Education

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.

Advocates for esports and drone racing have appealed to the University Interscholastic League to officially sanction those activities at Texas high schools, which would help with the creation of rules and programs.

Three years into the increasingly popular program, Cincinnati-area high school students at Lakota Cyber Academy are securing internships and competing with college students in national cybersecurity contests.

A report from Info-Tech Research Group says CIOs will play an increasingly important role in keeping universities competitive and accelerating digital transformation as student demand for virtual options grows.

Cybersecurity professor and ethicist Ed Zuger discusses teaching technology ahead of the curve, and whether an Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights might lay the groundwork for responsible innovation.

A New Jersey company created a curriculum for fifth to eighth grade students to learn about technology overuse and addiction, ultimately leading to real-world conversations and relationship building.

A new program at the University of Massachusetts Lowell campus will make certain courses and faculty available to high school students, and Fitchburg State University has a new degree program in digital media innovation.

With more than 25 years of IT management experience, Ed Clark comes to the nation’s largest university system with an eye on online classes, educational resources, student equity and other learning challenges.

Two buses in a Georgia school district outfitted with technology to allow them to communicate with traffic signals gave the buses green lights on heavily traveled corridors, resulting in improved performance.