Education

With 11 percent of devices distributed to students not being returned, Atlanta Public Schools approved one-time funds to replace them and plans to incorporate a replacement strategy into the annual budgeting process.

In the wake of news that hackers released a trove of personal identifying information stolen from Los Angeles Unified School District, victims are advised to call the district's hotline and set up credit monitoring.

Research at Duke, North Carolina State and UNC have made the state a hot spot for innovations that could yield advances in finance, chemistry, artificial intelligence, logistics, cybersecurity and other fields.

The bulk of money is going to build out spaces at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, including robotics-related research and teaching spaces and to upgrade Nebraska Innovation Studio's robotics makerspace.

Experts in student privacy, with years of experience in the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Education, say that the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act is long overdue for a regulatory update.

With minority groups largely underrepresented in STEM fields, the University of Texas at Arlington aims to encourage more interest in subjects such as math and physics among those students.

The annual career-focused event, a partnership between the Macomb County Planning and Economic Development Department and the Macomb Intermediate School District, gives students a real-world look at high-tech careers.

The Madison School District is taking some of its high school classes online because of a shortage of teachers. Roughly 120 of the district's 2,400 teaching positions remain unfilled.

The new Future Finder Challenge aims to spur the development of new digital tools designed to help adult learners navigate new career paths as workplaces digitize and job requirements change.

As the U.S. confronts a tremendous skills gap and pushes back against workforce shortages, STEM education and building specialized skills training need to become even more widespread.

The university’s cybersecurity program has seen considerable growth since it started in 2007. Some 400 students are now enrolled and pursuing a career in a field that has had trouble attracting enough talent.

Students at Scranton-area elementary schools are learning about STEM concepts thanks to an $18,000 grant and a team of volunteer STEM teachers from the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine.

The cyber criminal group reportedly responsible for the attack has published 500GB of files containing Social Security numbers, passport details, student psychological assessments and other information.

The CritterCoin platform is giving teachers in some Dallas classrooms a new avenue to encourage participation among their students: non-fungible tokens. The digital coins help to track student and group activity.

Officials with the Davenport Community School District reported that no information seemed to have been compromised when a hacker gained access to the computer system earlier this month.

With students turning to accelerated training as an alternative to traditional IT and information security degree programs, experts say the question of boot camps versus college depends largely on students' goals.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and edX report revealed that, from a global group of about 1,400 students and educators, the ability to use tools that work around their lives is most important.

The Lincoln Board of Education gave initial consideration to a 10-year contract that would allow the district to connect to a network of dark fiber, which are unused strands of cable already installed that can be leased.