K-12

The U.S. Department of Education honored dozens of Green Ribbon Schools for renewable energy projects involving geothermal technology, electrical appliances, educational programs and other initatives.

A new bill making its way through the Pennsylvania legislature would create a solar energy grant program to fund projects like the solar array located next to a high school in Steelton-Highspire School District.

With student behavior being the top issue of concern among staff, Lincoln Public Schools might install an electronic hall pass system through students' Chromebooks at secondary schools, and vape detectors as well.

AI chatbots are undoubtedly a new way to cheat, but with five months of exposure to the new technology, K-12 teachers and college professors are seeing its potential in project-based learning and other areas.

Educators don't think bans or AI detectors are practical long-term solutions to ChatGPT's potential for plagiarism, but they still worry some students will use it as a crutch and become hooked on it.

After confirming earlier this month that an unauthorized party gained access to some data owned by the district, Rochester Public Schools in Minnesota told families last week that student data was not compromised.

The Enhancing K-12 Cybersecurity Act would give schools better access to cybersecurity resources and improve tracking of cyber attacks nationally, although some say it's a "drop in the bucket" compared to what's needed.

Butler Tech and Butler County Educational Services Center are coordinating with telecommunications providers, as well as federal and state school funding through Broadband Ohio, to expand broadband access.

Some teachers are requiring students to handwrite all their assignments while studying how to implement ChatGPT, others are already using ChatGPT to design quizzes, but the underlying concern about plagiarism remains.

Duke and The National Theatre performed at Green Valley Elementary in Indiana as part of an initiative to teach students about power plants, different kinds of energy and what they can do to conserve energy.

Swampscott High School will host a panel of state, university and private-sector leaders in renewable energy next week to introduce students to a growing range of job opportunities in the field.

Digital texts can be useful for teaching certain foundational skills, but they do not equally develop cognitive patience and slower, deeper processes in the brain that serve comprehension, retention and focus.

A Tuesday webinar at the annual ASU+GSV Summit conference explored how ed-tech tools have transformed aspects of education such as instruction and academic support, and what they might yet do for the learning process.

More than a week after shutting down its network due to unusual activity, a Minnesota school district is using distributed hot spots, resetting passwords and bringing phones and copiers back online.

Two separate entities conducted nationwide studies, one in the first week of February and another in the first week of April, showing that the AI tool is popular at school on both sides of the lectern.

Despite initially blocking access to ChatGPT on district devices shortly after its release, a school district in Washington state has convened a committee of 16 teachers to develop policies for using it.

Dallas Hybrid Preparatory's enrollment has increased since it became the state's first hybrid public school in 2021, and now several pieces of proposed legislation could mean more money for virtual and hybrid campuses.

Driving simulators, like the one California-based VDI will install throughout an Alabama school district next month, are in use in all 50 states and becoming more common as technology improves.