Education

The New Hampshire-based company has launched a “plug-and-play” curriculum tool for teachers to create local coding tournaments within or between school districts, potentially helping students learn STEM and other skills.

A $59 million program unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul will assess "high-need" public schools across the state and fund clean-energy technology, HVAC systems and other measures to improve air quality and energy efficiency.

Staff at Daviess County and Owensboro public school districts in Kentucky say kids need smartphones to call parents in case of an emergency, but there is a time and a place to use them as instructional tools.

Albuquerque social worker Michael Ollom has created a five-session course, "Defending Young Minds," to teach kids age 8-12 about sexual predators, bullies, scams, addictions and other online hazards.

With its third acquisition in the past year and a half, the ed tech company is expanding its Canvas learning management system with a new version of a tool that keeps track of a student’s competencies and certifications.

The foundation will work with local organizations to equip 134 elementary schools in the Permian Basin and train teachers to deliver a weekly, year-round STEM program with technology and custom-designed lessons.

A senior at West High School is working with administration to compile an archive of old articles, yearbooks and other artifacts from the school's history to be digitized and made accessible to the public.

Designed on a foundation of open source technology, the new platform allows educators to create their own lessons in earth and space science courses, as well as immersive AI-tutored activities and virtual field trips.

A grand jury has indicted the former technology coordinator of Ashtabula Area City Schools, now working at Buckeye Local Schools, with extortion, unauthorized use of a computer, and attempted grand theft.

Team Real Talk won the University at Buffalo's Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition with an instructional platform to help organizations talk about sensitive issues like race and gender.

The California district used state funds and general fund dollars freed up by coronavirus relief money to cover the $13.8 million cost, and it intends to install solar panels to help charge them.

As part of its Future of Work Academy, the university is working with Coursera to enhance courses with interactive 360-degree video, virtual media production, mobile phone augmented reality and VR simulations.

As part of a comprehensive plan to improve the education system and make it more equitable, the U.S. Department of Education is building an online dashboard of data related to equity in U.S. schools.

In talking to students at The Dalton Academy, administrators found many liked the idea of four in-person learning days and one virtual day per week, but the idea of holding classes later in the day was less popular.

The Connecticut institution's Digital Innovation Hub for Educational Excellence will be virtual with an in-person component, offering students a chance to reskill in fields such as cybersecurity or behavioral health.

With $1.5 million in federal funding, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the nonprofit Technology and Data Institute intend to put a 5G cellular network in homes and convert the signal to WiFi.

According to LearnPlatform’s latest EdTech Top 40 report, Google products remain popular, and use of digital tools in K-12 classrooms did not abate even after instruction mostly shifted back to an in-person environment.

After a survey showed a clear preference among graduate students of the education program to have their classes online, the Maryland institution has decided to keep that program virtual on a permanent basis.