K-12

A conference at Hood College in Maryland this week coached educators on preparing young students for computer science and computational thinking with skills like pattern recognition, algorithmic design and analysis.

As part of a $10 million pledge to local schools and a talent pipeline for a planned manufacturing complex nearby, a computer chip company hosted free STEM activities this week at Liverpool Middle School in New York.

Over the past three years, Ed Farm has opened K-12 learning spaces to train students in STEM, created specialized training to empower STEM teachers and provided virtual resources and tech internships at the university level.

Faculty and members of the EnAct club have discussed renovations such as sustainable building materials, permeable pavement to reduce runoff, green roofs to absorb rainwater, and composting in the school cafeteria.

San Francisco-based Edthena's AI Coach has been sold to school districts in Texas, Colorado and Washington state, where educators can customize the tool for staff development purposes.

Last week marked the start of Colorado's grant program for electric school buses, funded through last year's SB22-193 and prioritizing schools in ozone non-attainment areas and disproportionately impacted communities.

The second-largest public school system in Alabama has taken down its network systems while it works with outside cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to investigate whether data was compromised.

A Massachusetts school district has entered a zero-cost pilot program with BusPatrol to put digital cameras on buses to enforce violations, giving vendors limited access to registries to in order to issue citations.

District leaders from Baltimore County Public Schools reflect on their ongoing cybersecurity efforts and lessons learned in the course of recovering from a crippling cyber attack in 2020.

A recent budget proposal from the Biden administration to increase federal support for education research efforts could lead to an 'ARPA-Ed' and the discovery of new use cases for AI-driven tools like ChatGPT.

Katy Independent School District in Texas is working with RFID Services and SMART Tag to install radio-frequency identification systems in buses, allowing parents and the district to track students as they enter and exit.

A New York district has infused design-thinking into courses all students take, bringing coding into subjects like English and social studies, and teaming with vendors to give teachers and students access to experts.

School officials told the township board of education that the district's policy against plagiarism would cover misuse of ChatGPT, although they warned teachers to be ready for the technology to evolve quickly.

Launched last year to track student success after high school, the Indiana Department of Education’s new “Graduates Prepared to Succeed” online dashboard aims to make districts more accountable to state benchmarks.

The new legislation, slated to take effect in 2025, will add graduation requirements, provide for the training and certification of teachers and make technology courses available to adult education outlets.

A Texas college's Experience Lab, with 16 Meta Quest 2 Oculus headsets that allow users to interact within computer-generated environments, is helping professors add new dimensions and sensory aspects to their lessons.

An 18-year-old at the Woodlands College Park High School in Texas won $50,000 from the Regeneron Science Talent Search for a semantics model and syntax assessment that can use daily diary entries to gauge suicide risk.

The fintech company ClassWallet will help the state manage distribution of $30 million in federal funds to assist K-12 students in purchasing program-compliant educational materials and services.