Education

A recent budget proposal from the Biden administration to increase federal support for education research efforts could lead to an 'ARPA-Ed' and the discovery of new use cases for AI-driven tools like ChatGPT.

The Purdue University system this week joined many other higher-ed institutions in blocking access to the TikTok app and website, based on a Purdue IT security audit and the terms of the app's user agreements.

Katy Independent School District in Texas is working with RFID Services and SMART Tag to install radio-frequency identification systems in buses, allowing parents and the district to track students as they enter and exit.

A New York district has infused design-thinking into courses all students take, bringing coding into subjects like English and social studies, and teaming with vendors to give teachers and students access to experts.

Riverland Community College in Minnesota is building capacity to train technicians in manufacturing and logistics, as well as launching a new robotics certificate program and planning a robotics degree in the future.

School officials told the township board of education that the district's policy against plagiarism would cover misuse of ChatGPT, although they warned teachers to be ready for the technology to evolve quickly.

Illini Esports, a student-run club featuring several competitive video gaming teams, will host its first-ever invitational tournament this weekend with nearly 300 competitors from five states.

Launched last year to track student success after high school, the Indiana Department of Education’s new “Graduates Prepared to Succeed” online dashboard aims to make districts more accountable to state benchmarks.

The new legislation, slated to take effect in 2025, will add graduation requirements, provide for the training and certification of teachers and make technology courses available to adult education outlets.

A Texas college's Experience Lab, with 16 Meta Quest 2 Oculus headsets that allow users to interact within computer-generated environments, is helping professors add new dimensions and sensory aspects to their lessons.

An 18-year-old at the Woodlands College Park High School in Texas won $50,000 from the Regeneron Science Talent Search for a semantics model and syntax assessment that can use daily diary entries to gauge suicide risk.

UNO confirmed Monday that several services had been restored, and others will be brought back online incrementally while state authorities investigate the intrusion and whether anyone's personal data was compromised.

The fintech company ClassWallet will help the state manage distribution of $30 million in federal funds to assist K-12 students in purchasing program-compliant educational materials and services.

Eastern Iowa Community Colleges launched their annual Women in IT Conference last week with a keynote from a Davenport North High School student who founded a nonprofit to provide tech support to local veterans.

Pennsylvania's largest school district has joined a state program offering student mental health services through Kooth, but some parents are wary of more data collection and digital mediation through an online platform.

Students and staff are expressing frustration while Louisiana State Police and the governor's office investigate possible cyber threats that prompted a handful of colleges to shut down their Internet services.

An unauthorized intruder accessed the network of a private Catholic university in Texas around Aug. 30 last year, and some students and faculty learned from credit card companies that their data had been compromised.

Tech leaders and officials at a Consortium for School Networking panel this week urged K-12 school districts to avail themselves of federal resources to improve their cybersecurity protocols.