Education

A Vancouver nonprofit recently sponsored a trip for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) middle and high schoolers to the Clark College Columbia Tech Center, where they learned about its mechatronics program.

A new 1,600-square-foot sports arena with high-tech computers will accommodate the university's growing esports program, which is slated to transition into a full varsity program in the fall.

Following the rollout of its guidelines for AI use in K-12 in January, Washington state's latest version provides updated resources such as policy suggestions, practical implementations, terms and FAQs.

Iterate.ai, based in Denver, is offering its threat detection software to K-12 districts free of charge. The company’s initiative was followed by state legislation calling for school grants to pay for security systems.

Restricting student access to phones during class tends to upset at least some parents and students, but others have come around to the idea, and teachers are observing fewer distractions and behavioral incidents.

The university’s dean of arts and sciences sparked controversy last week by listing artificial intelligence among strategies faculty could use to handle course discussions and labs impacted by striking grad students.

Data and anecdotes alike have shown excessive use of smartphones and social media are negatively impacting students' social-emotional skills. Many school districts are implementing programs to counter this.

While the widespread use of quantum computers across industries for a variety of applications appears to be years away, some universities are beginning to beef up education and research to prepare for the future.

Starting in the 2024-2025 academic year, tuition-free remote instruction will be available in grades K-12 across Pennsylvania, grades K-10 in Southern California, and K-11 at Louisiana R-II School District in Missouri.

A pair of recent EdWeek Research Center surveys found that more than two-thirds of teachers and school and district leaders expect that AI will have a negative impact on teens' mental health over the next decade.

The grand prize winner in Teach for America's fourth annual EduPitch contest this week was Playground IEP, a special education software that streamlines case-management tasks to reduce workload for overwhelmed staff.

According to a survey of 953 educators conducted between Jan. 31 and March 4, one of the major reasons some teachers aren't using AI in the classroom is because they haven't received professional development on it.

The new Government Coordinating Council will work with all levels of government to open channels of structured communication and put best practices into action in K-12 districts nationwide.

A facility under construction at Springfield Technical Community College, newly named the Richard E. Neal Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, will have a cyber range for the region's university students.

Starting in 2025, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) will include problem-solving tasks that will be at least partially scored by AI, potentially demonstrating a new use case for the technology.

Clinical psychologist Lisa Strohman connects technology overuse with rampant mental health problems in young people, and she says they will need help from parents, teachers and administrators to deal with this.

In a virtual panel hosted by e.Republic, the Center for Digital Education’s parent company, ed-tech leaders shared thoughts and advice on AI, cybersecurity, the looming fiscal cliff and the importance of collaboration.

The digital education company Edmentum will add curriculum materials from the nonprofit America Succeeds to its career and technical education courses to help students build “soft skills” like critical thinking and creativity.