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The nonprofit believes preparing students for a digital future is less about expanding access to devices than about ensuring technology use is grounded in purpose, understanding and meaningful outcomes. -
After transitioning from Fairfield University’s leader of enterprise systems to director of IT strategy and enterprise architecture for the state of Connecticut, Armstrong will return to higher-ed leadership in January.
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To prevent students from relying on artificial intelligence to write and do homework for them, many professors are returning to pre-technology assessments and having students finish essays in class.
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The district won't disclose certain details of emergency security upgrades at several high school campuses, but they include cameras and infrastructure to support them, instant alert badges and new fencing.
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A West Virginia school district will use a new mobile app to share information and alerts with students and families, giving select users the ability to send messages via text or social media with the push of a button.
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A Georgia school district retrofitted an air filtration system with an ultraviolet C light on one of its special education buses, hoping to neutralize the coronavirus for students with health issues.
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Recent federal legislation gives the National Science Foundation $10 billion to create roughly 20 regional technology hubs, which could mean STEM funding and scholarships for institutions like Columbus State University.
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A North Carolina school district will give money to a local consortium for the design, building and operation of a CBRS/5G wireless network to provide Internet access to homes in designated high-density areas.
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Former television news reporter Danny Rubin created an online curriculum of assignments, videos and quizzes focused on writing and speaking, used by more than 100,000 K-12 and college students in 35 states.
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Working with ed-tech companies like Full Measure Education, universities are crowdsourcing photos and videos on social media to build virtual campus tours, supplementing information packets that cost thousands to mail.
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The nonprofit’s annual report on how to improve K-12 education in the U.S. includes recommendations to bridge the digital divide, promote education innovations, develop new assessments and recover from learning loss.
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By offering free home Internet service to low-income families, a Tennessee school district has nearly eliminated racial disparities in parental involvement and opened the door for virtual parent-teacher conferences.
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With visible signage and a 30-day warning period, the automated enforcement system from Redspeed International uses cameras and radar to monitor up to 350 cars simultaneously, supposedly accurate within 0.1 mph.
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The editorial board of the Fresno Bee weighs the pros and cons of schools forbidding students from using their phones during the day. A year after San Mateo High did this, 96 percent of its teachers support the policy.
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The online university will use a grant from the tech industry consortium Reboot Representation Tech Coalition to support more Black, Latina and Indigenous women to complete IT degree programs.
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Connecticut high school students were building drones last week in a summer workshop for the Career Pathways program, designed to give them experience, including internships or apprenticeships, before graduation.
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Officials at the University of Texas Permian Basin created a robot with a 360-degree camera that can act as a conduit through which remote students can tune in to lectures and interact with classmates.
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Using grants from Cook County and a state nonprofit, a suburban Chicago school district is installing solar arrays on its campuses so students can learn about power generation and the photovoltaic process.
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Major tech companies are working with the American Association of Community Colleges to strengthen AI programming in institutions across the country by offering funds to build labs and develop courses.
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A panel at the AWS IMAGINE conference in Seattle this week discussed the potential for data, given the right infrastructure, to optimize a school district's staff by matching teacher skills with student deficits.
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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection will oversee the $45 million, three-year pilot program, choosing a variety of districts and contractors to test different technological and funding approaches.
