Education

The institution is the latest Ivy League to be targeted by cyber attackers. Emails and donation activity were compromised. Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania were hit earlier this fall.

For all the hype around innovation and best practices, it can be easy to overlook the fact that our failures are often more instructive than our successes, and might have lessons to teach about today's challenges.

More than 30 states now require districts to restrict student phone use in some way, and the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board thinks Illinois should join them.

Modernizing an enterprise resource planning system is one of the most important tasks on any college CIO’s plate, especially with growing demands of interoperability and AI features on the horizon.

In a recent Q&A, an official from the Association for Career and Technical Education discussed CTE programs moving beyond the "Googlification" of AI, its impact on culinary and HVAC programs and more.

The deal gives CoreTrust and its supplier network access into private and charter schools — some 4,000 of which are served via BuyQ. CoreTrust recently signed a deal with two major U.S. cities.

Maintenance costs for outdated technology are prompting university officials to consider alternatives to 32 blue-light emergency callboxes set up around campus, though the university doesn't track call data or repairs.

The "Ignite" career-track program at Bentonville Public Schools in Arkansas has added an AI twist, helping students understand how the technology is transforming their potential future jobs.

For some school districts searching for the right LLM, the most secure and cost-effective route may be to host their own on premises, then contract with a third party for enterprise services.

The tech company aims to help educators utilize its new ChatGPT for Teachers amid the rising deployment of technologies to classrooms. The tool will be available free to verified teachers through June 2027.

A $6 million partnership with Google will enable Georgia State University to provide daily AI and machine learning instruction to selected public school students on the university’s campus.

Some education officials say building trust with parents and students has been key to the success of California's Phone-Free School Act, and will be essential in the conversations to come.

Microsoft will provide $82,500 in grant money to assistant professors at Washington State University, to support them in developing an AI integration road map for rural K-12 schools in three northwestern states.

With some significant bills around cellphones and social media already signed, and the wide-open governor's race still looming, the next few years in California politics could be consequential for ed tech.

Grants from Google will go toward STEM educational programs, a data dashboard, new AI sports programming for students, AI training for educators and a new master’s degree in AI at Oklahoma State University.

Princeton University officials confirmed that a cyber criminal used a phishing attack last week to gain access to a database containing personal information on alumni, donors, students and others.

As part of a $50 million investment in regional education, workforce development and housing, QTS Data Centers is backing research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on topics like grid stability and energy storage.

States are issuing new guidelines for artificial intelligence in school at a rapid pace, but ed-tech leaders say many of the policies lack the vision needed for deeper classroom transformation.