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Following cuts to programs supporting cybersecurity in K-12 schools, the Consortium for School Networking’s petition to federal leaders in charge of allocations earned more than 400 signatures from districts nationwide. -
Frontlines Foundation, a nonprofit spearheaded by 18-year-old Anshi Bhatt of Virginia Beach, offers workshops to educate people about online safety and maintains a state-by-state data privacy legislation tracker.
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To help them comply with an executive barring students from using phones during the school day, at least two Portland high schools have asked caregivers for donations to offset the costs of lockable pouches.
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Part of a $9.6 million federal grant will go to the private Catholic university in North Dakota to benefit online cybersecurity training, as well as employer-readiness training through the Workforce Development office.
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The video and game production company The IMG Studio has built its business designing training and educational games for organizations like the local Education Service Center of the Texas Education Agency.
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Through student-faculty discussions about how synchronous online courses should look, among other avenues, educators at Minerva University hope to use the science of learning to improve virtual learning.
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A new bill co-authored by U.S. Rep. Jim Costa would provide up to $50 million in grants to regional universities to do things like expand local Internet service and create job training and apprenticeship programs.
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A state initiative will use $6.5 million in federal funds to finish creating digital maps of New Jersey's 3,000 public and private schools, including interior and exterior layouts, doors and surrounding areas.
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An initiative in Connecticut aims to expand programs at colleges across the state in emerging and in-demand fields such as cybersecurity, virtual modeling, software development and digital analytics.
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With an abrupt move to online learning now in the rearview, schools have to make it work in the long run with training for both teachers and students, infrastructure investments, innovative new tools and a funding plan.
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As part of a certificate program by the nonprofit Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System (PISCES), university students have been monitoring Liberty Lake's networks for suspicious activity.
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A new $4.4 million initiative by the City University of New York is hiring staff to contact dropouts who didn't finish their degrees and help them through logistical, academic and financial hurdles of reregistering.
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An $800,000 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. will allow the university to exponentially increase outreach to young people about on-campus enrichment programs related to science, technology, engineering, art and math.
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The private for-profit university will soon place more focus on IT-related training and certifications for women and students of color through a partnership with CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech.
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The leaders of various education-focused nonprofits single out cybersecurity, digital learning tools, sustainability, professional development and student responsibility with technology as key problems facing schools.
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Faculty at Decatur City Schools in Alabama say the proliferation of social media platforms and digital devices in recent years has exacerbated cyber bullying, especially for seventh and eight grades.
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The Community College of Allegheny County and BNY Mellon are opening their Early College High School program to all the county's public high schools, including an IT program and virtual sessions for underclassmen.
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Irvine International Academy, which aims to cultivate Mandarin bilingualism and also focuses on science, technology, engineering, arts and math skills, has put $77K toward new virtual reality tools from zSpace.
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A Texas school district has closed campus to visitors but is holding classes as scheduled, with teachers making adjustments to lead class without Internet, after a hack took down its website, phones and email.
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A Pennsylvania school district has recovered most of $13 million stolen by international thieves who hacked an email account, used a fake dating profile to lure an accomplice and laundered deposits via cryptocurrency.
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The University of Connecticut's Hartford and Stamford campuses will offer an in-person master's degree and a new graduate certificate in financial technology this fall, noting growing corporate demand.
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