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At a State of Education forum hosted by the Decatur-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, school and college officials agreed that artificial intelligence has already become an essential tool for both teachers and students.

By combining their cybersecurity services in a joint Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC), western Michigan school districts estimate they will save millions of dollars over the next four years.

Despite being one of the most flexible funding sources for educator development, Title II-A dollars remain an overlooked source of funding for technology training and professional learning.

School administrators and cybersecurity experts held a conference in Charlottesville recently to learn from each other and discuss how their school divisions and agencies are working to fend off future cyber attacks.

A $1 million grant from Google will help scale a one-district pilot program on teaching with artificial intelligence, offered through the University of Pennsylvania, up to five districts and regions.

Washington was among the first states to kick off AI guidance for schools statewide, and it's now working with Microsoft to find use cases and best practices for schools and colleges.

Staff at New York City's more than 1,800 schools will wear wireless buttons on their lanyards, designed by the Florida company SOS Technologies to directly contact first responders and dispatch emergency personnel.

According to the senior ed-tech director for Tucson Unified School District in Arizona, the key to drafting an AI policy that works for everyone in the district is to get input from people in a diverse mix of roles.

School officials say students are improving their skills at open source intelligence gathering, steganography and network traffic analysis through an annual cybersecurity competition at Danville Community College, Va.

In response to a parent's concerns about what her child could access online through school-issued devices, the school board at Lexington-Richland School District 5 decided that online learning tools were still necessary.

A recent report by RAND Corp found that three quarters of school principals feel phone bans have improved school climate and reduced behavior problems, and only one in 20 said they placed new burdens on administrators.

After teen suicides drew the attention of lawsuits and lawmakers, the artificial intelligence chatbot platform Character.AI announced plans to restrict the use of its platform to two hours a day for minors.

District leaders at the EdTech Week conference in New York City last week showcased how they approach AI innovation, balancing opportunity with practicality.

The idea behind the new technology is to enable quicker emergency response in case of school shootings or weapons threats. The effort reflects larger trends in public safety and government technology.

When schools across the U.S. were unable to access various learning management systems, security programs and online assessment tools hosted by AWS last week, teachers had to scramble to figure out workarounds.

Switching schools can be especially challenging for students with IEPs, but some experts say cross-sector collaboration and better data systems could help ensure a child’s learning plan follows them wherever they go.

Some former employees of Commonwealth Charter Academy say they were asked to develop online curricula that could be sold to other states rather than focusing on Pennsylvania's standards and history.

Panelists at the EdTech Week conference in New York City called for intentional, evidence-based ed-tech decisions grounded in real metrics of impact, accessibility, interoperability and instructional alignment.