Education

Following through on the promise of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Department of Energy has opened applications for school districts in high-need areas to receive grants for energy-related projects.

The University of Northern Iowa will use nearly $1 million from the National Science Foundation to launch an 18-month online program to help train computer science teachers for grades five through 12.

Families are waiting for more information after a school district in south New Jersey canceled classes for several days this week because an unauthorized party disconnected school Internet service.

A private Dominican college is suspending activity on the official Twitter accounts of the college itself and the athletics department due to a spike in hate speech, racial slurs and misinformation.

Online tutoring has evolved in the years since the pandemic, with schools and tutoring companies adjusting to the new reality of remote learning. For it to succeed, teachers and students both need to make adjustments.

To meet growing demand for flexible learning models without losing campus culture, NCCU is creating a model for “hybrid living,” with in-person and virtual homecoming events, student club meetings and faculty meetings.

In July and August 2022, GovTech covered the public sector's growing interest in the metaverse, particularly in higher ed, plus we tracked how the government IT workforce has evolved over the last decade.

A grant from The Howard Hughes Medical Institute will go toward professional development, promoting diversity in STEM clubs and creating a student advisory panel to inform class and lab activities.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has signed a measure requiring all public and private schools to create digital maps of their buildings for law enforcement and other first responders to use in emergencies.

An Oklahoma school district is providing identity theft protection services through IDX after an unauthorized party gained access to systems that contained Social Security and bank account numbers.

Artificial intelligence creates new ethical challenges as quickly as it does opportunities in the education space. The movement for competency-based education could use the same urgency and innovation.

Millions in New York state grants will go toward research facilities, programs and infrastructure at institutions such as Long Island University, Farmingdale State College and Stony Brook University.

It is now a graduation requirement for medical students at the University of California at San Francisco to edit Wikipedia articles, and this has been a mutually beneficial arrangement for both them and the digital resource.

The university and professional services company have teamed up to launch a new smart manufacturing collaborative space and scholarship program to generate more career-ready graduates in the field.

A state grant will help the public research university develop more courses in smart manufacturing, improve the new Industrial Automation Laboratory and provide workforce training in industrial automation.

A Texas school district is tapping federal funds to invest in newer technology to expedite the process of moving thousands of students through metal detectors each morning. They will still detect weapons or vape pens.

An Indiana school district canceled classes Monday and is working with a third-party cybersecurity company to investigate an intrusion last week that compromised its network and left parts of it malfunctioning.

The merger will incorporate all of Explain Everything’s employees and assets, which include a digital whiteboard app that allows collaboration between K-12 teachers and students, into Promethean’s suite of classroom tools.