Education

The higher ed enterprise software company Ellucian intends to expand its footprint globally through technology and sales partnerships with startups, tech giants and other players in the ed-tech space.

Districts across the United States can see the need for new professional development to coach teachers on the inner workings, use cases and hazards of AI tools, but many are waiting for more clarity or consensus.

Vigo County School Corporation in Indiana has about 35 devices that provide translations in real time, and teachers and administrators find them helpful for communicating with non-English-speaking students and parents.

Educators and technologists alike say the genie is out of the bottle with AI, and understanding the technology will be critical for all students — how it works, potential uses, the ethics around it and what it will do.

At last week's NASCIO Midyear conference in Washington, D.C., leaders like North Dakota CISO Michael Gregg outlined their approaches to tapping new talent pools for state IT.

A new world of problem-solving tech companies is fast emerging in our time, and today's students have a lot to gain by venturing out of the classroom, whether by field trip or Zoom tour, to see it for themselves.

S.A.F.E., a new software tool from AMSimpkins and Associates in Georgia, is designed to detect and remove fake student applications, recommendation letters and other fraudulent admissions documents generated by AI.

Traverse City Area Public Schools is at least the 11th district in Michigan to join a national class-action lawsuit alleging property damage, counselor pay and other expenses incurred by student addiction to social media.

A ransomware gang has caused a PR crisis for Minneapolis Public Schools by posting 143 gigabytes of information, including investigative records, online after the district refused to pay a $1 million ransom.

Penn State, Westmoreland Community College, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Community College of Allegheny County will receive $1.5 million for spaces that give tech manufacturers access to equipment and services.

Michael Otsuji, who has worked for various state departments in the past 40 years, will lead the Office of Information Technology Services starting next month. Former interim IT leader Christine Shaw will be his executive assistant.

College ought to be a prime opportunity for human connection, something that shouldn't be outsourced to AI. We’re not going to outcompete the robots on efficiency, so let’s get better at being humans.

Researchers at a public university in Ohio are creating machine learning models for health care applications, including one that could analyze patterns of physiological symptoms and behavior.

A Texas resident whose personal information was stolen by hackers last year has filed a class-action lawsuit against the private Catholic university, seeking damages as well as requirements for auditing and testing.

The 2023 Clean School Bus grant program has $400 million available to replace fleets in high-need communities. The EPA will allow districts to work with third parties to make applications more competitive.

The ed-tech platform Copyleaks has developed an AI-assisted tool to eliminate human bias and discrepancies in the grading process, aiming to provide consistency in grading while helping teachers save time.

Contrary to initial reports from Tucson Unified School District, Bloomberg News found that cyber criminals posted stolen confidential records online in February, including employee Social Security numbers.

Starting in July, the nonprofit Pennsylvania School Safety Institute will offer classroom training and hands-on simulations to prepare educators and law enforcement to respond to physical security threats on campus.