Education

A career program that offers students private-sector internships and summer employment in growing industries such as technology and health care will expand to a quarter of New York City's public schools.

School officials took the college's network offline after being notified of a cybersecurity incident on June 13. A ransomware group claimed responsibility, but officials have yet to say if private data was compromised.

A blockchain group will award up to $100,000 apiece, in its own $EDU cryptocurrency token, to some K-12 teachers for the creation of educational content for use in a decentralized education system.

An informal poll on social media found that teachers are encouraging students to use ChatGPT for test preparation or brainstorming project ideas, and using it themselves to append lessons in writing or technology.

A makerspace with educational and high-tech equipment, a nonprofit innovation collaboratory that connects students to job opportunities, and a technology and innovation council support STEM in Carroll County, Maryland.

Louisiana State University will use a $1.5 million NSA grant to support the new Louisiana Cybersecurity Clinic, which will offer free services through three sub-clinics to help small businesses with technical issues.

Generative AI carries new potential for personalized education, which can take many forms. Even as schools customize the rate and style of learning for each student, they should also keep an eye on collective interests.

Louisiana State University's online and continuing education program is working with a Florida company to upskill current IT professionals and offer tools for people interested in IT careers.

A cyber attack against Northeastern State University last month exposed personal information, including images of driver's licenses, passports, W-9 forms and Social Security numbers, as well as spreadsheets and letters.

AI's potential to create personalized learning experiences, as well as reactive and proactive coaching and tutoring tools, could help institutions meet expectations of adult online learners and raise completion rates.

Universities are gradually making more use of AR/VR headsets in an effort to establish “metaversities,” or digital twin campuses, but to date their use remains limited to a handful of courses at some schools.

Ireland-based SoapBox Labs built a speech-recognition engine based on specific accents in 193 countries, using a “for kids, by kids” approach to reading and writing instruction to make it inclusive.

A New York community college has unveiled plans for a 130,000-square-foot facility to train students for jobs in industries such as automotive and transportation tech, offshore wind, HVAC and semiconductor manufacturing.

After a middle-school student was charged with bringing a loaded gun and knife to campus in March, a school district in Kentucky is standing by its weapons detectors despite some public opposition.

The university's cybersecurity experts are evaluating the scope and severity of a data breach related to the MOVEit file transfer software in which cyber criminals appear to have gained access to stored files.

Federal officials announced expedited measures to reach the 28 million U.S. households without high-speed Internet service. Money from the new Infrastructure Law will be available to families and Pell Grant recipients.

A consortium of major universities will research AI's cybersecurity applications as part of the National Science Foundation's new AI Institute for Agent-based Cyber Threat Intelligence and Operation (ACTION).

NYC will be the first major school system in the nation to offer such an expansive program, including more course offerings and the ability to take classes at non-traditional times, like evenings and weekends.