Education

Gov. JB Pritzker has proclaimed April as “Innovation and Technology Month” in the state as part of an effort to highlight technological achievements in quantum computing and support education and workforce growth.

The university's new vice president for research and economic development sees artificial intelligence as foundational to many fields and wants it to be incorporated into both research and basic studies.

South Middleton School District is debating whether or not to mandate its $20 user fee for laptops and other school-issued devices for all students and grade levels, because at present, it's not enough to cover costs.

Students with Mount Vernon Community School District will use a $40,000 grant to outfit a school bus with technology and convert it into an elementary classroom with solar panels, a deck and an outdoor learning space.

Thirty teams from elementary, middle and high schools are registered to compete at the Albany Civic Center this weekend. Students will solve STEM-related problems and show off machines they built to sink balls in hoops.

With enrollment in the university's engineering and science school on the upswing, the new building will accommodate fast-growing SUNY programs in aerospace engineering, data science and artificial intelligence.

As part of Purdue Foundry's Boost accelerator program, companies pitched ideas and won investments for technology solutions to problems in additive manufacturing, aerospace vehicles and bovine reproduction.

The National Association for College Admission Counseling and the College Guidance Network are teaming up to offer online content designed to help school counselors guide students through the college application process.

The Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence is taking applications through May 20. Prize money will go to 20 educators whose programs inspire kids to pursue careers in skilled trades.

Bitwise Industries is offering six-week online introductory courses in tech skills to five locations across the U.S., with financial assistance intended to recruit those who have been left out of the digital economy.

As a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, according to the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security, the college now qualifies for special student scholarships and research grants.

A design engineer at the hand-tool company reflects on four years with RoboBOTS, a student robot-building competition, from which she got hands-on experience that led her to discover an interest in manufacturing.

Partnering with Washington’s Bellevue School District on a two-week pilot program, the ed-tech company successfully prepared teachers to incorporate coding into core subjects after one day of training.

Experts at MIT, SANS Institute and many private and public organizations fear "the worst is yet to come" with respect to cyber attacks, as U.S. programs have failed to certify enough professionals to prepare for them.

Schuylkill Valley School District in Pennsylvania wants to transfer assignments stored on Google Drive to Microsoft's OneDrive, and teachers are concerned about compatibility issues and losing information.

Sophomores at Corvallis High School built a low-cost sensor that tests for levels of carbon dioxide, particulate matter 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide. They used it to measure pollution near a local glass fiber plant.

Thirty years ago, a group of women in Georgia launched Women in Technology because they didn’t see other women in leadership roles, and in recent years their organization has continued to evolve and grow.

Teachers want to play a major role in decisions about classroom technology, and over 90 percent of them expect to continue using tools they adopted for online and hybrid learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.