Education

One of the largest school districts in Arizona has joined a lawsuit against several social media companies, alleging that their algorithms, corporate decisions and business strategies have harmed student mental health.

A report from the nonprofit CALSTART says California, Maryland and Florida lead the way, but 11 states are not on board. The report also offers recommendations for making zero-emission fleets more affordable.

A new school at the University of Southern California will be dedicated to teaching data science and information technology to non-computer majors in order to prepare them for an increasingly digital world.

Barker Central School District in New York will use federal funding to buy 12 new electric buses, an idea that has been relatively well received within the district for its potential to reduce carbon emissions.

Data-driven well-being audits are becoming more common in Denmark’s classrooms, and experts are mixed on the potential for mood-monitoring tech to help address student mental health in the United States.

Advanced chatbots could be used as powerful classroom aids that make lessons more interactive, teach students media literacy, generate personalized lesson plans and even save teachers time on administrative tasks.

A school district in Virginia is applying for a federal grant to put sensors, artificial intelligence and other smart technology in each school building to screen students and detect concealed weapons.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin were able to successfully glean the gist of a person’s thoughts by pairing a brain scanner with an AI language model, generating concerns about ethical uses of brain data.

An analysis by the Virginia-based cybersecurity firm GuidePoint Security found a 17 percent increase in ransomware attacks on schools since last quarter, and almost half of cases globally involve U.S. public entities.

While administrators say there's no evidence of compromised data, the university network lost many key functions over the weekend, leaving students to use hotspots while finishing final projects and preparing for exams.

The exhibition came about through a partnership between community colleges and universities across the state to share simulations, senior projects and opportunities in cybersecurity with current and prospective students.

A public university in Georgia will collaborate with Savannah River National Laboratory in research and global security projects related to cybersecurity, cyberphysical systems, data analytics and quantum cryptography.

K-12 schools and universities in several states are using gamification to teach science through virtual experiments, simulators and LMS integrations like those offered by the global ed-tech company Labster.

An annual report from the market research firm EducationDynamics, which surveyed over 3,000 current and prospective higher ed students, assessed tuition, marketing and other factors in attracting online students.

The university has tapped a six-year, $17 million grant from Canada's New Frontiers in Research Fund for an international research project to involve Indigenous scholars in the training of new AI models.

Having dealt with a ransomware attack a few years ago, Great Bend USD 426 is using two-factor authentication, a cybersecurity audit, staff training and other measures to stay ahead of innovative cyber criminals.

School districts across Pennsylvania are suing Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and similar companies based on the public nuisance legal theory and alleged contributions to mental health issues in children.

New career and technical education programs, including associate's degrees and certificates in cybersecurity, data science and machine learning, are part of a statewide push to fill jobs in the technology sector.