Education

In the first meeting of the White House Task Force on AI Education, officials and ed-tech leaders emphasized AI literacy, workforce training and public-private partnerships as central to U.S. competitiveness.

The Endless Games and Learning Lab at Arizona State University, supported by the decentralized cloud-computing platform Aethir, accommodates educational programs and game-based learning.

The new AT&T Connected Learning Center is the first in Grand Rapids and the third in the state of Michigan, outfitted with educational tools, free digital literacy courses and tutoring and mentoring.

Funded in partnership with the Bank of New York Mellon, the BNY AI Lab will support faculty-led research and comprehensive multi-disciplinary projects as well as mentoring and internship opportunities for students.

Conflicting messages of “AI gets you in trouble” and “AI is the future” complicate the technology’s presence in college students’ lives, be it in class, on an internship, or in the dorm.

By pooling GPUs and cloud resources across institutions, the NRP lets students and faculty run advanced AI workloads without the high costs of individual infrastructure and maintenance.

Given the relative frequency of school shootings nationwide, Connecticut schools are fielding concerns from parents about whether and how they can reach their kids in an emergency.

A handful of Pennsylvania universities were among the inaugural members of the Google AI for Education Accelerator, which provides students, faculty and staff with free access to AI training.

In January, New Jersey awarded $1.5 million in grants to fund artificial intelligence education and new AI-related career programs in public schools. Some school districts are also investing their own money in AI tools.

Following New York City's partnership with T-Mobile last year, the city is working with T-Mobile and Dell to address the digital divide by giving more students access to personal computers.

A new security standard for schools from the nonprofit American National Standards Institute (ANSI) suggests a three-pronged approach involving physical protection, behavior management and emergency operations planning.

A public school district in Connecticut expects to see a net savings of $3.5 million over 20 years by adding solar panels to half a dozen campuses, and a fuel cell system to one of its high schools.

A recent report by the Consortium for School Networking found that lawmakers in a handful of states have considered a total of 18 bills in 2025 to address K-12 cybersecurity needs.

Three elementary schools in Compton Unified School District received iPads, data plans and a technology coach who will provide professional development through the Verizon Innovative Learning Program.

A partnership between Intel, NWN and the city of Baltimore aspires to bridge digital equity gaps by giving community members access to new computers and hands-on AI training.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is among the first to adapt Microsoft’s SharePoint platform into a student planner, replacing paper versions with a more dynamic tool.

A joint technological education district in Arizona is facing two class-action lawsuits after a cyber criminal in January 2024 stole data that included the personal information of 208,717 students and employees.

The University of North Dakota this week will host an Innovation, Workforce and Research Conference summit for academia and government, spotlighting the region's AI, aerospace and autonomous systems.