Education

Colorado State University and Fullstack Academy are partnering with universities across the country to offer a 26-week immersive training course in cybersecurity and coding, starting in July and running through January.

Sierra College in Northern California is working with law enforcement and third-party cybersecurity and forensic experts to investigate a ransomware attack that targeted the college’s website and other online systems.

With pooled COVID-19 testing methods, access to labs for quick turnaround time and a secure software platform, medical technology company Affinity Empowering is helping DePauw University return to normal.

Instead of setting uniform class schedules under the assumption that all students will learn at the same pace and in the same way, schools might serve kids better by making time the variable and learning the constant.

Rockland Public Schools in Massachusetts is working with the Department of Homeland Security to assess the damage from a ransomware attack this week that affected desktop computers and servers.

Some lawmakers and advocates for career and technical education are pushing for a budget amendment in Massachusetts to boost funding for the state’s Career Technical Initiative from $4 million to $16.9 million.

Texas is home to many companies that employ industrial engineering technologists and technicians, giving students in Texas State Technical College’s precision machining program several options for where to live and work.

As schools and government agencies navigate their way out of lockdown orders and into a new normal of remote or hybrid work, there are eight core strategies they might keep in mind to sustain a productive IT environment.

Between January and March at Eau Claire Area School District in Wisconsin, less than 20 percent of middle school students took all-virtual classes instead of hybrid, but they accounted for 39 percent of F letter grades.

After a lawsuit alleged the state of New Mexico failed to provide necessary devices and connectivity for students to participate in remote learning, a judge has ordered the state to assess the cost and get it done.

Stopping by Oak Ridge High School last week, Gov. Bill Lee and other state leaders got an overview of the school’s aviation program and discussed grant funding for career and technical education programs.

The year-over-year increase in per-pupil spending in U.S. K-12 schools, by 2019, was at its highest in more than a decade, prior to recent investments from federal sources to meet the challenges of remote learning.

ACC has broken ground on a new $17.6 million, 33,000-square-foot facility, expected to open in fall 2022, that will provide career pathways to students studying biotech, medical laboratory technology and histotechnology.

Investigators have confirmed that a ransomware attack targeting Buffalo Public Schools in March exposed personal information about students, parents and employees, as well as bank account information of vendors.

Though it already had enough devices for each student prior to the pandemic, the East Baton Rouge Parish school district now has 60,000 computers for 40,000 students as newer technologies are integrated into lessons.

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed an appropriations bill that will provide $206 million for K-12 and $76 million for colleges and universities for the coming year, including for classroom technology and deferred maintenance.

Global ed tech company Kahoot! has announced its plans to purchase digital learning platform Clever Inc. The partnership will join together two digital learning giants, and expand the use of Clever globally.