K-12

The Biden administration’s new budget proposes to increase federal spending. While little is specifically geared toward school technology, some funds could help close the digital divide and bolster mental health services.

Five students at Shaker High School, New York are finalists in a statewide competition for their report that used World Bank data and machine learning models to assess the impacts of various factors on income inequality.

The tutoring company Wisdom Café has developed a mobile app for K-12 students to schedule 30-minute sessions with credentialed tutors, with flexibility and security measures to ensure anonymity and safety.

After a year of increasing bandwidth and other remote-learning adaptations, a Kentucky school district's new four-year technology plan includes new monitors, desktops, security features and other equipment.

As use cases for drones continue to multiply, and more businesses incorporate them into regular operations, there’s a case to be made for teaching K-12 students how to use them. Here’s how schools can get started.

At Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools, Georgia, media specialists have handled tech support for the transition to virtual learning, Chromebooks, a new learning management system and other educational technologies.

The school board of Charles City Community Schools, Iowa has approved the launch of a new 'Innovative School Campus' that will allow students to personalize schedules for remote and in-person learning.

Gov. Mike DeWine tasked Ohio's schools with creating extended learning plans to make up lost ground from the past year of remote education, and the result will be heavy reliance on summer programs and virtual options.

After months of online instruction, career-tech students in Guilford County Schools are hoping to return to the in-person classes and tools they need to develop skills and receive industry certifications.

The American Rescue Plan presents schools with some high-stakes opportunities to make lasting changes.

With the number of teens reporting mental health problems drastically increasing during the pandemic, text message-based crisis services like the one launched by the Trevor Project in 2014 are seeing increased use.

Eighteen months after Massachusetts announced a three-year grant program for high schools across the state to develop "Innovation Pathway" career-readiness programs, a total of 49 schools have done so.

With thousands of laptops loaned out to students for remote learning, the School District of Palm Beach County is making parents or caregivers responsible if the equipment is lost or damaged.

The Australia-based cloud security company’s new platform for K-12 schools allows staff to filter and monitor content accessed by students on school devices, with the goal of cyber safety and flagging worrisome behavior.

For technical schools like Minuteman Regional High School in Lexington, Mass., adapting to remote learning has been a challenge that required setting aside funding, supplies and shipments for at-home shop lessons.

Some of the tools teachers have used to facilitate remote learning have allowed them to see and close content on students' screens, raising questions about privacy, surveillance and student rights.

Texas officials mandated that students take the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness in person this year at monitored test sites, although millions of students are still learning remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic.

An updated report from the nonprofit Center for Democracy and Technology found schools are improving their support for virtual learning, but cybersecurity remains a looming concern as schools embrace ed tech.