Education

The most recent legislative session saw a bill requiring every school district and charter school to set cellphone use policies by March 15, 2025. Other bills aimed to forbid book-banning and study issues with attendance.

An oversight committee at Mt. Diablo Unified School District, Calif., is looking into cost overruns on Schneider Electric's work to modernize heating and cooling equipment, lighting fixtures and building control systems.

A public university in West Virginia is planning a one-day event of activities for June 18 to entice middle schoolers to be interested in careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

New Jersey's largest school district will work with Turn-Key Technologies to replace 2,200 outdated security cameras across 66 schools with 7,200 high-tech cameras that include vape smoke detection and other features.

University-based cybersecurity clinics are enabling students to offer basic cyber services to local governments, hospitals, nonprofits and other groups with limited resources for the work.

Pittsburgh Public School students and staff from 39 buildings, which are not air-conditioned, will learn remotely this week as outside temperatures exceed 85 degrees. Grab-and-go meals will be available for students.

Microsoft is giving K-12 teachers in the U.S. free access to Khan Academy’s AI assistant, which can help students practice lessons and help teachers devise lesson plans, quizzes and assignment instructions.

A summit at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse fielded comments from professors and students about artificial intelligence policies, which are up to individual professors. Some of them are urging more communication.

One bus driver for Alexandria Central School District in New York said they would retire before they would ever drive an electric bus, but they changed their mind after taking it for a test drive.

Shore Regional High School District in New Jersey recently found that network intruders may have removed a file in April 2023 containing student names, social security numbers, financial information and other private records.

University of Colorado Law School professor Harry Surden says prosecutors are right to hold off on using AI systems such as ChatGPT to help draft motions or draft briefs, as they could cite wrong or made-up case law.

Oakland Unified School District contracted with electric bus startup Zum for 74 electric buses, bidirectional chargers that can feed power back into the grid, and an AI-enabled platform to manage energy transfers.

Three engineering students at the University of Texas Permian Basin used a 3D printer at the university's makerspace to fashion devices for capturing and disposing of carbon dioxide from internal combustion engines.

After awarding students a $10,000 prize for their AI learning tool Eightball, Emory University then expressed concerns it could be used for cheating and suspended them for a semester. One of them is now suing.

A public community college in Washington is seeking approval from its accreditor for a bachelor's of science program in computer science to address the community's educational and workforce needs.

A new elective course this fall at Great Bend High School in Kansas, created by the nonprofit Enterprise KC, will include cybersecurity basics, skill building and a simulation at the Heartland Cyber Range.

In addition to programming and technical skills, the next generation of AI developers may also need training in subjects traditionally aligned with liberal-arts education, such as ethics, problem-solving and communication.

A close vote by the school board has made Lee County Schools part of a lawsuit against social media companies including TikTok, SnapChat, Instagram and Facebook, alleging harms to student mental health.