Education

Westmont Hilltop School District in Pennsylvania worked with the school website company Edlio to build a mobile app for sharing news, information about events, field trip permission slips and other communications.

A partnership between Gateway and Microsoft organized bootcamp training sessions this week at Wisconsin technical colleges to give instructors a level of comfort and familiarity with artificial intelligence tools.

New AI tools from the ed-tech software company Instructure include automated discussion summaries, content translation and a Smart Search feature, with the addition of Khanmigo Teaching Tools planned for September.

Building on past work with metaversities, a private historically Black college is building virtual, AI-driven versions of five instructors that will offer tailored help to students beyond the capabilities of a chatbot.

With the donation of a scanning tunnel microscope by an Air Force Research Laboratory, a public research university in Ohio will be able to map surfaces atom by atom using ultra-high resolution.

Despite the financial collapse of the developer behind Los Angeles Unified School District's multi-million dollar AI platform, Supt. Alberto Carvalho still intends it to create individualized education plans for students.

New guidance from the U.S. Department of Education recommends that AI not be allowed to make decisions unchecked by educators, and that developers design AI tools based on evidence-based practices.

One business professor at the University of Colorado Denver is trying to woo students outside of computer science to the field of cybersecurity with a video game intended to make the subject more engaging.

A new document from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction lists AI tools for educators as well as advice for administrators, aiming to serve as a springboard for schools to set up their own policies and programs.

Nine groups including teachers and parents across Maine have joined forces to convince schools to ban cellphone use during the day, and parents to adopt new norms around how often their kids can access devices.

Proposed legislation approved in the Pennsylvania State Senate would give school districts money for lockable pouches to store student phones if those districts ban cell phone use during the school day.

A $1 million state investment will help Kern County colleges equip a 30-foot trailer with augmented- and virtual-reality technology for career and technology education in fields such as cybersecurity and physiology.

Emory faculty are working with the nonprofit Rowen Foundation and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce to host free AI training sessions for the general public in 19 locations across Georgia.

Some university administrators are imploring students to apply for financial aid after the rollout of a new online FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) system this year was beset by glitches and delays.

Tens of millions of dollars from state and federal funding to build an ecosystem of quantum technology in Colorado will give students direct access to state-of-the-art labs and experts in the field.

As the California legislature works on a bill to restrict cellphone usage in classrooms, school administrators who have seen kids addicted to their phones at young ages are open to the idea and hope it provides guidance.

A new rule from the U.S. Department of Justice requires public schools to ensure that any web or app-based content that impacts student opportunities complies with globally recognized accessibility standards by 2027.

One year ago, the Oneida County Sheriff's Office in New York partnered with eight local school districts and Verra Mobility to install stop-arm cameras on 191 buses.