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Two North Dakota students received recognition for their performance solving real-world problems in a free online cybersecurity training program with 45,000 other high school students across the country.

Six large member districts of Chiefs for Change, a national network of education leaders, will work with Safer School Solutions to close security gaps through data-driven ideas and assigned tasks at school campuses.

The South Carolina facility has about 200 seventh through ninth graders participating, each choosing two of 10 possible programs to attend, including lessons about drones, robotics and automotive technology.

The editorial board of the Seattle Times is concerned about a gap between the number of technology professionals being trained in the state's institutions and the number of jobs the state's tech companies are creating.

Tenafly Public Schools last week found ransomware had encrypted data on some computers in the district's network, leading to the cancellation of exams and classes going back to paper, pencils and overhead projectors.

MetaMetrics, which devised systems to evaluate students and educational materials in both reading and math, is working with the e-learning company Istation to offer a 20-hour professional development course for teachers.

South Park High School in Fairplay, Colo., will install a security system that sends immediate notifications to staff and students, sidestepping 911 and third-party call centers to connect directly with police dispatch.

Voters this week passed a referendum for a school on Danbury's west side that will contain six academies, including for emerging technologies, scientific innovation, information and cybersecurity.

A federal judge has sentenced a former media communications specialist to 33 months in prison for defrauding Orangeburg County School District into buying remote learning cameras from him at a substantial markup.

With Wi-Fi connectivity problems causing data storage issues for bus drivers and timing issues for parents, Clayton County Public Schools turned to Samsara’s GPS tracking solution for reliable real-time data.

State Superintendent Kirsten Baesler announced upgraded access to online learning tools via the ClassLink system, giving school administrators more control and eliminating multiple logins that pose a security risk.

The new website allows users to translate material into nearly a dozen languages, sign up to receive push notifications for whatever school their child belongs to, and navigate even with limited hearing or vision.

Several metrics of student well-being failed to improve over the 2020-21 school year, from chronic absenteeism to graduation rate to behavioral incidents, feelings of safety and relationships with teachers.

Temporarily scrapping plans for makerspace labs at five elementary schools, the Ohio district is moving forward with a $6.7 million project to build three career tech labs for fields such as construction, HVAC and welding.

The nonprofit PBLWorks has partnered with the Kentucky Department of Education to offer professional development to principals, teachers and administrators on bringing project-based learning into the classroom.

Moreno Valley Unified School District plans to introduce 42 electric school buses this fall and become the largest electric school bus fleet in California, expecting to save $600,000 a year in fuel and maintenance costs.

Brasher Falls and Norwood-Norfolk school districts are warning families about scammers sending paper documents claiming that a student's data was exposed, then directing them to a website that actually steals their data.

The New York City Education Department will no longer do business with the California-based Illuminate Education after a security breach exposed the personal data of roughly 820,000 students.