Education

Contrary to promises that the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) would not be affected by cuts, the data-collecting agency was stripped of the vast majority of its workforce.

A new two-year program at a community college in Vancouver will train surgical technologists, who prepare equipment for medical procedures. The college also hopes to build partnerships with local health care providers.

To improve reading and math proficiency, K-12 schools should make deals with ed-tech vendors that calculate payments based on results, so purchases are accountable and vendors make more money if their tools are effective.

Safety concerns from families and staff prompted Harford County Public Schools to buy 11 Opengate weapons detection systems, but the district intends to use them primarily for events, not daily screening.

A recent event at N.C. A&T State University gave hundreds of students a hands-on experience with a robotic surgical machine and other medical technologies, with labs and stations nearby to answer student questions.

The Georgia Senate is considering a bill that would ban cellphones in elementary and middle schools. Lawmakers say restrictions for high schools may follow once today's younger students are used to going without phones.

Most K-12 ed-tech leaders are responsible for overseeing student data privacy in their districts even though it’s not part of their job descriptions, and the Consortium for School Networking has resources to help them.

The American Public University System’s online bachelor’s degree in esports earned the first official recognition for an esports management program from the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation.

In response to students hiding vape pens, a school district in Pennsylvania is considering allowing staff to use handheld security devices to scan students suspected of hiding contraband.

The Gen Z representative who authored the bill, which would give local district leaders some control over their own policies, told colleagues she remembered how distracting phones were when she was in school.

The College Board is issuing refunds and rescheduling the SAT exam for about 10,000 students after a glitch caused the Bluebook app, which hosts the exam, to submit their tests too soon.

K-12 schools are embracing the use of educational apps for many functions, and while administrators feel positive about this approach, parents and teachers may have “app overload,” according to a report last week.

The university's new regional economic development office will work with Micron to help faculty and students conduct research and to develop curriculum tailored to jobs in the semiconductor industry.

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation gave money to a private university to develop curricula in semiconductors, hydrogen fuel and software engineering, and to launch summer hackathon camps for PK-12 students.

A history teacher at Richland High School uses AI for image generation, to search curriculum rundowns to see if he’s missed anything, and for the high school tabletop role-playing game club that he advises.

At Central New Mexico Community College, the only program of its kind in the state is training solar panel installers at a time when clean energy jobs are growing at more than twice the rate of overall U.S. employment.

In part due to concerns about cheating, Michigan teachers have been slow to implement AI, according to the June 2024 survey by Michigan Virtual that found less than 30 percent of 1,000 teachers use AI in the classroom.

Fall Mountain Regional School District has notified 623 vendors that some of their identifying information was in a spreadsheet accessed by unauthorized parties through a phishing scheme in November 2024.