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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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Most U.S. schools reported having Wi-Fi access in every classroom in the 2020-21 school year, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Education released last month. The figure was 96 percent in New York.
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The Orangeburg County School District in South Carolina unveiled the new Esports lab at its Career and Technology Center last week, a classroom space that has been renovated to include 21 gaming stations.
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Artificial intelligence is having an impact across disciplines and campuses in Bay Area, where both students and professors are applying the technology and learning about its implications for their fields.
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Amid the pace and constancy of technological change, it’s easy to overlook how transformational the digital era has been — and how the ability to pause, rewind, record, search and share has revolutionized education.
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As part of a developing innovation district intended to train future generations for technology jobs, ASU is investing heavily in educational and research facilities that will be open to tech industry partners.
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In 2024, California State University, Sacramento will open The National Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Education to train current and future teachers to use the technology ethically and effectively.
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WVU is putting a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education toward a facility where students can practice virtually testing cybersecurity concepts and get hands-on experience with recent threats.
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An initiative by the digital equity nonprofit Digitunity sent devices to over 41,000 students since 2021, but the success of the program hinges on tech support, device refurbishment and digital literacy training.
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Southern Methodist University student Trevor Gicheru created an app, Nurovant AI, to generate quizzes, flashcards, summaries and other materials based on audio recordings of his professor's lectures.
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Teachers have gone back to pen and paper, and bus drivers back to navigating the old fashioned way, at a south metro Atlanta school system after a ransomware attack forced the district to restrict network access.
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After a semester of allowing his students to use ChatGPT for coursework, political-science professor David Schultz found his students were keenly aware that the tool wasn't generating original thought.
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An informal poll of various IT professionals in education revealed that IT labor shortages and the potential loss of institutional knowledge are keeping CIOs up at night more than artificial intelligence.
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The Education Technology Joint Powers Authority was born out of frustration with the procurement process. It could become a national organization in 2024 and expand to public colleges and city governments.
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A study funded by the Institute of Education Sciences found that students taught by teachers who had had AI-driven professional development in math increased their competence by as much as one grade level.
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A Connecticut school district made three payments, totaling roughly $180,000, to a potentially fraudulent bank account between Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 after one of the district's vendors was hacked.
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A K-12 district in Northern Kentucky this week announced that a ransomware attack had removed some files from their servers without authorization, and they may be published online. Details are under investigation.
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Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz have been using cloud tools and remote-controlled microscopes to give more students access to cortical organoids used in biotechnology research and education.
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The New Hampshire Department of Education will cover the $4.8 million costs of Tutor.com’s 24/7 services for all students in grades four and up, including adult high school equivalency diploma candidates.
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