Education

The program is geared toward students in grades 7-12 and will provide them with hands-on experience with various AI tools to help them with their education, according to the state.

East Baton Rouge Public Schools is testing AI-powered screeners at four high schools, along with other policy changes, after a student smuggled a firearm past manned metal detectors.

The 2025 Chegg Global Student Survey shows AI usage is up, but trust is down. There's also broad interest in online classes, as 70 percent of students say they would prefer more online options if it meant lower tuition.

A high schooler in central Washington won the regional Congressional App Challenge with an app that uses a database to store user reports and shows relevant threats to farmers depending on their location on a heat map.

Through a partnership with CyberProAI, Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana will enhance its cybersecurity certification program with new technology, labs and a military-grade cyber range.

Collaboration between the state, the University of Vermont and private semiconductor businesses will include K-12 and adult education initiatives to promote local development of semiconductors made with gallium nitride.

Some students at the University of Texas at El Paso lost financial aid funds as a result of a targeted phishing email campaign. The university is offering an emergency fund to help those impacted.

The school board of a large district in Maryland voted 7-1 to keep personal devices silenced and stowed away between the first and last bells of the school day, with exceptions for emergencies.

A private university in Springfield, Mass., opened an extended reality lab in its library with headsets not just for study in the hard sciences, but also communications, marketing and psychology.

Expert panelists at the Future of Education Technology Conference in Orlando said K-12 technology plans should be adaptable, living documents informed by large committees and tailored to specific goals and mandates.

The Federal Government Distance Learning Association, or FGDLA, turns to the two tech companies as it seeks to expand its programs and better measure engagement and success. The FGDLA traces its roots back to 1993.

A new report from the Consortium for School Networking examines the wave of cybersecurity laws passed last year and how they relate to schools. It also makes policy recommendations for state and local education leaders.

Le Sueur-Henderson High School, about 60 miles southwest of Minneapolis, is using VR headsets to help students become certified nursing assistants in a bid to combat a dire shortage of nursing in the state.

Diabetic students often have glucose monitors connected to phone apps that sound an alarm when they detect a problem, but some parents are concerned that teachers and other staff don't check or hear them.

The software company PowerSchool estimated that a data breach of its systems in December involved the personal information of approximately 9,384 New Hampshire residents, including Social Security numbers.

The pace of innovation in fields such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity has made it more imperative than ever for colleges and universities to tailor their programs to the needs of emerging tech industries.

Springfield, which has one of the highest rates of asthma in the U.S., will use a $6.6 million federal grant to start phasing out its fleet of 145 standard-size diesel buses in favor of electric ones.

At least nine school districts in Maine notified families of the data breach on education software company PowerSchool in December, which might have exposed names, birthdates and Social Security numbers.