Education

A community college in North Carolina will host a series of classes teaching seniors how to use online tools such as video conferencing programs, online job search engines and office productivity software.

With the ever-growing list of uses for data in higher education, being an asset that touches all aspects of a university’s mission, comes a need for users to understand the big picture of data privacy and security.

According to the Consortium for School Networking, legislators in 36 states introduced 232 school-related cybersecurity bills in 2022. They enacted 37, most of which focused on cybersecurity training requirements.

After buying about 700 computers at auction last year, the co-owner of RDA Technologies said he found they contained names, phone numbers, addresses and other data, which the district disputes.

Broward prosecutors are probing whether three school district administrators acted improperly when they shared details about a ransomware attack with a private company after withholding it from the public.

Pay levels, coupled with the added stresses of the post-pandemic classroom, are behind a mass exodus away from teaching in the state. To make matters worse, there are not enough college graduates to fill the open spots.

Nearly $1 million in state grant funding will go toward STEM student recruitment and retention through merit-based scholarships. The effort will focus on students in the STEM areas as well as health science majors.

A bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Phil Murphy would require K-12 students to receive digital literacy training at all public schools. The move is part of an effort to combat online misinformation.

Online learning platform company Clever surveyed nearly 4,000 administrators and teachers throughout the U.S. and found that while the two sides differ on many topics regarding cybersecurity, they agree on the solutions.

Swansea Public Schools Superintendent John J. Robidoux announced school closures following a ransomware attack against the network. The attack follows a similar cyber incident impacting Bristol Community College.

Mental health issues are at crisis levels all over the country as students readjust to in-person learning. Administrators are grappling with a rise in physical altercations and other behavioral issues.

The new AI-integrated weapons screening system can detect both metallic and non-metallic concealed weapons, making it more useful for detecting 3D-printed weapons and other emerging threats at large events.

The health-care simulation technology company is branching out to create the ed-tech division to provide products that can be used in all K-12 schools, including STEM, CTE and HOSA institutions.

The district used about $1.3 million in state grant funding to buy two charging stations and two electric buses, each of which it expects to cost $10 a day in electricity, compared to $50 or $60 a day for diesel fuel.

Having already ordered the app purged from state devices and networks due to cybersecurity and surveillance concerns, Montana's Gov. Greg Gianforte is asking the Board of Regents to do the same for the state's universities.

A Massachusetts school district shut down its network Tuesday and canceled classes the following day, less than two weeks after nearby Bristol Community College had also been hit by a ransomware attack.

Continuing to build out its suite of digital classroom tools for K-12 and higher ed, Instructure's eighth acquisition in five years will add functions to assess and track the effectiveness of ed-tech tools.

Southern University in Louisiana will use a $6.2 million grant to expand broadband Internet and create interactive VR spaces and tools for the training of future middle-school teachers and university faculty.