Education

Clark County School District in Nevada will install personal panic buttons in classrooms that will notify first responders when pressed, following a recent violent incident and pleas from teachers for safety measures.

Visiting Haverhill High School on Monday, Senator Edward Markey, Congresswoman Lori Trahan and other officials discussed the the E-Rate program, American Rescue Plan and other strides toward closing the digital divide.

Community colleges and technical training programs across the state are using AR/VR tools from the workforce training company TRANSFR for virtual workforce training and to teach residents about career opportunities.

As a new option for online learning, Pennsylvania’s Capital Area Online Learning Association is offering courses through StrongMind, which provides either teachers or professional development to client schools.

With students spending most of their waking hours interacting with technology, educators must think critically about its appropriate use and discuss with students the cost of relying so much on these tools.

Intel's two new programs include a two-week, intensive training session to qualify community college students for work as factory technicians, and another to introduce Hillsboro high school students to job opportunities.

The university's president and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made the case for Western New York as a finalist for a $100 million grant that could lure advanced manufacturing and tech companies to the region.

The money will go toward a $200 million project to create a supercomputing center, add artificial intelligence to every curriculum and return SUNY Polytechnic's College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering to UAlbany.

Amazon Web Services will work with Nevada public schools, the state’s higher education system and the state’s workforce innovation office to fill thousands of jobs over the next three years.

The National Science Teaching Association and Vernier Software & Technology awarded one middle school teacher and two high school teachers for innovative ideas about using data collection to make STEM more engaging.

Three pieces of legislation set to go into effect June 9 in Washington state aim to expand broadband infrastructure, fund more school nurses and counselors, and allow students to miss school for mental health reasons.

Ivy Tech Community College's STEM mobile lab is bringing Project Lead the Way coursework to K-6 classrooms at Anderson Community Schools in Indiana, introducing kids to technology they might otherwise not have access to.

Founded in 2017 to help close the income gap between Black and white residents, Rooted School teaches core subjects but also has students spend two hours a day on technological skills such as coding or graphic design.

A two-day event for North Carolina high school and higher education students this week involved 13 teams, with mentors, using technology to analyze data and provide ideas for addressing the digital divide.

Europe's highest-valued ed-tech company, based in Vienna, has big plans to expand its user base in the U.S. with a new headquarters in Austin, Texas, amid a boom in the online tutoring market.

Caresoft Global Inc. donated a software package valued at $1 million so students in the Department of Automotive and Manufacturing Engineering Technology could gain experience working virtually on electric vehicles.

From the Advancement and Technology Fund, higher education will receive $76 million and K-12 $206 million. The budget also includes $10.6 million for cybersecurity, more than a 190 percent increase over the current year.

The Lafayette-based tech company SchoolMint will offer clients more advanced digital marketing tools to boost enrollment through a customized enrollment microsite, SEO services and online reputation management.