Education

High school students enrolled in a criminal justice class used virtual reality training equipment to get firsthand experience practicing de-escalation with police officers.

Following an investigation, the Texas Education Agency found that North East Independent School District was not complying with state law requiring school districts to ban cellphone use during the school day.

A private research university in Texas announced a partnership with Dell to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence on campus and implement an AI system that keeps critical data in-house.

Providing shared computing power, AI tools and educational support, the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource pilot connects researchers, educators and industry partners pushing boundaries with AI.

To meet workforce demand, new programs at Point Park University in Pennsylvania this spring will include an AI in Education Endorsement and an AI Certificate, both fully online.

Many professors cite the rising impact of AI and the speech of some prominent politicians as reasons to inoculate students against propaganda and falsehoods being mass produced and spread on social media.

With $40 million from a private foundation and $35 million in state funding, a new initiative in Indiana will support a statewide analysis of STEM competency and new digital resources, among other things.

The nonprofit STEM Next Opportunity Fund is working with Qualcomm Incorporated to pilot after-school and summer programming in AI literacy at schools in Montana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

The Indiana Secretary of State’s Office has launched a modernized Notary Education Learning Management System, to improve training and compliance for all notaries. It could serve as a model for other updates.

A new computer science wing at a community college in Michigan strengthens its IT programs and capacity to train students in computer numeric control, programmable logic controllers, data science and mechatronics.

A poll of about 900 parents of students in grades 6-12 in Massachusetts, conducted by the nonprofit MassINC, found that 66 percent either strongly or somewhat supported a bell-to-bell cellphone ban in public schools.

One Arizona school district's career and technical education program exposes student to the semiconductor industry's manufacturing process, from the principles to the processes and the tools that underpin it.

A new coaching platform for teachers designed by a Utah-based nonprofit offers a model for how districts can use AI teletherapy to improve educator well-being and retention.

Beyond major tech purchases, novel pilot projects and new job titles, what school IT leaders really need to do with artificial intelligence is lead organizational change with input, transparency and strategic intention.

A public university in Pennsylvania is offering a graduate program with a state teaching endorsement, akin to a micro-credential, in artificial intelligence, denoting their expertise in AI's foundations and implications.

Colleges in Kern County, Calif., are engaging students with story-based lessons in a new VR-based classroom in a mobile trailer, consisting of 16 stations equipped with headsets, a joystick and haptic feedback chairs.

In response to student demand, a new major at the university will bridge technology, business and communication while blending coursework in computer science, information technology and business strategy.

Panelists at the California IT in Education conference said school IT leaders will face myriad budgeting challenges in the years ahead, but careful planning, partnerships and consultants could help get them through it.