Education

A renovated section of Northeast Early College High School in Austin will support an early college program in information technology, providing students with free classes and the chance to specialize in cybersecurity.

A new facility on the second floor of the engineering building at Chattanooga State Community College has two labs, one a design studio and the other a workshop, for both college students and local elementary students.

Between the challenges of COVID-19 and climate change, schools are becoming increasingly interested in modern HVAC systems that can filter and circulate air while reducing energy consumption.

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is signing another one-year contract with Honorlock, which makes the kind of online exam-proctoring software that has come under fire for issues with privacy and facial recognition.

A new partnership between USC Aiken and SANS Technology Institute will allow students to get hands-on training and four industry-recognized certifications while completing a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity.

As a member of the national League of Innovative Schools, Springfield City School District in Ohio will collaborate with other districts, participate in research and connect with entrepreneurs developing ed tech.

Middle school students in Bastrop, Texas are getting hands-on experience with computer-aided design, 3-D printers and other tools involved in STEM careers through a curriculum from the nonprofit Project Lead The Way.

During a visit from Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito as part of Massachusetts STEM week, fifth graders at Pingree Elementary School participated in the Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge, in which they practiced coding.

The virtual reality company Vinci VR gave vocational students a simulation of what it’s like to work on an offshore wind turbine, as the state’s clean-energy projects anticipate needing hundreds or thousands of workers.

Some educators are growing skeptical of letter grades as distracting, stressful and motivators of cheating and sabotage. A better system for cultivating young minds might focus on unique skills and mastery of concepts.

The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee has advanced a bill that would require K-12 school districts to post a course syllabus, course summary and links to textbooks online so parents can see what they're teaching.

Unrelated to the security flaw recently discovered in a state website, an unauthorized person last week accessed the Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri, possibly exposing personal data.

Having recently ranked coding bootcamps by trainee job placement, the data research company Optimal found many of them and their trainees flourishing while institutes of higher education face declining enrollment.

An associate professor wants to use a two-year grant from the National Security Agency to develop a feature on phones and devices to automatically sense and respond to cyber attacks without action by the user.

Having moved into a new building last year, the South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired uses technology to help students type in braille, enhance images or hear what's displayed on a screen.

Following a ransomware attack March 12 that shut down systems and forced the cancellation of classes, Buffalo Public Schools is spending nearly $10 million on network security, fraud monitoring and other services.

A team of researchers at Cornell Tech has developed a forecast of urban technology trends over the coming decade, predicting movements in machine learning, life sciences, infrastructure and other fields.

Since Lakeview Community Schools put a laptop or similar device in every K-12 student's hands, teachers have seen faster communication, but they're also dealing with different skill levels with the technology.