Education

A Wisconsin school district has contracted with Evolv Technology to install five dual-lane, walkthrough metal detectors at a handful of schools, costing the district $508,262 over the next four years.

A recent study from the software company Mentor Collective says universities have used peer mentoring platforms and programs to help keep historically marginalized students enrolled and engaged.

Faced with teacher shortages, district officials proposed adding cameras to classrooms in order to record and livestream lessons to other rooms. Teachers say this could harm learning, and students have privacy concerns.

Following Idaho Gov. Brad Little's ban of TikTok on state-owned devices and networks, the state's colleges and universities are deleting their accounts and blocking access to the app on campus Wi-Fi networks.

A regional initiative is building out a list of locations and events involved with vocational education programs or featuring hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math.

A 65-page audit found problems with transparency, accountability and student outcomes in Oregon's community colleges, recommending that the state give the Higher Education Coordinating Commission a clear mandate to make changes.

Following a memo from Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey last week banning use of TikTok on state networks and devices, the university has made the app inaccessible on campus housing networks and warned employees not to install it.

Lawmakers, business leaders and K-12 students gathered at the Michigan State Capitol to see student teams show off inventions involving technologies such as robotics, coding, web design, podcasting and 3-D printing.

The university library has adopted a platform for Android and iOS users to grant faculty, students and staff access to hundreds of thousands of e-books as the popularity of digital learning grows.

The acquisition will expand Apogee's portfolio of cloud and security services as its higher education customers try to manage growing networks amid rising demand for online and hybrid learning models.

If the Texas school district's partnership with the city of Pharr is approved, it could bring more affordable high-speed Internet to schools and fuel applications for more grants for regional broadband projects.

Applications are open for a "sponsored launch" program run and sponsored by the University of Arizona Center for Innovation and the city of Sierra Vista, intended to boost the regional economy.

Working with the Texas-based SparkCognition, Adelson Educational Campus is integrating an artificial intelligence-based system with its existing cameras to initiate alerts and lock-down procedures in case of emergency.

University of Texas at Arlington has launched a new certificate and master’s degree program to train educators to teach online, use web-based applications and curricula, and personalize learning strategies.

Experts in the ventilation industry say that bringing in air from outside through a filtration system is still the best way to improve air quality in schools, which studies have shown can affect student performance.

In an email to families this week, Seattle Public Schools told students to bring laptops and chargers home over winter break in case inclement weather prevents their return to school in January.

Following a spate of false alarms about active shooters, the Manchester school board has approved putting the gunfire-detection system ShotSpotter, along with Fusus technology for live video, into school buildings.

Initiated by a $1 million state grant, the STEM Tech Career Academy at Springfield Technical Community College will be one of five such programs in Massachusetts which could enroll up to 2,000 students in the coming years.