Education

Several metrics of student well-being failed to improve over the 2020-21 school year, from chronic absenteeism to graduation rate to behavioral incidents, feelings of safety and relationships with teachers.

Temporarily scrapping plans for makerspace labs at five elementary schools, the Ohio district is moving forward with a $6.7 million project to build three career tech labs for fields such as construction, HVAC and welding.

Claiming to be an accredited virtual school affiliated with the University of New Orleans, the fake City University of New Orleans has been scamming thousands of dollars from people since at least early last year.

The nonprofit PBLWorks has partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education to offer professional development to principals, teachers and administrators on bringing project-based learning into the classroom.

Moreno Valley Unified School District plans to introduce 42 electric school buses this fall and become the largest electric school bus fleet in California, expecting to save $600,000 a year in fuel and maintenance costs.

Brasher Falls and Norwood-Norfolk school districts are warning families about scammers sending paper documents claiming that a student's data was exposed, then directing them to a website that actually steals their data.

The New York City Education Department will no longer do business with the California-based Illuminate Education after a security breach exposed the personal data of roughly 820,000 students.

A company that runs computer programming bootcamps has partnered with the City University of Seattle to ensure its clients' admission into the university's computer science program, should they desire a formal degree.

The University of Colorado Boulder and the University of California Berkeley were recently selected by NASA to build a probe to record measurements for both neutral gases and plasma at different points around the Earth.

The Changemakers program puts students at the forefront of increasing digital inclusion, making them technology liaisons for corporate partners, local elected officials, nonprofits, educators and businesses.

The state has created a website with information on programs such as internships and camps for girls and women interested in STEAM fields, as well as resources for parents and educators to promote those fields.

The state assembly passed the Democratic-sponsored measure last week largely along party lines, 47-31. The buses cost between $300,000 and $400,000 apiece, but they need less fuel and aren’t as expensive to maintain.

Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, General Motors and MathWorks, the four-year international competition will challenge students to engineer a next-generation battery electric and autonomous vehicle.

In the wake of a deadly mass shooting in Texas, Ohio lawmakers are proposing grants that would allow for school security improvements, along with $1.1 billion to Intel for a chip fabrication plant.

The ed-tech company Interstride launched a web portal through which employers can post jobs for international students and alumni of U.S. institutions to see. It also helps them navigate hiring and immigration laws.

Dickinson Middle School in North Dakota will host its first-ever Coding Camp for Girls next week, in conjunction with the annual Governor's Summit on Innovative Education to share best practices among school leaders.

John Fry, president of Drexel University and winner of the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia's William Penn Award, reflects on innovation districts, interest in computing and informatics and other developments.

In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a lead analyst from the accounting and business advisory firm Schneider Downs discusses cyber attack vulnerabilities and what colleges can do to mitigate them.