Education

Makerspaces at the Community College of Allegheny County, Westmoreland County Community College, Penn State New Kensington and Indiana University of Pennsylvania help businesses get tech-based products off the ground.

A public land-grant research university in South Carolina is one of a growing number of institutions that have decided to ban the popular social media app due to concerns about data collection and security.

North Dakota high school students can now create digital wallets for storing transcripts, diplomas and other credentials, and the state expects colleges and employers to sign on in the coming months.

Researchers at the University of Georgia's Mary Frances Early College of Education are working on an AI system to more accurately rate open-ended responses on creativity assessments for children.

Looking for Twitter alternatives to build professional learning networks and connect with peers, some educators said they felt "inspired" by conversations on the app while others compared it to shouting into a void.

A public school district in northern Texas has launched a new website and is preparing a new mobile app for launch this fall to share calendar and event details, videos and other information.

A hacker accessed personally identifying information by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party file-transfer software used by the National Student Clearinghouse and Teachers Insurance Annuity Association of America.

Public education researchers and policymakers are weighing the pros and cons of Florida House Bill 379, which took effect July 1. The other 49 states will be watching closely when classes resume next month.

A California school district has signed onto an effort by districts across the country to hold companies such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube accountable for contributing to a mental health crisis among young people.

Nevada's largest school district will not put metal detectors at the entrances of select facilities this fall, as administrators felt the idea was not feasible and did not definitively address safety concerns.

The nonprofit Consortium for School Networking’s online dashboard includes data on population demographics, financial information, Internet speeds and other metrics for states and counties across the U.S.

What could have been a digital quagmire for California’s largest school district served as a chance to hone cyber response and gird its more than 250 applications used by some 1.6 million users.

The proposal would create a new pilot program, allotting up to $200 million over three years, for schools and libraries to assess effective cybersecurity methods and implement advanced firewalls, among other needs.

Officials at a Texas school district are taking a deliberative approach to bringing generative artificial intelligence to classrooms, sending staff for training and preparing to explain appropriate use to students.

The history of artificial intelligence is rife with grandiose predictions, and while ChatGPT can help students organize large quantities of data or produce creative insights, it's still quite limited and prone to error.

As with any powerful new technology, the potential for artificial intelligence to analyze large volumes of data and automate processes comes with a risk that it will be used for nefarious purposes.

PowerSchool will add messaging, notification and paperless permission forms to its growing list of K-12 functions that already includes grading, registrations, finance and state reporting compliance.

A $1.3 million grant from the Economic Development Administration will fund renovations to turn an old building into a state-of-the-art workforce training center for data analytics, cybersecurity and other fields.