.

Later this year, the private university will launch several open online liberal arts courses on the digital learning platform edX in hopes of expanding its reach to virtual students across the globe.