Education

Congress is considering two proposed laws governing Internet use — one prohibiting companies from collecting data on youth without their consent, and another requiring social media to have parental controls.

A teacher in Connecticut challenged students to design and code video games and present them at a tech fair-style expo, which not only generated interest in computer science but prompted thinking about inclusive design.

Pennsylvania's new state budget includes more than $134 million combined in technical-education subsidies and equipment grants, given swelling interest in career and technical education programs in recent years.

Despite declining enrollment at the local high school level, Lancaster County Career & Technology Center has plans to expand given increasing demand for training in programs like diesel and powersports technology.

Staff from several county school districts received training at the Ashtabula County Technical and Career Campus on how to use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude and Bard to develop and personalize lesson plans.

As the 2023-2024 academic year begins, a partnership of ed-tech nonprofits is launching a free crash course to bring educators up to speed on how AI works, what it can do for learning and how to use it responsibly.

As schools and universities formulate their own policies on AI, ed-tech and AI experts are cautioning state and federal policymakers against rushing into overly broad regulations without understanding the technology.

Managers in charge of the Saturn mobile app are tightening its account-verification process after a public school district in Florida alerted parents that anyone could create an account and contact students.

Some educators at both the high school and college levels are torn between the need to incorporate AI into their lessons and the need to be skeptical about its reliability, security and other trade-offs.

A public school district in Indiana is part of a national class-action lawsuit alleging that Google, TikTok, Snapchat and Meta have played a role in the youth mental health crisis and pressuring them to make changes.

Gov. Chris Sununu’s executive order calls on the Department of Education and other state agencies to gather public input from students and families and develop guidelines for a social media curriculum by Sept. 4.

Colleges and universities spent much of the past year adopting ad-hoc approaches to generative AI tools such as ChatGPT, and uncertainty remains about how to use it most effectively and where the constraints should be.

Cleveland City Schools says is has found "no indication" of compromised data, but the district is working with police and Homeland Security, and a relatively small number of devices on its network have been affected.

Absent specific guidance from the state school board association and education department, Oregon school districts are crafting their own AI policies with input from faculty, students and cybersecurity experts.

The pace of change and technological innovation over the past few years has given education and IT leaders a lot to think about. Five things that stand out are online learning, AI, cybersecurity, staffing and diversity.

The Illinois Graduate and Retain Our Workforce (iGROW) Tech Act will offer grants to college students majoring in computer science, information technology or related fields, covering up to the full cost of tuition.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools' purchase of 20 electric, zero-emission buses, while they constitute only a fraction of its full 999-bus fleet, will be followed by 30 more electric buses by 2025.

A school district in Colorado this year is rolling out a mobile cybersecurity lab, designed by students to be a learning space that will eventually include electrical equipment, cabinetry and stair access.