Education

The U.S. Department of Education issued guidance Tuesday that says all schools should have their own cellphone policies, ideally built by a team of students, teachers and parents to boost buy-in and suit local needs.

The application window for the Federal Communications Commission's cybersecurity pilot program saw requests from schools and libraries in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.

Successfully weaning students off their phones will require a massive cultural shift. Some have argued that schools are the ideal places to attempt one, and California will be the nation's largest test case.

The New York State School Boards Association convention featured a keynote speech by an AI-driven robot and discussions about use cases such as creating IEPs and lesson plans.

The university and the technology company are collaborating on a new platform for the former. It eliminates silos and integrates disparate tools, laying the groundwork for AI-powered decision-making in the future.

The Consortium for School Networking has released nine key findings for 2025 from its annual innovation report. IT staff shortages, reframing student assessments and AI assistance are among the predicted trends.

The federal agency accused the company of making false claims about its tools, which are used in schools and by public transit. The company denies wrongdoing but might have to let some clients cancel contracts.

The state has made the money available for the next five years for students pursuing degrees and certificates in science, technology, engineering and math, and education degrees.

At least 18 Kentucky school districts canceled in-person classes Tuesday due to winter weather, with at least six of those districts canceling school altogether.

Seven states have passed mandates requiring buses be replaced with electric models to reduce air pollution and dependence on fossil fuels. But the journey to modernizing a fleet can be expensive and complicated.

A virtual tutoring program called Brainy Bulls connects grade school students in Western New York with vetted UB undergrads and graduate students to receive help in English, math, science or social studies on Zoom.

Some Minnesota educators have signed onto apps and platforms that use machine-learning algorithms to help translate websites, newsletters and even texts to parents into multiple languages.

A private liberal arts college in Maryland may have to reimburse thousands of people up to $5,000 in “extraordinary losses" after it failed to notify victims of a cyber attack for almost 250 days.

The California IT in Education (CITE) contract negotiation services are growing more important with new student data privacy requirements and increasing attacks on personal data.

The nonprofit Digital Promise has merged its online Learner Variability Navigator with a new AI platform, creating a research-based tool for building lesson plans that support individual needs of struggling students.

A cyber attack on Texas Tech University's health sciences centers in September resulted in access to, or removal of, files containing private data such as names, birthdates, financial accounts and medical information.

A Pennsylvania school district is pulling the plug on a multi-million dollar effort at alternative energy production that turned out not to be a good investment after natural gas prices didn't skyrocket as expected.

The U.S. Department of Education says it made several improvements to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) after last year's version excluded students whose parents did not have a Social Security number.