Education

Virtual programming at New Synagogue in Palm Beach, Fla., including Zoom classes, pre-recorded religious services and live-streamed events, has allowed participation from families across North America.

The two-year college in Georgia has delayed the announcement of a new training program with one of the world's largest tech companies, while it also plans new campuses and programs focused on workforce development.

Harris County, Texas, is turning to a managed private network to bring broadband connectivity to disadvantaged households. Officials hope the effort will increase access to distance learning.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch discovered that a website maintained by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education made Social Security numbers vulnerable in an application that searches for teacher credentials.

The state of Ohio’s annual report cards for school districts, set to be released today, will include data on absenteeism and the impact of remote learning, but not overall performance grades and district rankings.

Neosho School District intends to buy the four-story Haas building in downtown Neosho, Mo., and convert it into a new project-based school focusing on science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

The ed-tech company BCdiploma is lending its blockchain tool for verifying credentials to Modern Campus and its course management system for students, reducing the need for paper transcripts and certifications.

Japan’s largest tech school intends to share its research, support new startups, promote student exchange programs and generally foster international collaboration with a new site in the Bay Area.

A new $20 million, 40,000 square-foot facility in Naperville, Ill. has large touchscreens, simulated rooms, ultrasound devices and other high-tech equipment for medical and engineering students.

NASA livestreamed presentations from professionals in STEM fields for its annual event, which usually hosts middle schoolers from around the country at Interstate 79 High Technology Park in West Virginia.

A local newspaper has been livestreaming school board meetings for Mitchell School District in South Dakota since July, and the board is debating whether to formalize the practice or set up its own system.

There was a marked increase in parent-school communications during the COVID-19 pandemic, and schools need to continue offering expanded opportunities for parents to engage.

Hoping to bolster the cybersecurity workforce in East Texas and nationwide, the University of Texas intends to start offering the program in fall 2022 through the Tyler campus' Soules College of Business.

With GoGuardian software monitoring what students do on their school-provided laptops, Baltimore city schools started reporting signs of suicidal thoughts, flagging nine students since March.

A carpentry program at Carroll County Career and Technology Center in Maryland puts local high school juniors and seniors to work building sheds while they gain hands-on experience with tools and craftsmanship.

Health analytics company HSR.health has created an online data tool for schools that analyzes virus cases, local conditions, and the layouts of buildings to help predict the effectiveness of specific COVID-19 policies.

Students at the University of Texas Permian Basin STEM Academy, a K-12 charter school on the UTPB campus, are applying biomedical science to a crime scene investigation as part of a fast-track STEM program.

A five-day mentoring program organized by a partnership between Purdue Polytechnic and the Sistas of Royalty offers classes and workshops for girls, this year focusing on food supply chain management.