Education

Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington hosted a press conference this week about the $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act, which will help fund technological research and science, technology, engineering and math education.

According to a survey this year by the Center for Democracy and Technology, student monitoring systems may be violating kids’ civil rights and disproportionately bringing scrutiny and discipline upon specific groups.

In collaboration with the workforce training company Upright Education, the private college's new CERTIFi program will coach students in software development and user experience/user interface (UX/UI) design.

A community college in California was hit by a cyber attack two days before the start of its fall semester. Most of its systems and services are back online, and a third-party firm is conducting a forensic investigation.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech advocacy group, has dinged the University of Massachusetts Lowell for banning students from sending or viewing "offensive" material online.

In Washington, Kelso School District is using a series of grants to buy iPads for special education students, subscribe to educational apps and train occupational therapists to use new applications and devices.

With a TK-12 virtual schooling program created to satisfy demand, Newport-Mesa Unified School District gives parents the flexibility to keep students home while staying connected to the district.

With its account apparently hacked, the Wyoming Department of Education recently shared a survey on Twitter about school choice which the state school boards association president called "propaganda."

Focused on autonomous vehicle research, the University of Maine's Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab created a ride-hailing app that assists older adults and visually impaired passengers.

Valuable student data, many digital systems and devices frequently shuttled between homes and schools make K-12 districts vulnerable to cyber attack. But there are plenty of ways districts can armor up.

A California school district has updated its policy aimed at reducing energy and water consumption, ensuring new machinery is zero-emissions, reducing vehicle emissions and establishing a climate crisis task force.

After discovering last month that ransomware had infiltrated its information systems, a private Christian university in Washington is still investigating the incident and adding new layers of security.

According to LearnPlatform's annual report and top-40 list of digital tools used in K-12 classrooms, ed tech use held steady from the last school year, with Google Suite and learner-focused tools remaining dominant.

A Kentucky school district is debating the pandemic-era policy of livestreaming public meetings and showing them on TV, and whether that convenience for the public outweighs technological and equipment challenges.

A Pennsylvania school district is installing phones with emergency buttons that call 911 and send appropriate responders automatically, and requiring students to keep personal electronic devices in their lockers.

The NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars program challenged community college students to design a mission to the moon or Mars, including cost calculation, engineering work and studying the surface.

The university’s Media and Innovation Lab worked with digital mental health company Neolth on a platform that assesses students, then customizes curricula and suggests resources according to their mental health needs.

As part of a consortium of research facilities overseen by the U.S. Department of Energy, a new Regional Test Center will study technologies that can increase electrical generation from photovoltaic systems.