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The AI research company Anthropic is giving a global collective of teachers access to AI workshops, an online community forum and other resources, both to share ideas and to inform the progress of their chatbot Claude. -
A teacher-built AI platform received the highest combined audience and judge score at an ed-tech startup competition during the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando last week.
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Developing policies to establish phone-free schools and a playbook for artificial intelligence, including curriculum, rules and professional learning, are among Connecticut's legislative priorities for 2026.
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AI chatbots are here to stay, so it’s time to get acquainted with them. Center for Digital Education Senior Fellow Jim Jorstad sat down for a one-on-one with ChatGPT recently and came away impressed.
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Two separate entities conducted nationwide studies, one in the first week of February and another in the first week of April, showing that the AI tool is popular at school on both sides of the lectern.
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Despite initially blocking access to ChatGPT on district devices shortly after its release, a school district in Washington state has convened a committee of 16 teachers to develop policies for using it.
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An unauthorized party accessed Social Security, passport, driver's license and financial account numbers and birthdates of some students and staff at Shoreline Community College in Washington state last month.
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Dallas Hybrid Preparatory's enrollment has increased since it became the state's first hybrid public school in 2021, and now several pieces of proposed legislation could mean more money for virtual and hybrid campuses.
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Driving simulators, like the one California-based VDI will install throughout an Alabama school district next month, are in use in all 50 states and becoming more common as technology improves.
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The online learning platform has developed a slew of new AI-powered functions for grading, student feedback and lesson planning, as well as activities that focus on teaching students about machine learning.
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While cyber attacks on schools dropped a bit in 2021, CISA and the FBI released a joint statement in September 2022 saying they anticipated more cyber attacks on schools, and Minnesota has seen some of that.
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The Alabama Supercomputer Authority, which provides free Internet and cybersecurity services to all schools statewide, warned the Board of Education about an increase in ransomware and phishing attacks.
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New Mexico Highlands University will run a program piloting new curricula related to the region's culture and ensuring students have quality computers and high-speed Internet necessary for online courses.
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The federal government doled out grant money through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund over three rounds, and much of it went toward keeping students enrolled via distance learning.
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Cybersecurity professionals from various industries offered career advice and encouragement at a Tuesday panel hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and the White House National Security Council.
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The state has signed a $3.4 million contract with Texas-based Raptor Technologies to make its mobile phone-based panic button system available to schools statewide.
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A grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation will be distributed among 11 districts and used to evaluate their computer science and other STEM programs, provide scholarships and fund professional development.
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The U.S. Department of Energy is investing a combined $72 million in five new industrial technology centers and various other programs to train new workers for advanced manufacturing and clean energy industries.
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As part of an ongoing statewide initiative to boost poor math scores, school districts can sign up to provide students and teachers with free access to digital resources from the New York-based nonprofit Zearn.
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Adjunct professor Russell Crispell at Niagara County Community College in New York uses VR headsets and 360-degree YouTube videos to immerse students in different scenarios requiring first aid training.
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Higher education leaders and students predict the State Board of Higher Education's ban, scheduled to take effect July 1, will have a negligible impact on students and university operations.
