Education

Through a partnership with local law enforcement and BusPatrol, Anne Arundel County Public Schools in Maryland will outfit its buses with technology designed to discourage dangerous driving around bus stops.

For fiscal year 2021, UC San Diego and San Diego State University used $1.64 billion in research funding to integrate different sources of energy into power grids, to improve lab tech on research vessels and to study COVID-19.

The U.S. Department of Education is wiping out debt for 208,000 former students of the for-profit ITT Technical Institute, which shut down in 2016 after misleading about job placement, accreditation and other matters.

An affiliate of the national nonprofit TECH CORPS, the Student WEB CORPS program enlisted technology professionals to teach Ohio high schoolers about web development, project management and employability skills.

Recognized at the AWS IMAGINE 2022 event in Seattle earlier this month, the AWS Education Champions’ first cohort includes infrastructure and IT managers, cloud engineers, program directors and administrators.

A survey from the Texas-based tech company SecureLink shows that educational institutions are struggling to manage or monitor third-party technology vendors that have access to student data.

Asked about the threat of online stalking or grooming of students via social media, Missouri law enforcement said back-to-school season can be a dangerous time for that, and parents should pay attention to warning signs.

Wayne High School in Ohio will use ESSER funding to build three career tech labs which will allow students to experience hands-on education within fields such as welding, HVAC and construction.

An expert from the computer security service ProCircular said he rarely recommends paying a ransom, but it can be necessary depending on the value of compromised data and how long the victim can afford to be locked out.

A Kentucky school district's annual briefing on data breaches laid out who gets notified, in what time frame and how, so administration would have an unambiguous road map to follow in the event of a cyber attack.

Germanna Community College and the University of Mary Washington in Virginia are exploring the potential for college preparatory laboratory schools focused on subjects such as business technology and cyber training.

Having consulted with cybersecurity experts and legal counsel, an Iowa school district has paid an undisclosed ransom after a cyber attack last month compromised the personal data of employees.

Since its launch in 2021, a network of educators, experts and IT security advocates has become a forum for dozens of institutions to learn from one another and establish their own cybersecurity training "clinics."

The Department of Education's Office of Educational Technology continues to work on developing its new National Ed Tech Plan. Once the contract is awarded and work commences, the plan will take 12-18 months to finish.

As Marion County schools prepare to use facial recognition technology for campus security, neighboring school districts might do well to wait and see, given potential issues with parent consent and misidentification.

Rural Michigan schools are reticent to participate in an upcoming federal rebate program for electric school buses, in part because they're concerned about charging infrastructure and reliability in cold weather.

Ahead of a virtual town hall about school safety and security, a Maryland school district released a survey report on stakeholders' feelings about cyber and physical security, social media misuse and other issues.

Colleges and universities across the U.S. are seeing declining enrollment, but digital engagement tools could be part of attracting a generation of digital natives, meeting them where they are, 24/7, in any time zone.