Education

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.

With help from the nonprofit CS is Elementary, Ector County Independent School District in Texas is hosting a series of webinars to teach families about being safe on social media, Zoom calls and other digital spaces.

Supported by nearly $2 million in federal funds, the Central Valley Training Center is expected to open in spring 2023 with classes in information technology, construction, manufacturing and welding.

The university received a gift from philanthropists Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton that will go toward developing its financial technology program, eventually to include a fintech center and degree programs.

The state competition organized by FIRST Indiana Robotics drew 32 teams and hundreds of students, teachers and advisers to Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology to showcase their work building and programming robots.

Federal legislation that has passed the U.S. House of Representatives would alleviate brain drain by reforming the immigration system to allow skilled STEM workers born overseas to stay and work for American businesses.

Universities are looking to train tomorrow’s blockchain professionals, but the scarcity of developers who can actually code remains a barrier to the mass adoption of distributed ledger technology.

The ed-tech software company Clever announced an identity management add-on to its digital learning platform, aiming to boost security and reduce the risk of a breach by automating the maintenance of user accounts.

The Christian liberal-arts institution in Indiana opened its new Center for Security Studies & Cyber Defense this week, with networking opportunities for students and services for local and regional businesses.

Since it started offering courses in microelectronics manufacturing in 2013, Lorain County Community College has seen 100 percent job placement for graduates of the program, often at local companies.

To meet the state requirement that all public high schools must offer a semester of computer science starting this fall, the Iowa Department of Education has dispensed four grants to train more than 830 teachers.

No surprise, a new report tells us that children’s screen time increased during the pandemic. The jury is out on how this will impact them, but parents have a role to play in guiding better screen-time habits.

A survey conducted by ed-tech company Modern Campus and the nonprofit University Professional and Continuing Education Association found a widespread lack of resources for continuing education in the U.S.

While most students are back in classrooms, virtual instruction is here to stay as a facet of education nationwide, and teachers from around the country have professional advice for making the most of it.

A free program on the university's campus next week will feature a collection of GIS Storymaps, made by students as their spring seminar project, that visualize the journeys of Holocaust survivors.

Four years after the district started competitive video gaming teams, esports are being recognized alongside traditional sports, and teachers and parents say students are gaining interest in school.

The university is one of 10 that have partnered with VictoryXR to use virtual and augmented reality to create a “digital twin campus” and make online classes more immersive. The pilot program starts this fall.

The New York state budget enacted Friday requires that all school buses purchased after 2027 be electric and the state's 50,000 diesel buses be phased out, which will require charging stations and other infrastructure.