Education

The grant from Microsoft Philanthropies will go toward mentorship, financial assistance, and the development of a curriculum from the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center that includes Microsoft training.

While Google remains the go-to resource for most student research, libraries are trying to provide curated subscription databases that have more advanced filters and peer-reviewed sources that are easy to identify.

A survey of 769 middle and high school students in the Los Angeles Unified School District found that respondents were worried about mental health issues, access to technology and other life stresses.

School districts in Portsmouth, Middletown and Newport, Rhode Island, each received a $500,000 grant that will go toward agricultural innovation studies, a biomedical program and professional development, respectively.

With nearly $150,000 from the National Science Foundation, a professor is testing the effects of high temperatures and torsional fatigue on nickel alloys that might be 3D printed to build lighter, cheaper engines.

Utah State University and Utah Valley University will combine and expand their course programs in subjects such as computing, artificial intelligence and security analytics to train students for work in cybersecurity.

The university is one of 10 "hub" high-tech crime units across Indiana, where prosecutors will work with Vigo County law enforcement and college students to analyze and process digital evidence.

A donation from the chemical company has afforded EastSide Charter School in Wilmington a new workspace for its APEX Honors Program, including robotics, coding, 3D-printing and a new science laboratory.

The Ohio college is offering courses to create more licensed drone operators, given the use of drones by so many industries from emergency services to real estate agents, videographers, agriculture and construction.

Los Angeles and San Diego Unified, the state's largest school districts, have directed teachers to grade students on what they can prove they've learned, rather than grading behavior, work habits and missed deadlines.

The Missouri college's program, which trains students to prepare sterile instruments for surgery, was formerly administered by the Columbia Area Career Center before regulations mandated a two-year credential.

A new $3.6 million welding facility at Berks Career and Technology Center, which has campuses in Bern and Oley townships, Pennsylvania, is training students who report having no trouble finding work.

This week, the tech company announced a new AI-driven tutor platform that uses competency assessments by educators to generate quizzes, course recommendations and other guidance specially tailored to a student’s needs.

Statewide, schools have spent about 20 percent of the $5.5 billion in emergency funds they’ve received from the federal government. Administrators say they’re now switching from crisis mode to strategic thinking.

Dubbed Lonestar6, a new supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at UT Austin will help researchers design patient-specific cancer treatments, see deeper into space and make more accurate climate forecasts.

With new funding from the National Science Foundation, a collaboration between the university and five others will continue its work integrating cutting-edge microscopes with advanced algorithms and big data.

The school based in Eau Claire, Wisc. is the first in the state to train firefighters on the FLAIM system, a virtual-reality program that monitors how much water a user expends, as well as heat and oxygen levels.

The educational nonprofit and outdoor learning site in Indianapolis hosts kindergarten to fifth-graders, but it also offers professional development for teachers and training for older students to become mentors.