Education

Pending state legislation includes bills for an ed-tech grant program, a commission on tech-enabled teaching and learning, student privacy protections, and the creation of a student technology plan.

Indiana’s Office of Technology, Purdue University and Indiana University are teaming up to offer free cybersecurity assessments to interested local governments in an effort to improve cyber postures statewide.

Two years after Lockport City School District's use of facial recognition-capable cameras triggered controversy, a recent hearing gave critics and proponents a chance to speak up while the state prepares a report.

The state of Pennsylvania is piloting digital mental health services at 30 districts for a year, working with the U.K.-based company Kooth to offer access to self-therapy, peer support and professional support.

The university opened its new CRST Data Intelligence Lab this week, paid for with a $1.25 million donation from the company, with plans in the works for new programs and initiatives for high school students in the area.

Far from being limited to technological savvy, essential skills for a chief information officer are evolving with the role's scope of influence, today including management, business, security and communication.

A program at Norman Public Schools gives high schoolers a chance to earn drone certifications as well as credit toward an aviation degree, including multiple semesters of college coursework in a variety of fields.

Through Girl Scout badges, science electives, makerspaces, hands-on workshops, after-school and summer programs, several Miami-area organizations are introducing girls to STEM subjects at a young age.

The state is partnering with Rave Mobile Safety to customize an anonymous tip app for students, staff and parents to report safety concerns, replacing an old tip line that wasn’t being used.

A fleet of dog-like delivery robots from Boston Dynamics and Unitree will roam the campus at University of Texas at Austin next year so researchers can study and improve human-AI interactions.

Raising $4.1 million cumulatively from the city of Miami, several South Florida institutions and various philanthropists, the Venture Miami scholarship program aims to help Pell Grant recipients get STEM degrees.

The private Christian university in Washington said multiple unauthorized actors infiltrated the network in July, possibly accessing names, student ID numbers, Social Security numbers and health insurance information.

A partnership between the Hawaii Department of Education and telehealth company Hazel will afford counseling and mental health services for K-12 students across the state’s 295 public schools, at no cost to families.

The blockchain platform Neo is touring over a dozen universities across the U.S. to spread the word about decentralized, blockchain-driven Web3 technologies and inspire the next generation of innovators.

Students at Chippewa Falls High School are using thermal and visual drones to study the school's facilities and carbon footprint, then using the resulting data to suggest ways for reducing energy consumption.

A $3 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education will support an advanced recovery and data analysis program at the university to improve student wellness, performance and graduation.

The Pennsylvania ed-tech company announced the tool as a complement to its Human Capital Management suite to help schools make informed decisions on staffing, substitute filling and professional development.

Backed by a $50 million donation from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, a new 150,000-square-foot research building in Corvallis will conduct advanced simulations dealing with climatology, materials science and other questions.