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Following cuts to programs supporting cybersecurity in K-12 schools, the Consortium for School Networking’s petition to federal leaders in charge of allocations earned more than 400 signatures from districts nationwide.
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Frontlines Foundation, a nonprofit spearheaded by 18-year-old Anshi Bhatt of Virginia Beach, offers workshops to educate people about online safety and maintains a state-by-state data privacy legislation tracker.
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To help them comply with an executive barring students from using phones during the school day, at least two Portland high schools have asked caregivers for donations to offset the costs of lockable pouches.
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The Illinois Community College Board has granted $9.4 million to institutions across the state to build up their programs for training students in EV technology and advanced manufacturing fields.
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Virtual-reality headsets at the Kanawha County American Job Center transport West Virginia students to career sites such as transmission towers, construction zones or emergency situations.
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A growing program at Illinois State University that combines fine arts and technology will expand to be its own school, with offerings in audio and music production, game design, VR and interdisciplinary studies.
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The fourth annual KidWind Simulation Challenge for grades four through 12 tasks students with using a CAD program and virtual simulations to design wind energy systems and test their efficiency.
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A new virtual reality program, created by Discovery Education in partnership with Edge at Hudson Yards, allows students to explore the skylines of New York City and learn about the work of architects and engineers.
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Connecticut's AI Task Force shared a report from the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering that said universities will likely need a centralized, high-powered computer center with financial support from the state.
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A Georgia school district that had to shut off its Internet due to a cyber attack in mid-November is slowly restoring full connectivity to its buildings, ending a two-month stretch of relying on pen and paper.
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The Pennsylvania Apprenticeship and Training Council called the community college's new "earn-while-you-learn" IT training program a model for apprenticeship programs throughout the state.
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In the past two years, Outcomes Based Contracting worked with school districts in nine states to procure money-back guarantees from online tutoring providers. For 2024, the organization hopes to broaden its reach in K-12.
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Three public school districts in the region are getting electric buses through a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency program aiming to replace the country's aging, diesel-fueled fleet.
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State Superintendent Eric Mackey told members of the state board of education in December that they couldn’t outright ban cell phones from schools, but he would like to give some additional guidance to districts.
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The Utah State Board of Education recently approved plans that would allow schools to make use of AI gun detection technology from the video analytics platform ZeroEyes. The technology is able to identify firearms in real time.
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Fifteen new ed-tech companies were selected among thousands of applicants. They will receive grants, training and networking opportunities to fast-track their startups.
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To help kids realize science is applicable to everyday life, a Colorado Springs nonprofit researcher and developer of science instruction for schools earned funding to advance a promising project.
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The new consortium will launch a state-of-the-art AI computing center in upstate New York to be used by the state's leading institutions to promote responsible research and development, create AI jobs and more.
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The $418 million allocation includes contracts with Zearn, Ignite Reading and Lexia to help boost reading and math test scores. Elementary and middle school students statewide will have access to the added technology.
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The coding education platform CodeMonkey has launched a new course in data science for students in grades five and six. The offering features hands-on coding lessons and interactive learning games.
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On Jan. 15, a new law is scheduled to take effect in Ohio that will compel many other social media platforms to ask for a parent's permission before establishing an account for minors under the age of 16.
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