Education

The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education says it would need legislative approval to mandate vaccines, but some faculty leaders are pushing for action and some institutions are requiring them anyway.

To accommodate a rising demand for child care services in the county, the public vocational school will host a second location for York Day Nursery, an early childhood education nonprofit.

Beyond technical expertise and resources, a culture of inclusion, communications and empathy can help IT departments succeed in implementing new initiatives, improving operations and helping clients.

Though it did not demonstrate harm had come to students as a result of social media posts by their schools, recent research has identified risks and privacy concerns stemming from such public posts and photos.

Atlanta Public Schools signed a contract with the nonprofit Ed Farm to put 100 employees through a year-long training program to help them implement technology into online and in-person classes.

Because Texas will no longer provide funding for students not physically present in classrooms, Austin ISD will lose $4,500 for every virtual student and incur $5,600 in additional costs, totaling about $41 million.

The global ed-tech company is bringing an AI-driven platform to the U.S. that uses academic performance, co-curricular activities and other data to paint a clear picture of a student's skills for prospective employers.

The public research university in Golden, Colo. recently debuted nine free, zero-emission electric shuttles that use lasers and digitally programmed maps to transport students around campus and eventually to downtown.

A school district in Florida has established a career academy to fast-track high school students for EPA and OSHA certifications as installers and mechanics of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning technology.

Fulton County School System has opened two new STEM-focused high schools, Global Impact Academy and Innovation Academy, to train students in fields such as medicine, engineering, media and education technology.

The government is putting real money toward a historic expansion of America’s broadband services, but pulling it off may require accountability measures, affordable services and higher standards for minimum speeds.

The state will not allow schools to offer virtual options for students this year, forcing districts to come up with contingency plans for those who contract COVID-19 and have to quarantine.

East Tennessee State University and BlueCross BlueShield have partnered on a two-year bachelor's degree program in computing, while Southern Adventist University will offer a master's program in applied computer science.

Part of the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering in Bloomington, Ind., the new $35 million center dedicated by Indiana University will study robotics, complex networks, health and social media.

The digital learning platform ASSISTments is working on artificial intelligence for software that suggests specific kinds of feedback that teachers can give students on written-answer math questions.

The CU Hyperloop team is one of 12 in the world that will compete in the “Not-A-Boring” competition, hosted by Elon Musk’s The Boring Company, to dig tunnels through which a remote-operated car could pass.

Researchers created an educational video game for middle and high school students to enter simulated environments, collect and analyze samples, and study where ticks and Lyme disease could spread with climate change.

Communities throughout the state are trying local hotspots, limited virtual classrooms, Google Classroom, and private-public partnerships laying fiber in an effort to accommodate families with poor Internet connection.