Education

The Esport Company and Greater Johnstown Community YMCA are putting together a conference called TEC — technology, education, community — with gaming tournaments for high school and college students.

In 10 years at the helm of the Utah Education and Telehealth Network, Timothy oversaw the consolidation of the state's separate networks for education and telehealth and a dramatic expansion of broadband.

Donations from a nonprofit, the county, the city and its downtown development authority will go toward hiring new faculty with technology backgrounds and the launch of a web portal summarizing the college's tech efforts.

Hosted by the State University of New York in Oneonta, seven panelists spoke about the importance of manufacturing for creating employment, and the importance of training and recruiting employees for the industry.

Technology is helping to meet students' needs while students help their teachers learn technology at Lawrence County Signature School in Alabama, which has persuaded some kids to rejoin the public school system.

The SHLB Coalition, American Library Association, Consortium for School Networking and State Educational Technology Directors Association successfully lobbied for a deadline extension to use emergency funds through June 2023.

The nonprofit's latest initiative is an introduction to computers workshop for senior citizens that aims to tackle the digital divide and teach technology skills and practices for navigating a digital-first job market.

Researchers at the university will launch a rocket loaded with instruments from NASA, Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire, University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Sewickley Academy in Pittsburgh will use the donation for facilities, scholarships and STEM offerings such as adding cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and advanced robotics to its computer science department.

The New York University engineering school's new training program seeks to upskill IT professionals for new cybersecurity challenges and trends, as workplaces become more reliant on remote work.

The U.S. Department of Education has updated its online transparency tool for prospective college students and families with more fine-grained data on potential costs, graduation rates, earnings and other metrics.

The money will help construct a new STEM center to open this summer with a Makers Lab, aerospace and atmospheric science lab, robotics and flight stimulation next to Colin Powell Middle School in Matteson.

An investigation by the South Florida Sun Sentinel uncovered a series of decisions by the district and its lawyers to mislead or delay notifying potential victims, and withhold details and internal correspondences.

A new educational space in downtown Johnstown, Pa., contains STEM-related displays and information about various educational programs. The center’s director hopes to eventually partner with local school districts.

The education IT security company ManagedMethods hosted a webinar Thursday to discuss ways that schools and ed-tech vendors can better protect student data amid a rise in cyber attacks against K-12 districts.

With the help of a driver, a librarian and a paraeducator, a school district in rural Arkansas turned a decommissioned school bus into a mobile library and science lab to bring school to kids who couldn't get to campus.

The Minnesota school district surveyed parents and staff about whether to schedule additional "digital learning days," and many respondents expressed concern about schedule disruptions and lost instructional time.

Wilson Central School District has a three-year contract with Paper, a 24-hour chatroom accessible from the district's website that can walk students through problems and review their essays.